Method and apparatus for controlling interference suppressing receivers
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H03D-001/04
H04L-025/03
H04B-001/7097
출원번호
US-0943720
(2004-09-17)
등록번호
US-8867676
(2014-10-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Cairns, Douglas A.
출원인 / 주소
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
대리인 / 주소
Coats and Bennett, PLLC
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초록▼
A wireless communication receiver is configured to suppress interference with respect to a received signal of interest on a selective basis responsive to evaluating whether the receiver currently is or is not operating in a colored noise/interference environment. For example, an exemplary Code Divis
A wireless communication receiver is configured to suppress interference with respect to a received signal of interest on a selective basis responsive to evaluating whether the receiver currently is or is not operating in a colored noise/interference environment. For example, an exemplary Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile station activates or deactivates interference suppression responsive to determining and evaluating an orthogonality factor, which, in this context, serves as a measure of how much downlink power gets converted into same-cell interference via multipath propagation. The orthogonality factor thus serves as an indicator of noise plus interference coloration. In one or more exemplary embodiments, then, an exemplary receiver circuit is configured to determine the orthogonality factor, evaluate it, and selectively enable or disable received signal whitening based on that evaluation. The exemplary receiver circuit and associated selective whitening method can be applied to various receiver architectures and signal types.
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1. In a wireless communication receiver, a method of processing a received signal comprising: calculating an orthogonality factor for the received signal, the orthogonality factor indicating the effect of intra-cell interference on the received signal; andselectively whitening the received signal ba
1. In a wireless communication receiver, a method of processing a received signal comprising: calculating an orthogonality factor for the received signal, the orthogonality factor indicating the effect of intra-cell interference on the received signal; andselectively whitening the received signal based on the orthogonality factor. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively whitening the received signal based on the orthogonality factor comprises whitening the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and not whitening the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively whitening the received signal based on the orthogonality factor comprises generating whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and generating non-whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively whitening the received signal based on the orthogonality factor comprises generating whitening equalizer filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and generating non-whitening equalizer filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively whitening the received signal based on the orthogonality factor comprises applying an over-whitening filter to the received signal in advance of RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and not applying the over-whitening filter to the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating an orthogonality factor for the received signal comprises calculating a time-averaged orthogonality factor based on an average power of medium channel coefficients associated with the received signal. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating an orthogonality factor for the received signal comprises computing medium channel coefficients associated with the received signal, and calculating the orthogonality factor from the medium channel coefficients. 8. A wireless communication receiver circuit comprising: an orthogonality factor calculation circuit configured to calculate an orthogonality factor for a received signal, the orthogonality factor indicating the effect of intra-cell interference on the received signal; andone or more received signal processing circuits configured selectively to whiten the received signal based on the orthogonality factor. 9. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits are configured selectively to whiten the received signal based on the orthogonality factor by whitening the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and not whitening the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 10. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits comprise a RAKE receiver configured to generate whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and configured to generate non-whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 11. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits comprise a received signal equalizer configured to generate whitening equalizer filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and configured to generate non-whitening equalizer filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 12. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits comprise a RAKE receiver circuit and an over-whitening filter positioned in advance of the RAKE receiver circuit, and wherein the over-whitening filter is configured to over-whiten the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and not to over-whiten the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 13. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the orthogonality factor calculation circuit is configured to calculate a time-averaged orthogonality factor based on an average power of medium channel coefficients associated with the received signal. 14. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the orthogonality factor calculation circuit is configured to calculate the orthogonality factor based on medium channel coefficients determined for the received signal. 15. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits are configured to reduce a processing clock speed if the received signal is not being whitened. 16. The wireless communication receiver circuit of claim 8, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits are configured to save power by disabling one or more circuit elements associated with whitening if the received signal is not being whitened. 17. A mobile station for use in a wireless communication network comprising: a wireless communication transceiver, including a transmitter and a receiver, for wirelessly communicating with the network;said receiver comprising: an orthogonality factor calculation circuit configured to calculate an orthogonality factor for a received signal, the orthogonality factor indicating the effect of intra-cell interference on the received signal; andone or more received signal processing circuits configured selectively to whiten the received signal based on the orthogonality factor. 18. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits are configured selectively to whitening the received signal based on the orthogonality factor by whitening the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and not whitening the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 19. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits comprise a RAKE receiver configured to generate whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and configured to generate non-whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE combining the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 20. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits comprise a received signal equalizer configured to generate whitening equalizer filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and configured to generate non-whitening equalizer filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 21. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the one or more received signal processing circuits comprise a RAKE receiver circuit and an over-whitening filter positioned in advance of the RAKE receiver circuit, and wherein the over-whitening filter is configured to over-whiten the received signal if the orthogonality factor is above a defined orthogonality factor threshold, and not to over-whiten the received signal if the orthogonality factor is below the defined orthogonality factor threshold. 22. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the orthogonality factor calculation circuit is configured to calculate a time-averaged orthogonality factor based on an average power of medium channel coefficients associated with the received signal. 23. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the orthogonality factor calculation circuit is configured to calculate the orthogonality factor based on medium channel coefficients determined for the received signal. 24. In a wireless communication receiver, a method of processing a received signal comprising: determining whether the receiver is in a soft handover condition; andselectively whitening the received signal based on said determination. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein selectively whitening the received signal based on said determination comprises one of selectively applying an over-whitening filter to the received signal in advance of RAKE processing the received signal, selectively generating whitening versus non-whitening filter coefficients for equalizing the received signal, and selectively generating whitening versus non-whitening RAKE combining weights for RAKE processing the received signal. 26. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for processing a received signal, said computer program instructions comprising: program instructions to calculate an orthogonality factor for the received signal, the orthogonality factor indicating the effect of intra-cell interference on the received signal; andprogram instructions to selectively whiten the received signal based on the orthogonality factor. 27. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for processing a received signal in a wireless communication receiver, said computer program instructions comprising: program instructions to determine whether the receiver is in a soft handover condition; andprogram instructions to selectively whiten the received signal based on said determination.
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