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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 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)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques for transmitting data from a transmitter unit to a receiver unit in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. SOLUTION: In one method, at the receiver unit, a number of signals are received via a number of receive antennas, the received signal is received from the transmitter unit. The received signals are processed to derive channel state information (CSI) indicative of characteristics of a number of transmission channels used for data transmission. The CSI is transmitted back to the transmitter unit. At the transmitter unit, the CSI from the receiver unit is received and data for transmission to the receiver unit are processed based on the received CSI. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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Pilots suitable for use in MIMO systems and capable of supporting various functions are described. The various types of pilot include - a beacon pilot, a MIMO pilot, a steered reference or steered pilot, and a carrier pilot. The beacon pilot is transmitted from all transmit antennas and may be used for timing and frequency acquisition. The MIMO pilot is transmitted from all transmit antennas but is covered with different orthogonal codes assigned to the transmit antennas. The MIMO pilot may be used for channel estimation. The steered reference is transmitted on specific eigenmodes of a MIMO channel and is user terminal specific. The steered reference may be used for channel estimation. The carrier pilot may be transmitted on designated subbands/antennas and may be used for phase tracking of a carrier signal. Various pilot transmission schemes may be devised based on different combinations of these various types of pilot.
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Transmitter and receiver units for use in a communications system and configurable to provide antenna, frequency, or temporal diversity, or a combination thereof, for transmitted signals. The transmitter unit includes a system data processor, one or more modulators, and one or more antennas. The system data processor receives and partitions an input data stream into a number of channel data streams and further processes the channel data streams to generate one or more modulation symbol vector streams. Each modulation symbol vector stream includes a sequence of modulation symbol vectors representative of data in one or more channel data streams. Each modulator receives and modulates a respective modulation symbol vector stream to provide an RF modulated signal, and each antenna receives and transmits a respective RF modulated signal. Each modulator may include an inverse (fast) Fourier transform (IFFT) and a cyclic prefix generator. The IFFT generates time-domain representations of the modulation symbol vectors, and the cyclic prefix generator repeats a portion of the time-domain representation of each modulation symbol vector. The channel data streams are modulated using multi-carrier modulation, e.g., OFDM modulation. Time division multiplexing (TDM) may also be used to increase flexibility.
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A receive filter receives signals from a communication channel. The received signals correspond to original Walsh covered chip sequences transmitted through the communication channel to the receive filter. The received signals are processed by an equalizer to generate a soft estimate of chip sequences corresponding to the original Walsh covered chip sequences. An N chip Walsh decover is then utilized to generate a soft estimate of code symbols corresponding to the soft estimate of the chip sequences. A number of symbol slicers are then used in parallel to produce a hard estimate of the code symbols corresponding to the soft estimate of code symbols generated by the N chip Walsh decover. Thereafter an N chip Walsh cover is used to generate a hard estimate of chip sequences corresponding to the hard estimate of the code symbols generated by the symbol slicers. The hard estimate of the chip sequences generated with the aid of the N chip Walsh cover, and the soft estimate of the chip sequences generated by the equalizer, are used to generate a tracking mode error signal to adapt the response of the equalizer to the received signals.
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In some aspects, each cell in the communications system can be designed to operate in accordance with a set of back-off factors that identify the reductions in peak transmit power levels for the channels associated with the back-off factors. The back-off factors are defined to provide the required power to a large percentage of the users while reducing the amount of interference. In some other aspects, the cells operate using an adaptive reuse scheme that allows the cells to efficiently allocate and reallocate the system resources to reflect changes in the system. A reuse scheme is initially defined and resources are allocated to the cells. During operation, changes in the operating conditions of the system are detected and the reuse scheme is redefined as necessary based on the detected changes. For example, the loading conditions of the cells can be detected, and the resources can be reallocated and/or the reuse scheme can be redefined. In yet other aspects, techniques are provided to efficiency schedule data transmissions and to assign channels to users. Data transmissions can be scheduled based on user priorities, some fairness criteria, system requirements, and other factors. Users are assigned to available channels based on a number of channel assignment schemes. Channel metrics are also provided, which can be used to prioritize users and for channel assignments.
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Un procedimiento para informar de información de estado de canal, CSI, en un sistema de comunicación de múltiples entradas y múltiples salidas, MIMO, que comprende: recibir una pluralidad de señales por medio de una pluralidad de antenas de recepción, en el que la señal recibida desde cada antena de recepción comprende una combinación de una o más señales transmitidas desde una unidad transmisora; procesar la pluralidad de señales recibidas para derivar información de estado de canal, CSI, indicativa de características de una pluralidad de canales de transmisión usados para la transmisión de datos, en el que la CSI comprende: información suficiente para que la unidad transmisora calcule valores propios y modos propios para cada subcanal de frecuencia utilizado en transmisiones de enlace descendente; transmitir la CSI de vuelta a la unidad transmisora; y transmitir actualizaciones diferenciales de la CSI de vuelta a la unidad transmisora.
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Una unidad receptora para un sistema de comunicación de múltiples entradas y múltiples salidas, MIMO (100), que comprende: una pluralidad de antenas receptoras (152A... 152R) configuradas para recibir señales recibidas a través de diferentes canales espaciales; un procesador de MIMO (156A) configurado para proporcionar estimaciones de símbolos de modulación en las señales; y un procesador de información de estado de canal, CSI, (520), que forma parte del procesador de MIMO, configurado para proporcionar información de señal a ruido más interferencia, SNR, para los diferentes canales espaciales; y un procesador de datos de transmisión (162) configurado para recibir y procesar la información de SNR para la transmisión; en el que el procesador de CSI está configurado para proporcionar la información de SNR para cada subportadora de una señal OFDM multiplexada por división ortogonal de frecuencia, recibida en el receptor basándose en un total de información de SNR que es igual a la suma de la SNR de las señales de la pluralidad de antenas receptoras.
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Un procedimiento para generar flujos de datos en un sistema de comunicación inalámbrica de múltiples entradas y múltiples salidas, MIMO, que tiene una pluralidad de usuarios, que comprende: obtener al menos un flujo de datos (X1... XK) para cada usuario de la pluralidad de usuarios; obtener una secuencia ortogonal (W1... WK) para cada usuario en la pluralidad de usuarios; escalar el al menos un flujo de datos (X1... XK) para cada usuario con un factor de escalado respectivo (G1... GK) para proporcionar un ajuste de potencia para el al menos un flujo de datos (X1... XK); y multiplicar el al menos un flujo de datos escalado (X1... XK) para cada usuario con la secuencia ortogonal (W1... WK) para que el usuario obtenga al menos un flujo de datos multiplicado para cada uno de la pluralidad de usuarios; combinar el al menos un flujo de datos multiplicado para cada uno de la pluralidad de usuarios para generar un flujo de datos combinado; e intercalar los datos en el flujo de datos combinado para proporcionar diversidad temporal.