Abstract:
During operation radio frames are divided into a plurality of subframes. Data is transmitted over the radio frames within a plurality of subframes, and having a frame duration selected from two or more possible frame durations.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for communications channel symbol recovery that improves equalizer performance adds together the log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) of different decision delays rather than using LLRs corresponding only to a single decision delay. A low complexity method comprises, determining an initial coarse delay and a set of fine delays (1003), estimating a training sequence and filter taps set for each fine delay (1007), determining an error function for each fine delay (1009), and linearly combining the filter taps (1013) for determining the symbol estimates (1017).
Abstract:
A method for rate selection by a communication device for enhanced uplink during soft handoff in a wireless communication system includes a first step of receiving information from a scheduler. This information can include one or more of scheduling, a rate limit, a power margin limit, and a persistence. A next step includes determining a data rate for an enhanced uplink during soft handoff using the information. A next step includes transmitting to a serving base station on an enhanced uplink channel at the data rate determined from the determining step.
Abstract:
A method of modulation detection. A signal is received (710). A first decision statistic can be generated based on the received signal (720). The received signal can be transformed (725). A second decision statistic can be generated based on the transformed received signal (735). A selected modulation type can be determined based on comparing the first decision statistic with the second decision statistic (740).
Abstract:
A wireless communications device (100) includes a primary radio frequency branch (134) and a diversity branch (136), which is enabled and disabled to balance performance and power consumption. Diversity mode operation of the device is controlled, for example, based on one or more of an estimated channel quality indicator, data reception, data rate, state or mode of the station, estimated signal to noise ratio of a pilot signal, battery power level, distance from a serving cell, among other factors.
Abstract:
A method for reducing interference in a desired signal in a GSM communication system uses a finite-impulse-response filter for alternate linear equalization. The method includes a first step (300) of inputting a burst of data of a received waveform including interference from a channel of the communication system. A next step (302) includes training the finite-impulse-response filter with a set of symbols of specific quadrature phase, known a priori, in the burst of data of the received waveform. For example known real only and imaginary only symbols are alternatively selected from a midamble of the data burst. A next step (304) includes operating on the received waveform with the finite-impulse-response filter to alternately linearly equalize the burst of data to provide an estimate of the desired signal.