| Reference | Claim Element / Subject Matter | Feature | Meaning | Claim Construction & Interpretation |
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1 . A wireless OFDM ( Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing [1] |
Frequency Division Multiplexing [1] |
[Meaning 1] modulation [Meaning 2] multiplex [Meaning 3] frequency [Meaning 4] modulated [Meaning 5] frequency division [Meaning 6] multiple access [Meaning 7] division multiplex [Meaning 8] fourier transform [Meaning 9] multiplex modulation [Meaning 10] frequencies multiplex access [Meaning 11] multiple access multiple access of the spectrum [Meaning 12] multi frequency multiplex access multiple frequency multiplex access |
[Interpretation 1] frequency division multiplex access multiple access single carrier multi frequency modulation |
| [2] | ) transceiver [2] | transceiver [2] |
[Meaning 1] transmitter [Meaning 2] device [Meaning 3] system [Meaning 4] apparatus [Meaning 5] communications device [Meaning 6] transmitter system [Meaning 7] system transmitter [Meaning 8] data communications system [Meaning 9] system comprising an apparatus [Meaning 10] system for transmitting data packets [Meaning 11] transmitter and receiver system generally [Meaning 12] system for transmitting header bits and [Meaning 13] transceiver for wireless of communication systems [Meaning 14] transceiver for transmitting and receiving packets and |
[Interpretation 1] transmitter for use in wireless communication systems wherein the wireless of of the multiplex transmitter is operable to transmit header bits in packets and [Interpretation 2] wireless communications device operable to transmit header bits in packets of data bits in packets and [Interpretation 3] network node operable to transmit header bits in packets of data in wireless communications networks [Interpretation 4] transceiver for use in wireless of the air communications systems and [Interpretation 5] transceiver for transmitting header bits in wireless of communication systems |
| [3] | comprising (for wireless communications comprising, system comprising in combination, device comprising at least, apparatus comprising at least, comprising the following elements, for wireless communications that includes, in accordance with the invention comprises) : a modulator [3] | modulator [3] |
[Meaning 1] modem [Meaning 2] demodulator [Meaning 3] transmitter [Meaning 4] first modulator [Meaning 5] digital modulator [Meaning 6] modulator being [Meaning 7] modulation device [Meaning 8] modulated modulator [Meaning 9] modulator that is [Meaning 10] wireless communications modulator [Meaning 11] modulated signal generator [Meaning 12] modulator connected to and [Meaning 13] wireless of the modulator [Meaning 14] modulated of an apparatus |
[Interpretation 1] wireless of of modulator connected to and in communication therewith |
| [4] | operable to modulate (receive data and modulate, generate and to modulate, modulate header bits onto, transmit to the air, modulate an input signal comprising, transmit to an external device, modulate an input data stream onto) a first number [4] | number [4] |
[Meaning 1] plurality [Meaning 2] quantity [Meaning 3] multiple [Meaning 4] predetermined number [Meaning 5] first number [Meaning 6] fixed number [Meaning 7] integer number [Meaning 8] number of [Meaning 9] or greater number [Meaning 10] of the number [Meaning 11] plurality of number [Meaning 12] number of plurality [Meaning 13] packet comprising first number [Meaning 14] number of consecutive pairs |
[Interpretation 1] frequency band to transmit at least one of an information signal and an overhead signal in the first frequency band and modulate first number [Interpretation 2] frequency band to transmit at least one of an audio signal and an image signal and further operable to modulate the first number [Interpretation 3] frequency band to transmit data bits in the first frequency band and first number |
| [5] | of OFDM symbols [5] | OFDM symbols [5] |
[Meaning 1] symbols [Meaning 2] carriers [Meaning 3] bits [Meaning 4] data symbols [Meaning 5] modulated symbols [Meaning 6] symbol symbols [Meaning 7] or more symbols [Meaning 8] orthogonal of domain symbols [Meaning 9] frequency of the symbols [Meaning 10] orthogonal frequency division multiplex symbols [Meaning 11] symbols of of the symbols [Meaning 12] frequency domain orthogonal of data symbols [Meaning 13] symbols of an of frequency symbol [Meaning 14] time frequency domain symbols of an input signal |
