Signaling mechanism for inter-RAT carrier aggregation
    1.
    发明授权
    Signaling mechanism for inter-RAT carrier aggregation 有权
    RAT间载波聚合的信令机制

    公开(公告)号:US08804616B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-12

    申请号:US12948871

    申请日:2010-11-18

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/00

    摘要: A signaling mechanism informs a Radio Network Controller of the radio access technology associated with data packets forwarded to the Radio Network Controller from base stations supporting multiple radio access technologies. With this information, the Radio Network Controller can associate received data with the corresponding radio access technologies, and thus manage differing physical layer procedures, such as outer-loop power control, for the radio access technologies. In an example method, first and second data units transmitted by a mobile station over first and second radio access technologies, respectively, are forwarded from one or more base stations to a network control node for further processing. A control message associated with at least some of the data units is also sent to the network control node, the control message indicating the radio access technology over which the associated data units were transmitted.

    摘要翻译: 信令机制向无线电网络控制器通知从支持多种无线电接入技术的基站转发到无线电网络控制器的与数据分组相关联的无线电接入技术。 利用该信息,无线电网络控制器可以将接收的数据与相应的无线电接入技术相关联,并且因此管理用于无线接入技术的不同物理层过程,例如外环功率控制。 在一个示例方法中,由移动台通过第一和第二无线电接入技术分别发送的第一和第二数据单元从一个或多个基站转发到网络控制节点用于进一步处理。 与至少一些数据单元相关联的控制消息也被发送到网络控制节点,该控制消息指示相关联的数据单元通过其发送的无线电接入技术。

    Signaling Mechanism for Inter-RAT Carrier Aggregation
    2.
    发明申请
    Signaling Mechanism for Inter-RAT Carrier Aggregation 有权
    RAT间载波聚合的信令机制

    公开(公告)号:US20110305193A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-15

    申请号:US12948871

    申请日:2010-11-18

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00

    摘要: A signaling mechanism informs a Radio Network Controller of the radio access technology associated with data packets forwarded to the Radio Network Controller from base stations supporting multiple radio access technologies. With this information, the Radio Network Controller can associate received data with the corresponding radio access technologies, and thus manage differing physical layer procedures, such as outer-loop power control, for the radio access technologies. In an example method, first and second data units transmitted by a mobile station over first and second radio access technologies, respectively, are forwarded from one or more base stations to a network control node for further processing. A control message associated with at least some of the data units is also sent to the network control node, the control message indicating the radio access technology over which the associated data units were transmitted.

    摘要翻译: 信令机制向无线电网络控制器通知从支持多种无线电接入技术的基站转发到无线电网络控制器的与数据分组相关联的无线电接入技术。 利用该信息,无线电网络控制器可以将接收的数据与相应的无线电接入技术相关联,并且因此管理用于无线接入技术的不同物理层过程,例如外环功率控制。 在一个示例方法中,由移动台通过第一和第二无线电接入技术分别发送的第一和第二数据单元从一个或多个基站转发到网络控制节点用于进一步处理。 与至少一些数据单元相关联的控制消息也被发送到网络控制节点,该控制消息指示相关联的数据单元通过其发送的无线电接入技术。

    Method and apparatus for determining combining weights for MIMO receivers
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for determining combining weights for MIMO receivers 有权
    用于确定MIMO接收机的组合权重的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07933345B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-26

    申请号:US11613677

    申请日:2006-12-20

    IPC分类号: H04K1/10

    摘要: According to a method and apparatus taught herein, the computation of intermediate combining weights considers impairment correlations common to two received signal streams, but does not account for cross-stream interference attributable to channel reuse between the two streams. Excluding consideration of channel reuse cross-stream interference from the computation of intermediate combining weights simplifies intermediate combining weight computation and increases computational robustness. Further, final combining weights, such as for Generalized Rake combining or equalization combining, may be obtained efficiently from the intermediate combining weights through the use of weight scaling factors, which do account for channel reuse cross-stream interference. Moreover, in at least some instances, the intermediate combining weights are of interest. For example, signal quality estimates for one or both streams may be computed from the corresponding intermediate combining weights.

