Wireless transmission

1. A wireless communication device configured to transmit a transmission signal in an assigned channel bandwidth, the wireless communication device comprising:

a local oscillator configured to generate a local oscillator signal at a local oscillator frequency;

a modulator configured to convert in-phase and quadrature-phase components of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency to a radio frequency by mixing the in-phase and quadrature-phase components with the local oscillator signal;

wherein the local oscillator frequency is arranged to place a third order intermodulation product, having a frequency equal to the local oscillator frequency minus three times the modulation frequency, within the assigned channel bandwidth;

a controller configured to place the third order intermodulation product within the assigned channel bandwidth by:

changing the local oscillator frequency by a local oscillator offset frequency; and

changing the modulation frequency by a modulation frequency offset equal and of opposite sign to the local oscillator offset frequency; and

a sample rate converter configured to change the modulation frequency by the modulation offset frequency by converting a sample rate of the in-phase and quadrature-phase components of the modulation signal.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 :

wherein the wireless communication device is configured to vary, within the assigned channel bandwidth, a transmission bandwidth of the transmission signal;

wherein the controller is configured to change the local oscillator frequency to place the third order intermodulation product within the assigned channel bandwidth in response to a variation of the transmission bandwidth.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 2 , wherein the wireless communication device is configured to vary the transmission bandwidth in response to receiving an instruction.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change the local oscillator frequency to place the third order intermodulation product within the assigned channel bandwidth in response to a variation of a maximum permitted power emission level outside of the assigned channel bandwidth.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change the local oscillator frequency to place the third order intermodulation product within the assigned channel bandwidth in response to a variation of a transmit power level of the wireless communication device.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 1 :

wherein the controller comprises a table of values indicative of the local oscillator frequency suitable for placing the third order intermodulation product within the assigned channel bandwidth;

wherein the values of the local oscillator frequency are dependent on at least one of:

a transmission bandwidth of the transmission signal;

a transmission frequency of the transmission signal;

a transmit power level of the wireless communication device;

a maximum permitted power emission level outside of the assigned channel bandwidth.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 1 :

wherein the transmission signal is an orthogonal frequency division multiplex signal comprising a plurality of sub-carriers;

the wireless communication device is configured to vary the transmission bandwidth by varying a number of sub-carriers in the plurality of sub-carriers.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication device is configured to vary the number of sub-carriers in the plurality of sub-carriers at intervals of substantially one millisecond.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the local oscillator comprises a phase locked loop configured for two point modulation.

10. A wireless communication device configured to transmit a transmission signal in an assigned channel bandwidth, the wireless communication device comprising:

a local oscillator configured to generate a local oscillator signal at a local oscillator frequency;

a modulator configured to convert in-phase and quadrature-phase components of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency to a radio frequency by mixing the in-phase and quadrature-phase components with the local oscillator signal;

wherein the local oscillator frequency is arranged to place a third order intermodulation product, having a frequency equal to the local oscillator frequency minus three times the modulation frequency, within the assigned channel bandwidth;

wherein the local oscillator comprises a phase locked loop configured for two point modulation;

wherein the phase locked loop comprises a phase locked loop oscillator comprising:

a first switchable capacitance ladder for relatively coarse tuning of the phase locked loop oscillator; and

a second switchable capacitance ladder for relatively fine tuning of the phase locked loop oscillator.

11. A method of controlling a wireless communication device configured to transmit a transmission signal in an assigned channel bandwidth, the method comprising:

generating a local oscillator signal at a local oscillator frequency;

converting in-phase and quadrature-phase components of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency to a radio frequency by mixing the in-phase and quadrature-phase components with the local oscillator signal;

wherein the local oscillator frequency is set to place a third order intermodulation product, having a frequency equal to the local oscillator frequency minus three times the modulation frequency, within the assigned channel bandwidth;

placing the third order modulation product within the assigned channel bandwidth by:

changing the local oscillator frequency by a local oscillator offset frequency; and

changing the modulation frequency by a modulation frequency offset equal and of opposite sign to the local oscillator offset frequency; and

changing the modulation frequency by the modulation offset frequency by converting a sample rate of the in-phase and quadrature-phase components of the modulation signal.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the phase locked loop oscillator further comprises a third capacitive ladder for modulating a frequency of the phase locked loop oscillator.

13. A method of controlling a wireless communication device configured to transmit a transmission signal in an assigned channel bandwidth, the method comprising:

generating a local oscillator signal at a local oscillator frequency;

converting in-phase and quadrature-phase components of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency to a radio frequency by mixing the in-phase and quadrature-phase components with the local oscillator signal;

wherein the local oscillator frequency is set to place a third order intermodulation product, having a frequency equal to the local oscillator frequency minus three times the modulation frequency, within the assigned channel bandwidth;

wherein the local oscillator comprises a phase locked loop configured for two point modulation by:

relatively coarse tuning the phase locked loop oscillator using a first switchable capacitance ladder; and

relatively fine tuning the phase locked loop oscillator using a second switchable capacitance ladder.