Patent attributes
A user device communicates in a wireless network by encoding a set of data symbols with a set of complex-valued codes to produce a set of subcarrier values. The subcarrier values are modulated onto a set of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers assigned to the user device to produce a time-domain waveform that comprises a superposition of modulated subcarriers, and the time-domain waveform is transmitted in the wireless network. The set of subcarrier values comprises a first polyphase code that encodes a first of the set of data symbols and at least a second polyphase code that encodes at least a second of the set of data symbols. The first polyphase code causes constructive and destructive interference between the modulated subcarriers to produce a first periodic pulse waveform having a peak value centered at a first time in an OFDM symbol interval, and the second polyphase code causes constructive and destructive interference between the modulated subcarriers to produce a second periodic pulse waveform having a peak value centered at a second time in the OFDM symbol interval, wherein the second time is different from the first time.