    摘要翻译: 根据本文教导的方法和装置,中间组合权重的计算考虑了两个接收信号流共同的损害相关,但不考虑归因于两个流之间的信道重用的交叉流干扰。 从中间组合权重的计算中排除对信道复用交叉串扰的考虑,简化了中间组合权重计算,提高了计算的鲁棒性。 此外,可以通过使用考虑到信道重用串流干扰的权重缩放因子从中间组合权重有效地获得诸如用于广义Rake组合或均衡组合的最终组合权重。 此外,在至少一些情况下,中间组合权重是令人感兴趣的。 例如,可以从相应的中间组合权重计算一个或两个流的信号质量估计。

    Downlink signaling of transmitter configuration for CQI estimation
    4.
    发明授权
    Downlink signaling of transmitter configuration for CQI estimation 有权
    用于CQI估计的发射机配置的下行链路信令

    公开(公告)号:US07773557B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-10

    申请号:US11538568

    申请日:2006-10-04

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00 H04B7/00

    摘要: In a mobile communication system with a shared downlink traffic channel, the mobile terminals in contention for the downlink traffic channel report channel conditions to the base stations. The base station schedules the mobile terminals based on channel quality estimates from the mobile terminals and selects a transmitter configuration. The transmitter configuration may comprise, for example, the antenna configuration, and/or power and code allocations used by the base station. The base station broadcasts the transmitter configuration to all active and inactive mobile terminals. Knowledge of the transmitter configuration by the inactive mobile terminals improves the accuracy and reliability of the channel quality estimates.

    摘要翻译: 在具有共享下行链路业务信道的移动通信系统中,对于下行链路业务信道的竞争的移动终端向基站报告信道状况。 基站根据来自移动终端的信道质量估计来调度移动终端,并选择发射机配置。 发射机配置可以包括例如基站使用的天线配置和/或功率和码分配。 基站将发射机配置广播到所有活动和不活动的移动终端。 由非活动移动终端知道发射机配置提高了信道质量估计的准确性和可靠性。

    Code Power Estimation for MIMO Signals
    5.
    发明申请
    Code Power Estimation for MIMO Signals 审中-公开
    MIMO信号的码功率估计

    公开(公告)号:US20090213910A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-27

    申请号:US12036425

    申请日:2008-02-25

    申请人: Stephen J. Grant

    发明人: Stephen J. Grant

    IPC分类号: H04B1/707 H04B17/00

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for estimating code-reuse interference associated with a received multi-stream multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signal are disclosed. In an exemplary method, impairment covariance associated with the received multi-stream MIMO signal is measured, and first and second sets of samples for received traffic data symbols are collected, using first and second sets of RAKE combining weights corresponding to effective net channel responses for first and second streams of the multi-stream MIMO signal, respectively. A per-code energy value for at least one stream of the received multi-stream MIMO signal is computed, as a function of the measured impairment covariance, the effective net channel responses for the first and second streams, and the first and second sets of samples. Finally, code-reuse interference associated with the first stream is calculated, as a function of the per-code energy value and the effective net channel response corresponding to the first stream.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于估计与接收的多流多输入多输出(MIMO)信号相关联的码重用干扰的方法和装置。 在示例性方法中,测量与所接收的多流MIMO信号相关联的损害协方差,并且使用与有效网络信道响应对应的第一和第二组RAKE组合权重来收集用于接收的业务数据符号的第一和第二组采样, 分别是多流MIMO信号的第一和第二流。 计算接收的多流MIMO信号的至少一个流的每码能量值,作为测量的损害协方差的函数,第一和第二流的有效净通道响应以及第一和第二组的 样品。 最后,根据对应于第一流的每码能量值和有效净通道响应,计算与第一流相关联的代码重用干扰。

    Method and Apparatus for Compensating for Processing Timing Misalignment in a Communication Receiver
    6.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Compensating for Processing Timing Misalignment in a Communication Receiver 有权
    用于补偿通信接收器中的处理定时不对准的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090268787A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-29