[Interpretation 1] frequency domain orthogonal frequency division multiplex symbols to transmit in the first number of of domain symbols [Interpretation 2] of of symbols to transmit data bits and to modulate symbols |
| [6] | to transmit (transmit payload bits and, convey payload bits and, comprise data bits and, include in each symbol, transmit at least one of, include at least one of, form the first number to transmit) a first plurality of header bits [6] | header bits [6] |
[Meaning 1] bits [Meaning 2] header [Meaning 3] data [Meaning 4] symbols [Meaning 5] heading bits [Meaning 6] data bits [Meaning 7] payload bits [Meaning 8] consecutive header bits [Meaning 9] encoded header bits [Meaning 10] header bits arranged [Meaning 11] data and header bits [Meaning 12] header bits for transmission [Meaning 13] one or more header bits [Meaning 14] header bits and payload bits |
[Interpretation 1] data bits and at least one first plurality of header bits in parallel |
| [7] | in a first packet [7] | packet [7] |
[Meaning 1] package [Meaning 2] group [Meaning 3] packets [Meaning 4] header [Meaning 5] data packet [Meaning 6] wireless packet [Meaning 7] first packet [Meaning 8] header packet [Meaning 9] packet format [Meaning 10] packet of data [Meaning 11] plurality of packets [Meaning 12] one of packets [Meaning 13] of the packets [Meaning 14] packet of header bits |
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| [8] | , wherein at least one header bit [8] | header bit [8] |
[Meaning 1] portion [Meaning 2] symbol [Meaning 3] byte [Meaning 4] transmission [Meaning 5] data bit [Meaning 6] of each [Meaning 7] first bit [Meaning 8] bit position [Meaning 9] first header bit [Meaning 10] of the bits [Meaning 11] header bit out [Meaning 12] sub data block [Meaning 13] header bit of each [Meaning 14] portion of each bit |
[Interpretation 1] header bit of the first plurality of header bits is transmitted in the first packet and wherein at least one bit [Interpretation 2] header bit is transmitted in the first packet and wherein each bit |
| [9] | of the first plurality of header bits [6] in the first packet [7] is repeated (at least partially transmitted, modulated to be transmitted, to be transmitted simultaneously, transmitted in one or, carried in one symbol, transmitted in the first packet, in the first packet transmitted) on a plurality of OFDM subcarriers [9] | OFDM subcarriers [9] |
[Meaning 1] carriers [Meaning 2] symbols [Meaning 3] packets [Meaning 4] frequencies [Meaning 5] frames [Meaning 6] time slots [Meaning 7] consecutive symbols [Meaning 8] data symbols [Meaning 9] frequency carriers [Meaning 10] transmission antennas [Meaning 11] sub carrier frequencies [Meaning 12] of the symbols [Meaning 13] the first packet [Meaning 14] adjacent frequency bands |
[Interpretation 1] header bits of the first plurality of header bits in the same first packet |
| [10] | ; a wireless OFDM communications transmitter [10] | OFDM communications transmitter [10] |
[Meaning 1] transmitter [Meaning 2] transceiver [Meaning 3] antenna [Meaning 4] radio [Meaning 5] transmission [Meaning 6] communications transmitter [Meaning 7] transceiver transmitter |
[Interpretation 1] or wired receiver connected to and in communication with the modulator operable to receive the first packet and an of wireless communications transmitter [Interpretation 2] or wired receiver connected to and in communication with the modulator and comprising an antenna or an antenna array [Interpretation 3] one or more of frequency division multiplex and of multiplex communications transmitter [Interpretation 4] frequency division multiplex access communications transmitter comprising an of frequency transmitter |
| [11] | , connected (at least partially coupled, which is operatively coupled, the transmitter being coupled, coupled to or coupled, in opera communication coupled, coupled to the modulator and, in one or more coupled) to and in communication [11] | communication [11] |
