Abstract:
Methods, receivers, and computer program products for defining asymmetric decision regions of a symbol space to interpret transmitted power control commands are disclosed. A method of determining transmitted power control commands at a. receiver can include defining a first decision region of a symbol space associated with a first power control command at the receiver and a second decision region of the symbol space associated with a second power control command at the receiver where the first and second regions are asymmetric with one another. Methods of determining a transmitted power control command during soft handover mode in a wideband code division multiple access communications system are also discussed wherein a first determination of a combined power control command received from a plurality of transmitters can be combined with a second determination of the combined power control command received from the plurality of transmitters to provide a combined power control command. Related circuits are, disclosed as well.
Abstract:
The energy at which a transmit power control is transmitted is set based on how important it is that the transmit power control command is received. As an indication of how important it is that the transmit power control command is received, a difference between a measured quality, e.g., SIR, of a received signal and a reference may be determined. The energy at which the transmit power control command is transmitted may be set based on this difference. The energy of the transmit power control command may be set by adjusting the power at which the transmit power control command is transmitted and/or by adjusting the coding of the transmit power control command. If the difference is determined to be substantially zero, the energy at which the transmit power control command is transmitted is decreased, by an amount that is a function of the difference. If the difference is determined not to be substantially zero, the energy at which the transmit power control command is transmitted is increased by an amount that is a function of the different. This technique may be used for uplink transmit power control commands or for downlink power control commands. For uplink transmit power control commands, the technique is performed in the network, e.g., in a base station. For downlink transmit power control commands, the technique is performed in, e.g., a remote terminal.
Abstract:
A method for generating a power control command in a transceiver in a wireless communication system, where method comprises the steps of calculating, at the beginning of a predefined time period, a quality measure reference value (306), generating, repeatedly during the predefined time period; an estimated quality measure value (307) of a signal received at the transceiver; genarting a power control command (313) in dependence of the estimated quality measure value (307) and the quality measure reference value (306); and generating, a number of times during the predefined time period, a modified quality measure reference value (309) from the quality measure reference value (306). The step of generating the power control command comprises comparing the estimated quality measure value (307) with the modified quality measure reference value (309). A power control unit (300), comprising a quality measure estimator (308), a calculator (310), a first controller (303), a second controller (302) and an inner loop element (312), is configured to implement the method.
Abstract:
A method for estimating a plurality of delay values in a multi-path communication signal. Correlation values are generated that correspond to a plurality of delay values associated with the multi-path communication signal. A first power-delay profile (PDP) sequence is produced from the correlation values and is used to estimate a first delay value. A first reference PDP sequence is generated based on a predefined PDP sequence and the first PDP sequence. The first reference PDP sequence is removed from the first PDP sequence so as to remove at least a portion of the contributions to the first PDP sequence from the first delay value, and to provide a second PDP sequence. A second value is estimated based on the second PDP sequence.
Abstract:
A method is provided for estimating the SIR of signals transmitted between a mobile unit (20) and a base station (10), wherein the signals comprise pilot and data symbol blocks transmitted during each of a succession of time slots. SIR estimates and corresponding power changes are computed for each slot (36-40) in the initial group. The SIR estimates derived from the initial slot group are used to compute the delay time of power control commands, in order to adjust the power level thereof. The SIR for signals of a specified slot (36-40), which follows the initial slot group, is then estimated from the time delay, from the pilot block (36b-40b) of the specified slot (36-40), and from the data block (36c-40c) of the slot (36-40) immediately preceding.
Abstract:
A multi-branch OFDM receiver combines diversity signals received over different receiver branches using interference rejection combining. The receiver generates first channel estimates associated with a serving base station, second channel estimates associated with at least one non-serving base station, and a time offset between the serving base station and non-serving base station. The receiver computes a noise covariance matrix based on the second channel estimates and the time offset, and then combines the diversity signals received over different branches using the first channel estimates and the noise covariance matrix.
Abstract:
A radio frequency transmitter is power controlled using a controlling system including an integrating controller, together with an inner and an outer control loop. A tracking signal supplied by the inner loop to the integrating controller of the outer loop is used to avoid windup problems when the transmitted power is saturated.
Abstract:
Path delays experienced by a received signal are estimated for use in, for example, a RAKE receiver. This involves hypothesising a plurality of path delays. For each of a plurality of measurement time slots and for each of the hypothesised path delays, a measurement based on the received signal is made along with a determination of whether a fade occurred. For each of the plurality of measurement time slots and for each of the hypothesised path delays, the measurement is combined with a corresponding one of a plurality of cumulative metrics only if it was determined that no fade occurred. Then, for each of the plurality of hypothesised path delays, the corresponding one of the plurality of cumulative metrics is used to determine whether the hypothesised path delay corresponds to a real path delay.
Abstract:
A bit error rate estimation is generated for a received signal. This involves using an error correction decoding technique to generate a block of decoded bits from the received signal, and using an error detection technique to determine whether at least one of the decoded bits from the block of decoded bits has an erroneous value. If none of the decoded bits from the block of decoded bits has an erroneous value, then the bit error rate estimate is calculated from the received signal. Otherwise, the bit error rate estimate is set equal to a value that is based on a previously calculated bit error rate. This may be further refined by using a predetermined value in place of a value based on the previously calculated bit error rate if it is detected that a number of consecutively received blocks were received with non-correctable errors.