Abstract: A device for placing power control data in a transmission signal has: a generating device for generating power control data as a function of a received signal, a buffer for buffering a formatted transmission data word that contains a power control data field for recording power control data, an inserting device for inserting the generated power control data into the power control data field of the buffered transmission data word, and a modulation device for modulating the transmission data word to form a transmission signal with a transmission power corresponding to the power control data.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for signal transmission in a Fast Frequency Hopping-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (FFH-OFDM) communication system which divides all of the available frequency bands into a plurality of sub-carrier bands and includes a plurality of sub-channels each including at least one sub-carrier band.

Abstract: A receiver circuit for a communications terminal includes a signal pre-processing circuit having: an analog/digital converter device with K analog/digital converters connected in parallel, a conversion device, and a filter device connected downstream of the conversion device. The filter device has N digital filters connected in parallel, where N is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1 and is less than K.

Abstract: In a method for synchronizing a mobile radio receiver with a radio signal time slot structure a first portion, detected during a first time slot period, and a second portion, detected during a later time slot period, of a received time slot synchronization code sequence is correlated with the known time slot synchronization code sequence sent out by the base station in the receiver. From the two obtained coxrelation results, the position of the time slots in time is determined.

Abstract: A beam-forming apparatus and method for improving system performance using a spatial interpolation and at least one Angle of Arrival (AoA) in a system based on regular spatial sampling is provided. The AoA is estimated using a carrier-to-interference ratio. Beam-forming angles are distributed and steered in a predefined scheme such that an identical process is applied in all directions. According to this steering, a linear system model is computed based on regular spatial sampling using regular spatial separation at beam angles. Beam-forming performance is improved by compensating for a difference between adaptive and sector-type arrays. Only the steps of computing a spatial interpolation and determining an angle range for beam-forming using at least one AoA are added. The precision of estimating an AoA and the precision of beam-forming increase without an additional antenna. Because the system is simpler than that of an adaptive beam-forming system, significant gain is obtained.

Abstract: A device for placing power control data in a transmission signal has: a generating device for generating power control data as a function of a received signal, a buffer for buffering a formatted transmission data word that contains a power control data field for recording power control data, an inserting device for inserting the generated power control data into the power control data field of the buffered transmission data word, and a modulation device for modulating the transmission data word to form a transmission signal with a transmission power corresponding to the power control data.

Abstract: A method and a device for generating a rate compatible code are described. In the method, a serial-concatenated code at a code rate that can be predetermined is generated. A message signal is partially coded by a first coding stage. A second coding stage is provided on the output side of the first coding stage. The code rate of the coded message signal can be set in a manner which can be predetermined by a controllable puncturer which is disposed in the signal path between the first coding stage and the second coding stage.

Abstract: A method and device for decoding a sequence of physical signals. A Viterbi algorithm is carried out a first time for all physical signals, resulting in a maximum likelihood path, wherein there is one signal value for each physical signal and which has been determined along the entire trellis according to the Viterbi algorithm. A reliability value is determined for each signal value of the maximum likelihood path.

Abstract: A device for spectrally shaping a discrete-value transmission signal, in a radio transmitter, includes one input for receiving an in phase component of the transmission signal and a further input for receiving a quadrature component of the transmission signal. The device also includes a filter circuit with a plurality of multipliers. A multiplexing unit is located in the signal path before the filter circuit, and a demultiplexing unit is located in the signal path after the filter circuit.

Abstract: In a method for deinterleaving a data signal interleaved in blocks in accordance with a prescribed interleaving specification, deinterleaving target addresses are calculated for a first prescribed segment of the data symbols to be deinterleaved, and are stored in a target address memory. The relevant segment of the data symbols is then deinterleaved by using the calculated target addresses. Subsequently, these two steps are repeated until the entire data block has been segmentally deinterleaved.

Abstract: A method for equalizing and decoding an error-protected data signal transmitted via a radio channel is described. According to the method, an equalized data signal is calculated at the receiving end in a demodulator with a first channel estimator. The equalized data signal is decoded by a decoder to determine a decoded output signal. The equalized data signal is transmitted to a second channel estimator, which repeatedly detects second channel parameters of the radio channel. The parameters are transmitted to the decoder which uses them as calculation parameters during decoding.

Abstract: Device for downward mixing an input signal into an output signal includes means for generating a first receive signal and a second receive signal on a first intermediate frequency, a converter means for analog/digital converting the first and the second receive signals on the first intermediate frequency, a phase detection means for detecting a phase difference between a digital representation of the first receive signal and the second receive signal, a first mixer means and a second mixer means for converting the respective digital representations onto a second intermediate frequency, a mixer control means and a summation means, wherein the phase detection means is implemented in order to control means for generating and/or mixer control means so that the output signals of the first and the second mixer means are in a predetermined phase relation to each other, so that an image frequency rejection occurs after a summation.

