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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Carlos Cordeiro, Portland, OR (US);
Seyed-Alireza Seyedi-Esfahani, Rochester, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and device for determining available communication sub-channels in an OFDM communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of transmitting, on at least one first sub-channel, information regarding sub-channels available for a first transmission of at least one first data packet, receiving, on at least one second sub-channel, information regarding sub-channels available for a second transmission, determining at least one set of available sub-channels based on the information regarding the first and second transmissions. In one aspect of the invention, at least one set of the determined available sub-channels is further provided to a receiving system. The information is being provided in a separate transmission, or within a data packet, or within each subsequent data packet or in selected data packets.