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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for managing broadcast resources to reduce the coverage hole. SOLUTION: The method includes: converting received content into a first stream and a second stream; transmitting the first stream using a first tone; and transmitting the second stream using an orthogonal scheme. A layering scheme is used to transmit the base stream covering a smaller area, and an enhanced stream is used to cover a lager area utilizing an orthogonal scheme. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for performing local transmission and wide area transmission in a wireless broadcast communication network. SOLUTION: In order to perform broadcast communications of transmission of different type having a hierarchy with different communication-possible range in a wireless broadcast communication network, each base station processes data for the wide area transmission according to a first mode (or coding scheme and modulation scheme) (S812), and processes data for the local transmission according to a second mode (S814). Based on each desired communication-possible range for the wide area transmission and the local transmission, each of the first mode and the second mode is selected. Each base station performs the broadcast communication on the local transmission and the wide area transmission as well as pilots related to them, based on different characteristics for a multi-frequency network and a single network. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and methods that perform enhanced time synchronization and channel estimation in accordance with wireless networks.SOLUTION: Systems and methods for transmission of waveforms to aid channel estimation, timing synchronization, and AGC bootstrapping in a wireless network include inserting at least one TDM pilot symbol located at a transition between wide area and local area waveforms to facilitate decoding of a transmission block.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for transmitting waveforms to aid channel estimation, timing synchronization, and AGC bootstrapping in a wireless network. SOLUTION: At least one TDM pilot symbol is inserted to a transition between wide area and local area waveforms to facilitate decoding of the transmission block. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for channel estimation in a system employing different transmission protocols as a broadcast/multicast protocol and a unicast protocol, wherein the number of a pilot tone used for broadcast transmission is greater than the number of a pilot tone used for a unicast transmission and quality of a symbol from a broadcast transmission slot is not deteriorated even when the symbol is adjacent to a symbol from a unicast transmission slot.SOLUTION: In the method, it is determined whether a first time-slot (multicast slot) of one transmission protocol is adjacent to a second time-slot (unicast slot) of another transmission protocol or not. The number of pilot power and/or a pilot sub-carrier is/are increased for an edge symbol of the multicast slot for a purpose of channel estimation using the edge symbol.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a frame structure and a transmission technique which are capable of providing satisfactory performance for different types of transmissions in a wireless communication system.SOLUTION: A super-frame includes multiple outer frames, each outer frame includes multiple frames, and each frame includes multiple time slots. The time slots are allocated to a downlink and an uplink and to different radio technologies (e.g., W-CDMA(R) and OFDM) on the basis of loading. At least one time slot in at least one frame of each outer frame in the super-frame is allocated to each physical channel. The OFDM and the W-CDMA are generated for each downlink OFDM slot and for each downlink W-CDMA slot, respectively, and multiplexed. A modulated signal is generated for the multiplexed W-CDMA and OFDM waveforms, and transmitted on the downlink.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a frame structure and a transmission technique for a wireless communication system. SOLUTION: In a single frame structure 200, a superframe includes a plurality of outer frames, each of the outer frames includes a plurality of frames, and each of the frames includes a plurality of time slots. The time slots in each superframe are allocated to downlink and uplink and to different wireless techniques (for example, W-CDMA and OFDM) based on loading. Each physical channel is allocated to time slots in the frames of each outer frame in the superframe. An OFDM waveform is generated for an OFDM slot of each downlink, a W-CDMA waveform is generated for a W-CDMA slot of each downlink, and the waveforms are multiplexed on each slot. A modulation signal is generated for the multiplexed W-CDMA and OFDM waveform and transmitted on the downlink. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of positioning a collection window of a Fourier transform function. SOLUTION: A first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and a second OFDM symbol are received. The first OFDM symbol includes a plurality of symbols. The first OFDM symbol is characterized by at least two of the following: a delay spread, a first arriving path (FAP), or a last arriving path (LAP). A channel location is estimated from a channel impulse response. A point relating to the channel location is selected. A beginning of the collection window is positioned for the second OFDM symbol at the selected point. Alternatively, the point is selected at a first location relating to the channel location by using a first algorithm if a delay spread is less than a predetermined length. The selected point is chosen at a second location relating to the channel location by using a second algorithm if the delay spread is greater than the predetermined length. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless communication system with a configurable cyclic prefix length. SOLUTION: To transmit data in a manner to mitigate the deleterious effects of delay spread, the expected coverage areas for multiple transmissions to be sent in multiple time slots are initially determined. Cyclic prefix lengths for these transmissions are selected based on the expected coverage areas. The cyclic prefix length for each transmission may be selected from among a set of allowed cyclic prefix lengths on the basis of the expected coverage area for that transmission, the pilot staggering used for the transmission, and so on. For example, a shorter cyclic prefix length may be selected for each local transmission, and a longer cyclic prefix length may be selected for each wide-area transmission. The selected cyclic prefix lengths may be signaled to the terminals. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To broadcast different types of transmission having different tiers of coverage in a wireless broadcast network. SOLUTION: Each base station processes data for a wide area transmission in accordance with a first mode (or coding scheme and modulation scheme) to generate data symbols for the wide area transmission and processes data for a local transmission in accordance with a second mode for the local transmission. The first and second modes are based on the coverage of 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. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT