Patent ID: 8027326

Claim:
A method for increasing data rates and data throughput in a network, the method comprising: selecting at least a first channel and a second channel, wherein the first channel and the second channel are adjacent without any other channels therebetween, wherein the first channel and the second channel each have a plurality of data subcarriers, wherein the data subcarriers of the first channel and the data subcarriers of the second channel are separated by a frequency gap corresponding to one or more guard bands between the first and second channels; partially filling the frequency gap between the first channel and the second channel by adding one or more data subcarriers into the frequency gap such that the one or more guard bands are at least partially filled with at least some of the one or more data subcarriers using full spectral synthesis capability of a fast fourier transform or an inverse fast fourier transform; combining the first channel and the second channel using channel bonding with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); and transmitting data subcarriers occupying the first channel, the second channel, and the frequency gap in parallel to a receiver.