Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and apparatus for predicting channel quality information in a communication system, in particular a delayed receiver.SOLUTION: A disclosed method for determining predictive channel quality information for a delayed receiver includes determining at least one item of channel quality information from a non-delayed receiver. The method also includes determining another item of channel quality information from the delayed receiver, and then calculating the predictive channel quality information for the delayed receiver through a function of the channel quality information from the non-delayed receiver and the channel quality information from the delayed receiver.
Abstract:
DISCLOSED ARE METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND IN PARTICULAR A DELAYED RECEIVER (104). A DISCLOSED METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PREDICTIVE CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FOR A DELAYED RECEIVER (104) INCLUDES DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FROM A NON-DELAYED RECEIVER (106). THE METHOD ALSO INCLUDES DETERMINING ANOTHER CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FROM THE DELAYED RECEIVER (104), AND THEN CALCULATING THE PREDICTIVE CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FOR THE DELAYED RECEIVER (104) THROUGH A FUNCTION OF THE CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS FROM THE NON-DELAYED RECEIVER (106) AND THE CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FROM THE DELAYED RECEIVER (104). CORRESPONDING APPARATUS ARE ALSO DISCLOSED.