Patent ID: 9094821
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An OFDM system, comprising: a mobile communication device containing a physical (PHY) layer and an application layer; a verifier, responsive to the device user input from the application layer of the communication device, for determining compatibility of the mobile communication device with a requested physical layer enhancement; a checker for authenticating at least one aspect of the mobile communication device using an authentication key to determine eligibility, for the requested physical layer enhancement; and a switch within the physical layer of the mobile communication device adapted to enable, by directly communicating with the physical layer, enhanced functionality in the physical layer of frequency domain channel estimation or time domain channel estimation selected by the user when activated for a period of time or a number of uses by the user's selection, the switch responsive to compatibility, as evaluated by the verifier and eligibility as determined by the checker.