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Beacon signaling in a wireless system

US6985498B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2003
Grant dateJan 10, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/42
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A few high power tones used for synchronization and/or other purposes are transmitted in a FDM system during a period of time, e.g., a symbol transmission time period. During normal data transmission symbol periods signals are transmitted using at least 10 tones, e.g., per symbol time. Less than 5 high power signals are transmitted in a symbol time with at least 80% the maximum total transmitter power transmitted being allocated to the high power signals where the maximum total transmitter power is determined from a period of time which may includes one or more data and/or high power tone transmission periods. When the high power tones are transmitted at most 20% of transmitter power is available for transmitting other tones with the power normally being distributed among multiple tones. Normally some tones which would be transmitted in a symbol time go unused during transmission of the high power signals.

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