Abstract: Interference in a received orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, modulated according to selected constellation points sk, is reduced. The symbol includes a set of pilot signals and a set of data signals yk, where k is a number of consecutive subcarriers used for the pilot and the data signals. The pilot signals are thresholded to detect interfering pilot signals, which are then erased. Channels ?k are estimated using remaining pilot signals. The set of data signals are decoded based on the estimated channels ?k, and, for each bit bi in the set of data signals, a logarithmic likely ratio (LLR) log ? ? s k : b i = 0 ? 1 ? y k - H ^ k ? s k ? 2 ? s k : b i = 1 ? 1 ? y k - H ^ k ? s k ? 2 is determined. The LLR is an indicator of the likely interference.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting data in an MIMO communication system are provided. The method includes receiving first Channel State Information (CSI) fed back from a plurality of terminals; requesting feedback of second CSI from the respective terminals, the second CSI differing from the first CSI; and determining the terminals to be grouped by using at least one of the first CSI and second CSI, when the second CSI is fed back from the respective terminals.

Abstract: A disclosed base station apparatus is capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) mobile communication system using Pre-coding. The base station apparatus includes a receiving unit receiving a Pre-coding Matrix Indicator (PMI) indicating a specific Pre-coding matrix, a determination unit determining a value of a flag indicator indicating whether the Pre-coding matrix specified in the PMI is to be used for downlink communications, a control signal generation unit generating a downlink control signal including at least the flag indicator, and a transmission unit transmitting a signal including the downlink control signal in downlink.

Abstract: A bandwidth expansion method and apparatus are disclosed, where the method includes: estimating a bandwidth of at least one decoded frame of a whole-band signal, so as to obtain an estimated bandwidth, where the estimated bandwidth corresponds to a whole-band signal that a decoded lower-band signal needs to be extended into; performing first predictive decoding on a part of the lower-band signal in a band above an effective bandwidth of the lower-band signal and below the estimated bandwidth, so as to obtain the part of the lower-band signal above the effective bandwidth of the lower-band signal and below the estimated bandwidth; and performing second predictive decoding on a part of the lower-band signal in a band above the estimated bandwidth, so as to obtain the part of the lower-band signal above the estimated bandwidth.

Abstract: A receiver is configured to receive a sample of an inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal, the sample corresponding to a time instant when phase and/or amplitude of the ISC signal is a result of correlation among a plurality of symbols of a transmitted symbol sequence. The receiver may linearize the sample of the ISC signal. The receiver may calculate a residual signal value based on the linearized sample of the ISC signal. The receiver may generate an estimate of one or more of said plurality of symbols based on the residual signal value. The linearization may comprise applying an estimate of an inverse of a non-linear model. The non-linear model may be a model of nonlinearity experienced by the ISC signal in a transmitter from which the ISC signal originated, in a channel through which the ISC signal passed en route to the receiver, and/or in a front-end of the receiver.

Abstract: An apparatus of processing a time domain synchronous orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing (TDS-OFDM) signal is provided. The apparatus includes a receiving block and a demodulating block. The receiving block receives the TDS-OFDM signal, and generates a down-converted signal according to the received TDS-OFDM signal. The demodulating block is coupled to the receiving block, and demodulates the down-converted signal to generate a transport stream. The demodulating block has a transmission parameter signaling (TPS) decoder implemented for performing a TPS decoding operation to generate a TPS decoding result and verifying a spectrum direction of the received TDS-OFDM signal according to the TPS decoding result.

Abstract: Data communication devices, methods, and systems are discussed in this application. In one embodiment, a receiving apparatus generally comprises a detector, an indicator, and a decision device. The detector can detect a number of data streams contained in a signal received on a single physical channel. Detection can be made by comparing a received signal with one or more predetermined sequences and identifying one or more of the plural predetermined sequences as being likely contained within the received signal. Each data stream can be associated with at least one predetermined sequences. The indicator can provide an indication of the data streams likely contained in the signal based on the identified sequences. A decision device can provide data defining a receiver configuration based on the indication, the receiver configuration being suitable for configuring a decoder to decode only the one or more data streams indicated as being likely contained in the signal.

