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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 more efficiently derive eigenvectors used for spatial processing in MIMO systems. SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a method for deriving a matched filter matrix based on a steered reference. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of sets of received symbols regarding the steered reference received via a first link of MIMO and generated based on a plurality of steering vectors; deriving a matched filter matrix based on the plurality of sets of received symbols, a plurality of row vectors of the matched filter matrix including a plurality of eigenvectors. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, an apparatus and a system for medium access control. SOLUTION: Embodiments adapted to MAC processing for the efficient use of a high throughput system are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first layer for receiving one or a plurality of packets from one or plurality of data flows and for generating one or a plurality of first layer Protocol Data Units (PDUs) from one or the plurality of packets. In another embodiment, a second layer is arranged for generating one or a plurality of MAC frames on the basis of one or the plurality of MAC layer PDUs. Moreover, in another embodiment, a MAC frame is arranged for transmitting one or a plurality of MAC layer PDUs. The MAC frame may include a control channel for transmitting one or a plurality of allocations. The MAC frame may also include one or a plurality of traffic segments according to allocation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,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 closed-loop rate control for data transmission in a plurality of parallel channels. SOLUTION: An internal loop estimates channel conditions of communication links, and selects data rates suitable for each of the plurality of parallel channels based on channel estimation. Reception SNRs are calculated based on the channel estimation by parallel channels; operation SNRs are calculated, based on the reception SNRs and SNR offsets of the parallel channels; and the data rates are selected, based on the operation SNRs of the parallel channels and one set of necessary SNRs of one set of data rates supported by systems. An external loop estimates the quality of the data transmission received by the plurality of parallel channels to adjust the operation of the internal loop. For example, the SNR offset for each parallel channel is adjusted, based on the statuses of packets received by the parallel channels. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for improving bandwidth efficiency in a multiplex input and multiplex output channel. SOLUTION: An input bit stream is supplies to a trellis code block. The trellis code block performs convolutional coding using a code at a rate of 6/7. The output of the trellis code block is modulated using trellis coding orthogonal amplitude modulation to a signal point or a modulation symbol of 128, for example. The modulation symbol sequence thus generated is diversity encoded. The diversity coding is space-time coding or spatial frequency coding. The modulation symbol sequence, that is the diversity encoded modulation symbol sequence is supplied to two or more orthogonal Walsh covers. The diversity can be improved by supplying a replica of the modulation symbol sequence, or the data transmission rate or "throughput" can be improved by demultiplexing of the modulation symbol sequence. The output of the Walsh cover is supplied to a communication channel as separate inputs. 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
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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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Techniques to efficiently derive a spatial filter matrix are described. In a first scheme, a Hermitian matrix is iteratively derived based on a channel response matrix, and a matrix inversion is indirectly calculated by deriving the Hermitian matrix iteratively. The spatial filter matrix is derived based on the Hermitian matrix and the channel response matrix. In a second scheme, multiple rotations are performed to iteratively obtain first and second matrices for a pseudo-inverse matrix of the channel response matrix. The spatial filter matrix is derived based on the first and second matrices. In a third scheme, a matrix is formed based on the channel response matrix and decomposed to obtain a unitary matrix and a diagonal matrix. The spatial filter matrix is derived based on the unitary matrix, the diagonal matrix, and the channel response matrix.