Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a wireless receiver and a method for configuring the wireless receiver, comprising the actions of determining a geometry factor for a channel over which signals are transmitted to the wireless receiver, the geometry factor being a measure indicative of inter-cell interference plus noise power at the wireless receiver; determining the variance of the determined geometry factor, the variance being a measure indicative of the variation in time or rate of the geometry factor; and configuring the wireless receiver based on the geometry factor and the variance of the geometry factor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The UCI transmission method comprises the steps of: generating an encoding information bit stream by performing channel coding for a UCI bit stream; generating complex modulation symbols by performing modulation for the generated encoding information bit stream; spreading the complex modulation symbols in block-wise on the basis of an orthogonal sequence; and transmitting the spread complex modulation symbols to a base station. The encoding information bit stream is generated by a channel coding for circularly repeating the UCI bit stream.

Abstract: The present invention proposes an LTE eNodeB receiver channel estimation technique that is referred to as reduced complexity minimum mean squared error (MMSE) technique for channel estimation. From the invention's assumptions, estimations and modified calculations, the present invention generates precise channel estimates of RS using the reduced complexity MMSE matrix and previously computed LS channel estimates HLS is as follows: (Formula I) which generates precise channel estimates of RS using the reduced complexity MMSE matrix and previously computed LS channel estimates. As a second aspect of the present invention, it is desired that the SNR be estimated within ?3 dB of the actual channel SNR. As a third aspect of the invention, an adaptive method of data channel interpolation from RS channel is being proposed in this invention.

Abstract: A receiver in a CDMA system comprises a front end processor that generates a combined signal per source. A symbol estimator processes the combined signal to produce symbol estimates. An S-Matrix Generation module refines these symbol estimates based on the sub channel symbol estimates. An interference canceller is configured for cancelling interference from at least one of the plurality of received signals for producing at least one interference-cancelled signal.

Abstract: A remote radio head unit (RRU) system for achieving high data rate communications in a Distributed Antenna System is disclosed. The Distributed Antenna System is configured as a Neutral Host enabling multiple operators to exist on one DAS system. The present disclosure enables a remote radio head unit to be field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. As a result, the remote radio head system is particularly suitable for wireless transmission systems, such as base-stations, repeaters, and indoor signal coverage systems.

Abstract: In a transceiver, a clock generator generates a second clock synchronized with a first clock. The second clock has a period corresponding to a duration of one bit of a digital signal. When first transmission data is supplied to the transceiver with being asynchronous to the second clock, a sampling timing generator detects start data of the first transmission data as a start timing, and generates sampling timings based on the first clock in response to the start timing. The sampling timings have intervals each of which is defined to correspond to the period of the second clock. The first sampling timing is spaced from the start timing. A sampling module samples, at each of the sampling timings, the first transmission data, thus generating second transmission data synchronized with the second clock.

Abstract: In the field of communication technologies, a method and an apparatus for acquiring a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and a Precoding Matrix (PM) are provided. The method includes: acquiring a reference PMI and a differential PMI according to a first non-differential codebook and a first diagonal differential codebook, where codewords included in the first diagonal differential codebook form a diagonal matrix. The apparatus includes a PMI acquiring module. Acquiring a reference PMI and a differential PMI according to a non-differential codebook and a diagonal differential codebook can reduce the feedback overhead or improve the feedback precision; and the fact that codewords included in the diagonal differential codebook form a diagonal matrix can maintain amplitude characteristics (for example, a constant modulus characteristic, and a finite character set constraint characteristic) of elements of the non-differential codebook or facilitate power distribution among antennas.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention allow for adjustment of transmitter amplitude during joint transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) equalization. During joint TX and RX adaptation, when the receiver requires a gain update, the receiver gain update is masked above or below a preset range. The RX gain update (instruction) is encoded into a transmitter amplitude update (instruction) transferred through back channel communication. The translation of RX gain to TX amplitude update is performed after the RX gain reaches a specified range. Such masking, encoding and translation reserves a certain amount RX gain range to account for RX gain variation due to process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) changes over time, and also to offer better linear equalization in the receiver over a constrained VGA bandwidth.