Abstract: The method of performing peak reduction and clipping mitigation provides a compressive sensing algorithm at the receiver of a peak-reducing sparse clipper applied to an OFDM signal at the transmitter. By exploiting the sparsity of the OFDM signal in the time domain relative to a pre-defined clipping threshold, the method depends on partially observing the frequency content of extremely simple sparse clippers to recover the locations, magnitudes, and phases of the clipped coefficients of the peak-reduced signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses and systems for transceiver processing are disclosed. One method includes a transceiver receiving a data stream from a link partner transceiver. A link parameter of a link between the transceiver and the link partner transceiver is determined. Allocation of transceiver processing between high-latency processing and low-latency processing is based at least in part on the link parameter.

Abstract: A code generating apparatus, demodulation reference signal generating apparatus, and methods thereof. The demodulation reference signal generator includes generating a non-correlation sequence for RS of a first resource block; spreading spectrums of elements in the non-correlation sequence for RS to be mapped to a first frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a first group of codes; second spreading spectrums of elements in the non-correlation sequence for RS to be mapped to a second frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a second group of Codes; the first and second frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for RS transmission in the first resource block, and the first and second groups of Codes are mirrors in column to each other; and mapping the spectrum-spread elements to the first and second frequency resources, respectively.

Abstract: A method and system uses a constrained set of indexed samples to identify a next generation population of samples that exhibits a more desirable signal characteristic. The invention generates an intermediate set of indexed samples which are subjected to a fitness function and next generation calculations to produce next generation indexes for the next population of samples. The next generation indexes population of samples is further constrained over initial indexes for generating a more desirable signal characteristic. In an example, the PAPR for all samples of the population are reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data decoding method and apparatus, relate to the field of wireless communications, and can improve a resource utilization rate in a decoding process, thereby improving decoding efficiency. The method of the present invention includes: dividing a to-be-decoded data transport block into N code blocks, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and decoding the N code blocks in parallel according to a reverse direction of encoding. The present invention is applicable to data decoding.

Abstract: A wireless communications device and method carries out a process including estimating channel information based on a received signal; generating pseudo-transmission signal point candidates based on the channel information and/or transmission signal point candidates; and generating a replica of the received signal based on the pseudo-transmission signal point candidates and the estimated channel information. The process further includes performing matrix operations on the basis of the received signal and the replica thereof; selecting pseudo-transmission signal point candidates which have a greater effect on likelihood calculations; reverting the selected pseudo-transmission signal point candidates to original transmission signal point candidates and calculating final likelihoods; and restoring the received signal on the basis of the calculated likelihoods.

Abstract: A multi-transport stream (TS) generating apparatus and method, and digital broadcasting transmission and reception apparatuses and method are provided. The multi-TS generating apparatus includes an adaptor to generate an adaptation field in some packets of a normal stream; an interleaver to interleave the normal stream; a turbo processor to turbo-code a plurality of turbo streams; a stuffer to generate a multi-TS by stuffing the plurality of the turbo streams into the adaptation field; and a deinterleaver to deinterleave the multi-TS. Accordingly, the plurality of the turbo streams can be transmitted far more easily.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a receiver by performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) according to a detected decoding error are provided. The apparatus includes a decoding reliability metric generator for setting a decoding result as a decoding reliability metric, which is a reference value for determining a code block having a decoding error, based on a decoding result, a decoding reliability metric buffer for storing the decoding reliability metric set by the decoding reliability metric generator and a code block controller for, when the decoding error occurs, identifying code blocks having the decoding error by checking the decoding reliability metric and for controlling to decode the identified code blocks.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for decoding signal vectors in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the receiver has received one or more signal vectors from the same transmitted vector. For each received signal vector, the receiver evaluates a decoding metric using each possible value of the transmitted signal vector to produce a set of distances. The receiver then combines distances from across the received signal vectors to produce a combined distance associated with each possible value of the transmitted signal vector. Using the combined distances, the receiver may choose among the possible values of the transmit signal vector to determine the actual transmit signal vector.

