Patent ID: 8744389

Claim:
A receiver comprising: a front end configured to receive a communication signal that has a fractional bandwidth in a range between approximately 20 percent and approximately 200 percent; an analog to digital converter configured to directly convert the radio frequency signal into a data signal; a processing device configured to receive the data signal and to produce a plurality of data frames, determine a de-spreading code, and de-spread the data signal using the de-spreading code, wherein the de-spreading code is selected from a group consisting of: a 1-bit code, a 2-bit code, a 4-bit code, an 8-bit code, a 16-bit code, a 32-bit code, a 64-bit code, a 128-bit code, and a 256-bit code; and a medium access controller configured to receive the plurality of data frames and convert the data frames to data.