Abstract: The automatic gain control unit for a radiofrequency receiver includes a first current source for charging a storage capacitor by a first current, four comparators for comparing on the lower side an in-phase positive intermediate signal, an in-phase negative intermediate signal, a quarter-phase positive intermediate signal, a quarter-phase intermediate signal with a first reference threshold to a high amplitude level of the intermediate signals. Each comparator controls a MOS transistor connected in series between a second current source and the storage capacitor in order to discharge the storage capacitor when each transistor is in a conductive state. A bi-stable trigger element is connected to the storage capacitor and to provide an AGC signal depending on the voltage level on the storage capacitor for attenuating or not the gain of the low noise amplifier or of a mixer unit amplifier of the receiver.

Abstract: Systems and methods for simultaneously communicating over multiple air interfaces using a single transceiver are described herein. An input is received at a transceiver. The input has a first signal encoded using a first radio technology and a second signal encoded using a second radio technology. The input is converted from an analog domain to a digital domain. The input is separated into the first signal and the second signal in the digital domain.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of phase quantization. For example, a device may include a phase quantizer to receive a plurality of non-quantized phase values corresponding to a plurality of antenna elements of a phased-array antenna, based on the plurality of non-quantized phase values to select a predefined rotation angle, to determine a plurality of rotated non-quantized phase values by rotating the plurality of non-quantized phase values by the selected rotation angle, and to generate a plurality of quantized phase values by quantizing the plurality of rotated non-quantized phase values.

Abstract: Devices and methods for determining transmission rates based on a virtual diversity receiver (VDR) scheme are disclosed. Performance is improved through determination of appropriate transmission rates, which are determined based on one or more signal to interference plus noise ratios (SINRs). The SINRs are calculated using virtual noise and channel coefficient values obtained as part of the VDR scheme. Utilizing an underlying pilot structure a user device may receive several sets of symbols. These symbols are then used to obtain both real and virtual channel noise power values and channel coefficients. These values and coefficients are then used to determine first and second SINR values indicative of one or more channels in the communication network. These SINR values may correlate to transmission rates (modulation order and/or coding rate). The SINRs may be sent to a base station, or the user device itself may determine one or more transmission rates.

Abstract: A method and system of adaptation of a linear equalizer using a virtual decision feedback equalizer (VDFE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of adjusting a setting of a linear equalizer includes determining a change to a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) tap weight value of a predefined metric according to a data signal and an error signal (e.g., the change may be generated according to an average of a specified plurality of data signals and the error signal); using the change in the DFE tap weight value to algorithmically generate a modification in a linear equalizer setting; and adjusting the linear equalizer setting. The linear equalizer is located in a feed-forward path and/or a feedback path of data transmission. The linear equalizer may be located in a transmitter and/or a receiver. The linear equalizer may be a continuous time linear equalizer and/or a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) linear equalizer.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a signal transmitted by a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits with a transmit power and the signal includes a pilot signal transmitted by the transmitter with a fraction of the transmit power. The method further includes equalizing the received signal, determining a despread pilot signal based on the equalized signal, and determining the fraction of the transmit power based on the despread pilot signal.

Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for equalizing a data signal.

Abstract: Described herein is a receiving apparatus and method for receiving signals in a wireless communication system, the signals including a dedicated channel estimation sequence, including a gain control means that controls the gain of a received signal, a channel estimation means that performs a channel estimation on the basis of a dedicated channel estimation sequence included in a received signal, a gain error correction means that corrects a gain error in the result of said channel estimation caused by said gain control means on the basis of the dedicated channel estimation sequence comprised in the received signal, and an equalizing means that performs an equalization on the received signal on the basis of the gain corrected channel estimation result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating impairment covariances for equalization in a receiver of a wireless communication system, as well as an covariance estimator, a receiver and a wireless communication system associated therewith, where the receiver is equipped with multiple antennas, and an impairment covariance matrix is used to calculate equalization weighting vector for signals transmitted by a transmitter, the method comprising the steps of: calculating a raw impairment covariance estimate between a first antenna and a second antenna of the multiple antennas on each of subcarriers allocated to the transmitter in frequency domain, transforming the raw impairment covariance estimates into time domain, masking the transformed impairment covariance estimates by a triangle window with a width defined by a maximum delay spread, determining a threshold based on the transformed impairment covariance estimates for the subcarriers and thresholding the masked impairment covariance estimates wit

