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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and methodologies that facilitate recovery from an error due to false detection of completion signals at an access terminal.SOLUTION: A request signal specific to an access terminal can be sent to a target base station to initiate handoff or exit a semi-connected state. A completion signal can be transferred in response to the request signal specific to the access terminal. To mitigate errors stemming from false detection of the completion signal at the access terminal, forward link and reverse link confirmation signals can be transferred to confirm successful handoff or connected state re-entry completion. For example, the access terminal can determine handoff or re-entry to be successful when a forward link confirmation signal is detected prior to expiration of a timer. Moreover, the forward link and reverse link confirmation signals can each include a larger number of CRC bits than the number of CRC bits included in the completion signal.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rank step-down method for MIMO SCW (single code word) design employing HARQ.SOLUTION: Systems and methodologies are described that reduce rank (e.g., of a user device) as a number of transmissions therefrom increases. Such rank step-down can improve interference resistance and maintain code rate despite transmission propagation. Additionally, rank step-down information can be encoded along with CQI information to generate a 5-bit CQI signal that can update a user's rank upon each CQI transmission (e.g., approximately every 5 ms). The described systems and/or methods can be employed in a single code word (SCW) wireless communication environment with a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) protocol.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system, apparatus and method for supporting mobile stations that are not capable of demodulating the entire bandwidth when an arranged bandwidth is large, or that can be made to demodulate less than the entire bandwidth.SOLUTION: The method includes the processes of: transmitting a first access request using a first carrier which is one of a plurality of carriers available for communications of access terminals; receiving a first assignment for communication using the first carrier in a first access terminal; and receiving a second assignment for communication using either the first carrier or at least one second carrier, among the plurality of carriers, at the first access terminal on the basis of performances of the access terminals.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiplex scheme for achieving low PAPR relative to OFDM. SOLUTION: Enhanced frequency division multiple access (EFDMA) transmits modulation symbols in the time domain. An EFDMA symbol occupies multiple subband groups that are spaced apart in a frequency band, each subband group containing multiple adjacent subbands. To generate a symbol, multiple modulation symbols are mapped onto a first sequence. A transform is performed on the first sequence to obtain a second sequence. The values in the second sequence corresponding to the subbands used for the symbol are retained, and the remaining values are erased to obtain a third sequence. An inverse transform is performed on the third sequence to obtain a fourth sequence. A phase ramp is applied on the fourth sequence, and a cyclic prefix is appended to form the symbol. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for generating a pilot having a constant time-domain envelope and a flat frequency spectrum based on a polyphase sequence. SOLUTION: In a transmitter, to generate a pilot IFDMA symbol, a first sequence of pilot symbols is formed based on a polyphase sequence and replicated multiple times to obtain a second sequence of pilot symbols. A phase ramp is applied to the second pilot sequence to obtain a third sequence of output symbols. A cyclic prefix is appended to the third sequence of output symbols to obtain an IFDMA symbol, which is transmitted in the time domain via a communication channel. A pilot LFDMA symbol may also be generated with a polyphase sequence and multiplexed using TDM or CDM. A receiver derives a channel estimate based on received pilot symbols and using minimum mean-square error. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method for rate prediction in a wireless communication system having fractional frequency reuse. SOLUTION: A wireless communication system implementing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) can implement a fractional frequency reuse plan where a portion of carriers is allocated to terminals without anticipating handoff, and another portion of the carriers is reserved for terminals having a higher probability of handoff. Each of the portions can define a reuse set. The terminals can be constrained to frequency hop within a reuse set. The terminal can also be configured to determine a reuse set based on a present assignment of a subset of carriers. The terminal can determine a channel estimated value and a channel quality indicator based in part on at least the present reuse set. The terminal can report the channel quality indicator to a source, which can determine a rate based on an index value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for providing indication of a gap in transmission so as not to be interpreted by an access point and an access terminal as a mark showing that a resource with the gap in transmission assigned thereto is not available. SOLUTION: The assignment transmission resource of forward and backward links that is assigned to transmitting entity is managed for a period of time. An indication of a gap is provided whenever the transmitting entity does not transmit actual data packets. However, the transmitting entity is to maintain the assignment of the allocated resource. For example, the length of an erasure signature packet is selected based on an available resource, and the erasure signature packet is transmitted on the assigned resource when there is no actual data to transmit by using the assigned resource. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of estimating a channel for an OFDM communication system with inactive subbands. SOLUTION: For channel estimation in a spectrally shaped wireless communication system, an initial frequency response estimate is obtained for a first set of P uniformly spaced subbands (1) based on pilot symbols received on a second set of subbands used for pilot transmission and (2) using extrapolation and/or interpolation. In this case, P is a power of two. A final frequency response estimate for N total subbands is derived by (1) setting low quality taps for the channel impulse response estimate to zero, (2) zero-padding the channel impulse response estimate to length N, and (3) performing an N-point FFT on the zero-padded channel impulse response estimate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for channel estimation in a wireless communication system operating on a given frequency band.SOLUTION: Resource allocation for a transmission to a wireless device is provided. A frequency band 400 is partitioned into at least two contiguous subbands. A determination is made whether it is desirable to transmit in a single subband or in more than one subband (404, 408, 412, 416). The transmission is assigned either to occur in the single subband or to operate in more than one subband. If the transmission is restricted to one subband, the hop pattern is also restricted to subcarriers within the particular subband.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and method that facilitate transmitting access point types and/or restricted association parameters using broadcast signals.SOLUTION: The access point type and/or restricted association parameters are determined by intrinsic aspects of the access point, and extrinsic aspects, such as frequency, interval, and periodicity at the access point (702). A broadcast signal for identifying the access point is generated according to the type and/or the restricted association parameters (704). The broadcast signal for identifying the access point and the type/restricted association parameters is transmitted over a wireless network (706).