Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for noise variance estimation in wireless communications.SOLUTION: Noise variance estimation is made by a noise variance estimator 504 that receives a signal including an OFDM symbol having in-band tones including in-band pilot tones and band-edge tones including band-edge pilot tones and guard tones. The noise variance estimator 504 includes an in-band estimator 702 configured to compute effective noise variance for the in-band tones using the in-band pilot tones and channel estimates for the in-band pilot tones, and a band-edge estimator 704 configured to compute effective noise variance for the band-edge tones using the band-edge pilot tones, channel estimates for the in-band pilot tones, and the guard tones.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for an improved demodulation process that considers thermal noise for one or more antennas mounted on a receiver, regarding noise variance estimation in wireless communications. SOLUTION: Noise variance estimation includes: receiving a signal including an OFDM symbol having in-band tones including in-band pilot tones and band-edge tones including band-edge pilot tones and guard tones; estimating an equivalent noise variance for the in-band tones using the in-band pilot tones and channel estimates for the in-band pilot tones; and estimating an equivalent noise variance for the band-edge tones using the band-edge pilot tones, channel estimates for the band-edge pilot tones, and the guard tones. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques for assigning multipaths to finger processors to achieve desired data performance and low power consumption.SOLUTION: A search is initially performed to obtain a set of multipaths for a transmission from at least one base station. At least one multipath (e.g., the minimum number of multipaths) having a combined performance metric (e.g., a combined SNR) exceeding a threshold is identified. The at least one multipath is assigned to, and processed by, at least one finger processor to recover the transmission from the base station(s).
Abstract:
Un procedimiento de comunicación inalámbrica que se lleva a cabo en una entidad subordinada (204), donde la entidad subordinada está configurada para utilizar recursos asignados por una entidad de planificación, que comprende: comunicarse (1102) con la entidad de planificación utilizando una pluralidad de subtramas autónomas que comprenden una primera subtrama y una segunda subtrama, donde cada una de las subtramas autónomas comprende una parte de enlace ascendente, UL, y una parte de enlace descendente, DL; recibir (1104) información de control de DL desde la entidad de planificación en la parte de DL de la primera subtrama; y transmitir (1108) datos de UL que comprenden una pluralidad de ráfagas de señal de referencia a la entidad de planificación en la parte de UL de la primera subtrama, donde la pluralidad de ráfagas de señal de referencia está uniformemente separada en al menos una porción de la parte de UL de la primera subtrama.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wireless device that communicates with another wireless device utilizing self-contained subframes. The wireless device communicates with a scheduling entity utilizing a plurality of self-contained subframes that include a first subframe and a second subframe. Each of the self-contained subframes includes an uplink (UL) portion and a downlink (DL) portion. The wireless device further receives DL control information from the scheduling entity in the DL portion of the first subframe, and transmits UL data that includes a plurality of reference signal bursts to the scheduling entity in the UL portion of the first subframe. The plurality of reference signal bursts are uniformly spaced in at least a portion of the UL portion of the first subframe.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wireless device that communicates with another wireless device utilizing self-contained subframes. The wireless device communicates with a scheduling entity utilizing a plurality of self-contained subframes that include a first subframe and a second subframe. Each of the self-contained subframes includes an uplink (UL) portion and a downlink (DL) portion. The wireless device further receives DL control information from the scheduling entity in the DL portion of the first subframe, and transmits UL data that includes a plurality of reference signal bursts to the scheduling entity in the UL portion of the first subframe. The plurality of reference signal bursts are uniformly spaced in at least a portion of the UL portion of the first subframe.
Abstract:
Various additional and alternative aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for wireless communication. The method includes determining at least one RS pattern for allocating a reference signal on an uplink channel and a downlink channel based on one or more transmission factors for transmitting the reference signal, wherein at least a portion of the at least one RS pattern is the same for the uplink channel and the downlink channel. The method further includes transmitting the reference signal using the determined RS pattern.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wireless device that communicates with another wireless device utilizing self-contained subframes. The wireless device communicates with a scheduling entity utilizing a plurality of self-contained subframes that include a first subframe and a second subframe. Each of the self-contained subframes includes an uplink (UL) portion and a downlink (DL) portion. The wireless device further receives DL control information from the scheduling entity in the DL portion of the first subframe, and transmits UL data that includes a plurality of reference signal bursts to the scheduling entity in the UL portion of the first subframe. The plurality of reference signal bursts are uniformly spaced in at least a portion of the UL portion of the first subframe.
Abstract:
The present patent application comprises a method and means for demodulating symbols, comprising converting an OFDM symbol from a time domain to a frequency domain, selecting pilot tones, making a soft decision based on received data, and estimating a channel frequency response. In another example, the method and means further comprises selecting guard tones. In another example, the method and means further comprises generating channel estimates for in-band and band-edge pilot tones.