Abstract: A multi-transport stream (TS) generating apparatus and method, and digital broadcasting transmission and reception apparatuses and method are provided. The multi-TS generating apparatus includes an adaptor to generate an adaptation field in some packets of a normal stream; an interleaver to interleave the normal stream; a turbo processor to turbo-code a plurality of turbo streams; a stuffer to generate a multi-TS by stuffing the plurality of the turbo streams into the adaptation field; and a deinterleaver to deinterleave the multi-TS. Accordingly, the plurality of the turbo streams can be transmitted far more easily.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for precoding in an open loop transmission communications system, wherein the method includes precoding data at each of M REs with a precoding matrix, precoding each of DM-RSs with one column of a precoding matrix which is same as that used for precoding M data REs. The method is distinguished by using at least L?2 different precoding matrices from a set of precoding matrices W to precode the M REs and the E allocated REs such that REs precoded with a first precoding matrix are interleaved with REs precoded with at least one additional, different precoding matrix and the number of used precoding matrices L is adapted to the transmission rank r and number N of available DM-RS. The invention further concerns a radio transmitter and a user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a methods for the assignment of codewords to the available constellation points to minimize the Hamming distance between adjacent codewords. An hexagonal constellation is modeled as a two-dimensional trellis with an horizontal axis varying across a plurality of constellation points and a vertical axis varying across a plurality of codewords [0, 1, . . . , N?1]. A best path through the trellis is found to select a single constellation point per each codeword where a codeword is to be assigned. A each state in the transition across the trellis diagram, a current score and the best path that leads to the state is stored in a memory. Each codeword is assigned to the selected constellation point. The hexagonal constellation is used for transmitting data in a communication system.

Abstract: Receivers for recovering ancillary data from parallel concatenated convolutional coding. (PCCC) imbedded in digital television (DTV) signals can utilize the non-systematic (207, 187) Reed-Solomon (RS) codewords included in the DTV signals to facilitate DTV receivers already in the field to continue being able to receive main-service transmissions. Such a receiver attempts to decode each non-systematic (207, 187) RS codeword in a time slot selected for reception. If such RS decoding is successful, indication of such success is used to verify the correctness of bits of the ancillary data or correct them when turbo decoding the PCCC encoding ancillary data in the time slot selected for reception. The updating of ancillary data bits during cycles of turbo decoding updates the non-systematic (207, 187) RS codewords in the time slot selected for reception, increasing the likelihood of RS decoding of those RS codewords being successful during subsequent cycles of turbo decoding.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for power control are provided. In a receiver in a mobile communication system, a Receive (Rx) signal received through a plurality of antennas is estimated. A power ratio between a traffic channel of the Rx signal and a pilot channel of the Rx signal is determined. A Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) value is determined using the power ratio between the traffic channel and the pilot channel, a symbol of the traffic channel, and an Rx signal estimation value to which precoding is applied.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a system and method for improving performance of HARQ operation in a wireless communication system. The proposed method enables a receiver to update a receive buffer only if newly received values corresponding to a data packet are more reliable than previous values corresponding to the same data packet (that are stored in the receive buffer). The receiver may use the more reliable information (e.g., the newly received values or the previously stored values) for decoding.

Abstract: A quantization method for OFDM is described. In an embodiment, the method uses an objective function which is defined as a function of the quantization error of the OFDM signal in frequency summed over data subcarriers. A search algorithm is used to optimize the objective function and the solution found is quantized by rounding. The quantized value of the solution may then be fed back into the objective function to compute a value of that function and if the value is less than the value computed in a previous iteration of the method, the method is repeated using the quantized value of the solution as the new starting point for the search algorithm. If the value of the function is, however, not less than the value computed in a previous iteration, the new solution is discarded and the quantized value of the solution from the previous iteration is output.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting data in a multiple input/multiple output signal. The method includes receiving a first signal associated with a first data value and a second signal associated with a second data value. A distance value between the received second signal and each possible second data value is calculated. Coordinates for a hypothetical first signal in light of a first possible second data value are calculated, and the first coordinate value is quantized to a nearest constellation point. A distance value between the received second signal and each possible second data value is calculated using the calculated constellation points. A determination is made of a log-likelihood ratio based on the determined distance values.

