Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090016371 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FRAME STRUCTURES - A method of constructing a frame structure for data transmission, the method comprising generating a first section comprising data configured in a first format compatible with a first communication system, generating a second section following the first section, the second section comprising data configured in a second format compatible with a second communication system, wherein the second format is different from the first format, generating at least one non-data section containing information describing an aspect of data in at least one of the first section and the second section, and combining the first section, the second section and the at least one non-data section to form the frame structure. | 01-15-2009 |
20090016375 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CONSTRUCTING A FRAME STRUCTURE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A module constructs a frame for communication in a communication system that supports a new standard and a legacy standard, the new standard being backward compatible with the legacy standard. The module comprises a first frame generator configured to generate a first portion of the frame, the first portion of the frame to support a first set of data to be transmitted in the legacy standard in each of a number of first bands, a second frame generator configured to generate a second portion of the frame, the second portion of the frame to support a second set of data to be transmitted in the new standard in a second band composed of the first bands, and a frame constructor configured to construct the frame based on the first portion of the frame from the first frame generator and the second portion of the frame from the second frame generator. | 01-15-2009 |
20090257516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PILOT DESIGN FOR DATA TRANSMITTED IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method for pilot design for data to be transmitted by an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system, the data being represented by a plurality of OFDM symbols. The method includes allocating pilot symbols for a data stream to be included in ones of the OFDM symbols; and performing a frequency shift on at least one of the OFDM symbols, to reduce frequency distance disparities among the pilot symbols. | 10-15-2009 |
20090274036 | HARQ BASED ICI CODING SCHEME - Method and apparatus for transmitting data in an OFDM communication system, the method including transmitting over a channel, an original data packet that includes original data, the original data packet including at least one modulated data symbol encoded onto at least one sub-carrier using a first coding scheme. The method further includes transmitting a retransmitted data packet corresponding to the original data packet in response to a non-acknowledgement (NACK), the retransmitted data packet including a copy of the original data packet wherein the at least one modulated data symbol is encoded onto the at least one sub-carrier using a second coding scheme. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PILOT DESIGN - A method for generating a pilot pattern for data to be transmitted in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system includes: allocating pilot symbols for a plurality of data streams to form a plurality of pilot clusters in the pilot pattern, wherein each of the pilot clusters includes ones of the pilot symbols, the ones of the pilot symbols being for respectively different ones of the data streams. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279630 | JOINT TRANSCEIVER DESIGN FOR MIMO COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for transmitting data in a MIMO communication system, the method including encoding at least one data symbol by implementing a first precoding scheme, the first preceding scheme including a precoder derived from a first channel state information (CSI). The method further includes selecting at least one antenna that maximizes the first CSI, the at least one antenna being selected by implementing a first selection scheme, and transmitting the at least one data symbol via the at least one antenna. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279631 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - In a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system, there is provided a method for error correction. The method includes receiving an original signal in an initial MIMO format, detecting an error in the original signal, and notifying a transmitter of the error detected in the original signal. The method also includes receiving a new retransmitted signal in a first retransmitted MIMO format, different from the initial MIMO format, the new retransmitted signal including at least a fraction of encoded bits of the original signal. The method also includes correcting the original signal by applying the new retransmitted signal to the original signal. | 11-12-2009 |
20100008308 | LINK ADAPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and systems for providing generalized link adaptation in an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access wireless communications network can include determining a number of desired resource blocks (RBs) for each user of a plurality of users; calculating a maximal channel gain G | 01-14-2010 |
20100008431 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK - A method for a mobile station to provide to a base station feedback of channel state information (CSI) regarding a plurality of communication channels between the mobile station and the base station. The method includes: estimating the CSI by calculating a plurality of channel responses each for one of the communication channels; compressing the estimated CSI; and sending the compressed CSI as the feedback to the base station. | 01-14-2010 |
20100008440 | LINK ADAPTATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless communication system with link adaptation is provided. The wireless communication system may include a channel k-factor estimator estimating a Rician k-factor of a channel based on a signal received from a transmitter, a frequency band grouping unit determining a size of frequency band grouping based on the Rician k-factor, a transmission mode selector determining a transmission mode for each frequency band group based on the Rician k-factor, and a modulation and coding scheme selector determining a modulation and coding scheme for the each frequency band group. | 01-14-2010 |
