Abstract:
Multiple-configuration communication apparatus includes: a communication device (130) simultaneously maintaining at least a first and a second channel; a storage device (114, 116, 118) storing a plurality of communication configurations; and a configuration controller (120) determining a first time frame and during the first time frame, selecting a first communication configuration of the plurality of communication configurations and controlling the communication device to configure itself to the first communication configuration to at least one of transmit and receive information over the first channel, and determining a second time frame that is different from the first time frame and during the second time frame, selecting a second communication configuration of the plurality of communication configurations, and controlling the communication device to configure itself to the second communication configuration to at least one of transmit and receive information over the second channel.
Abstract:
A communication band is divided into a plurality of allocation channels (202, 204, 206, 208). At least one allocation channel (204) is transferred to a transform domain. The behavior of the at least one allocation channel is monitored in the transform domain in order to derive a set of statistics. The set of statistics are used to determine a channel category for the at least one allocation channel.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus to adaptively puncture bits within QAM modulated data symbols transmitted in a communication system in order to effect a signaling channel. The method and apparatus utilize inherent characteristics of a particular mapping scheme for the QAM constellation to selectively puncture particular bits within a data symbol with signaling information and predetermined binary values to selectively increase the log-likelihood ratio gains of those particular bits punctured with the signaling information. The log-likelihood ratios are used to obtain the signaling information and, thus, increasing the gain of the log-likelihood ratios affords greater reliability for the signaling information without increasing the required system resources.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus to efficiently calculate log-likelihood ratios for each bit within M-ary QAM modulated symbols transmitted in a communication system. The method and apparatus utilize characteristics of square Karnaugh mapping of the QAM symbol constellation in order to reduce the number of distance calculations needed to determine the log-likelihood ratios for each of the bits within a demodulated symbol. The reduction in the number of calculations affords significant reduction in the time needed to determine log-likelihood ratios, especially for higher order M-ary QAM systems.
Abstract:
A current mode of operation is provided to a Walsh spreader (203), and based on the current mode of operation, the Walsh spreader (203) either varies a Walsh code at a symbol rate, or holds the Walsh code constant. During multi-carrier transmission a first symbol within a data stream (210) is spread with a first Walsh code, while symbols immediately preceding and following the first symbol are spread by a another, differing Walsh code. The sequence of Walsh codes exiting the spreader (201) is further scrambled by a pair of Pseudo-Noise (PN) codes (224) that are held constant for three Walsh code periods during multi-carrier transmission, and are not held constant during direct-spread transmission.
Abstract:
A transmitter (300) comprises summers (301-307, 3178-319), and mixers (309-315, 333). During multi-carrier transmission, multiple I and Q components enter the transmitter. I.sub.1 is summed with I.sub.3, Q.sub.3 is subtracted from Q.sub.1, Q.sub.1 is added to Q.sub.3, and I.sub.3 is subtracted from I.sub.1. The outputs of a first and a second summer (301, 305) enters a first and a second mixer (309, 313) where they are mixed by a cosine function. Similarly, the outputs of a third and a fourth summer (303, 307) enter a third and a fourth mixer (311, 315) where they are mixed by a sine function. The output from first and the second mixer (309, 311) enter a first summer (317) where they are summed along with the I.sub.2 component. The output from the third and the fourth mixer (313, 315) enters a second summer (319) where they are summed along with the Q.sub.2 component.
Abstract:
In some implementations, a processor may retrieve predicted positioning data and predicted orbital data from global navigation satellite service (GNSS) positioning circuitry of a wireless device in response to a request for device time. The processor may retrieve long-term learning (LTL) data for a temperature sensing crystal (TSX) of the wireless device, the LTL data including S-curve characteristics of the TSX, and the time tracking uncertainty of the TSX. The processor may generate a GNSS-based device time estimate using the predicted positioning data and the predicted orbital data. The processor may perform TSX-based device time processing by updating the GNSS-based device time estimate using a clock signal of the TSX to generate a final device time estimate, the updating based on the retrieved LTL data for the TSX.
Abstract:
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums that provide location based services such as navigation in an indoor space by utilizing a network of specially configured locator nodes (LNs) and the identified line of sight (LOS) relationships between the LNs. The LOS relationships may be automatically learned by the LNs.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus provide for soft handoff operation of at least a first signal transmitted according to a first communication standard (IS-95B) and a second signal transmitted according to a second communication standard (IS-95C). A mobile station (104) initially receives the first signal, detects presence of a pilot signal, measures pilot signal strength, transmits a pilot strength measurement message, fails to receive a handoff direction message after transmitting the pilot strength measurement message, searches for detecting presence of a broadcast control channel associated with the type IS-95C cell sites, measures a carrier to interference ratio of the broadcast control channel, compares the carrier to interference ratio to a threshold, if the carrier to interference ratio is above the threshold, initiates a second communication according to IS-95C standard, thus, allowing initiating a soft handoff operation by allowing the base sites to transmit information according to the IS-95B and IS-95C standards respectively via the first and second signals. MS 104 combines the first and second signals to take advantage of the soft hand-off operation.
Abstract translation:一种方法和装置提供至少根据第一通信标准(IS-95B)发送的第一信号和根据第二通信标准(IS-95C)发送的第二信号的软切换操作。 移动站(104)首先接收到第一信号,检测导频信号的存在,测量导频信号强度,发送导频强度测量消息,在发送导频强度测量消息之后不能接收到切换方向消息,搜索检测到存在 与类型IS-95C小区站点相关联的广播控制信道,测量广播控制信道的载波干扰比,将载波与干扰比相比较,如果载波干扰比高于阈值,则启动一个 根据IS-95C标准的第二通信,从而允许基站通过第一和第二信号分别根据IS-95B和IS-95C标准传输信息来启动软切换操作。 MS 104组合第一和第二信号以利用软切换操作。
Abstract:
A method and system for dynamic rate switching via medium access channel layer signaling is disclosed, wherein data rates for high data rate channels are automatically shifted up or down based on a predetermined metric. In a preferred embodiment, data rates are automatically shifted up or down based on transmit channel gain required to maintain a required signal to noise ratio.