Patent ID: 6956814

Claim:
A method of synchronizing a selected number of time division multiplexed or TDM symbols in a TDM data stream to an equal number of the subcarriers of a time division multiplexed/multicarrier modulated or TDM-MCM symbol in a TDM-MCM waveform comprising the steps of: locating one of a master frame preamble (MFP) code and a distributed synchronization sequence in said TDM data stream, said TDM data stream having at least one TDM frame comprising said one of a MFP code and a distributed synchronization sequence and a plurality of said symbols, said one of a MFP code and a distributed synchronization sequence being useful to locate said TDM frame within said TDM data stream; generating an array using said symbols in said TDM frame, said array comprising a first number of columns and a second number of rows; and generating TDM-MCM symbols corresponding in number to said first number using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) with said array, each of said TDM- MCM symbols having said second number of said subcarriers for respective ones of said TDM symbols in corresponding said rows, said first number of said TDM-MCM symbols corresponding to a TDM-MCM symbol frame.