Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for providing coordinated beamforming (CoBF) transmission in a wireless communication system. The method includes: selecting a plurality of access points (APs) to transmit to a plurality of stations (STAs) in a CoBF transmission; assigning spatial streams to the STAs such that each STA is assigned no more than a threshold number of spatial streams, and the total number of spatial streams assigned to the STAs does not exceed a maximum total stream count; configuring each of the APs to use a common number of logical antennas selected from a set of antenna counts; and mapping a number of physical antennas at each AP to the common number of logical antennas using a configurable antenna reduction method.

Abstract: A method of configuring a coordinate beamforming (CoBF) transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: identifying a channel configuration between a plurality of access points (APs) and a plurality of stations (STAs), wherein a total number of physical transmit antennas per AP is less than a total number of physical receive antennas across the STAs; applying a pre-processing operation, to each STA, to convert the channel configuration into a virtual channel configuration in which a number of physical transmit antennas per AP is greater than or equal to the total number of virtual receive antennas across the STAs; generating one or more precoding matrices based on the virtual channel configuration; precoding, by the APs, data streams using the one or more precoding matrices; and transmitting, from the APs to the STAs, the precoded data streams.

Abstract: A method for beamforming is disclosed. The method performed by a beamformee may include receiving, from a beamformer, a sounding packet, computing estimated channel matrices based on the sounding packet, computing singular value decomposition (SVD) based on the estimated channel matrices, computing normalized right singular matrices based on SVD, computing precoding matrices based on a decompression scheme and the normalized right singular matrices, computing diagonal unitary matrices based on a product of the channel matrices and the precoding matrices, computing, during a beamforming phase, modified beamformed channel matrices based on the diagonal unitary matrices, and receiving, from the beamformer, a beamformed data transmission based on the modified beamformed channel matrices.

Abstract: A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device, having a demodulator configured to translate in-phase and quadrature components of a received BLE signal into a differential phase signal; an estimator configured to estimate a frequency offset of the differential phase signal; and a detector configured to detect information in the differential phase signal corrected by the estimated frequency offset.

Abstract: A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device, having a demodulator configured to translate in-phase and quadrature components of a received BLE signal into a differential phase signal; an estimator configured to estimate a frequency offset of the differential phase signal; and a detector configured to detect information in the differential phase signal corrected by the estimated frequency offset.

Abstract: Blind channel impulse response combining for noise mitigation in channel estimation in a TD-SCDMA receiver includes applying a correlation function to pairs of channel impulse response windows associated with non-desired user equipments, grouping all those channel impulse response windows having a correlation function above a predetermined threshold as identified with the same user equipment, and combining the channel estimation results from each identified user equipment in the group to mitigate noise.

Abstract: A communication system is provided that includes a composite transfer module that receives an input signal and performs one or more selective operations defined by a first transfer function on the input signal. The composite transfer module outputs a first signal. A joint detection module receives the first signal and performs joint detection on the first signal. The joint detection module utilizes channel estimation information of the first transfer function so as to allow the joint detection module to perform joint detection with an oversampling rate of 2× or higher.

Abstract: A channel impulse response (CIR)/DC offset (DCO) joint estimation for a time division synchronous code division multiple access (TDSCDMA) system includes generating from a basic midamble and received midamble an initial estimation of the CIR as a series of CIR taps; storing the initially estimated CIR taps; calculating a DC compensated CIR from the initially estimated CIR taps; filtering out the noise from the DC compensated CIR to produce the CIR estimation; and calculating the DC offset estimation from the CIR estimation.

Abstract: A TD-SCDMA receiver is provided that includes a joint detection (JD) block receiving a first input signal from a channel estimation block for signal detection. A short channel detection (SCD) block receives the first input signal and detecting the presence/absence of an AGWN-like channel based on the first input signal from the channel estimation block. The SCD block switches the JD block between 1× and 2× oversampling rates by sending to the JD block a second input signal.

Abstract: Blind channel impulse response combining for noise mitigation in channel estimation in a TD-SCDMA receiver includes applying a correlation function to pairs of channel impulse response windows associated with non-desired user equipments, grouping all those channel impulse response windows having a correlation function above a predetermined threshold as identified with the same user equipment, and combining the channel estimation results from each identified user equipment in the group to mitigate noise.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cascaded scheme in which an RRC filter, a modified RRC filter or other digital filter is implemented at a relatively low data rate, such as twice the symbol or chip rate, or 2×. Interpolation filters are used to increase the data rate to a higher data rate, such as 8×. Decimation filters are used to reduce the data rate from a higher rate, such as 8×, to a lower rate, such as 2×. The coefficients of the digital filter may be adjusted to compensate for characteristics of other components across the entire filter chain. Most of the implementation complexity of the filter chain is consolidated into the relatively low rate (such as 2×) digital filter while interpolation or decimation filters can be implemented at very low cost. The compensation capability provided by the digital filter makes design of simple decimation or interpolation filters much easier.

