Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-31
2009-02-10
Zewdu, Meless N (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S448000, C455S450000, C455S452200, C455S561000, C455S509000, C455S550100, C455S556200, C370S329000, C370S341000, C370S343000, C370S344000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07489934
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for allocating subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating at least one diversity cluster of subcarriers to a first subscriber and allocating at least one coherence cluster to a second subscriber.
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