Systems and methods for detecting nodes or signals of a radio access technology (RAT) by a node of another RAT
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a radio access node of a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, comprising:
- receiving a signal sampled at a sampling rate used for the first RAT;
performing frequency domain matched filtering of the received signal with a Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, of a known, repetitive waveform transmitted by access nodes of a second RAT, where the known, repetitive waveform is sampled at the sampling rate used for the first RAT and a FFT size used for the first RAT; and
detecting transmissions of the known, repetitive waveform by access nodes of the second RAT based on results of the matched filtering.
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods enabling a node of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to detect (co-channel) frames and/or Access Points (APs)/nodes of a second RAT using receiver hardware of the first RAT are disclosed. While not being limited thereto, in some embodiments, the first RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is Wi-Fi, and systems and methods are disclosed that enable a LTE node (e.g., an LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) node such as a base station or a low power node operating in an unlicensed frequency band) to detect Wi-Fi preambles and/or Wi-Fi beacons (and thus the number of co-channel Wi-Fi APs).
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1. A method of operation of a radio access node of a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, comprising:
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receiving a signal sampled at a sampling rate used for the first RAT; performing frequency domain matched filtering of the received signal with a Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, of a known, repetitive waveform transmitted by access nodes of a second RAT, where the known, repetitive waveform is sampled at the sampling rate used for the first RAT and a FFT size used for the first RAT; and detecting transmissions of the known, repetitive waveform by access nodes of the second RAT based on results of the matched filtering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A radio access node of a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, comprising:
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receiver baseband processing circuitry for the first RAT, the receiver baseband processing circuitry operable to receive and process a received signal according to the first RAT at a sampling rate used for the first RAT; a matched filter operable to perform frequency domain matched filtering of the received signal with a Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, of a known, repetitive waveform transmitted by access nodes of a second RAT, where the known, repetitive waveform is sampled at the sampling rate used by the receiver baseband processing circuitry for the first RAT and a FFT size used for the first RAT; and a detector operable to detect transmissions of the known, repetitive waveform by access nodes of the second RAT based on results of the matched filtering. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method of operation of a radio access node of a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, comprising:
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dividing a beacon interval for a second RAT into N time bins; detecting, for each of the N time bins for each of M consecutive beacon intervals, transmissions of Wi-Fi preambles by access nodes of the second RAT or received energy; and determining a number of beacons transmitted by access nodes of the second RAT by; determining an average number of the detected Wi-Fi preambles for each of the N time bins over the M consecutive beacon intervals; and determining the number of beacons transmitted by access nodes of the second RAT based on the average number of the detected Wi-Fi preambles for each of the N time bins over the M consecutive beacon intervals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A radio access node of a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, comprising:
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a matched filter or energy detector operable to detect, for each of N time bins for each of M consecutive beacon intervals, transmissions of Wi-Fi preambles by access nodes of a second RAT or received energy; and a detector operable to determine a number of beacons transmitted by access nodes of the second RAT by being operable to; determine an average number of detected Wi-Fi preambles for each of the N time bins over the M consecutive beacon intervals; and determine the number of beacons transmitted by the access nodes of the second RAT based on the average number of detected Wi-Fi preambles for each of the N time bins over the M consecutive beacon intervals. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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