Abstract: A communication system is provided that includes a composite transfer module that receives an input signal and performs one or more selective operations defined by a first transfer function on the input signal. The composite transfer module outputs a first signal. A joint detection module receives the first signal and performs joint detection on the first signal. The joint detection module utilizes channel estimation information of the first transfer function so as to allow the joint detection module to perform joint detection with an oversampling rate of 2× or higher.

Abstract: A bit rate processor in a wireless system includes a front end processor to process physical channel data and to generate encoded transport channel data, a transport channel buffer to hold the encoded transport channel data, and a back end processor to process the encoded transport channel data from the transport channel buffer and to generate decoded transport channel bits. The front end process may include a frame buffer that receives the physical channel data, a first stage to de-map the physical channel data, an intermediate frame buffer that receives the de-mapped physical channel data, and a second stage to process the de-mapped physical channel data and to provide the encoded transport channel data. The back end processor may include a third stage, including a scaling circuit to scale the encoded transport channel data, a decoder to decode the scaled transport channel data, a CRC checker and an output buffer.

Abstract: A bit rate processor in a wireless system includes a front end processor to process physical channel data and to generate encoded transport channel data, a transport channel buffer to hold the encoded transport channel data, and a back end processor to process the encoded transport channel data from the transport channel buffer and to generate decoded transport channel bits. The front end process may include a frame buffer that receives the physical channel data, a first stage to de-map the physical channel data, an intermediate frame buffer that receives the de-mapped physical channel data, and a second stage to process the de-mapped physical channel data and to provide the encoded transport channel data. The back end processor may include a third stage, including a scaling circuit to scale the encoded transport channel data, a decoder to decode the scaled transport channel data, a CRC checker and an output buffer.

Abstract: A method includes receiving data in a first data processing module, and enabling a second data processing module when at least one signal time slot of the received data comprises data that complies with a first data transmission standard. The method also includes exchanging signals between the first data processing module and software executing in a processor, and determining that a software configuration of the second data processing module has been completed. The method also includes processing the data in the second data processing module for the at least one signal time slot, and enabling a third data processing module upon a completion of processing at least one data block in the second data processing module, and determining that a software configuration of the third data processing module has been completed, the at least one data block comprising multiple signal time slots.

Abstract: A channel impulse response (CIR)/DC offset (DCO) joint estimation for a time division synchronous code division multiple access (TDSCDMA) system includes generating from a basic midamble and received midamble an initial estimation of the CIR as a series of CIR taps; storing the initially estimated CIR taps; calculating a DC compensated CIR from the initially estimated CIR taps; filtering out the noise from the DC compensated CIR to produce the CIR estimation; and calculating the DC offset estimation from the CIR estimation.

Abstract: A TD-SCDMA receiver includes a joint detector that receives an input signal from a transceiver. The joint detector analyzes the input signal to determine whether one or more neighboring cells are used in conjunction with a servicing cell. Also, the joint detector assigns a first matrix that includes all coded channels including those associated with the one or neighboring cells so as to formulate a channel matrix. The joint detector uses a selective ratio that has been minimized to define elements of the first matrix so as to efficiently control the bit-width of the joint detector.

Abstract: A TD-SCDMA receiver is provided that includes a joint detection (JD) block receiving a first input signal from a channel estimation block for signal detection. A short channel detection (SCD) block receives the first input signal and detecting the presence/absence of an AGWN-like channel based on the first input signal from the channel estimation block. The SCD block switches the JD block between 1× and 2× oversampling rates by sending to the JD block a second input signal.

Abstract: A TD-SCDMA receiver includes a joint detector that receives an input signal from a transceiver. The joint detector analyzes the input signal to using an active code selection (ACS) to determine whether one or more neighboring cells are used in conjunction with a servicing cell. Also, the ACS assigns a first matrix that includes necessary active coded channels including those associated with the one or neighboring cells so as to formulate a channel matrix.

Abstract: A wireless receiver uses a joint detection Viterbi (JDV) algorithm to demodulate a signal that has a desired signal component and an interference signal component. The desired signal component includes a training sequence and at least one data field. The training sequence and a corresponding portion of the interference signal component is demodulated using the JDV algorithm to evaluate possible transmitted training sequences and interference signal sequences, and channel estimations for the desired signal component and the interference signal component are generated. The at least one data field is demodulated according to the JDV algorithm using the channel estimations as initial channel estimates for the JDV algorithm.