Abstract: A transmitter apparatus includes a reference signal transmitting unit that transmits a both of a first reference signal and a second reference signal differing from the first reference signal to a first receiver apparatus performing non-cooperative communication and to a second receiver apparatus performing cooperative communication, respectively. In addition, the transmitter apparatus includes a notifying unit that instructs the first receiver apparatus to measure the first reference signal and that instructs the second receiver apparatus to measure the second reference signal.

Abstract: A method of operation of a communication system includes: utilizing an estimation module estimating a log-likelihood ratio for a transmission; and utilizing a slicing module, coupled to the estimation module, slicing a constellation by: reading the log-likelihood ratio from the estimation module, defining a threshold within the constellation, and adjusting the threshold based on the log-likelihood ratio for determining a symbol.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system using a space division multi-user multiple input multiple output (SD-MIMO) communication method. A transmission apparatus may transmit, to each of terminals included within a coverage, common control information commonly transmitted to the terminals and individual control information individually transmitted to each of the terminals. The transmission apparatus does not precode the common control information and transmits the non-precoded common control information. The transmission apparatus precodes the individual control information and transmits the precoded individual control information.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a detection section configured such that based on a result of the error correction of a signal generated by a single carrier system, the detection section detects the presence or absence of spectrum inversion in the signal; and a selection section configured such that if the detection section detects the spectrum inversion, the selection section selects the spectrally inverted signal as the signal subject to the error correction, and that if the detection section does not detect the spectrum inversion, then the selection selects the spectrally uninverted signal as the signal subject to the error correction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for peak power reduction on a plurality of frequency domain orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) signal carriers and a plurality of time domain signal carriers in a communications system. The system includes a plurality of frequency domain carrier processing blocks configured to iteratively perform frequency domain processing of at least one frequency domain OFDM signal carrier to reduce peak power transmission and a plurality of time domain carrier processing blocks configured to iteratively perform time domain processing of at least one time domain signal carrier to reduce peak power transmission, wherein the system is further configured to perform the frequency domain processing and time domain processing substantially simultaneously, thereby spreading excess peak power to one or more of the plurality of frequency domain OFDM signal carriers and to one or more of the plurality of time domain signal carriers.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a feedback channel in a wireless communication system. User equipment measures a modulation-and coding scheme (MCS) level obtained by quantizing a carrier-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (CINR), maps feedback information including the MCS level to a feedback channel, and transmits the feedback channel.

Abstract: Log-likelihood ratios produced by a decoder are incorporated into a soft symbol to soft bit estimation process and are used to perform improved channel estimation and impairment covariance estimation. In an example method, a plurality of soft bits and corresponding probability metrics for a series of received unknown symbols are generated. Estimates of the received unknown information symbols are then regenerated, as a function of the soft bits and corresponding probability metrics. An estimate of the average amplitude of the received unknown information symbols, or an estimate of the propagation channel response experienced by the received unknown information symbols, or both, are calculated, as a function of the regenerated symbol estimates. The results are applied to produce demodulated symbols for a second decoding iteration for the series of received unknown symbols.

Abstract: A decoding device includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not a decoding ending condition is satisfied at an interval shorter than an interval of one decoding process in repeated decoding and ends the process in the middle of the one decoding process in a case where the decoding ending condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A receiver system and method for recovering information from a symbol data sequence Y. The symbol data sequence Y corresponds to a symbol data sequence X that is transmitted onto the channel by a transmitter. The symbol data sequence X is generated by the transmitter based on associated information bits. At the receiver, a set of two or more processors operate in parallel on two or more overlapping subsequences of the symbol data sequence Y, where each of the two or more overlapping subsequences of the symbol data sequence Y corresponds to a respective portion of a trellis. The trellis describes redundancy in the symbol data sequence Y. The action of operating in parallel generates soft estimates for the associated information bits. The soft estimates are useable to form a receive message corresponding to the associated information bits.

Abstract: Systems and methods for computing log likelihood ratios in a communication system are described. A demodulated symbol may be received. A set of scalars may be determined based on a modulation order, a signal-to-noise ratio for the symbol, and a bit of the symbol. At least one log likelihood ratio for the bit may be approximated using a piecewise linear process based on the scalars and the symbol.