Abstract: In the method of scheduling, an order in which mobile stations are scheduled is changed based on at least one transmit beam criteria.

Abstract: A turbo decoder is used in a method for blockwise decoding a data signal that is error protection coded at a transmitter and that is detected in a receiver. The turbo decoder includes two feedback symbol estimators. In order to calculate its output values, at least one of the symbol estimators executes, with reference to a data block being considered, a plurality of forward and/or backward recursions over subintervals of the data block.

Abstract: A transmitter and receiver for fast frequency hopping based on a cyclic frequency hopping pattern in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system. The transmitter outputs a transmission signal vector having a plurality of samples. In the receiver, a first Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processor transforms a first received signal vector into a second received signal vector of a frequency domain by using FFT. An equalizer multiplies the received signal vector by an inverse matrix of a channel matrix representing characteristics of a channel from the transmitter to the receiver. A modified IFFT processor transforms output of the equalizer by using IFFT, and multiplies IFFT outputs of a last stage of the modified IFFT processor by predetermined gains associated with the cyclic frequency hopping pattern of the transmitter. A second FFT processor transforms output of the modified IFFT processor by using FFT to output a recovered received signal vector.

Abstract: A noise and interference power measurement apparatus for an antenna diversity system that services a plurality of users with an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. A channel estimator estimates a channel impulse response for a radio channel corresponding to a predetermined plurality of regularly spaced direction-of-arrival (DOA) values. A data estimator estimates the received data using a received signal and a system matrix. A quantizer quantizes the estimated data. An interference and noise calculator calculates noise vectors at the respective antenna elements by removing from the received signal an influence of the quantized data to which the system matrix is applied, calculates an estimated noise matrix at the plurality of antenna elements, calculates interference power by auto-correlating the estimated noise matrix, and calculates noise and interference power based on the interference power.

Abstract: A frequency generator according to the invention includes a controllable oscillator comprising a control input and an oscillator output, wherein the controllable oscillator is formed to output, at the oscillator output, an oscillator signal with an oscillator frequency dependent on a control signal at the control input, sampling means for sampling the oscillator signal or a signal of the controllable oscillator derived therefrom with a reference frequency, in order to obtain a sample signal, and a low-pass filter for low-pass filtering the sample signal or a signal derived therefrom, in order to obtain the control signal or a signal underlying the control signal. Due to the less intensive construction, in particular the lack of a frequency divider, and the quicker adjustability of the currently generated frequency, according to the invention, more current-saving frequency generation may be obtained.

Abstract: A joint channel and Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation apparatus and method simplified to efficiently estimate a channel impulse response associated with a spatially selective transmission channel occurring in a mobile radio channel are provided. To uniformly process all directions, angles associated with a beam are predetermined according to a preset method. This selection calculates a linear system model with regular spatial sampling using regular spatial separation of beam angles. The novel beam forming compensates for a difference between an adaptive array antenna and a sector type antenna using appropriate beam steering according to the calculated linear system model, thereby improving performance and facilitating implementation.

Abstract: A transmitter and receiver for fast frequency hopping (FFH) of a sample time unit in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. The transmitter includes an FFH frequency modulator for converting the data elements of the data vector into a transmission signal vector that hops to a frequency in a sample time unit according to an FFH pattern of the sample time unit. The receiver includes a Fast Fourier Transform (FFF) processor for transforming a received signal vector after frequency hopping into a second received signal vector of a frequency domain by using FFT, a first equalizer for multiplying the received signal vector by an inverse matrix of a channel matrix representing characteristics of a channel from the transmitter to the receiver, and a frequency hopping recovery unit for outputting a recovered received signal vector.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for simply estimating joint channel and Direction-of-Arrival (DOA) to efficiently estimate a channel impulse response associated with a spatially selective transmission channel occurring in a mobile radio channel, and performing efficient beam forming using the simplified joint channel and DOA estimation are provided. A receiver estimates the total interference power using power for each interference signal, estimates a spectral noise density, calculates steering vectors considering predetermined DOAs, and jointly calculates optimal weight vectors for each DOA of each user by applying the interference power and the spectral noise density to the steering vectors. The beam forming reduces implementation complexity of a TDD system such as a TD-SCDMA and increases beam forming efficiency in a mobile environment by efficiently using spatial diversity.