Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a communication device includes a transceiver with a physical (PHY) layer. The PHY layer is configured for body area network (BAN) operations in a limited multipath environment based on a constant symbol rate for BAN packet transmissions and based on M-ary PSK, differential M-ary PSK or rotated differential M-ary PSK modulation. The PHY layer is configured to construct a physical-layer service data unit (PSDU) based on a concatenate block, an insert shortened bits block, a Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH) encoder, a remove shortened bits block, an add pad bits block, a spreader, a bit interleaver, a scrambler, and a symbol mapper.

Abstract: A circuit is designed with a matched filter circuit including a plurality of fingers (700, 702, 704) coupled to receive a data symbol. Each finger corresponds to a respective path of the data symbol. Each finger produces a respective output signal. A plurality of decoder circuits (706, 708, 710) receives the respective output signal from a respective finger of the plurality of fingers. Each decoder circuit produces a respective output signal. A joint detector circuit (1310) is coupled to receive each respective output signal from the plurality of decoder circuits. The joint detector circuit produces an output signal corresponding to a predetermined code.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a receiver in an OFDM based communication system adapted to perform channel estimation using a received reference signal transmitted from at least one antenna, said reference signal being substantially located into two OFDM symbols of a transmission time interval comprising of more than two OFDM symbols. A method of generating pilot structure, the pilot structure provides information to an apparatus for channel estimation in the OFDM system with a transmission time interval of seven OFDM symbols. The pilot structure comprising pilot signals from at least one transmitting antenna located in various OFDM symbols of the transmission time interval.

Abstract: Closed loop multiple-antenna wireless communications system with antenna weights determined by maximizing a composite channel signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio minimum. Multiplexed symbol streams over subsets of antennas enhance throughput.

Abstract: A circuit is designed with a matched filter circuit including a plurality of fingers (700, 702, 704) coupled to receive a data symbol. Each finger corresponds to a respective path of the data symbol. Each finger produces a respective output signal. A plurality of decoder circuits (706, 708, 710) receives the respective output signal from a respective finger of the plurality of fingers. Each decoder circuit produces a respective output signal. A joint detector circuit (1310) is coupled to receive each respective output signal from the plurality of decoder circuits. The joint detector circuit produces an output signal corresponding to a predetermined code.

Abstract: A technique is provided for implementing adaptive thresholds associated with HS-SCCH detection schemes; and when applied to any HS-SCCH detection scheme, the resulting false alarm probability curves are more robust to amplitude variations of the different shared control channels. The technique has low computational complexity and low storage requirements for the estimator. Such lower complexity detection schemes have been found to outperform more complex schemes when adaptive thresholds are applied.

Abstract: Closed loop multiple-antenna wireless communications system with antenna weights determined by maximizing a composite channel signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio minimum. Multiplexed symbol streams over subsets of antennas enhance throughout.

Abstract: A communication circuit (28) is designed with a signal processing circuit (370) arranged to produce a first plurality of data signals and receive a second plurality of data signals. A transmit circuit (364) is coupled to receive the first plurality of data signals and transmit each data signal of the first plurality of data signals on a respective transmit frequency in a predetermined sequence of transmit frequencies. A receive circuit (362) is coupled to receive each data signal of the second plurality of data signals from a remote transmitter on the respective transmit frequency in the predetermined sequence. The receive circuit applies the second plurality of data signals to the signal processing circuit.

Abstract: A circuit is designed with a measurement circuit (746) coupled to receive an input signal from at least one of a first antenna and a second antenna of a transmitter. The measurement circuit produces an output signal corresponding to a magnitude of the input signal. A control circuit (726) is coupled to receive the output signal, a first reference signal (.eta..sub.1) and a second reference signal (.eta..sub.2). The control circuit is arranged to produce a control signal in response to a comparison of the output signal, the first reference signal and the second reference signal.

Abstract: A convolutionally encoded frame to be decoded includes a first portion of bits having additional error protection and another portion without additional error protection. The decoding of the frame involves reverse Viterbi decoding or Viterbi decoding on a reversed bit sequence followed by applying a serial list Viterbi algorithm to the first portion. The result is that the list of probable sequences have unique sets of bits in the first portion.

Abstract: A system and method of data communication uses variable transmit antenna delays based on communication signal uplink measurements. The signals for each channel are delayed at baseband, so different delays can be used for each channel. The delay between each antenna are preferably chosen so that the strongest paths do not overlap in order to implement full transmit antenna diversity. Where it is not possible to eliminate overlapping paths, the transmitted signals are recharacterized by phase shifts and/or amplitude scaling to derive signals that inherently possess the desired communication signal characteristics.

