MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATIONS WITH GROUP-BASED SUBCARRIER ALLOCATION

摘要

A method and apparatus for subcarrier selection for systems is described. In one embodiment, a method for subcarrier for a system employing orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) comprises partitioning subcarriers (101) into groups of at least one cluster of subcarriers (102), receiving an indication of a selection by the subscriber of one or more groups (103) in the groups, and allocating at least one cluster in the one or more groups of clusters selected by the subcarrier for use in communication with the subscriber (104, 105).