Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods for maximizing the bandwidth utilization in the uplink of a communication system supporting time division multiplexing between unicast and multicast/broadcast communication modes during transmission time intervals in the downlink of a communication system. This is accomplished by multiplexing at least unicast control signaling for UL scheduling assignments in TTIs supporting the multicast/broadcast communication mode. Moreover, multiplexing of unicast control signaling can also be accomplished by splitting a symbol of the multicast/broadcast TTI into two shorter symbols with the first of these two shorter symbols carrying at least unicast control signaling and the second of these shorter symbols carrying multicast/broadcast signaling.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image-rejecting channel estimator for use with an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) receiver employing scattered pilot channel estimates. In one embodiment, the image-rejecting channel estimator includes an estimation interpolator configured to provide channel estimates through time interpolation and frequency interpolation employing the scattered pilot channel estimates. The image-rejecting channel estimator also includes an image-rejection formatter coupled to the estimation interpolator and configured to provide image-rejection filtering to suppress an image in an output spectrum of the channel estimates from at least one of the time interpolation and frequency interpolation.

Abstract: Spread spectrum rake receiver estimates number of paths within a chip interval and assigns corresponding fingers. Cross-correlation matrix eigenvalues or direct BER estimates for differing numbers of fingers determine whether one or two fingers assigned to the group of paths within a chip.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide method and structure for boosting pilot signal power relative to data signal power. The velocity of user equipment is obtained. The velocity measurement is used in determining the transmission power of the pilot signal and applying the increase to a plurality of pilots and decreasing the data signal power by a proportional amount.

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: Embodiments of the invention provide method and apparatus for generating a structure in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication system having a transmitter with a least one transmitting antenna, said method comprising; composing a frame with a time domain and a frequency domain, wherein the frame has a transmission time interval in the time domain and locating a pilot signal, having pilot power level, from a first at least one antenna into two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols of said frame.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide embodiments of the invention provide and method, network entity and user equipment for slow uplink power control of user equipment in a wireless communication system by responding to a long term control metric that is derived from an uplink channel metric over a plurality of transmission instances and a set of performance criteria. A method for slow uplink power control in accordance with and embodiment of the invention measures at least one uplink channel metric for user equipment and then determines an appropriate transmit power for the user equipment by using a control metric derived from the uplink channel metric corresponding to a plurality of transmission instances for the user equipment.

Abstract: A wireless communication system. The system comprises transmitter circuitry (BST1), the transmitter circuitry comprising encoder circuitry (50) for transmitting a plurality of frames (FR). Each of the plurality of frames comprises a primary synchronization code (PCS) and a secondary synchronization code (SSC). The encoder circuitry comprises of circuitry (501) for providing the primary synchronization code in response to a first sequence (32). The encoder circuitry further comprises circuitry (502) for providing the secondary synchronization code in response to a second sequence (54) and a third sequence (56). The second sequence is selected from a plurality of sequences. Each of the plurality of sequences is orthogonal with respect to all other sequences in the plurality of sequences. The third sequence comprises a subset of bits from the first sequence.

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 method of transmitting a wireless signal (FIGS. 3A-3C) is disclosed. A data stream is divided (306) into a first data stream and a second data stream. The first data stream is encoded (300) at a first data rate. The second data stream is encoded (320) at a second data rate different from the first data rate. A first part of the encoded first data stream is transmitted from a first transmit antenna (308). A second part of the encoded first data stream is transmitted from a second transmit antenna (312).

