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The scaleable OFDM system according to the principles of the present invention provides increased flexibility and adaptability by providing scaling of the operating parameters and/or characteristics for the OFDM system. For example, control circuitry can scale the bit rate by scaling of the OFDM sym

The scaleable OFDM system according to the principles of the present invention provides increased flexibility and adaptability by providing scaling of the operating parameters and/or characteristics for the OFDM system. For example, control circuitry can scale the bit rate by scaling of the OFDM symbol duration, the number of carriers and/or the number of bits per symbol per carrier. Scaleability permits the scaleable OFDM system to operate in various communications environments requiring various operating parameters and/or characteristics. By scaling the operating parameters and/or characteristics of the OFDM system when control circuitry determines that different operating parameters and/or characteristics are necessary or advantageous, the control circuitry can dynamically change the operating parameters and/or characteristics, thereby providing compatibility or the desired performance. For example, by dynamically scaling the bit rate, widely varying signal bandwidths, delay spread tolerances and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) requirements can be achieved. As such, a scaleable OFDM system is particularly suitable for application in mobile, wireless communication devices, which support a variety of services, in a variety of environments, indoor as well as outdoor and in radio channels with differing bandwidths.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for providing communication signals according to operating parameters using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), said operating parameters including symbol duration, guard time interval, number of OFDM carriers, and number of bits per symbol per OFD

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for providing communication signals according to operating parameters using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), said operating parameters including symbol duration, guard time interval, number of OFDM carriers, and number of bits per symbol per OFDM carrier, said method comprising the step of:receiving a feedback signal from a receiver;determining that an operating characteristic of said method should be scaled from a first level to a second level based on said feedback signal received from said receiver, said operating characteristic being at least one of transmission rate, signal-to-noise ratio, and delay-spread tolerance; anddynamically scaling at least one of said operating parameters for said method to achieve an operating characteristic of said second level by adaptively selecting one of a plurality of operating parameter scaling options in accordance with said determining step.