Abstract: A system encoding and decoding video that uses a parallel encoding and decoding technique.

Abstract: Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards.

Abstract: New capabilities will allow conventional broadcast transmission to be available to mobile devices. A method is described including the steps of receiving a packet of data having a data payload and a header, byte code encoding the data in the packet, and altering information in the header in response to the byte code encoding. An apparatus is described including an encoder receiving a packet of data and encoding the data using a byte code encoding process and a header modifier altering information in the header in response to the byte code encoding. A decoding apparatus is described including a packet identifier receiving a plurality of data packets, and identifying a data packet based on information in the header, a byte code decoder decoding the identified data packet using a byte code decoding process, and a Reed-Solomon decoder decoding at least the decoded identified data packet using a Reed-Solomon decoding process.

Abstract: A reception apparatus includes: a data reception unit receiving compressed/encoded data from external apparatuses; a decoding unit decoding the compressed/encoded data to obtain received data; a data processing unit performing data processing so that information based on the received data obtained from the decoding unit is displayed on corresponding display windows, respectively; a window size setting unit setting sizes of the display windows respectively corresponding to the external apparatuses; an encoding bit rate determination unit determining an encoding bit rate of each external apparatus corresponding to the size of the display window based on a correspondence relation between the size of the display window and the encoding bit rate; an information transmission unit transmitting information regarding each of the encoding bit rates to each of the corresponding external apparatuses; and a size/bit rate correspondence relation setting unit setting the correspondence relation for each of the external appa

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a video encoding/decoding apparatus, and apparatus and method for adaptive overlapped block motion compensation by variable units for same. The apparatus and the method for adaptive overlapped block motion compensation by variable units, according to the present disclosure, when conducting a motion compensation, enable an encoder to perform an adaptive overlapped block motion compensation for a plurality of predetermined scan modes and sampling modes, and enable the encoder to calculate the computation volume occurring in said compensation and residual pixel energy, estimate the performance for each mode based on the calculation, determine an optimum scan mode and an optimum sampling mode, thus enabling a decoder to perform a motion compensation with optimum performance and less computing volume based on the determined mode.

Abstract: This document relates to video transport systems and in particular, though not exclusively, where several compressed or encoded video services are multiplexed into a fixed bit rate transmission stream. There is provided a method of allocating bit-rates for video services in a transport channel. The method comprises receiving user defined weighting parameters for a number of video services (410); then determining an available bit-rate for a transport channel for the video services (420). The method then automatically allocates a proportion of the available bit-rate to each video service according to their respective weighting parameters (430); and multiplexes the video services into the transport channel according to the allocated proportions of the available bit-rate (440).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a compact representation of a cumulative bit curve formed from piece-wise straight line approximations between upper and lower bounds about an actual cumulative bit curve (CBC). In one embodiment the lower bounds are found by applying a constraint such that if a delivery rate was to be calculated using the count at the lower bound it would result in a delivery rate which was greater than the delivery rate that would be calculated using the actual CBC data by a particular amount, for example 10%. The actual CBC data is then used as an upper bound. As a result, the approximated CBC will lie for each GoP between the actual CBC value and the lower bound, with the result that one can be certain that any data rate that is calculated using the approximation will be at least as high as a data rate that is calculated using the actual CBC data.

Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for encoding and/or decoding video by generating a scalable bitstream supporting at least two bit-depths with forward compatibility, wherein the scalable bitstream comprises a base layer bitstream including a base quantization level and a base quantization parameter corresponding to a base bit-depth, and an enhancement layer bitstream including residue between an extended quantization level and a compensated quantization level that is predicted from the base quantization level, and a refined quantization parameter for refining the difference between an extended bit-depth and the base bit-depth.

Abstract: This disclosure describes scalable video coding techniques. In particular, the techniques may be used to encode refinements of a video block for enhancement layer bit streams in a single coding pass, thereby reducing coding complexity, coding delay and memory requirements. In some instances, the techniques encode each nonzero coefficient of a coefficient vector of the enhancement layer without knowledge of any subsequent coefficients. Coding the enhancement layer in a single pass may eliminate the need to perform a first pass to analyze the coefficient vector and a second pass for coding the coefficient vector based on the analysis.

Abstract: The present principles provides a method and apparatus for jointly adjusting the rounding offset and the quantization step size on a macroblock level to improve the perceptual quality of the fine details of the encoded image. In one implementation, the content of the pictures is analyzed and the smooth regions are identified. A quantization step size value for the picture is initially defined and a rounding offset is adaptively assigned to each macroblock based on the content characteristics. The quantization step size is then calculated for the a particular macroblock according to another content characteristic of the macroblock such that the encoding of the particular macroblock is performed in response to the calculated quantization step size and the rounding offset value of the first block.

Abstract: A method and system for coding and decoding information associated with video impression is described. The video sequence is processed in a plurality of frames. Each frame of the plurality of frames is processed in a plurality of macroblocks. A prediction of an original video signal, which is a part of a macroblock, in a current frame, is constructed from the video sequence. A residual signal is formed by subtracting the prediction of the original video signal from the original video signal in the current frame. A transform to the residual signal is applied. A plurality of transform coefficients is quantized. A symbol of at least one syntax element that defines a characteristic of the residual signal is identified. Symbols of the at least one syntax element of a same category are coded together.

Abstract: A video encoder interframe-encodes a moving image captured by a camera and generates a video code stream. An I frame send request manager receives from a receiver of the video code stream a request signal for requesting to send an I frame that has not been interframe-encoded, when any frame of the moving image is not properly received at the receiver. Then the request manager determines whether or not to accept the received request signal. When the request manager determines to accept the request signal, the request manager supplies an I frame setting signal to the video encoder. Upon receiving the I frame setting signal, the video encoder sets the type of a next frame to be encoded to an I frame and then interframe-encodes the moving image.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of watermarking encoded video frames includes electronically receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of encoded video frames that are divided into a plurality of macro-blocks, determining macro-block dependencies based on prediction information in the received bitstream, determining a set of macro-blocks having a minimal number of macro-block dependencies, and embedding a watermark in a plurality of macro-blocks selected from the set of macro-blocks having the minimal number of macro-block dependencies.

Abstract: A video and graphics system has a reduced memory mode in which video images are reduced in half in horizontal direction during decoding. The video and graphics system includes a video decoder for decoding MPEG-2 video data. The video images may not be downscaled in the horizontal direction when no bi-directionally predicted pictures are used. The video and graphics system may output an HDTV video while converting the HDTV video and providing as another output having an SDTV format or another HDTV format. The output having an SDTV format may be recorded using a video cassette recorder (VCR) while the HDTV video is being displayed.

Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for video compression with integrated picture rate up-conversion (PRUC) may include generating picture rate up-conversion (PRUC) data from received video data while the received video data is being encoded. The generated PRUC data may be encoded and communicated to a decoder in order to enable generation of a plurality of interpolated pictures. The generated encoded PRUC data may be communicated via a sideband to the decoder or by embedding the generated encoded PRUC data within the encoded received video data prior to the communication to the decoder.

Abstract: A method of encoding/decoding a video and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides an encoding/decoding method and apparatus thereof that can interpolate a frame to be skipped with the consideration of the property of the frame. Accordingly, an embodiment of the present invention can encode and decode by using a frame-skipping method having low complexity.