    申请号:US12111526

    申请日:2008-04-29

    IPC分类号: H04L27/06

    摘要: According to the teachings presented herein, a wireless communication apparatus compensates for timing misalignment in its received signal processing. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus estimates a set of path delays for a received signal and sets processing delays on the estimated path delays. The apparatus jointly hypothesizes combinations of fractional timing offsets for two or more paths, and computes a decision metric for each joint hypothesis that indicates the accuracy of the joint hypothesis. As non-limiting examples, the decision metric may be a signal quality metric, or a distance metric (such as between a measured net channel response and an effective net channel response reconstructed as a function of the combination of fractional timing offsets included in the joint hypothesis). The apparatus evaluates the decision metrics to identify a best estimate of timing misalignment, and correspondingly compensates coherent processing of the received signal.

    摘要翻译: 根据本文提出的教导,无线通信装置补偿其接收信号处理中的定时未对准。 在至少一个实施例中,该装置估计接收信号的一组路径延迟并且对所估计的路径延迟设置处理延迟。 该装置共同假设两个或多个路径的分数定时偏移的组合,并且计算指示联合假设的准确性的每个联合假设的决策度量。 作为非限制性示例,决策度量可以是信号质量度量或距离度量(诸如在测量的净信道响应和作为包括在联合中的分数定时偏移的组合的函数之间重建的有效网络信道响应之间) 假设)。 设备评估决策度量以识别定时未对准的最佳估计,并相应地补偿接收信号的相干处理。

    Receiver Parametric Covariance Estimation for Precoded MIMO Transmissions
    7.
    发明申请
    Receiver Parametric Covariance Estimation for Precoded MIMO Transmissions 有权
    用于预编码MIMO传输的接收机参数协方差估计

    公开(公告)号:US20090213944A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-27

    申请号:US12036323

    申请日:2008-02-25

    申请人: Stephen J. Grant

    发明人: Stephen J. Grant

    IPC分类号: H04L27/28

    摘要: A model-based technique for estimating signal impairments that can accommodate various transmitted signal configurations, including closed-loop transmit diversity signals and pre-coded MIMO signals, is disclosed. In an exemplary method, an impairment model is constructed for a received composite information signal comprising at least a first data stream transmitted from first and second antennas according to a first antenna weighting vector. The impairment model includes one or more model terms scaled by corresponding scaling parameters, wherein the model terms capture propagation channel effects and are independent of the first antenna weighting vector, and wherein the scaling parameters capture effects of the first antenna weighting vector. A parametric estimate of the impairment covariance is calculated using the impairment model.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于估计可适应各种发射信号配置(包括闭环发射分集信号和预编码MIMO信号)的信号损伤的基于模型的技术。 在一个示例性方法中,针对接收的复合信息信号构建损伤模型,所述复合信息信号包括根据第一天线加权向量从第一和第二天线发送的至少第一数据流。 所述损伤模型包括由相应的缩放参数缩放的一个或多个模型项,其中所述模型项捕获传播信道效应,并且独立于所述第一天线加权矢量,并且其中所述缩放参数捕获所述第一天线加权矢量的效果。 使用损伤模型计算损伤协方差的参数估计。

    Method and apparatus for generating channel quality information for wireless communication
    8.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for generating channel quality information for wireless communication 有权
    用于生成用于无线通信的信道质量信息的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070275665A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-29

    申请号:US11438921

    申请日:2006-05-23

    IPC分类号: H04B17/00 H04B7/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for generating channel quality information, such as may be used for transmit link adaptation, provide different operating modes, such as a first mode that may be used when propagation channel estimates are not reliable, and a second mode that may be used when the propagation channel estimates are reliable. In one or more embodiments, channel quality information is generated using receiver performance information that characterizes receiver performance in terms of a defined channel quality metric, e.g., supported data rates, for different values of receiver input signal quality over a range of propagation channel realizations. Channel quality information can be generated by selecting channel quality metrics according to receiver input signal quality and a desired probability of meeting a defined performance requirement over a range of propagation channel realizations, or by selecting channel quality metrics according to receiver input signal quality and particularized propagation channel realizations.

