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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for operating a large number of transmission devices in a radio communication system. SOLUTION: The method includes: segmenting usable system resources into a plurality of channels; defining a reuse scheme including a plurality of cells for the communication system; determining one or more characteristics for each of the cells in the reuse scheme; allocating a combination of channels to each of cells in the reuse scheme on the basis of one or more characteristics for which at least a cell is partially decided; and repeating decision and allocation in order to reflect the change in the communication system. The cells in the reuse scheme are each allocated with the channels of each set for transmission at a full power level. The cells in the reuse scheme are each allocated with channels of each set including one or more channels usable for transmission at a full power level and one or more channels usable for transmission at a reduce power level. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for adaptively controlling a data transmission rate in a radio (e.g., OFDM) communication system. SOLUTION: In one viewpoint, various kinds of metrics may be derived and used to select a suitable rate for data transmission. Some kinds of metrics relate to different characteristics of a communication channel such as an SNR, a frequency selection degree, a time selection degree and the like. One kind of metrics relates to data transmission performance. In another viewpoint, the various kinds of metrics may be used in a different way to adaptively control the rate. Some metrics may be used for open-loop control, other metrics may be used for closed-loop control, and some may be used for both. For example, a channel metrics may be used to decide or select the rate, and a performance metrics may be used to decide whether or not to adjust the rate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques to calibrate the downlink and uplink channels to account for differences in the frequency responses of the transmit and receive chains at an access point and a user terminal. SOLUTION: Pilots are transmitted on the downlink and uplink channels and used to derive estimates of the downlink and uplink channel responses, respectively. Two sets of correction factors are then determined based on the estimates of the downlink and uplink channel responses. A calibrated downlink channel is formed by using a first set of correction factors for the downlink channel, and a calibrated uplink channel is formed by using a second set of correction factors for the uplink channel. The first and second sets of correction factors may be determined using a matrix-ratio computation or a minimum means square error (MMSE) computation. The calibration may be performed in real-time based on over-the-air transmission. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique to successively process received signals in a receiver unit and to adaptively process data in a transmitter unit based on channel state information available with an MIMO channel in an MIMO system for recovering transmitted data. SOLUTION: A successive cancellation receiver processing technique is used for processing the received signals and performing a number of iterations in order to provide a decoded data stream. For each iteration, input (e.g., received) signals for the iteration are processed to provide one or more symbol streams. One of the symbol streams is selected and processed to provide a decoded data stream. The interference due to the decoded data stream is removed (i.e., canceled) from the input signals provided to the next iteration. The channel characteristics are evaluated and informed to the source of the transmitter system to adjust processing (such as coding, modulation) of data prior to transmission (i.e., adaptation). COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide time-domain transmit and receive processing using channel eigen-mode decomposition for MIMO systems. SOLUTION: In an aspect, a time-domain implementation is provided which uses frequency-domain singular value decomposition and "water-pouring" results to derive time-domain pulse-shaping and beam-steering solutions at the transmitter and receiver. The singular value decomposition is performed at the transmitter to determine THE eigen-modes (i.e., spatial subchannels) of the MIMO channel and to derive a first set of steering vectors used to "precondition" modulation symbols. The singular value decomposition is also performed at the receiver to derive a second set of steering vectors used to precondition the received signals, such that orthogonal symbol streams are recovered at the receiver, which can simplify the receiver processing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an OFDM system for minimizing periodic prefix overheads and maximizing packing efficiency.SOLUTION: System traffic is classified into different categories. For each category, OFDM symbols of proper sizes are selected based on an expected payload size for the traffic in the category. For example, control data is transmitted by using the OFDM symbols of a first size, user data is transmitted by using the OFDM symbols of the first size and a second size, and pilot data is transmitted by using the OFDM symbols of a third size or the first size. In one exemplary design, a small OFDM symbol is utilized for the pilot and control data transmission, and a large OFDM symbol and the small OFDM symbol are utilized for transport channels used to send the user data.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques to calibrate downlink and uplink channels to account for differences in frequency responses of transmission and reception chains at an access point and a user terminal. SOLUTION: Pilots are transmitted on downlink and uplink channels and used to derive estimates of downlink and uplink channel responses, respectively. Two sets of correction factors are then determined based on the estimates of the downlink and uplink channel responses. A calibrated downlink channel is formed by using a first set of correction factors for the downlink channel, and a calibrated uplink channel is formed by using a second set of correction factors for the uplink channel. The first and second sets of correction factors may be determined using a matrix-ratio computation or a minimum mean square error (MMSE) computation. The calibration may be performed in real time based on over-the-air transmission. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give the improved property and higher flexibility of a communicating system, by a MIMO system having multiple spatial multiplexing modes. SOLUTION: The communicating system includes (1) a steered mode of a single user which transmits multiple data streams by an orthogonal spatial channel to a single receiver, (2) a non-steered mode of a single user which transmits multiple data streams from multiple antennas to a single receiver without any spatial processing in a transmitter, (3) steered modes of multi-users which transmit multiple data streams to multiple receivers at the same time while being accompanied by a spatial processing in a transmitter, and (4) non-steered modes of multi-users which transmit multiple data streams from multiple antennas to multiple receivers having multiple antennas without any spatial processing in a transmitter. Each spatial multiplexing mode is selected from multiple spatial multiplexing modes supported by the system to the set of the terminal of each user. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide multicarrier transmission using a plurality of symbol lengths. SOLUTION: System traffic may be arranged into different categories. For each category, OFDM symbols of proper sizes may be selected based on the expected payload size for the traffic in that category. For example, control data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of a first size, user data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of the first size and a second size, and pilot data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of a third size or the first size. In one exemplary design, a small OFDM symbol is utilized for pilot and for transport channels used to send control data, and a large OFDM symbol and the small OFDM symbol are utilized for transport channels used to send user data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques for implementing a multiple-access hybrid OFDM-CDMA system that may be used to provide wireless voice and/or data communications. SOLUTION: In one aspect of a multiple-access OFDM-CDMA system, data spreading is performed in a frequency domain by spreading each data stream with a respective spreading code selected from a set of available spreading codes. To support multiple access, system resources may be allocated and de-allocated to users (e.g., spreading codes may be assigned to users as needed, and transmit power may be allocated to users). Variable rate data for each user may be supported via a combination of spreading adjustment and transmit power scaling. Interference control techniques are also provided to improve system performance via power control of downlink and/or uplink transmissions to achieve the desired level of performance while minimizing interference. A pilot may be transmitted by each transmitter unit to assist the receiver units perform acquisition, timing synchronization, carrier recovery, handoff, channel estimation, coherent data demodulation, and so on. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT