Abstract:
A method for determining a subscriber unit location in a communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a signal from the subscriber unit at a first base station, determining a first receive time of the signal based on a sequence of spreading symbols at the first base station, determining a first angle of arrival of the signal at the first base station, and determining the location of the subscriber unit from the first receive time, the first angle of arrival, and further predetermined information about the first base station. The signal is formed via modulation by the sequence of spreading symbols.
Abstract:
A method for determining a subscriber unit location in a communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a signal from the subscriber unit at a first base station, determining a first receive time of the signal based on a sequence of spreading symbols at the first base station, determining a first angle of arrival of the signal at the first base station, and determining the location of the subscriber unit from the first receive time, the first angle of arrival, and further predetermined information about the first base station. The signal is formed via modulation by the sequence of spreading symbols.
Abstract:
A communications network (200) for enhanced uplink of High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) in 3G wireless communications includes a mobile transceiver unit (605). The mobile transceiver unit is operable to use a channel prediction to estimate a power margin of one or more dedicated channels, predict a power margin for an acknowledgement transmission based on transmission parameters, reserve a power margin for a channel quality indicator (CQI) transmission, and determine an Enhanced Transport Format Combination (E-TFC) for an uplink data packet transmission based on an available power margin. The communications network also includes a communications network node (610) operable to transmit a power control signal to the mobile transceiver unit.
Abstract:
Various embodiments are described to provide for the transmission of data in an improved manner. Data transmission is improved by including in a transmitter a null generator (310) to embed frequency domain nulls into a data symbol sequence to produce a null-embedded data symbol sequence. A symbol inserter (320) inserts a control symbol sequence into the frequency domain nulls of the null-embedded data symbol sequence to produce a combined symbol sequence. A modulator (330) then encodes the combined symbol sequence using IFDMA / DFT-S-OFDM. This approach allows the assignment of a single IFDMA / DFT-S-OFDM code to each user for data and control (pilot, e.g.) signaling, simplifying code management. Frequency hopping techniques may also be employed to lower the pilot overhead.
Abstract:
Various embodiments are described to address the need for an apparatus and method of outer-loop power control for enhanced uplink communications that address some of the outstanding problems in the prior art. Generally expressed, a base site (131), while a first uplink channel is inactive, monitors packet retransmissions to generate an uplink quality indicator. Here, packet retransmissions refers to the number of packet retransmissions used by a remote unit (101) to send packets to a base transceiver station (111) via at least one other uplink channel. Also, while the first uplink channel is inactive, the base site adjusts a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) target for the first uplink channel based on the uplink quality indicator. Then, when the first uplink channel becomes active, the base site begins power controlling the first uplink channel using the SIR target.
Abstract:
In a network, where a packet is to be transmitted on a channel to a communication device with a time offset between a shared control channel and a shared data channel, the packets can be ordered. A margin (301) can be determined (403) between a power need of a data channel of a packet and a total available transmit power (315) of the network infrastructure device. Scheduling packets (405) is responsive to the margin, and determines the next packet to be sent, where the control channel of the next packet has a power need less than the power margin. Resources are allocated (407) responsive to the margin to further determine the subsequent packet. The subsequent packet is transmitted (411) on the channel, wherein the data channel of the current packet and the control channel of the subsequent packet are at least partially contemporaneous.
Abstract:
To address the need to convey ACK/NACK information in a manner that conserves system and signaling resources, embodiments of the present invention employ a Node-B transmitting on two types of ACK/NACK broadcast channels (501, 502), one type for received uplink data that was scheduled by the Node B and the other type of broadcast channel for received uplink data that was not scheduled by the Node B. Other embodiments of the invention employ a Node-B transmitting on two types of broadcast channels, one type of broadcast channel for received uplink data that comes from non-SHO users and another type of broadcast channel for received uplink data that comes from non-scheduled users or comes from scheduled SHO users. In addition, ACK/NACK information is scheduled (800) into the available broadcast channel time slots in accordance with a transmission priority that is determined by a scheduler.
Abstract:
During a random access communication opportunity (12), user equipment (20) utilizes either or both of an adaptive modulation and coding-based communication protocol (26) and an HARQ-based communication protocol (27) to achieve improved performance. This can avoid the need to establish dedicated channels (13) to support the required communications. In one embodiment, a plurality of adaptive modulation and coding-based communication protocols are provided with a given protocol being selected as a function of one or more governing criteria. For example, the protocol can be selected as a function of a quality condition of the communication path, as a function of a memory buffer, and so forth.
Abstract:
In a mobile telecommunication system (10), a number of user equipments (40-45) may receive multimedia broadcast multicast services. The method for power allocation and user assignment for MBMS services determines any number (K) of user equipments which may be served without complete cell area coverage (78). For more than K user equipments (40-45) requesting MBMS services, dedicated channels are assigned (84). For user equipments requesting MBMS service during a broadcast, such user equipment is assigned to the channel (broadcast or dedicated) with the lower power requirement, if power is available. If the user is assigned to the broadcast channel, and power is available, power of the broadcast channel is adjusted (108). Otherwise, the power of the broadcast channel is increased and no further power is indicated as being available (112).