Interactive channel and interference estimation an decoding

    公开(公告)号:ZA200607305B

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-28

    申请号:ZA200607305

    申请日:2006-08-31

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: For an iterative channel and interference estimation and decoding scheme, prior information for channel gain and interference is initially obtained based on received pilot symbols. Forward information for code bits corresponding to received data symbols is derived based on the received data symbols and the prior information and then decoded to obtain feedback information for the code bits corresponding to the received data symbols. A posteriori information for channel gain and interference for each received data symbol is derived based on the feedback information for that received data symbol. The a posteriori information for the received data symbols and the prior information are combined to obtain updated information for channel gain and interference for each received data symbol. The process can be repeated for any number of iterations. The prior, a posteriori, and updated information may be represented by joint probability distributions on channel gain and interference. The forward and feedback information may be represented by log-likelihood ratios.

    LOCAL AND WIDE-AREA TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS BROADCAST NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:MY139873A

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-30

    申请号:MYPI20044339

    申请日:2004-10-21

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: TO BROADCAST DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSMISSION HAVING DIFFERENT TIERS OF COVERAGE IN A WIRELESS BROADCAST NETWORK, EACH BASE STATION PROCESSES DATA FOR A WIDE-AREA TRANSMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FIRST MODE (OR CODING AND MODULATION SCHEME) TO GENERATE DATA SYMBOLS FOR THE WIDE-AREA TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSES DATA FOR A LOCALTRANSMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SECOND MODE TO GENERATE DATA SYMBOLS FOR THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST AND SECOND MODES ARE SELECTED BASED ON THE DESIRED COVERAGE FOR WIDE-AREA AND LOCAL TRANSMISSIONS, RESPECTIVELY. THE BASE STATION ALSO GENERATES PILOTS AND OVERHEAD INFORMATION FOR LOCAL AND WIDE-AREA TRANSMISSIONS. THE DATA, PILOTS AND OVERHEAD INFORMATION FOR LOCAL AND WIDE-AREA TRANSMISSIONS ARE MULTIPLEXED ONTO THEIR TRANSMISSION SPANS, WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT SETS OF FREQUENCY SUBBANDS, DIFFERENT TIME SEGMENTS, OR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF SUBBANDS IN DIFFERENT TIME SEGMENTS. MORE THAN TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSMISSION MAY ALSO BE MULTIPLEXED AND BROADCAST.

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