Patent ID: 7454175

Claim:
A wireless communications transceiver comprising: a transmitter that is configured to selectively frequency shift and transmit portions of first broadband information over a plurality of first non-contiguous narrowband frequency bands/segments, each of which is too narrow to carry the first broadband information, so as to transmit the first broadband information over the plurality of first non-contiguous narrowband frequency bands/segments; and a receiver that is configured to receive and selectively frequency shift portions of second broadband information from a plurality of second non-contiguous narrowband frequency bands/segments, each of which is too narrow to carry the second broadband information, so as to receive the second broadband information over the plurality of second non-contiguous narrowband frequency bands/segments, wherein the transmitter comprises: a modulator that is configured to modulate a first carrier frequency with the first broadband information: a frequency translator that is configured to translate portions of the first carrier frequency that is modulated with the first broadband information into a plurality of carrier frequencies in the plurality of first non-contiguous frequency bands/segments, each of which is modulated with a portion of the first broadband information; and a power amplifier that is configured to amplify the plurality of carrier frequencies in the plurality of first non-contiguous frequency bands/segments, each of which is modulated with a portion of the first broadband information.