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Signal processing utilizing a tree-structured array

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  • US RE40,281 E1
  • Filed: 11/23/2004
  • Issued: 04/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication system for sending a sequence of symbols on a communication link a sequence of symbols having values representative of said symbols, said communication system comprising a transmitter for placing information indicative of said sequence of symbols on said communication link and a receiver for receiving said information placed on said communication link by said transmitter, said transmitter comprisinga clock for defining successive frames, each said frame comprising M time intervals, where M is an integer greater than 1;

  • a modulator modulating each of M carrier signals with a signal related to the value of one of said symbols thereby generating a modulated carrier signal corresponding to each of said carrier signals that is to be modulated and generating a sum signal comprising a sum of said modulated carrier signals, said modulator comprising a tree-structured array of filter banks having nodes, including a root node and M leaf nodes, each of said values related to said symbols forming an input to a corresponding one of said leaf nodes, each of said nodes, other than said leaf nodes, comprising one of said filter banks; and

    an output circuit for transmitting said sum signal on said communication link, wherein said carrier signals comprise first and second carriers, said first carrier having a different bandwidth than said second carrier.

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