    摘要翻译: 用于产生信道质量信息的方法和装置,例如可以用于发送链路自适应,提供不同的操作模式,例如当传播信道估计不可靠时可以使用的第一模式,以及可以使用的第二模式 当传播信道估计是可靠的。 在一个或多个实施例中,使用接收机性能信息来生成信道质量信息,所述接收机性能信息根据定义的信道质量度量(例如,支持的数据速率),在传播信道实现范围内针对接收机输入信号质量的不同值来表征接收机性能。 可以通过根据接收机输入信号质量选择信道质量度量并且在传播信道实现范围内满足定义的性能要求的期望概率,或者通过根据接收机输入信号质量和特定传播选择信道质量度量来生成信道质量信息 渠道实现。

    Reduced complexity parametric covariance estimation for precoded MIMO transmissions
    9.
    发明授权
    Reduced complexity parametric covariance estimation for precoded MIMO transmissions 有权
    用于预编码MIMO传输的减少的复杂度参数协方差估计

    公开(公告)号:US07957485B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-07

    申请号:US12036337

    申请日:2008-02-25

    IPC分类号: H04B7/02 H04L1/02

    摘要: A model-based technique for estimating impairment covariance associated with a MIMO signal is disclosed. In an exemplary method, an impairment model is constructed for a received composite information signal comprising at least a first data stream transmitted from first and second antennas according to a first antenna weighting vector. The impairment model includes first and second model terms corresponding to the first and second antennas, respectively, but in several embodiments does not include a cross-antenna interference term. In another embodiment, an impairment model for a received MIMO signal is constructed by computing an impairment model term for each antenna and an additional term to account for preceding interference in a single-stream MIMO transmission scenario. The impairment terms are grouped so that only two associated scaling terms are unknown; values for the scaling terms are estimated by fitting the model to measured impairment covariance values.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于估计与MIMO信号相关的损害协方差的基于模型的技术。 在一个示例性方法中,针对接收的复合信息信号构建损伤模型,所述复合信息信号包括根据第一天线加权向量从第一和第二天线发送的至少第一数据流。 损伤模型分别包括对应于第一和第二天线的第一和第二模型项,但是在几个实施例中不包括横向天线干扰项。 在另一个实施例中,通过计算每个天线的损伤模型项和用于考虑单流MIMO传输场景中的预编码干扰的附加项来构造用于所接收的MIMO信号的损伤模型。 损害条款被分组,使得只有两个相关联的缩放术语是未知的; 通过将模型拟合到测量的损害协方差值来估计缩放术语的值。

    Method and apparatus for generating channel quality information for wireless communication
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for generating channel quality information for wireless communication 有权
    用于生成用于无线通信的信道质量信息的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07773951B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-10

    申请号:US11438921

    申请日:2006-05-23

    IPC分类号: H04B17/00 H04B7/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for generating channel quality information, such as may be used for transmit link adaptation, provide different operating modes, such as a first mode that may be used when propagation channel estimates are not reliable, and a second mode that may be used when the propagation channel estimates are reliable. In one or more embodiments, channel quality information is generated using receiver performance information that characterizes receiver performance in terms of a defined channel quality metric, e.g., supported data rates, for different values of receiver input signal quality over a range of propagation channel realizations. Channel quality information can be generated by selecting channel quality metrics according to receiver input signal quality and a desired probability of meeting a defined performance requirement over a range of propagation channel realizations, or by selecting channel quality metrics according to receiver input signal quality and particularized propagation channel realizations.

    摘要翻译: 用于产生信道质量信息的方法和装置,例如可以用于发送链路自适应,提供不同的操作模式,例如当传播信道估计不可靠时可以使用的第一模式,以及可以使用的第二模式 当传播信道估计是可靠的。 在一个或多个实施例中,使用接收机性能信息来生成信道质量信息,所述接收机性能信息根据定义的信道质量度量(例如,支持的数据速率),在传播信道实现范围内针对接收机输入信号质量的不同值来表征接收机性能。 可以通过根据接收机输入信号质量选择信道质量度量并且在传播信道实现范围内满足定义的性能要求的期望概率,或者通过根据接收机输入信号质量和特定传播选择信道质量度量来生成信道质量信息 渠道实现。