Abstract: A wireless communication method may include receiving a first data stream comprising a data sequence and computing a permutation sequence based on a content of the received first data stream. The permutation sequence is a non-predetermined sequence. The method may further include performing a permutation on the first data stream based on the permutation sequence to generate a permuted first data stream being configured for wireless transmission.

Abstract: A method for a user terminal to generate a preamble signal in a wireless communication system, the method including: generating an orthogonal sequence as a first sequence; performing cyclic shift on an antipodal version of the orthogonal sequence to generate a second sequence; and combining the first sequence and the second sequence to generate the preamble signal.

Abstract: A method for communication transmission includes the steps of: performing sub-frame transmission in accordance with a first communication standard and pausing sub-frame transmission in accordance with a second communication standard in a first communication period; performing a sub-frame uplink operation in accordance with the second communication standard and pausing a sub-frame uplink operation in accordance with the first communication standard in a second communication period; and performing a sub-frame downlink operation in accordance with the second communication standard and pausing a sub-frame downlink operation in accordance with the first communication standard in a third communication period. The transmission band of the first communication standard overlaps, at least partially, the transmission band of the second communication standard.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a pilot pattern for data to be transmitted in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system, having a for allocating pilot symbols for a plurality of data streams to form a plurality of pilot clusters in the pilot pattern, wherein each of the pilot clusters includes ones of the pilot symbols, the ones of the pilot symbols being for respectively different ones of the data streams. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for moving at least one of the pilot clusters from a first location in the resource block to a second location in the resource block to generate a second pilot pattern, the first and second locations being symmetrical in time, and a mechanism for generating a third pilot pattern based on the first and second pilot patterns.

Abstract: A method for generating a pilot pattern for data to be transmitted in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system includes: allocating pilot symbols for a plurality of data streams to form a plurality of pilot clusters in the pilot pattern, wherein each of the pilot clusters includes ones of the pilot symbols, the ones of the pilot symbols being for respectively different ones of the data streams.

Abstract: A method for pilot design for data to be transmitted by an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system, the data being represented by a plurality of OFDM symbols. The method includes allocating pilot symbols for a data stream to be included in ones of the OFDM symbols; and performing a frequency shift on at least one of the OFDM symbols, to reduce frequency distance disparities among the pilot symbols.

Abstract: A subcarrier allocation method for use by a transmitter, the transmitter being configured to, when transmitting first and second data streams, allocate pilot symbols for the first and second data streams to subcarriers, such that a first plurality of subcarriers carry the pilot symbols for the first data stream and a second plurality of subcarriers carry the pilot symbols for the second data stream. The method includes allocating, when the transmitter transmits the first data stream but does not transmit the second data stream, the second plurality of subcarriers to carry no formation or information relating to the first data stream.

Abstract: A wireless communication method implemented in a communication system includes receiving a first data sequence, and processing the first data sequence to obtain information containing at least one of a first number and a sampling spacing associated with the first data sequence. The method also includes permuting the first data sequence to generate a permuted second data sequence. Permuting the first data sequence includes determining a first parameter based on at least one of the first number and the sampling spacing, determining a second parameter based on at least one of the first parameter, the first number, and the sampling spacing, and determining a mapping relationship between a j-th data item of the permuted second data sequence and an i-th data item of the first data sequence. The method further includes outputting the permuted second data sequence.

Abstract: A module constructs a frame for communication in a communication system that supports a new standard and a legacy standard, the new standard being backward compatible with the legacy standard. The module comprises a first frame generator configured to generate a first portion of the frame, the first portion of the frame to support a first set of data to be transmitted in the legacy standard in each of a number of first bands, a second frame generator configured to generate a second portion of the frame, the second portion of the frame to support a second set of data to be transmitted in the new standard in a second band composed of the first bands, and a frame constructor configured to construct the frame based on the first portion of the frame from the first frame generator and the second portion of the frame from the second frame generator.

Abstract: A subcarrier scrambling method for use in a transmitter with multiple subcarriers, the transmitter being configured to allocate pilot symbols and data symbols for each of a plurality of resource units (RUs). The method includes: applying, for each of the plurality of RUs, a first intra RU sequence to the pilot symbols, to thereby generate a plurality of scrambled pilot symbols; applying, for each of the plurality of RUs, a second intra RU sequence to the data symbols, to thereby generate a plurality of scrambled data symbols; and combining the plurality of scrambled pilot symbols and the plurality of scrambled data symbols to form the plurality of RUs.

