US 7,522,514 B2
Systems and methods for high rate OFDM communications
Marcos C Tzannes, Orinda, Calif. (US); Dongjun Lee, Pleasant Hill, Calif. (US); Todor Cooklev, Moraga, Calif. (US); and Coliln Lanzl, Nashua, N.H. (US)
Assigned to Aware, Inc., Bedford, Mass. (US)
Filed on Mar. 07, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/382,921.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/363218, filed on Mar. 08, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2004/0047296 A1, Mar. 11, 2004
Int. Cl. H04L 5/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—210  [375/222; 375/219; 375/260; 375/231; 375/232; 375/354; 375/480; 370/207; 370/509] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for multicarrier communication in a packet-based local area network comprising:
transmitting or receiving a first packet using a first cyclic prefix length for a data portion of the first packet; and
transmitting or receiving a second packet using a second cyclic prefix length for a data portion of the second packet, wherein the first cyclic prefix length is different than the second cyclic prefix length.