Abstract:
A technique for determining in a fading channel environment a scaling factor for soft bit quantization is proposed. In a method realisation, the technique includes repeatedly determining an SNR value for the fading channel, calculating a weighted average based on a plurality of the SNR values, wherein weighting is performed such that contributions of extremal SNR values are attenuated, and determining the scaling factor for soft bit quantization dependent on the weighted average.
Abstract:
A space-time coding method is proposed, in which data streams are subject to orthogonal transformation before the coding. Combinations with multicarrier and multicode transmission, and with adaptive channel coding are also described.
Abstract:
A communication device (100) for communicating in accordance with a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol, the communication device (100) comprising a receiving unit (102) adapted for receiving a communication message including soft-bit values, the soft-bit values representing reliability information for received verification data verifying proper transmission of the communication message, a storage unit (104) adapted for storing the soft-bit values, and a storage management unit (106) adapted for dynamically managing storage of the soft-bit values in the storage unit (104) so that soft-bit values failing to fulfil at least one relevance criteria are not maintained in the storage unit (104).
Abstract:
A method and a stage (60) for estimating channel coefficients in a multi carrier system operating in accordance with a block-code based transmit diversity scheme, in which a data content of a code matrix is multiplexed in a frequency domain are described. The method comprises determining a phase ramp (phi¿est
Abstract:
The present invention involves a forward error correction technique for use in wireless telecommunications systems, where a first convolutional coding scheme is applied to the bits in a first portion of a data block and a second convolutional coding scheme is applied to the bits in a second portion of the data block, and where the second portion of the data block may encompass a part of the data block or the entire data block, including the first portion. The first and the second coding scheme may be implemented using the same convolutional coding scheme with a first and a second puncturing scheme respectively. While the first coding scheme employs a first code rate, the second coding scheme employs a second code rate that is higher than the first code rate. The higher rate makes it possible to incorporate the one or more tail bits into the second portion of the data block. In so doing, generation of additional symbols, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols, can be avoided.
Abstract:
Un método para proteger un bloque de bits de información para ser transmitido dentro de un sistema de telecomunicaciones dicho método que comprende los pasos de: anexar un número de bits de cola a dicho bloque de bits de información; codificar el bloque de bits de información, junto con los bits de cola anexos, a una tasa de código dada; aplicar un primer esquema de perforado; aplicar un segundo esquema de perforado; transmitir el bloque codificado resultante de bits de información a través del sistema de telecomunicaciones caracterizado por aplicar un primer esquema de perforado a una primera parte (410; 610) de dicho bloque codificado de bits de información (405; 605); y aplicando un segundo esquema de perforado a una parte restante (415) de dicho bloque codificado de bits de información (405; 605).
Abstract:
A radio receiver system ( 30 ) comprises a radio receiver ( 41 ), a receiver sample clock ( 60 ), which is used for sampling a modulated base-band signal; and a timing correction unit ( 100 ). The timing correction unit ( 100 ) performs, in the frequency domain, a timing drift compensation between a transmitter sample clock ( 66 ) and the receiver sample clock ( 60 ). In one example context of implementation, the plural modulated radio frequency carriers have been modulated using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM).
Abstract:
A method and a device for providing timing information within a wireless communication system are described. The timing information is extracted from a received transmit signal. The inventive method comprises the steps of providing a training signal on the receiver side relating to a known signal portion of the transmit signal, scaling the training signal, quantizing the scaled training signal, correlating one or more parts of the received transmit signal with the scaled training signal to obtain one or more correlation results, and determining the timing information on the basis of the correlation results. Based on a signal energy within a time window of the received transmit signal incorrect timing information is detected.
Abstract:
In order to correct frequency deviations of signals in a multicarrier system, such as a OFDM-system, the present invention provides a frequency tracker and a method to operate the same. The frequency tracker is based on a decision directed digital phase locked loop exhibiting a predictive character. On the basis of an estimated phase offset for a received signal (signal component, signal symbol) a predicted phase offset is calculated and applied to the signal (signal component, signal symbol). Further, received signals (signal components, signal symbols) are sampled and for each sample a sample phase offset to be corrected is calculated in dependence to the related estimated phase offset to incorporate the predictive character. In particular, the predicted sample phase offsets are calculated as a function of a corresponding predicted phase offset and a measure being indicative of a distance, in the time domain, between a corresponding phase reference point for the predicted phase offset and a phase reference point defined for a specific part of the received signal, preferably for a preceding preamble signal.
Abstract:
A method and a device (60) for estimating channel coefficients in a multi carrier system operating in accordance with a block-code based transmit diversity scheme, in which a data content of a code matrix is multiplexed in a frequency domain are described. The method comprises determining a phase ramp (ϕest) in the frequency domain or an equivalent ( DELTA t) thereof in the time domain, the phase ramp (ϕest) or the equivalent ( DELTA t) thereof being comprised within a receive signal (Y) after timing synchronizatio n, processing the receive signal (Y DELTA t) to remove the phase ramp (ϕest) or the equivalent ( DELTA t) thereof and estimating the channel coefficients on the basis of the processed receive signal.