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Method and apparatus for multiuser access in a multicarrier modulation network

US7184393B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2002
Grant dateFeb 27, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/0037
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiple access system for a network using multicarrier modulation. To contend for service a subscriber station selects an upcoming frame in whose contention window it will contend, selects a contention slot within the window, selects a contention channel corresponding to a subset of the carriers used by the network, and imposes a contention code differentially on the carriers in the contention channel.

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