Abstract: In a method for power reduction at a receiver, a first radio frame is processed to recover transmitted data based on transport format information. The transport format information is determined based on a combination of transport format information associated with a plurality of received radio frames rather than a single frame. In another method for power reduction at a receiver, whether transport format information associated with a first radio frame is different from transport format information associated with a second radio frame is determined. The transport channel data is then processed based on the determination. The first radio frame is received prior to the second radio frame, and the transport format information indicates a transport format for transport channel data received in the first and second radio frames.

Abstract: A sector switch detection method incorporates two independent, concurrent switch detection processes within a sector switch detection block. A frame-based switch detection process operates over a given single period, while a sliding window-based detection system operates over a selected multiple of periods.

Abstract: A method of scaling soft symbols of an uplink E-DCH is provided, where the E-DCH is received from a user in a network for processing in a base station receiver in the network employing a log-MAP turbo decoding algorithm to process the E-DCH. The E-DCH includes an E-DPDCH from which the soft symbols are generated at the base station receiver, and an E-DPCCH used to transmit control information associated with the E-DPDCH, which along with configuration information from a radio network controller (RNC) of the network enables the base station receiver to determine a reference amplitude ratio linked to the actual power offset of the E-DPDCH from the legacy DPCCH. In the method, an estimated E-DPDCH to DPCCH amplitude ratio that represents a scaling factor for the soft symbols is determined, and the soft symbols are scaled by the scaling factor to enable the soft symbols to be processed by the log-MAP turbo decoding algorithm in the base station receiver.

Abstract: A method of scaling soft symbols of an uplink E-DCH is provided, where the E-DCH is received from a user in a network for processing in a base station receiver in the network employing a log-MAP turbo decoding algorithm to process the E-DCH. The E-DCH includes an E-DPDCH from which the soft symbols are generated at the base station receiver, and an E-DPCCH used to transmit control information associated with the E-DPDCH, which along with configuration information from a radio network controller (RNC) of the network enables the base station receiver to determine a reference amplitude ratio linked to the actual power offset of the E-DPDCH from the legacy DPCCH. In the method, a reference E-DPDCH to DPCCH amplitude ratio is multiplied by a value greater than 1 to output a scaling factor, and the soft symbols are scaled by the scaling factor for processing by the log-MAP turbo decoding algorithm in the base station receiver.

Abstract: Aspects of a sampling rate converter with no timing drift and with bounded amplitude error are presented. Aspects of the method may include computing an intermediate sum by adding a numerator portion of a fractional conversion ratio to an accumulated time value upon receipt of an input data sample. A time instant for generating an output data sample may be determined by computing a modulus value for the intermediate sum, wherein a base for the modulus value computing may be a denominator portion of the fractional conversion ratio.

Abstract: Whether to process a control channel corresponding to a data channel carrying transmitted data based on a re-transmission indicator and a threshold value is determined at the receiver. The re-transmission indicator indicates a number of times the transmitted data has been transmitted. Control information received on the control channel is then selectively processed based on the determining step.

Abstract: One embodiment includes determining a channel quality prediction error indicative a channel quality for a first time interval. The first time interval includes of a plurality of subframes, and the channel quality prediction error is calculated based on a first channel quality indicator associated with a first sub-frame and a second channel quality indicator associated with a second sub-frame. The first subframe and the second sub-frame are temporally spaced from one another. For example, the first subframe and the second subframe are temporally spaced apart by at least the length of the first time interval. More specifically, the second subframe may be received the first time interval after the first subframe.

Abstract: Whether a receiver supports blind data channel detection is determined, and transmission of control channel information associated with a data channel is disabled if the determining step determines the receiver is capable of detecting the data channel without the use of control channel information. Data is transmitted to the receiver on the data channel without the control channel information after disabling of the transmission of the control channel information.

Abstract: A method of determining handoff of a user equipment (UE) to a transferee serving station from a transferor serving station at the transferee serving station is provided. The transferee serving station (e.g., a Node B) measures an energy level in a first portion of an uplink channel (e.g., an uplink high-speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH)), the first portion of the uplink channel associated with the transferee serving station. In an example, the first portion of the uplink channel is where a channel quality indicator (CQI) is expected to be reported from the UE for the transferee serving station. The transferee serving station also measures an energy level in a second portion of the uplink channel, the second portion of the uplink channel associated with the transferor serving station. In an example, the second portion of the uplink channel is where a CQI is expected to be reported from the UE for the transferor serving station.

