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MIMO transmitter and method for transmitting a group of sequential OFDM symbols in accordance with an IEEE 802.16 communication standard

US7885346B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 2009
Grant dateFeb 8, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W74/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiple-input-multiple output (MIMO) transmitter for transmitting a group of sequential orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols on a time-division duplexed (TDD) channel in accordance with an IEEE 802.16 standard using a plurality of antennas. The MIMO transmitter comprises a spatial-frequency parser to parse a block of bits into spatial-frequency blocks of a variable number of coded bits, and subcarrier modulators to individually modulate OFDM subcarriers with the spatial-frequency blocks in accordance with spatial-frequency subcarrier modulation assignments to generate groups of symbol-modulated subcarriers. The TDD channel comprises a plurality of the groups of the OFDM subcarriers, and the OFDM subcarriers within each group of subcarriers and within each group of sequential OFDM symbols have the same spatial-frequency subcarrier modulation assignments.

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