20100111208 | COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS HAVING PERMUTATION SCHEMES - A wireless communication method implemented in a communication system may include receiving a data sequence to be permuted, and obtaining information associated with the data sequence to be permuted, the information containing at least a length of the data sequence and a sampling spacing for permuting the data sequence. The method may also include identifying a first portion of the data sequence having a first number of adjacent data items, and a second portion of the data sequence having a second number of adjacent data items. The method may also include accessing the first number of data items from the first portion at the sampling spacing, and placing the accessed first number of data items into a predetermined number of sub-blocks included within a permuted data sequence to be generated based on the received data sequence. The method may further include inserting each of the second number of data items into an end position of one of the sub-blocks within the permuted data sequence, and outputting the permuted data sequence. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111210 | COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS HAVING PERMUTATION SCHEMES - A wireless communication method implemented in a communication system includes receiving a first data sequence, and processing the first data sequence to obtain information containing at least one of a first number and a sampling spacing associated with the first data sequence. The method also includes permuting the first data sequence to generate a permuted second data sequence. Permuting the first data sequence includes determining a first parameter based on at least one of the first number and the sampling spacing, determining a second parameter based on at least one of the first parameter, the first number, and the sampling spacing, and determining a mapping relationship between a j-th data item of the permuted second data sequence and an i-th data item of the first data sequence. The method further includes outputting the permuted second data sequence. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111219 | COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS HAVING DATA PERMUTATION - A wireless communication method may include receiving a first data stream comprising a data sequence and computing a permutation sequence based on a content of the received first data stream. The permutation sequence is a non-predetermined sequence. The method may further include performing a permutation on the first data stream based on the permutation sequence to generate a permuted first data stream being configured for wireless transmission. | 05-06-2010 |
20100158143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBCARRIER ALLOCATION AND PERMUTATION - A subcarrier allocation method for use by a transmitter, the transmitter being configured to, when transmitting first and second data streams, allocate pilot symbols for the first and second data streams to subcarriers, such that a first plurality of subcarriers carry the pilot symbols for the first data stream and a second plurality of subcarriers carry the pilot symbols for the second data stream. The method includes allocating, when the transmitter transmits the first data stream but does not transmit the second data stream, the second plurality of subcarriers to carry no formation or information relating to the first data stream. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166105 | Transmitter and the Method Therefor - A transmitter and the method therefor are provided. The transmitter is applied in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based or other multicarrier communication systems. The transmitter uses N sub-carriers. Among the N sub-carriers, L sub-carriers (or tones) are reserved for PAPR reduction. L is less than N. The method includes the following steps. Original frequency domain data symbols are generated and fed into the reserved-tone symbol generation unit. The reserved-tone symbols are generated by using pure frequency domain signal processing. Then the reserved-tone symbols are combined with original data symbols to generate combined PAPR reduction signal. The resultant PAPR reduction signal can be fed into reserved-tone symbol generation unit iteratively to obtain updated reserved-tone symbols. For proper iterations, the original data symbols combined with L frequency domain reserved-tone symbols will result in lower PAPR transmit signal. | 07-01-2010 |
20110158185 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING A PERMUTATION SEQUENCE - A method for data transmissions in a wireless communication system includes: allocating resources for data to be transmitted; providing a seed number from the communication system; setting, based on the seed number, at least one parameter for a pseudo-random mapper having an input variable and an output variable; initializing an array with a number of base elements; increasing a current value of the input variable by a current value of a counter; and calculating a value of the output variable based on the pseudo-random mapper and the increased value of the input variable. The method further includes: swapping a first base element and a second base element in the array, the first base element being identified based on the current value of the counter, and the second base element being identified based on the value of the output variable; performing permutation on the resources by using the array as a permutation sequence; and transmitting the data. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158189 | Methods and Apparatus for Multi-Transmitter Collaborative Communications Systems - Method and apparatus for reception of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission in a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations. The method includes receiving, by a receiving device, one or more media access control (MAC) messages including a plurality of identifiers of neighboring base stations, and receiving, by the receiving device, a bistream including a plurality of bits, each bit representing one base station of the plurality of base stations. The method also includes determining, by the receiving device, at least one of the plurality of identifiers of neighboring base stations included in the one or more received MAC messages based on the received bitmap. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHASE QUANTIZATION AND EQUAL GAIN PRECODING USING LATTICES - A method and apparatus are disclosed for phase quantization and equal gain precoding in a wireless communication system. The method includes scaling, by a receiving device, a phase vector based on a predetermined scaling factor to determine a first lattice point. The method also includes determining, by the receiving device, a second lattice point based on the determined first lattice point. In addition, the method includes determining, by the receiving device, a quantized phase vector based on the determined second lattice point and the predetermined scaling factor. | 06-30-2011 |
20110222615 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING UPLINK MULTI-BASE STATION INTERFERENCE - Method and apparatus for generating a precoder for uplink transmission from a mobile station. The method includes receiving information corresponding to a first precoding matrix and a second precoding matrix, and generating the precoder by linearly combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix. In the method, the first precoding matrix maximizes a transmission power between the mobile station and a serving base station, and the second precoding matrix minimizes an average interference value between the mobile station and at least two neighboring base stations. | 09-15-2011 |
20130279627 | System and Method for Pilot Design - An apparatus for generating a pilot pattern for data to be transmitted in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system, having a for allocating pilot symbols for a plurality of data streams to form a plurality of pilot clusters in the pilot pattern, wherein each of the pilot clusters includes ones of the pilot symbols, the ones of the pilot symbols being for respectively different ones of the data streams. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for moving at least one of the pilot clusters from a first location in the resource block to a second location in the resource block to generate a second pilot pattern, the first and second locations being symmetrical in time, and a mechanism for generating a third pilot pattern based on the first and second pilot patterns. | 10-24-2013 |