Abstract: An auto phase detection apparatus for automatically detecting a target sampling phase is provided. The auto phase detection apparatus includes a phase decider for generating a plurality of phase control signals; a sample clock generator, coupled to the phase decider, for generating a plurality of sample clock signals according to the phase control signals; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), coupled to the sample clock generator, for converting an analog video signal to a digital signal according to the sample clock signals; a phase detector, coupled to the ADC and the phase decider, for generating a plurality of phase detection results according to the digital signal; and a motion detector, coupled to the ADC and the phase decider, for generating a motion detection result by detecting a motion in the digital signal. The phase decider determines the target sampling phase from the phase control signals according to the phase detection results and the motion detection result.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes determining a motion vector of a current image block equal to a motion vector of an image block based on a reference picture index indicating a reference picture for the image block. For example, the motion vector of the current image block may be equal to the motion vector of the image block if the reference picture index indicates a long-term reference picture for the image block.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes determining, by a moving picture coding system, motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block based on a type of the first reference picture. The type is one of a long-term type and a short-term type, and characterizes a temporal distance of the first reference picture with respect to the bi-predictive block. The motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block are determined according to a first set of expressions if the first reference picture is of the short-term type, and according to a second set of expressions if the first reference picture is of the long-term type. The second set of expressions is different than the first set of expressions. The method further includes decoding the bi-predictive image block by using the first reference picture and the second reference picture based on the determined motion vectors.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which encodes a moving image signal, includes an inter-prediction mode determination unit which determines a combination of an inter-prediction mode used by an inter-prediction unit and a DCT used by a transformation unit among from an inter-prediction modes and a DCTs, for each of macroblocks. The inter-prediction mode determination unit includes a first selection unit which selects DCTs of a predetermined number from the DCTs, for at least one specific inter-prediction mode among the inter-prediction modes, and a second selection unit which selects a combination of one inter-prediction mode and one DCT from the inter-prediction modes and the DCTs of the predetermined number selected by the first selection unit.

Abstract: Fast motion estimation in video encoding may be implemented using early termination. One or more section sizes in a current video picture may be determined for which a portion of motion estimation can be skipped during encoding of the current video picture. The portion of motion estimation may be performed on the current video picture on a section-by-section basis only for one or more section sizes not skipped. The picture may be encoded using the motion estimation performed in b) to produce an encoded picture. The resulting encoded picture may be stored or transmitted. The speedup achieved by skipping part of motion estimation may be regulated by selection of a quality control value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus and method based on multiple textures using video sensor excitation signals. For this, an input signal that includes a video signal and a sensor signal is divided into unit component signals, and one is selected from a plurality of frames of each unit component signal as a seed signal. A plurality of texture points are detected from the seed signal. The texture points are tracked from the frames of the unit component signal and then spatio-temporal location transform variables for the texture points are calculated. Texture signals are defined using texture points at which the spatio-temporal location transform variables correspond to one another. Each of the texture signals is defined as a sum of a plurality of texture blocks that are outputs of texture synthesis filters that receive video sensor excitation signals as inputs.

Abstract: There is disclosed apparatuses, methods and computer program products for coding and decoding and specifically but not only for coding and decoding of image and video signals. It is determined whether two adjacent blocks of pixels of an image have a flat nature. The result of the determining is used to select a filter among at least a first filter and a second filter for filtering a block boundary between two adjacent blocks of pixels. The second filter is selected when said determining indicates that there are two adjacent blocks of pixels having a flat nature. At least a first reference value and a second reference value are selected for the second filter and used in filtering the block boundary.

