Patent ID: 11870579
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for introducing time diversity in a transmitter, the method comprising:
receiving a request to retransmit data, wherein the request indicates a retransmission number;
obtaining a plurality of bits;
parsing the plurality of bits into a plurality of streams;
encoding the plurality of streams into a plurality of symbols;
mapping the plurality of symbols to a respective plurality of tones based on the retransmission number, wherein the mapping is time-varying and comprises:
arranging the plurality of symbols into an interleaver matrix, and
modifying, based on the retransmission number, a plurality of rows of the interleaver matrix;

generating, based on the time-varying mapping, a plurality of time-domain signals; and
transmitting the plurality of time-domain signals.