Abstract:
The invention discloses a mobile-unit-assisted modulation scheme management, in which a mobile unit (100) performs signal quality measurements on a communications link (410), over which data modulated with a first modulation scheme is communicated. The mobile unit (100) determines a first link quality measure for this first modulation. Furthermore, the mobile unit (100) estimates second quality measure(s) for currently non-employed modulation scheme(s) based on this first quality measure. Selection information is then generated based on this first quality measure and the second quality estimate(s). This quality measure estimation is performed based on the capabilities and the particular modulation scheme versions of the mobile unit (100).
Abstract:
Methods, systems, baseband processors, mobile terminals and base stations are provided for decoding a punctured coded signal are provided. The signal is received to provide received symbols, Symbol positions associated with punctured locations are initialized to default symbol values. The received symbols and the default symbol values are error correction decoded to provide first signal estimates. Punctured location symbol estimates are generated based on the first signal estimates and the received symbols are combined with the punctured location estimates placed in corresponding punctured locations. The combined received symbols with the punctured location symbol estimates are error correction decoded to provide second signal estimates.
Abstract:
A hybrid channel estimator for a wireless communication system receiver includes both correlation based and least squares based channel estimators. The correlation estimator is used when signal quality is low or noise is colored, The least squares estimator is used when signal quality is high or noise is white, ?n interference suppression filter improves signal quality by suppressing interference in a received signal. Generally, correlation channel estimation is performed initially, when signal quality is low and noise is colored, and interference suppression filtering is performed to increase signal quality by removing certain portion of interference and whitening the overall impairment spectrum. These may be done iteratively. When the signal quality improves, least squares channel estimation is performed, which may also be iterative. The training sequence and noise may be whitened prior to performing least squares channel estimation, which is the final operation before channel estimates are forwarded to a demodulator.
Abstract:
In a wireless communication network using point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communications, this disclosure teaches the use of combined packets for retransmission and corresponding soft value processing at a receiver, wherein combined packets are formed as the logical combination of two or more previously transmitted packets and allow the receiver to use a single combined packet to correct one or more failed packets. For example, with the combined packet retransmission and corresponding soft value receiver processing as taught herein, a given receiver can use a given combined packet to correct bit errors in all (failed) packets comprising the combined packet as long as the bit errors in a failed packet do not overlap (or align) with bit errors in the other failed packets comprising the combined packet.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus in a base station for jointly controlling sub¬ channel transmission power and assigned codec modes for a first and second mobile station utilizing Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channel on One Slot (VAMOS). The base station receives signal quality information reports from the mobile stations every 480 ms using the Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH), and receives codec mode requests from the mobile stations every 40 ms using Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) in-band signaling. The base station associates the requested codec modes with estimated levels of speech quality currently being experienced by the first and second mobile stations. The base station then allocates sub-channel transmission power and assigns codec modes to the first and second mobile stations based on the estimated levels of speech quality associated with the requested codec modes and the signal quality reports.
Abstract:
A demodulator is provided that functions as a reduced-state equalizer and pro-duces reliable soft bit values. According to an embodiment, soft bit values are generated for a sequence of transmitted symbols using a demod-ulator by updating an M-state trellis managed by the demodulator response e to a transition from symbol time n-1 to symbol time n, where M is a function of the number of bits per symbol in the sequence of transmitted symbols. Survivor met-rics associated with the M states of the trellis are saved each symbol time so that the demodulator can calculate soft bit values with regard to transi-tions from symbol time n + D-1 to symbol time n+ D. The survivor metrics indicate the probabil-ity that each respective state represents the trans-mitted symbol associated with symbol time n+D-1. The trellis is traced back through to cal-culate soft bit values for a symbol detected at symbol time n-D based on survivor metrics saved for the M states at symbol time n-D.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, baseband processors, mobile terminals and base stations are provided for decoding a punctured coded signal are provided. The signal is received to provide received symbols. Symbol positions associated with punctured locations are initialized to default symbol values. The received symbols and the default symbol values are error correction decoded to provide first signal estimates. Punctured location symbol estimates are generated based on the first signal estimates and the received symbols are combined with the punctured location symbol estimates placed in corresponding punctured locations. The combined received symbols with the punctured location symbol estimates are error correction decoded to provide second signal estimates.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus in a base station for jointly controlling sub-channel transmission power and assigned codec modes for a first and second mobile station utilizing Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channel on One Slot (VAMOS). The base station receives signal quality information reports from the mobile stations every 480 ms using the Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH), and receives codec mode requests from the mobile stations every 40 ms using Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) in-band signaling. The base station associates the requested codec modes with estimated levels of speech quality currently being experienced by the first and second mobile stations. The base station then allocates sub-channel transmission power and assigns codec modes to the first and second mobile stations based on the estimated levels of speech quality associated with the requested codec modes and the signal quality reports.
Abstract:
The invention involves selection of modulation scheme for a mobile unit (100) having access to a link quality enhancing algorithm (130) operable only on data modulated using a subset of the available modulation schemes. The mobile unit (100) performs signal quality measurements on a communications link (410), over which data modulated with a first modulation scheme is communicated. A link quality measure is then determined for this first modulation. A quality enhancement due to operation of the algorithm (130) is also determined. This quality measure and the quality enhancement are used for generating decision information, which is reported to the network (200). There the information is used for estimating link quality measure(s) of currently non-employed modulation(s) for the mobile unit (100). The selection of a modulation scheme for the communications link is then performed based on the decision information and the estimated quality measure(s).
Abstract:
The invention involves selection of modulation scheme for a mobile unit (100) having access to a link quality enhancing algorithm (130) operable only on data modulated using a subset of the available modulation schemes. The mobile unit (100) performs signal quality measurements on a communications link (410), over which data modulated with a first modulation scheme is communicated. A link quality measure is then determined for this first modulation. A quality enhancement due to operation of the algorithm (130) is also determined. This quality measure and the quality enhancement are used for generating decision information, which is reported to the network (200). There the information is used for estimating link quality measure(s) of currently non-employed modulation(s) for the mobile unit (100). The selection of a modulation scheme for the communications link is then performed based on the decision information and the estimated quality measure(s).