Patent ID: 8432939
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating information, in a guard band, comprising: identifying a guard bandwidth in a bandwidth range upon which to place a communication channel on the guard band; placing the communication channel upon the guard band over the guard bandwidth; advertising a first set of guard subcarriers of the guard band on a first channel monitored by a first class of devices; and advertising a second set of guard subcarriers of the guard band on a second channel monitored by a second class of devices, the second set of guard subcarriers being a subset of the first set of guard subcarriers wherein the second class of devices use subcarriers, included within the complement of the second set of guard subcarriers in the first set of guard subcarriers, for communications rather than as guard subcarriers.