Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate bandwidth-efficient non-coherent signaling for uplink control channel transmissions.SOLUTION: A communication device utilizes a set of complex orthogonal codewords using non-coherent signaling in a bandwidth efficient manner. A complex orthogonal codeword set can comprise a first subset of codewords having a desirable cross-correlation property and one or more other subsets of codewords that can include expurgated codewords. The expurgated codewords can include discarded codewords and/or codeword pairs that produce a worst-case cross-correlation property. The codeword set and subsets are determined based at least in part on a predefined codeword criterion. A portion of the discarded codewords can be used for other purposes, such as erasure decoding, interference-level estimation, and/or multi-mode control channel operation.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently transmit a random access preamble and signaling.SOLUTION: Random access signaling may be sent based on at least one transmission parameter having different values for different user equipment (UE) classes. At least one parameter value may be determined based on a particular UE class, and the random access signaling may be sent based on the determined parameter value(s). The random access signaling may be a random access preamble, and the at least one transmission parameter may include a target SNR, a backoff time, and/or a power ramp. The random access preamble may then be sent based on a target SNR value, a power ramp value, and/or a backoff time value for the particular UE class.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform channel estimation for wireless communication.SOLUTION: Techniques for deriving channel estimates with different channel estimation filters are described. In one scheme, a filter selection metric is determined for a signal to be recovered, a channel estimation filter is selected based on the filter selection metric, and a channel estimate is derived with the selected channel estimation filter. In another scheme, a first channel estimate is derived with a first channel estimation filter having a first filter response, a first signal is recovered with the first channel estimate, and interference due to the first signal is estimated and removed. A second channel estimate is derived with a second channel estimation filter having a second filter response that is different from the first filter response.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques for selecting transmit formats in a manner to account for the degrees of resource reuse for multiple data streams sent simultaneously from multiple antennas. SOLUTION: The degree of resource reuse for each data stream indicates the amount of reuse of resources (e.g., orthogonal codes or subcarriers) observed by the data stream. Interference estimates for the multiple data streams are derived based on an initial resource assignment. The degrees of resource reuse are determined based on the interference estimates and are used to derive at least one correction factor (410). Then, at least one transmit format is selected for the data streams using the at least one correction factor (420). In accordance with a transmit format that indicates the amount of resources in use for the data stream and other parameters, resources are assigned to each data stream (430). COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for selecting data rates at which data are transmitted over a primary uplink in the presence of one or more secondary uplink channels. SOLUTION: The present invention comprises a method including: determining probabilities associated with numbers of attempted transmissions of data; determining the number of times pending data transmissions have been attempted; determining probabilities associated with the data transmissions; and allocating power for transmission of the data in a succeeding frame based upon the associated probabilities. In one embodiment, a highest supportable data rate for a primary uplink is initially selected. Then, power is allocated for a minimum set of channels on the primary uplink. Then, power is allocated for pending data transmissions on the secondary uplink. A maximum power level for the transceiver is then adjusted to account for the allocated power, and the highest supportable data rate for the primary uplink is recomputed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for channel estimation in a system employing different transmission protocols as a broadcast/multicast protocol and a unicast protocol, wherein the number of a pilot tone used for broadcast transmission is greater than the number of a pilot tone used for a unicast transmission and quality of a symbol from a broadcast transmission slot is not deteriorated even when the symbol is adjacent to a symbol from a unicast transmission slot.SOLUTION: In the method, it is determined whether a first time-slot (multicast slot) of one transmission protocol is adjacent to a second time-slot (unicast slot) of another transmission protocol or not. The number of pilot power and/or a pilot sub-carrier is/are increased for an edge symbol of the multicast slot for a purpose of channel estimation using the edge symbol.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for estimating a transmitted signal in a radio communication system. SOLUTION: A radio signal including a pilot channel and at least one other channel is received. The transmitted signal is estimated by using an equalizer and the received radio signal. The equalizer includes a filter having a plurality of taps which are adapted through the use of an adaptive algorithm to use a pilot estimated from the received radio signal. The pilot channel is transmitted to the radio signal including at least one other channel. The estimated pilot is extracted and is supplied to the adaptive algorithm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for channel estimation in a system employing differing transmission protocols as broadcast/multicast and unicast protocols.SOLUTION: The number of pilot tones used for a broadcast transmission is greater than the number of pilot tones used for a unicast transmission. The channel estimation may be significantly degraded when a symbol from a broadcast transmission slot is adjacent to a symbol from a unicast transmission slot. Therefore, it is determined whether a first time slot of one transmission protocol (multicast slot) is adjacent to a second time slot of another transmission protocol (unicast slot). The pilot power and/or the number of the pilot sub-carriers are/is increased for the edge symbol of the multicast slot for purposes of channel estimation using the edge symbol.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for assigning uplink acknowledgement (ACK) resources for user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system.SOLUTION: The method comprises: identifying UE for which persistent assignment of communication resources is to be established; identifying uplink ACK resources used by the identified UE; and communicating, to the UE, assignment of the identified uplink ACK resources together with the persistent assignment of communication resources.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform synchronization transmissions which support efficient cell search conducted by UE.SOLUTION: Multiple types of synchronization transmissions (PSC, SSC) are placed in a frame with non-uniform intervals. Consecutive synchronization transmissions are conveyed at non-uniform intervals. Multiple levels with non-uniform intervals may be used to convey different types of information with their correspondences. The multiple synchronization transmissions are made in different subframes of the frame, in one of multiple symbol periods in each subframe. One synchronization transmission may be sent in one of multiple possible symbol periods depending, e.g., on a particular group of cell IDs. The intervals between synchronization codes may also be used to convey cyclic prefix length. A secondary synchronization code (SSC) carrying a cell ID may be sent with a predetermined offset from one of the multiple primary synchronization codes (PSC).