Abstract: A method for reducing multiple access interference (MAI) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) spread spectrum receiver assigned a number of codes which also despreads the received signal with the remaining codes of the same spreading factor. For forward link transmission with orthogonal codes, as in 3GPP and 3GPP2, interferers using larger spreading factors than the one used by the referenced mobile will have codes that are formed from the orthogonal codes of the same spreading factor as the multicodes corresponding to the referenced mobile. As a consequence, in a multipath environment, the output of a despreader using any of these remaining orthogonal codes will provide an estimate of the composite interference attributed to signals, if any, using codes that partly comprise the corresponding orthogonal code. No decisions are made for the previous despreader's output because it corresponds to a sum of interferers with unknown powers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transmitter. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a coefficient circuit configured to generate coefficients of a set of basis waveforms that represent channel quality metrics and a transmit circuit that transmits the coefficients. The present invention also provides a receiver. In one embodiment, the receiver includes a receive circuit configured to receive coefficients of a set of basis waveforms that represent channel quality metrics and a reconstruction circuit configured to reconstruct the channel quality metrics from the coefficients.

Abstract: A method of estimating a channel length (304) in a wireless receiver is disclosed. The receiver receives a signal (122) from a remote transmitter. The receiver selects a plurality (K) of different candidate channel lengths and determines a respective criterion value (402) of the signal for each of the plurality of different candidate channel lengths. The receiver selects a channel length (410) from the plurality of different candidate channel lengths in response to the respective criterion value (404).

Abstract: Interference cancellation/suppression by a wide band radio (100) includes the steps of searching for all narrow band interferer signals such as Bluetooth signals (502). Communicating with the detected Bluetooth piconets (504). Estimating when the Bluetooth signals will occur (506) using the information received during step (504) . And using a suppression technique in association with the estimations as to when/where the interfering signals will occur in order to counter the interfering signal(s). In an alternate embodiment, both the narrow band (304) and wide band (302) signals are stored (306). Then the one or more narrow band Bluetooth signal(s) (304) and decoded (308) and subtracted (308) from the wide band packet prior to it being decoded (312).

Abstract: A wireless communication transmission channel estimation by initial data exchange to determine calibration factors to apply to tracked channel estimations from received transmissions.

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 for providing closed-loop transmit precoding between a transmitter and a receiver, includes defining a codebook that includes a set of unitary rotation matrices. The receiver determines which preceding rotation matrix from the codebook should be used for each sub-carrier that has been received. The receiver sends an index to the transmitter, where the transmitter reconstructs the precoding rotation matrix using the index, and precodes the symbols to be transmitted using the preceding rotation matrix. An apparatus that employs this closed-loop technique is also described.

Abstract: A radio receiver 102 is provided. The radio receiver 102 comprises one or more data Fast Fourier Transformers, each data Fast Fourier Transformer operable to perform a Fast Fourier Transform on an input data block, one or more impulse response Fast Fourier Transformers, each impulse response Fast Fourier Transformer operable to perform a Fast Fourier Transform on a channel impulse response, one or more multiplier components operable to multiply a term of the output of one of the data Fast Fourier Transformers by a term of the output of one of the impulse response Fast Fourier Transformers, and one or more Inverse Fast Fourier Transformers, each Inverse Fast Fourier Transformer operable to perform an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform based on an output of one or more of the multipliers.

Abstract: Various wireless precoding systems and methods are presented. In some embodiments, a wireless transmitter comprises an antenna preceding block, a transform block, and multiple transmit antennas. The antenna preceding block receives frequency coefficients from multiple data streams and distributes the frequency coefficients across multiple transmit signals in accordance with frequency-dependent matrices. The transform block transforms the precoded frequency coefficients into multiple time domain transmit signals to be transmitted by the multiple antennas. The frequency coefficients from multiple data streams may be partitioned into tone groups, and all the frequency coefficients from a given tone group may be redistributed in accordance with a single matrix for that tone group. In some implementations, the frequency coefficients within a tone group for a given data stream may also be precoded. In some alternative embodiments, tone group preceding may be employed in a single channel system.

Abstract: In a wireless MIMO system, a multimode detector selects detection mode by channel estimation: ill-conditioned channels trigger use of high performance detection, whereas well-behaved channels lead to low complexity detection. Detection modes typically include maximum likelihood, minimum mean squared error, zero forcing, and so forth.