Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining a position of a mobile satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver is described. A position of a mobile satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver is determined by initially determining a plurality of satellite pseudoranges between said mobile SPS receiver and a corresponding plurality of satellites. Then, at least one non-satellite pseudomeasurement is determined. Finally, a condition of at least one of said plurality of satellite pseudoranges is determined.
Abstract:
Apparatuses for a transmitter and a receiver which enhance the performance of a system utilizing interleaving and transmit diversity by reordering the sequence of symbols transmitted along the different transmission channels. This enhancement is accomplished by providing different shuffling functions in conjunction with the interleavers and deinterleavers used with different transmission channels, which decreases the probability of loss of sequential symbols when transmission channels or antennas become correlated.
Abstract:
In a communication system, a method and an accompanying apparatus provide for efficient modulation and demodulation processes. In a transmitter (100), a ratio of power level of a communication channel over power level of a pilot channel is determined to produce a power level ratio. The power level ratio is quantized within a finite digital word. A quantized quadrature amplitude modulation distance, in a quadrature amplitude modulation constellation, is determined based on the quantized power level ratio. A signal, in accordance with a quadrature amplitude modulation technique, is modulated using the quantized distance, and transmitted to a receiver (160).
Abstract:
Techniques for puncturing symbols in a communications system are disclosed. S symbols are received for a frame having a capacity of N symbols, with S being greater than N. P symbols need to be punctured so that remaining symbols fit into the frame. A number of puncture distances, D1 through DN, are computed based on S and P. A particular number of symbol punctures is determined or each computed puncture distance. P1 through PN symbol punctures are then performed at the distances of D1 through DN, respectively. For a more even distribution of the symbol punctures, each of the distances D1 through DN can be selected to be greater than or equal to a minimum puncture distance Dmin defined as D min=[ S/P ], where [ ] denotes a floor operator. The symbol punctures at each computed distance can be performed together or distributed with symbol punctures at other distances. In the alternative, an accumulator is configured to wrap around after it has been incremented to a value of S , each increment being of size P . A symbol index is incremented by one each time the accumulator is incremented by P , until the symbol index exceeds the value S . The progress is advantageously begun with a puncture. Each time the accumulator wraps around, another puncture is performed. As another alternative, puncturing can be combined with symbol repetition.
Abstract:
Techniques to reduce transmit power required for transmission of messages from an access terminal to reduce interference to transmissions from other access terminals. In one aspect, messages to be transmitted are defined and/or coded such that they may be detected at different received signal qualities. The codewords may be defined having different distances to their nearest codewords. In another aspect, messages to be transmitted are assigned to different points in a signal constellation, with the points being located such that they may be received at different signal qualities. Codewords that may be received at a lower signal quality may be assigned to messages more likely to be transmitted at higher transmit power levels (e.g., when the access terminal is located further away) or to more frequently transmitted messages.