Abstract: This disclosure presents a receiver apparatus (10) and corresponding method that advantageously use ISI-canceling combining weights, as are generated for ISI suppression in the receiver's data signal combining operations, to suppress the effects of ISI from determinations of receiver frequency error. Such suppression yields more accurate receiver frequency error determination and, correspondingly, improved receiver frequency error compensation.

Abstract: A method for controlling the transmission of data via data connections associated with different applications, by means of a transmission medium in a local network having at least two stations for data transmission. Different priorities and different parameters characterizing a quality of service are associated with the applications. The establishment, by a first station, of a new data connection associated with a first application is limited according to the available free channel capacity of the transmission medium and the use of the transmission medium by existing data connections having associated applications containing a priority corresponding to the first application.

Abstract: A technique for cell-identity detection is provided. In one method embodiment, at least one cell-identity in a cellular telecommunication network is determined. The method comprises the steps of receiving a synchronization signal, calculating first correlations and second correlations as well as determining the at least one cell-identity. The received synchronization signal includes a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The first correlations are calculated between the first partial signal and first reference signals, each of which indicates one or more first cell-identities. The second correlations are calculated between the second partial signal and second reference signals, each of which indicates one or more cell-identities out of the first cell-identities. The second reference signals are selected depending on the first correlations. The cell-identity is determined based on the second correlations. The complexity for cell-identity detection is reduced by the technique.

Abstract: Methods and wireless receivers (5) are disclosed for estimating a propagation channel response that includes two closely spaced delays. An exemplary method comprises selecting (720) a plurality of receiver processing delays for sampling the received signal so that that the receiver processing delays span two closely spaced channel response delays, and calculating (730) an average channel coefficient magnitude over at least a first number of time slots of the received signal, for each of the receiver processing delays. The exemplary method further comprises estimating (740) delay timing for each of the two channel response delays, based on the average channel coefficient magnitudes and a multi-delay superposition model for the channel response, and calculating (750) complex channel gains for each of the two channel response delays, based on the estimated delay timings and channel response measurements taken over a second number of time slots that is less than the first number of time slots.

Abstract: A technique for cell-identity detection is provided. In one method embodiment, at least one cell-identity in a cellular telecommunication network is determined. The method comprises the steps of receiving a synchronization signal, calculating first correlations and second correlations as well as determining the at least one cell-identity. The received synchronization signal includes a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The first correlations are calculated between the first partial signal and first reference signals, each of which indicates one or more first cell-identities. The second correlations are calculated between the second partial signal and second reference signals, each of which indicates one or more cell-identities out of the first cell-identities. The second reference signals are selected depending on the first correlations. The cell-identity is determined based on the second correlations. The complexity for cell-identity detection is reduced by the technique.

Abstract: This disclosure presents a receiver apparatus (10) and corresponding method that advantageously use ISI-canceling combining weights, as are generated for ISI suppression in the receiver's data signal combining operations, to suppress the effects of ISI from determinations of receiver frequency error. Such suppression yields more accurate receiver frequency error determination and, correspondingly, improved receiver frequency error compensation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for adapting a current path delay estimate for path delay tracking. In order to determine the path delay an operating mode is selected and a set of hypothesized path delays are determined based on said operating mode. A metric for each hypothesized path delay is determined, and a current path delay estimate is adapted based on the computed metrics for the hypothesized path delays.

Abstract: Methods and wireless receivers (5) are disclosed for estimating a propagation channel response that includes two closely spaced delays. An exemplary method comprises selecting (720) a plurality of receiver processing delays for sampling the received signal so that that the receiver processing delays span two closely spaced channel response delays, and calculating (730) an average channel coefficient magnitude over at least a first number of time slots of the received signal, for each of the receiver processing delays. The exemplary method further comprises estimating (740) delay timing for each of the two channel response delays, based on the average channel coefficient magnitudes and a multi-delay superposition model for the channel response, and calculating (750) complex channel gains for each of the two channel response delays, based on the estimated delay timings and channel response measurements taken over a second number of time slots that is less than the first number of time slots.

Abstract: A technique is provided for determining the configuration of a sub-frame having data symbols including cyclic-prefixes. In some communication standards such as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard, a plurality of possible configurations exist for a sub-frame, with each configuration being identifiable by a certain cyclic-prefix length. In an exemplary method realization, the technique includes receiving a data signal comprising the sub-frame, evaluating one or more hypotheses of the cyclic prefix length to produce one or more corresponding evaluation results, and, based on the evaluation results, deciding on a most-likely cyclic prefix length, according to which the sub-frame configuration is determined. The hypothesis evaluation may involve autocorrelation and cyclic accumulation of samples of the received data signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for adapting a current path delay estimate for path delay tracking. The method comprises selecting an operating mode, determining a set of hypothesized path delays based on said operating mode, computing a metric for each hypothesized path delay, and adapting a current path delay estimate based on the computed metrics for the hypothesized path delays.

Abstract: For synchronizing one or more receivers (E) to a transmitter (S) within a transmission system, the transmitter (S) inserts a special synchronization train into the data stream. The synchronization train is formed of at least two different symbol sequences (A, B), which are transmitted periodically in alternation.

Abstract: In a method of digital data transmission in a wireless communication network in which a controlling communication takes place within a fixed bandwidth of a channel from a master station to all subscribers (downlink) with the help of a fixed signal frame, and the beginning of the fixed signal frame is marked by a special frame synchronization signal detectable by the subscribers, an occupancy of at least one subband by transmission signals and a non-occupancy of at least one complementary subband by transmission signals is used as a frame synchronization signal.