Patent ID: 7653138

Claim:
A method for transmitting data over at least two bonded channels, wherein each of the at least two bonded channels comprises a plurality of tones, the method comprising: transmitting, by a transmitter, a first symbol stream over a first tone in a first bonded channel and over a second tone in a second bonded channel, wherein the first tone is bonded to the second tone, and the transmissions over the first tone and the second tone are substantially in parallel; transmitting a second symbol stream over a third tone in the first bonded channel; and transmitting a third symbol stream over a fourth tone in the second bonded channel, wherein the third tone is bonded to the fourth tone, and the transmissions of the second symbol stream and the third symbol stream are substantially in parallel, wherein in response to a determination that signal impairment for a given tone is sufficiently low, a multiplexing technique is utilized for reception and in response to a determination that signal impairment for the given tone is sufficiently high, a diversity technique is utilized for reception.