Patent ID: 7593384
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a multi-carrier broadband receiver, said method comprising the steps of: determining a preferred chunk index that identifies a preferred group of carrier frequencies that the receiver has identified for use in transmissions from said transmitter to said receiver; determining a distance parameter indicative of at least one additional group of carrier frequencies that said receiver has identified for potential use in said transmission, wherein said distance parameter is a function of the difference between said preferred chunk index and the chunk index of said additional group of carrier frequencies; and, transmitting information from said receiver to a transmitter that includes said preferred chunk index and said distance parameter, whereby said transmitter can, as a function of said preferred chunk index and said distance parameter, select a modulation and coding scheme for use in transmitting on said preferred group and said at least one additional group of carrier frequencies.