Abstract: Techniques are provided to allow for implicit determination of the full spatial signature of a wireless channel between first and second wireless devices for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication between the first and second wireless devices. The first wireless device receives uplink signals at a plurality of antennas of the first wireless device that are transmitted via a plurality of antennas of a second wireless device. Values at a plurality of subcarriers of the received signals across the plurality of antennas of the first wireless device are derived. Using a sliding window for groups of adjacent subcarriers, downlink beamforming weights are computed for each group of subcarriers using channel information of one or more proximate groups of subcarriers. The downlink beamforming weights for the respective groups of subcarriers are applied to a number of spatial streams in a downlink transmission to be transmitted to the second wireless device.

Abstract: A method for operating a distributed multi-sensor system for spectrum mapping and signal exploitation. The method includes selecting a plurality of distributed sensors including at least one or more clusters of distributed sensors, sending a request to the plurality of distributed sensors to collect signal snapshot copies, routing the signal snapshot copies or information from the plurality of distributed sensors as inputs to at least one fusion module, processing all inputs before sending any next request to the plurality of distributed sensors, optimizing the one or more clusters of distributed sensors, combining multiple distributed signal inputs in the at least one fusion module, and making a global decision. A system for spectrum mapping and signal exploitation and a storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer code for implementing the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A transmitter, channel coder, and method for coding and transmitting a sequence of symbols in a digital communication system utilizing soft pilot symbols. In one embodiment, the transmitter transmits a set of soft pilot symbols with higher reliability than the remaining symbols in the sequence by modulating the soft pilot symbols with a lower order modulation such as BPSK or QPSK while modulating the remaining symbols with a higher order modulation such as 16 QAM or 64 QAM. The transmitter shares the modulation type and location (time/frequency/code) of the soft pilot symbols with a receiver. Unlike traditional fixed pilots, the soft pilots still carry some data. Additionally, the soft pilots are particularly helpful in establishing the amplitude reference essential in demodulating the higher order modulation symbols. In another embodiment, soft pilot symbols are inserted by low-level puncturing of channel encoded bits and replacing the punctured bits with known bit patterns.

Abstract: A multi-transport stream (TS) generating apparatus and method, and digital broadcasting transmission and reception apparatuses and method are provided. The multi-TS generating apparatus includes an adaptor to generate an adaptation field in some packets of a normal stream; an interleaver to interleave the normal stream; a turbo processor to turbo-code a plurality of turbo streams; a stuffer to generate a multi-TS by stuffing the plurality of the turbo streams into the adaptation field; and a deinterleaver to deinterleave the multi-TS. Accordingly, the plurality of the turbo streams can be transmitted far more easily.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for acquiring a satellite signal includes generating a differential code using first, second and third segments of a satellite signal received from a positioning satellite, obtaining a correlation value by performing a correlation using the differential code and a replica of the spreading code, and acquiring the satellite signal using the correlation value. The differential code is generated by performing a differential operation on a spreading code from the positioning satellite.

Abstract: A receiving unit receives information on a modulation scheme applied to signals to a radio terminal from a transmission apparatus. An MLD unit performs maximum likelihood detection of a received signal by using a modulation scheme based on the information received by the receiving unit and a plurality of modulation schemes applicable to signals to the other radio terminals. An estimation unit estimates a modulation scheme applied to signals to the other radio terminals based on predetermined information obtained in a maximum likelihood detection process in each of the plurality of modulation schemes of the MLD unit. A controller controls the MLD unit to perform maximum likelihood detection by using the modulation scheme estimated by the estimation unit and the modulation scheme received by the receiving unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor memory unit which stores LDPC encoded data, and a decoding unit which decodes the encoded data, wherein the decoding unit performs serial decoding using the posterior likelihood ratio as it is for a column element likelihood ratio when the absolute value of the posterior likelihood ratio is not smaller than a threshold and using the column element likelihood ratio as it is for the posterior likelihood ratio when the absolute value of the column element likelihood ratio is not smaller than the threshold, and if the decoding does not succeed even after a predetermined first cycle count of iterative processing is performed or if the number of syndrome errors becomes smaller than a predetermined first syndrome error count, the decoding unit shrinks the absolute values of at least some of posterior likelihood ratios and resets all prior likelihood ratios to “0.

