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Unequal error protection in multi-carrier transmission

US6665831B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 2000
Grant dateDec 16, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/26025
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of providing unequal error protection in a multi-carrier transmission, includes the steps of coding data for a multi-carrier-symbol duration by a coding process of a given minimum code distance, the given minimum code distance being a minimum of a distance between two codes that is measured in multidimensional code space with N sub-carriers; and changing the minimum code distance for each multi-carrier-symbol duration by changing the coding process.

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