Carrier Allocation and Time Sharing FOR OFDMA/TDMA Networks

A method for allocating bandwidth to channels in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access and time division multiple access (TDMA) network, wherein the network includes a master device (master) communicating with a set of slave devices (slaves), wherein the master performs steps of the method, comprising the steps of:

• defining a set Ψm of logical indices ν of a set of N physical subcarriers for a set of M data streams to be allocated to a set of Nd logical data subcarriers according to
• Ψm={ν|ν=iM+m, i=0,1,2, . . . , d−1},
• where d=Nd/M;
• mapping the set of N data subcarriers to the set of Nd logical subcarriers according to the logical indices;
• and
• allocating the data subcarriers to the logical subcarriers.