Abstract:
A receiver (156) includes both a coherent and noncoherent demodulator. When the confidence that estimates of the channel is high, the coherent demodulator is implemented. When the confidence that estimates of the channel is low, the noncoherent demodulator is implemented. A controlling microprocessor (162) controls the selection process and also provides a signal (158) to enable the noncoherent demodulator in instances when noncoherent demodulation would most likely be better than coherent demodulation. As an example, such an instance would be immediately after handoff of a mobile station (505) from a source base-station (503) to a target base-station (502).
Abstract:
Generally stated, a receiver in a communication system implements coherent channel estimation by first receiving an encoded signal and then generating a complex channel estimate from the encoded signal. The receiver then combines the complex channel estimate with the encoded signal to produce a coherent demodulated signal. After combining, the receiver decodes a version of the coherent demodulated signal to produce an estimate of the encoded signal prior to encoding.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for improved offset frequency estimation includes in a first embodiment a receiver (100) for coherent reception of a signal having known reference information, the receiver including an extractor (106) for extracting the reference information (107) from the signal, and an offset frequency estimator (110). The offset frequency estimator (110) includes a filter (121) for filtering the reference information and outputting a filtered reference sequence; a correlator (122, 124) for correlating the filtered reference sequence against a predetermined reference signal to form correlation values; and a peak detector (126) for determining an offset frequency estimate (131) from the correlation values. Other embodiments are also shown.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is provided for estimating signal power. The estimating is accomplished by correlating (206) an input data vector (204) with a set of mutually orthogonal codes to generate a set of output values. The input data vector (204) consists of data samples of a received orthogonal coded signal (202). Each output value corresponds to a measure of confidence that the input data vector is substantially similar to one of the orthogonal codes from within the set of mutually orthogonal codes. Finally, an estimate of the power of the received orthogonal coded signal is generated (208) as a nonlinear function of the set output values.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is provided for maintaining received signal power levels at an average level when a signal power estimate is on average similar to the average of actually received signal power levels. The maintaining of the received signal power levels is accomplished by generating an estimate of the power of a received signal. Subsequently, a difference signal is generated by subtracting the estimated received signal power from a predetermined reference signal power. Finally, a signal power control threshold is adjusted as a function of the difference signal.
Abstract:
An echo cancellation modem having a fast training echo canceller in which the echo cancellation coefficients are computed by taking correlations between a complex, periodic training signal sequence and a real component of the corresponding echo signal. The modem includes a receiver circuit for detecting a signal on a channel possibly including an echo; an echo canceller for estimating the real component of the echo signal; training circuitry for applying the complex training sequence to the channel and for taking correlations between the training sequence and the real component of the corresponding echo signal. The modem also includes a computational element for computing the period of the periodic sequence, generating the complex periodic train sequence in real time and for computing a phase roll frequency based upon the computed echo cancellation coefficients.
Abstract:
A system and method for frequency diversity uses interleaving in a wireless communication system utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with various FFT sizes. Subcarriers of one or more interlaces are interleaved in a bit reversal fashion and the one or more interlaces are interleaved.
Abstract:
A turbo-coded data block is processed for transmission on a wireless communication link by scheduling a plurality of portions of the block for transmission during respectively corresponding transmit intervals that are temporally separated from one another. The block portions are transmitted during the respectively corresponding transmit intervals according to the scheduling.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for determining position location information in a wireless network. In one embodiment, timing offset information is communicated between multiple transmitters and one or more receivers. Such information enables accurate position or location determinations to be made that account for timing differences throughout the network. In another embodiment, transmitter phase adjustments are made that advance or delay transmissions from the transmitters to account for potential timing differences at receivers. In yet another embodiment, combinations of timing offset communications and/or transmitter phase adjustments can be employed in the wireless network to facilitate position location determinations.
Abstract:
A wireless communication apparatus in a hierarchically coded modulation system can use error control mechanisms generated during decoding of base layer information to predict a probability of successful demodulation of enhancement layer information. Performance in the demodulation of the base layer correlates to performance in the demodulation of the enhancement layer. The receiver can determine whether to attempt demodulation of temporally correlated enhancement layer data based in part on the predicted probability of success. If the receiver determines not to demodulate the enhancement layer, the receiver can power down the enhancement layer demodulator, or otherwise minimize the power expended in the enhancement layer demodulator.