Abstract:
A method and apparatus in a multiple-access MIMO WLAN system that employs MIMO, OFDM, and TDD for processing data for transmission. The data is processed by coding a data frame in accordance with a coding scheme to obtain a coded data frame, partitioning the coded data frame into a plurality of coded data subframes, one coded data subframe for each of a plurality of spatial channels, and interleaving each coded data subframe in accordance with an interleaving scheme to obtain a corresponding interleaved data subframe, where a plurality of interleaved data subframes are obtained for the plurality of spatial channels. Each interleaved data subframe is modulated to obtain a corresponding stream of modulation symbols, where a plurality of modulation symbol streams are obtained for the plurality of spatial channels.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus in a multiple-access MIMO WLAN system that employs MIMO, OFDM, and TDD for processing data for transmission. The data is processed by coding a data frame in accordance with a coding scheme to obtain a coded data frame, partitioning the coded data frame into a plurality of coded data subframes, one coded data subframe for each of a plurality of spatial channels, and interleaving each coded data subframe in accordance with an interleaving scheme to obtain a corresponding interleaved data subframe, where a plurality of interleaved data subframes are obtained for the plurality of spatial channels. Each interleaved data subframe is modulated to obtain a corresponding stream of modulation symbols, where a plurality of modulation symbol streams are obtained for the plurality of spatial channels.
Abstract:
Receivers and methods are provided that include multiple modes of processing signals from multiple antennas. These include legacy, SAIC (single antenna interference cancellation) and MSRD. Various methods are provided for selecting an appropriate receiver processing function. These include looking at correlation and gain imbalance between antennas, looking at the processing gain resulting from one or more of the receiver processing functions, and looking at the equalization quality of at least two receiver processing functions.
Abstract:
A method of performing data equalization in a communication receiver forming part of a communication system with receive diversity is provided. The method comprises (a) for each ith antenna, calculating a channel response matrix Hi from multi-path channel estimates, (b) calculating a channel gain matrix G from the channel response matrices Hi and a scalar noise factor β, (c) calculating the middle column co of the inverse G-1 of the channel gain matrix G, (d) for each i-th antenna, calculating a filter coefficient vector wi from the middle column c0 of the inverse G-1 of the channel gain matrix G and the Hermitian transpose HiH of the corresponding channel response matrix Hi, (e) filtering input data ri received at each i-th antenna with the corresponding filter coefficient vector wi, (f) despreading the filtered input data from each i-th antenna, and (g) combining the despread data from all antennas to obtain received equalised data.
Abstract:
A CDMA receiver (10) includes a receiver input for coupling to signal outputs of Nrx receive antennas (20A,20B), where the signal outputs are sampled at Ns samples per symbol or chip, a matched filter (14), such as a RAKE, and a whitening filter (20) for coupling the receiver input to an input of the matched filter. The whitening filter contains NsNrx parallel whitening filters wj,k (22A-22D), individual ones of the whitening filters wj,k receiving during each symbol interval i, NsNrx new signal samples via a signal connection matrix (28) such that a first individual whitening filter receives only one of the new samples, a second individual whitening filter receives the same sample as the first individual whitening filter, and one additional sample, and such that an nth individual whitening filter receives the same n-1 samples as the first n-1 individual whitening filters, plus one of the remaining samples. The whitening filter has Nrx outputs for outputting filtered signal samples such that a filtered signal sample appearing in the Nrx outputs does not correlate with any other filtered signal sample appearing in Nrx outputs. The whitening filter also includes a delay line (30) constructed as a plurality of serially coupled delay line elements each having a delay of one symbol interval. The delay line has an input coupled to an output of said signal connection matrix and provides the NsNrx parallel whitening filters wj,k with delayed versions of the signal samples.
Abstract:
There is provided a wireless communication method for use in a MIMO system, the system having a first cell adjacent to one or more second cells, each cell being served by a base station and having a plurality of fixed or mobile subscriber stations, and each base station having MIMO channels between its cell and each subscriber station in its cell, the method comprising: recognising an opportunity for a reduction of interference experienced between a particular subscriber station in a particular said second cell and the base station of the first cell; selecting as the basis of interference reduction a rank deficient MIMO channel amongst the MIMO channels between the base station of the first cell and each subscriber station in the first cell; and applying post-coding to transmissions on the selected MIMO channel, where the selected MIMO channel is an uplink channel, or on a MIMO uplink channel corresponding to the selected MIMO channel, where the selected MIMO channel is a downlink channel, to reduce the interference experienced by the base station of the first cell.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for receiving a signal in a MIMO communication system are provided. In the signal receiving method, a first received signal received at each of the receive antennas is equalized in a predetermined first method. Each of the equalized transmit antenna signals is despread with a plurality of spreading codes used in a transmitter. The strongest transmit antenna signal is detected among the despread transmit antenna signals, and decoded in a predetermined second method, for error verification. The verified strongest transmit antenna signal is reproduced as an interference signal. A second received signal is generated by subtracting the interference signal from the first received signal and equalized in the first method. The above operation is repeated on the equalized transmit antenna signals except the strongest transmit antenna signal.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method and system for receive signal diversity combining that achieves the high effective SNR and high coding gain. The receive signal diversity combining method combines two or more received diversified signals of a predetermined original message and employs a Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection method to process the diversified signals to generate Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) data to exploit the available signal diversity and coding gain of each bit and to help the channel decoder to correctly determine the predetermined original message.