Abstract: A demodulation circuit includes a hard decision process unit and a soft decision process unit. The hard decision process unit is configured to perform a hard decision process using a demodulated signal, and the demodulated signal is a demodulated received signal. The soft decision process unit is configured to determine a range of assignment with respect to a transitioning part in the demodulated signal, calculate a likelihood value of a bit, and perform a soft decision process.

Abstract: The method is based on a signal interval (DB) which comprises a first part (ET) (which is modulated using a first modulation method (GFSK)) of the signal interval and a second part (which is modulated using a second modulation method (DMPSK)) of the signal interval. The channel parameters (c(i)) relating to the second part (which is modulated using the second modulation method) of the signal interval are determined using a received data signal (a(i); p(i)) from the first part (ET) of the signal interval (DB).

Abstract: The proposed invention teaches basic principles of “orthonormal transform” to be used to convert a set of discrete samples into a set of coefficient real samples that is contained in a finite field. The number of real values in each coefficient samples is finite and coded for transmission using digital modulation. It also teaches that handling of multi-path fading of Doppler effects implies that the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance as a function of Bit Energy/Noise (Eb/N0) is close to the performance of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) channel. The effect of impairments is minimized and only the effect of thermal noise (AWGN) is maintained. The inventive apparatus is simple and maintains constant end-to-end response time, sustainable effective data rate and bounded error performance which is conducive to specify a Quality of Service (QoS) which is useful for service provisioning.

Abstract: A multi-transport stream (TS) generating apparatus and method, and digital broadcasting transmission and reception apparatuses and method are provided. The multi-TS generating apparatus includes an adaptor to generate an adaptation field in some packets of a normal stream; an interleaver to interleave the normal stream; a turbo processor to turbo-code a plurality of turbo streams; a stuffer to generate a multi-TS by stuffing the plurality of the turbo streams into the adaptation field; and a deinterleaver to deinterleave the multi-TS. Accordingly, the plurality of the turbo streams can be transmitted far more easily.

Abstract: A multi-transport stream (TS) generating apparatus and method, and digital broadcasting transmission and reception apparatuses and method are provided. The multi-TS generating apparatus includes an adaptor to generate an adaptation field in some packets of a normal stream; an interleaver to interleave the normal stream; a turbo processor to turbo-code a plurality of turbo streams; a stuffer to generate a multi-TS by stuffing the plurality of the turbo streams into the adaptation field; and a deinterleaver to deinterleave the multi-TS. Accordingly, the plurality of the turbo streams can be transmitted far more easily.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with a spatial-domain-based multi-dimensional coded-modulation scheme that improves dramatically OSNR sensitivity and tolerance to fiber nonlinearities by using D-dimensional signal constellations, where D=2(2+M)N. The factor 2 originates from two polarizations, 2+M electrical basis functions are selected (2 in-phase/quadrature channels and M pulse-position like basis functions), and N represents the number of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states used in FMFs/MMFs. For single mode fiber applications N is 1.

Abstract: A FFR (fractional frequency reuse)-based network MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) transmission architecture in a cellular system that employs cell sectoring using directional antennas. Each cell is sectorized into three outer sectors using three directional antennas which transmit in three different directions using three different frequency subbands. The cell sectors are arranged based on a frequency partition scheme so that three sectors in three neighboring cells form a coordinated group for network MIMO transmission. A regular and a rearranged frequency partition are described. Further, a practical implementation of SON (self organizing network)-based three-cell FFR-based network MIMO for a wireless OFDM system is described.

Abstract: Certain embodiments provide methods that may allow for improvements in performance and power consumption by terminating the turbo decoding process early when one of at least two test criterion is satisfied in communications systems, including UMTS, WCDMA, and TD-DCMA.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving data in high-speed applications wherein an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) samples a received signal and a data decoder implemented with a tree search algorithm detects the bits of the sampled data for timing recovery. In some embodiments, a Viterbi detector is implemented to provide accurate bit detection for data output while tree search detected data is used to determine the optimal sampling phase for the ADC. In some embodiments, after the phase acquisition stage of timing recovery has completed, the tree search decoder may decrease the rate of data detection to maintain phase tracking.