MULTIPLE USER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD WITH OVERLAPPING UPLINK CARRIER SPECTRA

摘要

The present invention provides a system for a method, system (300), subscriber unit (320, 330), and base/headend unit (310) for a bandwidth efficient multiple user digital communication system (300) that facilitates multiple user reverse link communication using overlapped transmit signal spectra of at least two overlap bandwidth subscriber units (320, 330). Overlap bandwidth subscriber units (320, 330) receive a forward link signal, each deriving a frequency reference from the forward link signal and a symbol timing reference from the forward link signal, and transmitting a reverse link signal to the base/headend unit (310) that receives a composite reverse link signal of the reverse link signals. Each reverse link signal includes at least one modulated data carrier with distinct carrier frequencies. Each transmitted reverse link signal has a symbol timing responsive to the symbol timing reference, and the frequency spectra of the reverse link signals overlap using overlapped transmit signal spectra of at least two overlap bandwidth subscriber units (320, 330).