Abstract:
A method for controlling a data transmission rate of at least one transceiver in a wireless system, the transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver, the method including the steps of: determining a signal quality characteristic corresponding to a signal received at the receiver by measuring a difference between one or more reference constellation points and one or more received constellation points, the signal quality characteristic representing an estimation of signal degradation through the wireless communication channel; and modifying a data transmission rate of the transmitter as a function of the signal quality characteristic. The step of modifying the data transmission rate of the transmitter includes: determining lower and upper threshold levels representing reference minimum and maximum signal quality characteristics, respectively, corresponding to the data transmission rate; measuring a signal quality characteristic of the received signal; determining whether the measured signal quality characteristic is within the lower and upper threshold levels; maintaining the data transmission rate when the measured signal quality characteristic is between the lower and upper threshold levels; and increasing the data transmission rate when the measured signal quality characteristic is less than one or more lower threshold levels associated with one or more corresponding higher data rates.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for transmitting symbols in a multiple antenna communication system according to a frame structure, such that the symbols can be interpreted by a lower order receiver (i.e., a receiver having a fewer number of antennas than the transmitter). The disclosed frame structure comprises a legacy preamble having at least one long training symbol and N-I additional long training symbols that are transmitted on each of N transmit antennas. The legacy preamble may be, for example, an 802.11 a/g preamble that includes at least one short training symbol, at least one long training symbol and at least one SIGNAL field. A sequence of each of the long training symbols on each of the N transmit antennas are time orthogonal. The long training symbols can be time orthogonal by introducing a phase shift to each of long training symbols relative to one another.
Abstract:
In a wireless system including a wireless communication channel, a method for estimating a signal quality of a received signal includes the steps of receiving a signal from the wireless communication channel, the received signal including at least one field that is modulated and encoded in a substantially fixed manner, and generating at least one reference field based, at least in part, on the at least one field and on a channel estimation signal. The channel estimation signal is representative of at least one characteristic of the wireless communication channel. The method further includes the step of generating a signal quality estimate as a function of the at least one field in the received signal and the generated at least one reference field.
Abstract:
In a wireless system including a wireless communication channel, a method for estimating a signal quality of a received signal includes the steps of receiving a signal from the wireless communication channel, the received signal including at least one field that is modulated and encoded in a substantially fixed manner, and generating at least one reference field based, at least in part, on the at least one field and on a channel estimation signal. The channel estimation signal is representative of at least one characteristic of the wireless communication channel. The method further includes the step of generating a signal quality estimate as a function of the at least one field in the received signal and the generated at least one reference field.
Abstract:
In a wireless system comprising at least one transceiver configurable for communication over a wireless communication channel, the transceiver comprising a transmitter and a receiver, a method for controlling a data transmission rate of the at least one transceiver comprises the steps of: (i) determining a signal quality characteristic corresponding to a signal received at the receiver by measuring a difference between one or more reference constellation points and one or more received constellation points, the signal quality characteristic representing an estimation of signal degradation; and (ii) modifying a data transmission rate of the transmitter based, at least in part, on the signal quality characteristic.
Abstract:
A method for controlling a transmission rate of at least one transceiver, the transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver, includes: determining a signal quality characteristic corresponding to a signal received at the receiver by measuring a difference between one or more reference constellation points and one or more received constellation points, and modifying a transmission rate of the transmitter over a wireless communication channel as a function of the signal quality characteristic. The step of modifying the transmission rate over the wireless communication channel includes: determining lower and upper threshold levels representing reference minimum and maximum signal quality characteristics, respectively, corresponding to the transmission rate; maintaining the transmission rate when the measured signal quality characteristic is between the lower and upper threshold levels; and increasing the transmission rate when the signal quality characteristic is less than one or more lower threshold levels associated with one or more corresponding higher transmission rates.