Abstract: A video compression framework based on parametric object and background compression is proposed. At the encoder, an embodiment detects objects and segments frames into regions corresponding to the foreground object and the background. The object and the background are individually encoded using separate parametric coding techniques. While the object is encoded using the projection coefficients to the orthonormal basis of the learnt subspace (used for appearance based object tracking), the background is characterized using an auto-regressive (AR) process model. An advantage of the proposed schemes is that the decoder structure allows for simultaneous reconstruction of object and background, thus making it amenable to the new multi-thread/multi-processor architectures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, and a program that make possible to reduce clock drift that occurs in streaming playback and to perform playback with more stability. An information acquisition part analyzes, using a predetermined method, streams that are held in a buffer, and acquires, as data-amount calculation information, information necessary for calculating a data amount. A calculation part calculates, using the data-amount calculation information, a temporal data amount of the streams that are held in the buffer. A detection part detects, from a result of the calculation, decoder clock drift. When a decoder clock is too fast, a clock control unit controls the decoder clock so that the decoder clock has a speed which is slower than that at present. When the decoder clock is too slow, the clock control unit controls the decoder clock so that the decoder clock has a speed which is faster than that at present.

Abstract: A video decoder includes an entropy decoding device that includes a first processor that generates entropy decoded (EDC) data from an encoded video signal, wherein the encoded video signal includes a plurality of video layers, wherein the entropy decoding device includes a slice dependency module that generates slice dependency data and wherein the first processor entropy decodes a selected subset of the plurality of video layers, based on the slice dependency data. A general video decoding device includes a second processor that generates a decoded video signal from the EDC data.

Abstract: An image coding method includes: generating a first flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates; generating a second flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates in coding a current block to be coded in a predetermined coding mode, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected; and generating a coded signal in which the first flag and the second flag are included in header information, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected.

Abstract: A method and system are described herein that a employ a lost frame concealment technique for processing data frames received during transmission over a communications channel. The lost frame concealment technique involves determining whether a current data frame is a bad frame, performing source decoding on the current data frame with one or more parameters that are limited by a first set of one or more values if the current data frame is a bad frame, and performing source decoding on the current data frame with one or more parameters that are not limited if the current data frame is a good frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmission of electrical energy and data between a primary side and a secondary side. At least one transferring unit is provided between the primary side and the secondary side, that, on the secondary side, at least a first data channel is provided, which has at least one address, that, on the primary side, at least one frequency control unit is provided, which is embodied in such a manner that the frequency control unit sets the working frequency of the transferring unit corresponding to data to be transferred and/or corresponding to the addressing of at least the first data channel, that, on the secondary side, at least one load setting unit is provided, which is embodied in such a manner that the load setting unit sets the electrical load, which lies on the secondary side on the transferring unit, corresponding to data to be transferred and/or corresponding to the address at least of the first data channel.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for time domain signals. A method includes creating a bipolar pulse whose high (up) and low (down) periods are separately and precisely controllable.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for calibration of interface operation of a display device. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an embedded DisplayPort (eDP) source element (such as a graphics processing unit (GPU)) configures itself to support the minimum requirements necessary to support a sink element (such as a screen display). Unlike prior art solutions, minimum sink requirements are identified during a calibration process, and the source is configured accordingly. By tailoring the source to the specific requirements of the sink, the device can initialize faster, consume less power, etc. Moreover, in another aspect of the present invention, if a device does not initialize to an expected configuration based on prior calibration settings, the device can be flagged as having faulty or failing components.

Abstract: Systems and methods of data transmission are disclosed. In an embodiment, at least two transmitters are selectively activated and at least one transmitter is deactivated at a serial interface to transmit data via at least two distinct lines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a precoder for a communication system arranged to provide transmission blocks for transmission over a transmission channel based on inputted symbol blocks. The precoder is arranged to pre-distort each symbol block based on an estimate of the characteristics of the transmission channel so that the corresponding transmission block appears to be undistorted after transmission over the transmission channel. In accordance therewith, the precoder is arranged to apply Tomlinson-Harashima precoding on a sum of a first measure corresponding to predistortion so as to remove intrasymbol interference and a second measure corresponding to predistortion so as to remove intersymbol interference. The present invention further relates to a method for providing transmission blocks for transmission over a transmission channel in a communication system.