Abstract:
Performing channel estimation with a limited receiver includes performing a first estimation of a first portion of a signal to obtain first parameters of the portion of the signal. The first portion of the signal has predetermined offsets added during transmission. The predetermined offsets are based on the modulation format of a second portion. The first and second portions have different modulation formats. The first portion of the signal is demodulated using the first parameters to recover data symbols. An equalizer is tranined using a decision directed technique to obtain equalizer coefficients. The demodulated first portion of the signal is checked to confirm correct demodulation. The second protion of the signal is then demodulated using the equalizer coefficents.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for dynamically selecting a packet type based on the quality estimates of the channel are disclosed. From these channel quality estimates, specific properties of the packet may be selected including whether a coding scheme should be used, the packet length, and the modulation used. The packet type selection is then performed in a dynamic fashion based on updates or changes to the channel conditions.
Abstract:
A technique for calibrating a receiver apparatus comprising at least one analog signal processing component and an intermediate frequency, or IF, mixer for converting IF signals comprising an in-phase, or I, signal and a quadrature-phase, or Q, signal to baseband frequency signals is provided. The IF mixer is arranged downstream of the at least one analog signal processing component. A method implementation of the technique comprises the steps of determining, in a digital processing domain downstream of the IF mixer, a metric which is affected by a frequency dependency of an imbalance between I and the Q signal, or IQ-imbalance, over a signal bandwidth, generating, based on the metric thus determined, a calibration signal configured to at least partially compensate a frequency-dependency of the IQ imbalance, and feeding the calibration signal to the at least one analog signal processing component so as to calibrate the at least one analog signal processing component.
Abstract:
For controlling energy-consumption associated with data transmission between a terminal device (200) and a mobile network a node of the mobile network which is responsible for scheduling the data transmission, e.g., a base station (100) or a control node (300) obtains an energy consumption profile of the terminal device (200). The energy consumption profile specifies characteristics of multiple energy sinks in the terminal device (200). On the basis of the energy consumption profile, the node performs scheduling of the data transmission.
Abstract:
A method of controlling operation of a communication device arranged to operate in a cellular communication network employing a paging signal to allow discontinuous reception for communication devices is disclosed. The communication device is arranged for three main communication states: detached state where the communication device is not registered to the cellular communication network; idle state where the communication device is registered to the cellular communication network, and receives paging signals through discontinuous reception; and active state where the communication device is registered to the cellular communication network and performs communication with the cellular communication network essentially continuously. The method comprises: i) connecting to the cellular communication network such that a transition from the detached state to any of idle state or active state is made; ii) performing scheduled operations in the active state or idle state; iii) determining, when a transition from the active state to the idle state occurs, time instant for next operation in the active state; iv) disconnecting from the cellular communication network such that a transition to the detached state is made; and v) when the time for next operation in the active state is approaching, returning the procedure to step i). A transceiver and a computer program are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method in a first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) and a first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) for scheduling a data transmission in a first time frame using one of a plurality of modulation and coding schemes are provided. The data transmission is to be transmitted between the first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) and a second radio communication node (120, 320, 720, 1020). The first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) obtains (301, 701, 1001, 1401) a first indication about channel quality for the first time frame. The first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) obtains (302, 702, 1002, 1402) second indication about a possible upcoming transmission failure. The possible upcoming transmission failure relates to a feedback information to be transmitted in a second time frame. The feedback information is associated with the data transmission in the first time frame. The first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) selects (303, 703, 1003, 1403) a modulation and coding scheme out of said plurality of modulation and coding schemes based on the first indication and the second indication. Next, the first radio communication node (110, 310, 710, 1010) schedules (304, 704, 1004, 1404) the data transmission using the selected modulation and coding scheme.
Abstract:
Exemplifying embodiments herein relate to a relay node and a method therein for communicating data to a user equipment, the relay node being associated with a base station, is provided. The method comprises receiving information from the base station indicating a first set of resource blocks of a subframe comprising control information. The method further comprises identifying, based on the received information, at least one resource block outside said first set of resource blocks, and scheduling, to the user equipment, transmissions on the at least one identified resource block.
Abstract:
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a relay node (110) for relaying data from a first network node (107) to a second network node (101) in a radio communication network (100). The relay node (110)receives the data from the first network node (107) and decodes the received data. The relay node (110) determines a delay constraint of the decoded data and recodes the decoded data. The relay node (110) relays the recoded data to the second network node (101) based on the determined delay constraint and according to a radio communication protocol. The communication between the relay node (110), the first network node (107) and the second network node (101) is based on the same radio communication protocol.
Abstract:
A method of adapting a transceiver includes receiving a signal at a time instant by the transceiver, determining if the transceiver is transmitting at the time instant, selectively updating one two signal quality measurements based on the transmission determination, evaluating a difference between the two signal quality measurements and adapting an operating mode of the transceiver based on the evaluation.
Abstract:
A technique for controlling suppression of self-interference in a relay node configured to transmit and receive simultaneously using the same frequency channel or using proximate frequency channels is provided. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of actively cancelling a signal transmitted from the relay node that leaks back into a receiver of the relay node to suppress self-interference, determining whether an increase of an amount of self-interference suppression is needed or whether self-interference suppression can be decreased, and increasing or decreasing, depending on the result of the determination, at least one of the transmit power of the signal transmitted from the relay node and the receive power of the relay node.