Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and apparatuses for determining, communicating and using information which can be used for interference control purposes. SOLUTION: Wireless terminals measure signals transmitted from one or more base stations, e.g., base station sector transmitters (1010, 1014). The measured signals may be, e.g., beacon signals and/or pilot signals. From the measured signals, the wireless terminal generates one or more gain ratios which provide information about the relative gain of the communications channels from different base station sectors to the wireless terminal (1018). On the basis of signal energy measurements and relative gains generated from the energy measures, reports are generated and sent to one or more base stations. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and apparatus for efficient two-stage paging wireless communications systems. SOLUTION: Wireless terminals are assigned to paging groups. A few first paging message information bits are modulated into a first paging signal (using non-coherent modulation) to be communicated from a base station to a wireless terminal. WT rises, receives the first paging signal, and checks whether the paging group should wait for a second paging signal. If so, the WT is operated to receive the second paging signal. Otherwise, the WT goes back to sleep conserving power. The base station modulates a number of second message information bits (using coherent modulation) to transmit signals to WTs. A WT can determine that it is the paged WT from the information in the first and the second paging signals to process paging instructions. The objective invoked WT can transmit an acknowledgement signal on a dedicated uplink resources. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve transmit and/or receive diversity using multiple antennas. SOLUTION: A single transmitter chain within a wireless terminal is coupled over time to a plurality of transmit antennas 312. At any given time, a controllable switching module 310 couples the single transmitter chain to one of the plurality of transmit antennas. With the passage of time, the switching module couples the output signals from the single transmitter chain to different transmit antennas. Switching decisions are based on predetermined information, dwell information, and/or channel condition feedback information. Switching is performed on some dwell and/or channel estimation boundaries. In some OFDM embodiments, each of multiple transmitter chains is coupled, respectively, to a different transmit antenna. Information which is to be transmitted is mapped to a plurality of tones. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for efficient two-stage paging wireless communications systems are described. Wireless terminals are assigned to paging groups. A few first paging message information bits are modulated (using non-coherent modulation) into a first paging signal and communicated from a base station to wireless terminals. WTs wake-up, receive the first paging signal and quickly ascertain whether its paging group should expect a second paging signal, if so, the WT is operated to receive the second paging signal; otherwise, the WT goes back to sleep conserving power. The base station modulates (using coherent modulation) a number of second message information bits into a second paging signal and transmits the signal to WTs. From the information in first and second paging signals, a WT can determine that it is the paged WT and process the paging instructions. The intended paged WT can transmit an acknowledgement signal on a dedicated uplink resource.