Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090245212 | REPORTING OF ACK AND CQI INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for reporting acknowledgement (ACK) information and channel quality indication (CQI) information in a wireless communication system are described. A user equipment (UE) may be able to receive data from up to two cells with dual-cell operation. The UE may determine CQI information for a first cell, determine CQI information for a second cell, and send the CQI information for both cells on a feedback channel with a single channelization code. The UE may process a control channel from each cell and, if control information is received from the cell, may further process a data channel from the cell to receive data sent to the UE. The UE may determine ACK information for each cell based on processing results for the data and control channels from that cell. The UE may send the ACK information for both cells on the feedback channel with the single channelization code. | 10-01-2009 |
20100267346 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL SIGNALING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for control signaling in a communication system using continuous valued measurement and feedback are disclosed. The control signaling utilizes delta-sigma modulation where a measured phase or amplitude of a received signal is used to determine a difference signal by subtracting a previously quantized integrated difference signal from the current measurement signal, and then integrating the difference signal. The integrated difference signal is quantized and transmitted to the device originating the received signal as feedback control signaling. The device originating the received signal may then filter the control signaling to obtain the desired control information used to adjust or control the transmission of the signal transmitted by the device. By utilizing delta-sigma modulation, a greater degree of control signaling precision is achieved when controlling variables such as phase or amplitude of the transmitted signals, thereby achieving improved communication system performance. | 10-21-2010 |
20110194637 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENABLING UPLINK BEAMFORMING TRANSIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for enabling uplink beamforming transmit diversity is provided. The method may include receiving, by a wireless communications device (WCD), a beamforming weight vector in response to transmission by the WCD of two or more pilot channels, applying the received beamforming weight vector to at least one of a first of the two or more pilot channels, one or more data channels, or one or more control channels, and transmitting, using two or more antennas, at least one of the one or more data channels or at least one of the one or more control channels, wherein the number of pilot channels is greater than or equal to the number of antennas. | 08-11-2011 |
20110195734 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENABLING UPLINK BEAMFORMING TRANSIT DIVERSITY CHANNEL ESTIMATION - A method and apparatus for enabling uplink beamforming transmit diversity channel estimation is provided. The method may include receiving a primary pilot channel and a secondary pilot channel, deriving two or more composite channels from the received primary and secondary pilot channels, deriving two or more physical channels from the derived two or more composite channels, and synthesizing a composite channel estimate for a dominant virtual antenna from the two or more derived physical channels and a beamforming weight vector. | 08-11-2011 |
20120027112 | Antenna Switching in a Closed Loop Transmit Diversity System - A method for closed loop transmit diversity is disclosed. Data from user equipment (UE) that was transmitted using multiple transmit antennas is received. A new transmit antenna is selected for the UE. A new cycle period for the UE is determined. A new transmit antenna index and a testing indication based on the new cycle period are sent to the UE. | 02-02-2012 |
20120178381 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLINK CLOSED LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - An apparatus, method, and computer program product operable to determine a phase of a beamforming weight vector utilizing a memory of a previously used phase for the beamforming weight vector, capable of improving a channel estimate. A base station transmits a beamforming weight vector to a user equipment based on a determined channel estimate. The user equipment selects between the received beamforming weight vector, or a modified beamforming weight vector having its phase shifted by −360°, in accordance with a suitable selection criteria. That is, the selection is made such that a difference between the phase of the selected beamforming vector and a phase of a prior beamforming vector is within a predetermined range. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178501 | MASTER-SLAVE ARCHITECTURE IN A CLOSED LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY SCHEME - A base station receiver, a computer program product operable at a base station, and a method operable at a base station receiver, for receiving uplink transmit diversity transmissions utilizing a master/slave scheme at the receiver. One or more tracking loops, such as a searcher task, a time tracking loop, or a frequency tracking loop may be implemented at the base station receiver to determine compensation values, such as finger timings for a rake receiver or frequency compensation values, in accordance with characteristics of a first received pilot channel transmitted utilizing a first precoding weight vector. Here, corresponding compensation values may be derived for the reception of a secondary pilot channel transmitted utilizing an precoding weight vector orthogonal to the first precoding weight vector, simply based on those determined for the first pilot channel. | 07-12-2012 |
20130064181 | CLOSED LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY IN CONTINUOUS PACKET CONNECTIVITY - Apparatus and methods for communicating in a wireless network include receiving a weight vector in a slot for providing closed loop transmit diversity to signals in a next slot, holding the weight vector over a plurality of slots following a transmission burst, and applying the weight vector to signals in at least one slot of a subsequent transmission burst in discontinuous transmit. Additional apparatus and methods for communicating in a wireless network include determining a weight vector based on signals received from a device to provide closed loop transmit diversity feedback to the device, holding the weight vector over a plurality of slots following receiving a transmission burst, and applying the weight vector for signals received in at least one slot of a subsequent transmission burst from the device. | 03-14-2013 |