Abstract:
A receiver (500) utilizes parameters generated by a Viterbi decoder (530) to determine one of a plurality of coding rates in which user information is transmitted. The receiver (500) combines the parameters in a predetermined manner, the result of which is a detection statistic (dij). By utilizing the detection statistic (dij), the coding rate at which user information is transmitted is accurately determined.
Abstract:
The method includes acquiring a signal (501); inputting (502), at a first time, a received symbol to a demodulator having a plurality of outputs to produce a set of early outputs; inputting (504), at a second time, the received symbol to the demodulator to produce a set of on-time outputs; inputting (505), at a third time, the received symbol to the demodulator to produce a set of late outputs; and comparing (506) at least one output in the set of early outputs with at least one output in the set of late outputs to produce a timing measure.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is provided for estimating signal power. This is accomplished by demodulating a received communication signal to derive a stream of samples. These samples may consist of either reference samples (132), data samples (142), or a combination thereof. An estimate of the power (118) of the received communication signal is then generated as a function of the stream of samples (144). The signal power estimate (148) may, for example, be used in a power control algorithm by setting a power control indicator (121), in response to a comparison between the signal power estimate and a predetermined threshold. Subsequently, the power control indicator (171) is transmitted over a communication channel to another communication unit. The communication unit detects a power control indicator (171) within a signal (120) received from over the communication channel and adjusts a particular signal transmission power of a signal transmitter in response to the detected power control indicator (171).
Abstract:
A receiver (200, 400) implements improved channel estimation. The receiver (200, 400) demodulates a transmitted signal, and makes an initial channel estimate (115). The receiver (200, 400) then makes a hard decision (301) as to whether the channel estimate was correct and groups samples representing the decision. A vector sum of the group of samples is computed (302), and each sample is compared to the vector sum (303). The sample having the largest projection on the vector sum is retained (304), and the other samples are considered noise, and are thus discarded (305). After obtaining a predetermined number of retained samples (306), the retained samples are used to generate a new channel estimate (226). Since the noisy estimates are discarded, the new channel estimate (226) contains fewer errors than the initial channel estimate (115). The new channel estimate (226) is used to generate decoded data (250).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing carrier frequency offset compensation in a time division multiple access (TDMA) communication system (100). In this effort a TDMA receiver (105, 107, 109, 111) is adapted to receive, via a transmission channel, a transmitted signal burst which includes a synchonization signal pattern, a message signal portion and at least one known portion, in a TDMA time slot. Initially, a phase error at that portion of the received signal which corresponds to the known portion of the transmitted signal is determined. Thereafter, various received signal parameters are adjusted in order to eliminate the phase error and thereby compensate for any carrier frequency offsets.
Abstract:
A signal weighting system for associating a confidence level with portions of a communication signal transmitted upon a multipath channel (44) and received by a receiver (76). A signal received by the receiver is equalized by an equalizer circuit (60), such as a maximum likelihood sequence estimator (116), and the equalized signal generated thereby is supplied to an adaptive filter (92) which synthesizes portions of the multipath channel. The signal received by the receiver is altered responsive to values of a filtered, equalized signal generated by the adaptive filter.
Abstract:
A receiver includes both a coherent and noncoherent demodulator (222). When the confidence that estimates of the channel is high, the coherent demodulator (408, 409, 425, 412) is implemented (400, 418). When the confidence that estimates of the channel is low, the noncoherent demodulator (422, 421) is implemented. A controlling microprocessor controls the selection process and also provides a signal to enable the noncoherent demodulator in instances when noncoherent demodulation would most likely be better than coherent demodulation. As an example, such an instance would be immediately after handoff of a mobile station from a source base-station to a target base-station.
Abstract:
The method includes receiving (404) by a first base station (212) a signal (215) transmitted from the mobile station (216); demodulating (406) the signal by the first base station (212) to form a demodulated signal; remodulating (408) at least a portion of the demodulated signal to form a reference signal; receiving (412) by the first base station (212) and a second base station (210, 214) a retransmitted signal (217); comparing (414, 416), by the first base station (212), the retransmitted signal (217) with the reference signal to determine a first delay; comparing (414, 416), by the second base station (210, 214), the retransmitted second signal (217) with the reference signal to determine a second delay; and based on the first and second delays, determining (420) a location of the mobile station (216).
Abstract:
A receiver in a communication system implements coherent channel estimation (200) by first receiving an encoded signal (134) and then generating a complex channel estimate (212, 214) from the encoded signal (134). The receiver then combines the complex channel estimate (212, 214) with the encoded signal (218, 220) to produce a coherent demodulated signal (230, 232). After combining, the receiver decodes a version of the coherent demodulated signal to produce an estimate of the encoded signal (178) prior to encoding.
Abstract:
A method of determining a rate associated with a received signal including the steps of detecting the received signal (40); decoding (42) the received signal at a first rate, determining a first path metric associated with the first rate (44), decoding (42) the received signal at a second rate, and determining a second path metric associated with the second rate (44); calculating a plurality of discriminant functions based on the first and second path metrics (46); comparing at least one of the plurality of discriminant functions to a predetermined value (48); and selecting one of the first and second rates as a determined rate based on the comparison (62, 66, 72, and 78).