EP1501251A2

Frame structure for multicarrier transmission

Abstract

A method for generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame for wireless communications begins by generating a preamble of the OFDM frame, wherein the preamble includes training information and signal information. The method continues by generating a plurality of data fields of the OFDM frame, wherein each of the plurality of data fields includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein at least some of the plurality of data fields includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal.

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10 claims: 8 independent, 2 dependent

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    A method for generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame for wireless communications, the method comprising:generating a preamble of the OFDM frame, wherein the preamble includes training information and signal information;and generating a plurality of data fields of the OFDM frame, wherein each of the plurality of data fields includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein at least some of the plurality of data fields includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal.
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    A method for generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communications, the method comprises:converting a stream of data into a plurality of data streams;and converting the plurality of data streams into a plurality of OFDM frames, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a preamble that includes training information and signal information, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of data fields, wherein each of the plurality of data fields of each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein at least some of the plurality of data fields of at least one of the plurality of OFDM frames includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal.
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    A method for receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame for wireless communications, the method comprises:receiving a preamble of the OFDM frame, wherein the preamble includes training information and signal information;receiving a plurality of data fields of the OFDM frame, wherein each of the plurality of data fields includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein, as indicated by the signals information, at least some of the plurality of data fields includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal;and converting the plurality of data fields into inbound data.
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    A method for receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communications, the method comprises:receiving a plurality of OFDM frames, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a preamble that includes training information and signal information, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of data fields, wherein each of the plurality of data fields of each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein, as indicated by the signal information, at least some of the plurality of data fields of at least one of the plurality of OFDM frames includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal;converting the plurality of OFDM frames into a plurality of data streams;and converting the plurality of data streams into a stream of data.
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    A radio frequency (RF) transmitter comprises:a baseband processing module operably coupled to generate an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame by: generating a preamble of the OFDM frame, wherein the preamble includes training information and signal information;and generating a plurality of data fields of the OFDM frame, wherein each of the plurality of data fields includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein at least some of the plurality of data fields includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal;and RF transmission section operably coupled to convert the OFDM frame into outbound RF signals.
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    A radio frequency (RF) transmitter comprises:a baseband processing module operably coupled to generate an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communications by: converting a stream of data into a plurality of data streams;and converting the plurality of data streams into a plurality of OFDM frames, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a preamble that includes training information and signal information, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of data fields, wherein each of the plurality of data fields of each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein at least some of the plurality of data fields of at least one of the plurality of OFDM frames includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal;and RF transmission section operably coupled to convert the plurality of OFDM frames into a plurality of outbound RF signals.
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    A radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises:a RF receiver section operably coupled to convert inbound RF signals into an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame;and a baseband processing module operably coupled to: receive a preamble of the OFDM frame, wherein the preamble includes training information and signal information;and receive a plurality of data fields of the OFDM frame, wherein each of the plurality of data fields includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein, as indicated by the signals information, at least some of the plurality of data fields includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal;and convert the plurality of data fields into inbound data.
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    A radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises:a RF receiver section operably coupled to, for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communications, convert inbound RF signals into a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frames;and a baseband processing module operably coupled to: receive the plurality of OFDM frames, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a preamble that includes training information and signal information, wherein each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of data fields, wherein each of the plurality of data fields of each of the plurality of OFDM frames includes a plurality of subcarriers, wherein, as indicated by the signal information, at least some of the plurality of data fields of at least one of the plurality of OFDM frames includes, at most, three of the plurality of subcarriers allocated for a pilot signal;convert the plurality of OFDM frames into a plurality of data streams;and convert the plurality of data streams into a stream of data.