Abstract: The need for separate CRC bits is eliminated by taking advantage of what has been determined to be an embedded error detection capability of the tail bits generated by the constituent encoders of a turbo coder to perform error detection following turbo decoding. Specifically, it has been recognized that the tail bits are similar to CRC bits that would be generated by a CRC encoder that uses as its generating polynomial the feedback polynomial used by the turbo encoder. At the turbo decoder, after a final turbo decoding iteration cycle, a check is performed on the decoded systematic information bits by calculating the tail bits from the decoded information bits using that generating polynomial and bit-by-bit comparing the calculated tail bits with the systematic tail bits decoded by the turbo decoder. If a mismatch occurs at one or more bit positions, an error is indicated.

Abstract: An audio codec integrated with baseband processing and RF on a single IC chip. The audio codec may be implemented in a variety of wireless transceivers, such as cell phones, to offer voice, data and/or music functions. The codec also has monaural and stereo channels for audio output, as well as stereo inputs.

Abstract: At the receiver in a wireless communications system, the likelihood of a false CRC pass that can occur when a weak received signal produces an all ZERO output from a convolutional or a turbo decoder is minimized. To prevent an all ZERO output, a convolutional decoder selects from among those determined equally most likely transmitted sequences of bits in a data block one that has a weight greater than the one having the minimum weight. A turbo decoder selects a ONE rather than a ZERO as the value of a transmitted bit in a data block when for that bit a bit value of a ZERO and a ONE are determined to be equally likely.

Abstract: A circuit for detecting when a microphone is connected to a microphone coupling includes a detection signal generator that asserts a microphone detection signal. A microphone power module supplies a microphone current to the microphone coupling in response to the assertion of the microphone detection signal. A microphone detection module detects when the microphone is not connected to the microphone coupling based on an impedance of the microphone coupling, wherein the microphone power module disconnects the microphone current from the microphone coupling when the microphone is not connected to the microphone coupling. In an embodiment, the circuit further detects when a microphone button is depressed.

Abstract: A method for detecting transmission power reduction in a physical channel including at least a non-enhanced data channel portion, a non-enhanced control channel portion, an enhanced control channel portion and an enhanced data channel portion is provided. The method includes estimating a ratio of a transmission power associated with the enhanced data channel to transmission power associated with the non-enhanced control channel portion, comparing the estimated ratio with a threshold, the threshold being determined based on a format indicator associated with the enhanced data channel portion, and detecting a transmission power reduction in the enhanced data channel portion based on the comparing step.

Abstract: In a method of canceling interference, a base station selects a known highest data rate user transmission from a received first signal containing a group of user transmissions. The known highest rate user transmission may be configured as one or more frames, each frame including a control preamble and a plurality of encoded sub-frames. The control preamble and encoded sub-frames may be decoded, and the decoded sub-frames may be used for removing interference caused by the known highest rate user transmission to all remaining transmissions of the group.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting, and controlling power for, an auxiliary microphone are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a detection block intermittently enabling a bias circuit block to provide a bias signal to determine if an auxiliary microphone may be communicatively coupled to a mobile device. The detection block may process 1-bit digital samples received from the bias circuit bock to determine whether the auxiliary microphone may be communicatively coupled. The detection block may also process the 1-bit digital samples to determine if a button associated with the auxiliary microphone may have been pushed or activated.

Abstract: Aspects of a sampling rate converter with no timing drift and with bounded amplitude error are presented. Aspects of the method may include computing an intermediate sum by adding a numerator portion of a fractional conversion ratio to an accumulated time value upon receipt of an input data sample. A time instant for generating an output data sample may be determined by computing a modulus value for the intermediate sum, wherein a base for the modulus value computing may be a denominator portion of the fractional conversion ratio.

Abstract: Methods and systems for audio CODEC voice ADC processing are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include using a decimating filter that may be enabled to generate 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal from a 26 MHz, 3-level digital input signal. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may be processed for RF transmission, for audio output to an output device, and/or utilized for testing by a test fixture, for example. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may be further processed to generate a 6.5 MHz, 33-level digital signal. The 6.5 MHz, 33-level digital signal may be converted to an analog signal, and processed for audio output and/or testing. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may also be processed to generate a 40 KHz, 17-bit digital signal, which may be communicated to a test equipment or further processed for RF transmission.

Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for a delay locked loop for a rake receiver are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include normalizing a signal power of a first control channel based on a threshold value. A sampling time associated with at least one or more of the following: the first control channel, a second control channel, an on-time control channel, and a data channel, may be adjusted based on a comparison between the normalized signal power of the first control channel and a signal power of the second control channel. The second control channel may be delayed with respect to the first control channel by a particular time period. The first and second control channels may be common pilot control channels (CPICHs). The combined signal power of the first control channel may be normalized based on said threshold value.

Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for delay matching in a rake receiver are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include compensating for a delay associated with at least one or both of the following in a rake receiver: a control channel and a data channel, prior to individual processing of received data by the data channel and individual processing of received data by the control channel. The data channel or the dedicated physical channel (DPCH) may be delayed with respect to the control channel, which may comprise, for example, the common pilot control channel (CPICH), by a particular time period.