Patent ID: 6522666
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
In a multicarrier communication system with a first and a second transceiver, a method for selecting an overhead data rate comprising:selecting during initialization a first number of bits to be allocated to overhead data for at least one frame in a plurality of frames to be transmitted during steady state communication; selecting during initialization a second number of bits to be allocated to overhead data for at least one other frame in the plurality of frames to be transmitted during steady state communication, wherein the first number is capable of being different than the second number; transmitting during initialization from the first transceiver to the second transceiver information identifying at least the first and second number of bits to be allocated to overhead data for the plurality of frames; and transmitting during steady state communication from the second transceiver to the first transceiver the plurality of frames, wherein the first number of bits allocated to overhead data is capable of being different than the second number of bits allocated to overhead data.