Abstract: A method of power saving for a wireless transceiver (FIGS. 1 and 2) is disclosed. The transceiver has an active power mode (504) and a reduced power mode (510). The transceiver is operated in the reduced power mode (510) and monitors transmissions from a remote wireless transmitter while in the reduced power mode. The transceiver identifies a transmission from the remote wireless transmitter by a transceiver identity included in the transmission (FIG. 6. UE identification). The transceiver transitions to the active power mode (512) in response to identifying the transmission.

Abstract: A method of power saving for a wireless transceiver (FIGS. 1 and 2) is disclosed. The transceiver has an active power mode (504) and a reduced power mode (510). The transceiver is operated in the reduced power mode (510) and monitors transmissions from a remote wireless transmitter while in the reduced power mode. The transceiver identifies a transmission from in the remote wireless transmitter by a transceiver identity included in the transmission (FIG. 6, UE identification). The transceiver transitions to the active power mode (512) in response to identifying the transmission.

Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of adaptive equalizers adapted to couple to a plurality of receive antennas, each of the antennas capable of receiving a multipath delay profile estimate (MDPE), control logic interconnecting at least some of the adaptive equalizers, and a control mechanism that, according to different MDPEs, configures at least some of the adaptive equalizers and control logic.

Abstract: A circuit is designed with a measurement circuit (746) coupled to receive an input signal from at least one of a first antenna and a second antenna of a transmitter. The measurement circuit produces an output signal corresponding to a magnitude of the input signal. A control circuit (726) is coupled to receive the output signal, a first reference signal (?1) and a second reference signal (?2). The control circuit is arranged to produce a control signal in response to a comparison of the output signal, the first reference signal and the second reference signal.

Abstract: A communication system 100 allows for heterogeneous piconets/scattenets 100 where in multiple modes 110, 112 of transmission, one of Bluetooth 110 and one or more other modes of transmission 112 are possible. While at the same time maintaining synchronization between all the different modes of transmission 110, 112 in a given piconet and across a scatternet 100. This allows for a communication device that can communicate using a plurality of transmission modes depending on the communication needs of the device.

Abstract: A wireless receiver (30x) for receiving signals from an interference-limited transmitter in an interference-limited system comprising at least one transmit antenna, wherein the signals comprise a plurality of symbols. The receiver comprises at least one receive antenna (RATx) and collection circuitry (38). The collection circuitry is coupled to the at least one receive antenna and is for collecting a plurality of signal samples from the at least one receive antenna. The plurality of signal samples comprise at least one symbol and interference effects between different symbols communicated from the transmitter to the receiver. The receiver also comprises suppression circuitry (44 or 60), coupled to the collection circuitry, for suppressing the interference effects. The receiver also comprises circuitry (46, 48, 50) for receiving signals from the suppression circuitry and for providing estimates of a group of bits and detection circuitry (52) for detecting an error in a packet that comprises the group of bits.

Abstract: A frequency hopping system such as a Bluetooth system (300) can reduce the number of RF channels it hops during a normal hopping sequence cycle providing for a Reduced Hopping Sequence (RHS). A communication unit operating in the system such as the Bluetooth master unit (302) determines if any of the RF channels has interference. If any of the channels has interference, the Bluetooth master sends a message to one or more slave units (304, 306) informing them of which channels will be removed from the hopping sequence due to potential interference problems. The units will then use the new RHS for their transmissions, thus avoiding the interference problems (e.g., both avoiding interference in the system's receivers and avoiding creating interference on frequencies that are already occupied by other neighboring systems).

Abstract: A probe, listen and select (PLS) technique can be used to select from an available frequency spectrum a frequency band whose communication quality is suitable for wireless communication at a desired rate. Probe packets can be transmitted on different frequencies (223) during a known period of time (TPLS), and frequency channel quality information can be obtained (225) from the probe packets. This quality information can then be used to select a desirable frequency band (227). The communication quality of the selected band can also be used as basis for selecting (141) from among a plurality of modulation and coding combinations that are available for use in communications operations.

Abstract: A wireless communication system (10). The system comprises transmitter circuitry (BST1) comprising circuitry for transmitting a plurality of frames to a receiver in a first cell (Cell 1). Each of the plurality of frames comprises a bit group (22), and the bit group uniquely distinguishes the first cell from a second cell (Cell 2) adjacent the first cell. The transmitter circuitry further comprises circuitry (54) for inserting a bit sequence into the bit group. The bit sequence is selected from a plurality of bit sequences (S1-SK) such that successive transmissions by the transmitter circuitry comprise a cycle of successive ones of the plurality of bit sequences.