[Meaning 1] communications [Meaning 2] accordance [Meaning 3] conjunction [Meaning 4] cooperation [Meaning 5] signal transmission communication [Meaning 6] data and control communication [Meaning 7] wireless of communication communication [Meaning 8] an of frequency communication [Meaning 9] communication with each other and [Meaning 10] one or more wireless communications [Meaning 11] radio frequency frequency signal communication [Meaning 12] an of the same chip [Meaning 13] wireless of the same transceiver [Meaning 14] communication with the modulator and operable |
[Interpretation 1] signal communication with the modulator and in time and frequency synchronization |
| [12] | with the modulator [3] , operable to transmit in a first narrower frequency band [12] | frequency band [12] |
[Meaning 1] band [Meaning 2] frequency [Meaning 3] bandwidth [Meaning 4] channel [Meaning 5] range [Meaning 6] communication band [Meaning 7] frequencies band [Meaning 8] rf band [Meaning 9] radio frequency band [Meaning 10] band of frequencies [Meaning 11] or intermediate frequency band [Meaning 12] band of frequency spectrum [Meaning 13] frequency band of operation [Meaning 14] frequency band than the modulator |
[Interpretation 1] and second wider frequency band in accordance with the first plurality of header bits transmitted in the first packet respectively [Interpretation 2] and second wider frequency band having one or more overlapping frequency regions in the first band [Interpretation 3] and second wider frequency band of the wireless of communication transceiver |
| [13] | , the first packet [7] comprising the first number [4] of OFDM symbols [5] ; the modulator [3] further operable to modulate a second number [4] of OFDM symbols [5] to transmit a second plurality of header bits [6] in a second packet [7] , wherein the second number [4] of OFDM symbols [5] is less than the first number [4] of OFDM symbols [5] and wherein the second plurality of header bits [6] is different than the first plurality of header bits [6] ; and the wireless OFDM communications transmitter [10] further operable to transmit in a second wider frequency band [12] , the second packet [7] comprising the second number [4] of OFDM symbols [5] , wherein the first narrower and second wider frequency bands [13] | frequency bands [13] |
[Meaning 1] bands [Meaning 2] frequencies [Meaning 3] bandwidth [Meaning 4] transmission bands [Meaning 5] bandwidth bands [Meaning 6] frequency bands each [Meaning 7] bands do not [Meaning 8] bands are configured to [Meaning 9] bands are adjacent bands and [Meaning 10] band of the first packet [Meaning 11] band are different in frequency bandwidth and [Meaning 12] frequencies bands are different from each other and |
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| [14] | have one or more overlapping frequency regions [14] | frequency regions [14] |
[Meaning 1] portions [Meaning 2] frequencies [Meaning 3] bands [Meaning 4] regions [Meaning 5] channels [Meaning 6] frequency bands [Meaning 7] bandwidth portions [Meaning 8] spectral portions [Meaning 9] transmission bands [Meaning 10] channel frequencies [Meaning 11] or adjacent frequencies [Meaning 12] portions of frequency spectrum [Meaning 13] frequency sub band width ranges [Meaning 14] bandwidth portions of the bandwidth |
[Interpretation 1] frequencies and wherein the first narrower and second wider frequency bands are separated by at least one of the one or more overlapping frequencies [Interpretation 2] bandwidth portions and wherein the first narrower and second wider frequency bands have one or more overlapping bandwidth portions in the same frequency band [Interpretation 3] channels and wherein the first and second wider frequency bands have one or more channels that are not overlapping with the narrower frequency band [Interpretation 4] bandwidth portions and wherein the first packet is transmitted in the overlapping bandwidth portions [Interpretation 5] frequency bands and wherein the first packet is different than the second packet format [Interpretation 6] portions and wherein the one or more overlapping portions are non overlap carriers [Interpretation 7] portions in frequency and one or more overlapping portions in time respectively [Interpretation 8] channels and wherein the first packet is transmitted in the channels [Interpretation 9] bandwidth portions in the frequency domain and the time domain [Interpretation 10] frequency bands in the first narrower and second wider bands |
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