IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
|
국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
|
출원번호 |
UP-0665939
(2003-09-17)
|
등록번호 |
US-7639643
(2010-01-07)
|
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Sadri, Ali S.
- Maltsev, Alexander A.
- Cherepennikov, Valery V.
|
출원인 / 주소 |
|
대리인 / 주소 |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
|
인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
1 |
초록
▼
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a channel state information packet is encoded by a receiver side device and is fed back to the transmitter side device. The transmitter side device decodes the channel state information packet to extract an estimate of the channel response
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a channel state information packet is encoded by a receiver side device and is fed back to the transmitter side device. The transmitter side device decodes the channel state information packet to extract an estimate of the channel response function.
대표청구항
▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method for channel estimation in an OFDM system, the method comprising: quantizing a channel response function of a signal received from a transmitter or a residual value of the channel response function, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex num
What is claimed is: 1. A method for channel estimation in an OFDM system, the method comprising: quantizing a channel response function of a signal received from a transmitter or a residual value of the channel response function, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex numbers, wherein a channel estimate is subtracted from the channel response function to provide the residual value; limiting the channel response function to N complex numbers where N is less than M, wherein the N complex numbers are limited to values having time delays less than a predetermined delay spread; converting the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to said quantizing; and generating a channel state information packet to be transmitted back to the transmitter, wherein the packet includes the quantized channel response function when the packet is a first feedback packet sent to the transmitter or a first feedback packet sent after a channel interruption, and includes the quantized residual value of the channel response function otherwise, and wherein the channel state information permits the transmitter to obtain a channel state estimation. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising converting the signal from at least one of a frequency domain representation or a time domain representation to power allocation and modulation type instructions prior to said quantizing. 3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising converting the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior and then calculating a channel response function on the signal prior to said quantizing, wherein said calculating includes said subtracting a channel estimate from the channel response function to provide a residual value of the channel response function. 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said quantizing includes estimating a time delay attenuation of the channel response function. 5. An article comprising: a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing platform, result in the encoding of a channel state information packet by: quantizing a channel response function of a signal received from a transmitter or a residual value of the channel response function, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex numbers, and wherein a channel estimate is subtracted from the channel response function to provide the residual value; limiting the channel response function to N complex numbers where N is less than M, wherein the N complex numbers are limited to values having time delays less than a predetermined delay spread; converting the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to said quantizing; and generating a channel state information packet to be transmitted back to the transmitter, wherein the packet includes the quantized channel response function when the packet is a first feedback packet sent to the transmitter or a first feedback packet sent after a channel interruption, and includes the quantized residual value of the channel response function otherwise, and wherein the channel state information permits the transmitter to obtain a channel state estimation. 6. The article as claimed in claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in the encoding of a channel state information packet by converting the signal from at least one of a frequency domain representation or a time domain representation to power allocation and modulation type instructions prior to said quantizing. 7. The article as claimed in claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in the encoding of the channel state information packet by calculating the channel response function on the signal prior to said quantizing, wherein said calculating includes said subtracting a channel estimate from the channel response function to provide a residual value of the channel response function wherein the channel state information packet includes the quantized channel response function when at least one of the channel state information packet is a first feedback packet, or there is an interruption in the connection. 8. The article as claimed in claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in the encoding of a channel state information packet by converting the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior and then calculating a channel response function on the signal prior to said quantizing. 9. The article as claimed in claim 5, wherein said quantizing includes estimating a time delay attenuation of the channel response function. 10. A method for channel estimation in an OFDM system, the method comprising: parsing a channel state information packet received from a device after transmitting a signal to the device to obtain a quantized channel response function of the signal, wherein the device converts the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to quantization, wherein the channel state information packet includes the quantized channel response function when the packet is a first feedback packet sent to the transmitter or a first feedback packet sent after a channel interruption and includes a quantized residual value of the channel response function otherwise, wherein a channel estimate is subtracted from the channel response function to provide the residual value; and dequantizing the quantized channel response function to provide a channel response function, wherein the channel response function is an estimate of the channel response function, wherein the estimate of the channel response function is represented by N complex numbers, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex numbers, and wherein N is less than M. 11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising, calculating an updated estimate of the channel response function by adding a current estimate of the channel response function to the residual of the channel response function when the channel response function of the channel state information packet is represented as a residual of the channel response function. 12. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising, where the channel response function is a time domain representation, converting the time domain representation of the channel response function to a frequency domain representation of the channel response function. 13. An article, comprising: a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing platform, result in the decoding of a channel state information packet by: parsing a channel state information packet received from a device after transmitting a signal to the device to obtain a quantized channel response function of the signal wherein the channel state information packet includes the quantized channel response function when the packet is a first feedback packet sent to the transmitter or a first feedback packet sent after a channel interruption and includes a quantized residual value of the channel response function otherwise, wherein a channel estimate is subtracted from the channel response function to provide the residual value, and wherein the device converts the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to quantization; and dequantizing the quantized channel response function to provide a channel response function, wherein the channel response function is an estimate of the channel response function, wherein the estimate of the channel response function is represented by N complex numbers, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex numbers, and wherein N is less than M. 14. The article as claimed in claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in the decoding of a channel state information packet by calculating an updated estimate of the channel response function by adding a current estimate of the channel response function to the residual of the channel response function when the channel response function of the channel state information packet is represented as a residual of the channel response function. 15. The article as claimed in claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in the decoding of a channel state information packet by, where the channel response function is a time domain representation, converting the time domain representation of the channel response function to a frequency domain representation of the channel response function. 16. An apparatus, comprising: a baseband processor; and a transceiver to couple to said baseband processor and an omnidirectional antenna; wherein said baseband processor: quantizes a channel response function of a signal received from a transmitter via said transceiver or a residual value of the channel response function, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex numbers, and wherein a channel estimate is subtracted from the channel response function to provide the residual value; limits the channel response function to N complex numbers, wherein N is less than M wherein the N complex numbers are limited to values having time delays less than a predetermined delay spread; converts the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to quantizing the channel response function; and generates a channel state information packet to be transmitted back to the transmitter wherein the packet includes the quantized channel response function when the packet is a first feedback packet sent to the transmitter or a first feedback packet sent after a channel interruption, and includes the quantized residual value of the channel response function otherwise. 17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein said baseband processor converts the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to quantizing the channel response function. 18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein said baseband processor calculates a channel response function on the signal prior to quantizing the channel response function or the residual value of the channel response function, and wherein the packet includes a quantized residual value of the channel response function when at least one of the channel state information packet is a first feedback packet, or there is an interruption in the connection. 19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein said baseband processor converts the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior and then calculates a channel response function on the signal prior to quantizing the channel response function, by said subtracting a channel estimate from the channel response function to provide a residual value of the channel response function. 20. An apparatus, comprising: a baseband processor; and a transceiver to couple to said baseband processor and an omnidirectional antenna; wherein said baseband processor parses a channel state information packet received from a device after transmitting a signal to the device to obtain a quantized channel response function of the signal to obtain a quantized channel response function of the signal, wherein the device converts the signal from a frequency domain representation of the signal to a time domain representation of the signal prior to quantizing the channel response function, wherein the channel state information packet includes the quantized channel response function when the packet is a first feedback packet sent to the transmitter or a first feedback packet sent after a channel interruption, and includes a quantized residual value of the channel response function otherwise, and dequantizes the quantized channel response function to provide a channel response function, and wherein the channel response function is an estimate of the channel response function, wherein the estimate of the channel response function is represented by N complex numbers, wherein the channel response function is represented by M complex numbers, and wherein N is less than M. 21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said baseband processor calculates an updated estimate of the channel response function by adding a current estimate of the channel response function to the residual of the channel response function when the channel response function of the channel state information packet is represented as a residual of the channel response function. 22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said baseband processor, where the channel response function is a time domain representation, converts the time domain representation of the channel response function to a frequency domain representation of the channel response function.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.