Abstract: A wireless communication method implemented in a communication system may include receiving a data sequence to be permuted, and obtaining information associated with the data sequence to be permuted, the information containing at least a length of the data sequence and a sampling spacing for permuting the data sequence. The method may also include identifying a first portion of the data sequence having a first number of adjacent data items, and a second portion of the data sequence having a second number of adjacent data items. The method may also include accessing the first number of data items from the first portion at the sampling spacing, and placing the accessed first number of data items into a predetermined number of sub-blocks included within a permuted data sequence to be generated based on the received data sequence.

Abstract: A base station and method for adaptive channel access in a wireless network are provided. The base station assigns a channel access scheme for providing channel access to service data, wherein at least a portion of the service data is assigned to one of a reserved shared channel access scheme and a superimposed channel access scheme based on one or more characteristics of the network and one or more requirements of the service data. Network resources are then allocated according to the assigned channel access scheme. The service data is then transmitted using the allocated resources.

Abstract: A method for communication transmission includes the steps of: performing sub-frame transmission in accordance with a first communication standard and pausing sub-frame transmission in accordance with a second communication standard in a first communication period; performing a sub-frame uplink operation in accordance with the second communication standard and pausing a sub-frame uplink operation in accordance with the first communication standard in a second communication period; and performing a sub-frame downlink operation in accordance with the second communication standard and pausing a sub-frame downlink operation in accordance with the first communication standard in a third communication period. The transmission band of the first communication standard overlaps, at least partially, the transmission band of the second communication standard.

Abstract: A method for data transmissions in a wireless communication system includes: allocating resources for data to be transmitted; providing a seed number from the communication system; setting, based on the seed number, at least one parameter for a pseudo-random mapper having an input variable and an output variable; initializing an array with a number of base elements; increasing a current value of the input variable by a current value of a counter; and calculating a value of the output variable based on the pseudo-random mapper and the increased value of the input variable. The method further includes: swapping a first base element and a second base element in the array, the first base element being identified based on the current value of the counter, and the second base element being identified based on the value of the output variable; performing permutation on the resources by using the array as a permutation sequence; and transmitting the data.

Abstract: An adaptive channel estimator for estimating channel frequency responses when receiving OFDM symbols. The adaptive channel estimator comprises a channel estimator and a channel tracking module. The channel estimator generates one first channel frequency response for each OFDM symbol when operated in the first mode, and generates the channel frequency responses of a second channel frequency response for every N-th OFDM symbols when operated in the second mode, wherein N is a constant integer exceeding one and j is a non-negative integer. The channel tracking module indicates a channel status, and controls the channel estimator to operate in a first mode or a second mode according to the channel status.

Abstract: A maximum likelihood detection (MLD) method is disclosed. Received data is processed to obtain preliminary parameters. An initial radius r is determined. r2 is multiplied by a corresponding scaling factor according to a partial Euclidean distance (PED) constraint function to determine the upper limit values of PED for each layer. It is examined whether a sub-lattice exceeds a search scope according to the upper limit values of PED for each layer to search a better solution by utilizing the preliminary parameters.

Abstract: A method for data transmissions in a wireless communication system includes: allocating resources for data to be transmitted; providing a seed number from the communication system; setting, based on the seed number, at least one parameter for a pseudo-random mapper having an input variable and an output variable; initializing an array with a number of base elements; increasing a current value of the input variable by a current value of a counter; and calculating a value of the output variable based on the pseudo-random mapper and the increased value of the input variable. The method further includes: swapping a first base element and a second base element in the array, the first base element being identified based on the current value of the counter, and the second base element being identified based on the value of the output variable; performing permutation on the resources by using the array as a permutation sequence; and transmitting the data.

Abstract: A method for a user terminal to generate a preamble signal in a wireless communication system, the method including: generating an orthogonal sequence as a first sequence; performing cyclic shift on an antipodal version of the orthogonal sequence to generate a second sequence; and combining the first sequence and the second sequence to generate the preamble signal.

Abstract: A subcarrier allocation method for use by a transmitter, the transmitter being configured to, when transmitting first and second data streams, allocate pilot symbols for the first and second data streams to subcarriers, such that a first plurality of subcarriers carry the pilot symbols for the first data stream and a second plurality of subcarriers carry the pilot symbols for the second data stream. The method includes allocating, when the transmitter transmits the first data stream but does not transmit the second data stream, the second plurality of subcarriers to carry no formation or information relating to the first data stream.

Abstract: A subcarrier scrambling method for use in a transmitter with multiple subcarriers, the transmitter being configured to allocate pilot symbols and data symbols for each of a plurality of resource units (RUs). The method includes: applying, for each of the plurality of RUs, a first intra RU sequence to the pilot symbols, to thereby generate a plurality of scrambled pilot symbols; applying, for each of the plurality of RUs, a second intra RU sequence to the data symbols, to thereby generate a plurality of scrambled data symbols; and combining the plurality of scrambled pilot symbols and the plurality of scrambled data symbols to form the plurality of RUs.