Patent ID: 9654324
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for communicating in a broadband network, the method comprising: determining, by a first network device, an equivalent coherence time of a corresponding narrowband network, having a coherence bandwidth equal to a bandwidth of a single channel, in accordance with a broadband channel coherence time and a number of utilized subchannels within a broadband coherence bandwidth of the broadband network, wherein the number of utilized subchannels within the broadband coherence bandwidth is greater than one and up to a total number of subchannels within the broadband coherence bandwidth; structuring, by the first network device, a Grassmannian symbol in accordance with the equivalent coherence time of the corresponding narrowband network; generating, by the first network device, Grassmannian symbol sections by partitioning the Grassmannian symbol in accordance with the broadband coherence bandwidth; and transmitting, by the first network device to a second network device, the Grassmannian symbol sections on selected subchannels within the broadband coherence bandwidth.