Abstract:
Multiple antennas at the transmitter and receiver increase the capacity in a wireless communication system. Received signal quality can be enhanced through diversity by transmitting the same symbol on multiple antennas. Data rate can be increased through multiplexing by transmitting different symbols on the transmitting antennas. Operating in one particular mode only is generally not suitable. Choosing diversity or multiplexing by taking into account the location of a user can enhance both throughput and reliability.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and radio receiver system for canceling multi-user interference in a single-carrier radio communication system. A front-end receiver such as a RAKE receiver receives a radio signal formatted in a sequence of frames, and outputs a plurality of user signals. An ordering unit determines for a current frame, an order in which to decode and remove the interference contributions of the plurality of user signals. The order may be based on a list of user signals sorted in the order of descending signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), modified by the success or failure of attempts to decode each user signal. A frame calculator determines a coherence time, which is used to calculate the number of subsequent frames in which the user signals are decoded in the determined order.
Abstract:
A method increases spectral efficiency in a communication system. The communication system includes at least one mobile station and is capable of transmitting messages encoded according to a plurality of available modulation coding schemes (“MCSs”). Each available MCS includes a modulation scheme and an effective coding rate. The MCSs are indexed according to increasing complexity. A signal-to-interference ratio (“SINR”) is determined which is sufficient to satisfy a predetermined frame error rate (“FER”). A first MCS and a corresponding amount of transmissions needed to satisfy the predetermined FER at the SINR using the first MCS are determined. The first MCS has a higher effective coding rate than a second MCS. The second MCS sufficiently satisfies the predetermined FER at the SINR in a single transmission. A message encoded according to the first MCS is transmitted through the communication system using hybrid automatic repeat request (“HARQ”)
Abstract:
A method and system for probing in a wireless communication network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes directing at least one low power node to transmit a probing signal, where the probing signal includes least one code. The method also includes receiving from a wireless terminal an indication of downlink channel quality. The channel quality is based on a power of the probing signal received by the wireless terminal. The method further includes selectively directing at least one of the at least one low power node to communicate with the wireless terminal. The selecting is based on the indication of downlink channel quality.
Abstract:
A method of operating a wireless terminal communicating with a base station over a wireless channel may include determining whether the wireless terminal is in an edge area or an interior area of coverage of the base station. Responsive to determining that the wireless terminal is in an edge area of coverage of the base station, a transmit diversity communications rank indicator may be selected to select diversity communications over the wireless channel between the wireless terminal and the base station. Related wireless terminals are also discussed.
Abstract:
A method of operating a user equipment communicating with a base station of a radio access network may include selecting a multiple-input-multiple-output, MIMO, rank and a MIMO precoding entity from a codebook of MIMO precoding entities for a downlink communication from the base station to the user equipment. A modulation/coding scheme to be mapped to first and second MIMO layers of the downlink communication may be selected using the MIMO precoding entity. Channel quality information may be communicated identifying the MIMO precoding entity and the modulation/coding scheme from the user equipment to the base station. Related user equipment nodes are also discussed.
Abstract:
A mobile terminal can receive N or less different data streams transmitted in parallel over N antennas. The number of different data streams actually transmitted in parallel to the mobile terminal corresponds to transmission rank. If the speed of the mobile terminal does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the mobile terminal utilizes a full-size codebook containing precoder elements for all N transmission ranks to determine a recommended transmission rank and precoder matrix for use in transmitting data to the mobile terminal. Otherwise, the mobile terminal utilizes a reduced-size codebook which excludes the precoder elements for at least transmission rank-N to determine the recommended transmission rank and precoder matrix where transmission rank-N corresponds to N different data streams being transmitted in parallel over the N antennas. The mobile terminal transmits an indication of the recommended transmission rank and precoder matrix to the network.
Abstract:
Multiple antennas employed at the transmitter and receiver can significantly increase a MIMO system capacity, especially when channel knowledge is available at the transmitter. Channel state information may be provided to the transmitter by the receiver in a codebook based precoding feedback. An approach is proposed in which the receiver conducts a search of precoder elements of a codebook to provide the transmitter with rank information and precoder control index that enhances capacity. Unlike the conventional exhaustive search, the proposed approach reduces complexity by reducing the search space of precoder elements for consideration. Performance loss is minimized by reducing the search space of higher rank precoder elements and keeping the search space of lower rank precoder elements.
Abstract:
A system and method for configuring a variable Channel Quality Information (CQI) reporting period based on a User Equipment's (UE) Doppler frequency or speed. Mobile users are divided into three Doppler frequency regions based on their speed—for example, low, medium, and high Doppler users—and are assigned the CQI reporting periods accordingly by the base station. The users in the low and high Doppler regions (i.e., UEs with low and high speeds) receive a high value for the CQI reporting period, whereas—the users in the medium Doppler region (i.e., UEs with medium speeds) receive a low value for the CQI reporting period. The UE speed-specific CQI reporting period improves the uplink capacity by adaptively controlling a UE's CQI-related uplink transmissions, without compromising on the downlink capacity/throughput.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and radio receiver system for canceling multi-user interference in a single-carrier radio communication system. A front-end receiver such as a RAKE receiver receives a radio signal formatted in a sequence of frames, and outputs a plurality of user signals. A processing selector selects on a frame-by-frame basis, either a first signal processing chain that serially decodes and removes the interference contributions of the user signals, or a second signal processing chain that simultaneously decodes and removes the interference contributions of the user signals in parallel. The processing selector may select the first signal processing chain when the number of user signals is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and may select the second signal processing chain when the number of user signals is less than the threshold value.