Apparatus, and associated method, for selecting radio communication system parameters utilizing learning controllers
First Claim
1. In a communication station having a receive portion operable to receive data communicated thereto upon a radio channel susceptible to distortion, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating selection of a value of a first parameter and a value of at least a second parameter by which to operate upon the receive data once received at the communication station, said apparatus comprising:
- a first learning controller coupled to the receive portion to be provided with a performance measure representative of operation of the receive portion upon a set of successively-received sequences of the receive data received at the communication station, said first learning controller for iteratively selecting the value of the first parameter responsive to the performance measure associated with each of the successively-received sequences of the set, each successive performance measure identifying a first parameter value; and
at least a second learning controller also coupled to the receive portion to be provided with the performance measure representative of operation of the receive portion upon the set of the successively-received sequences of the receive data received at the communication station, said second learning controller for iteratively selecting the value of the second parameter responsive to the performance measure associated with each of the successively-received sequences of the set, each successive performance measure identifying a second parameter value.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for selecting operational parameters pursuant to which a radio communication system is operable. The operational parameters form, for instance, adaptive switching thresholds used in an adaptive modulation scheme. Separate learning controllers are configured to operate independently and cooperatively to select the adaptive switching thresholds, or other operational parameters. Iterative operation of the learning controllers causes the values to converge to optimal values.
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20 Claims
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1. In a communication station having a receive portion operable to receive data communicated thereto upon a radio channel susceptible to distortion, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating selection of a value of a first parameter and a value of at least a second parameter by which to operate upon the receive data once received at the communication station, said apparatus comprising:
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a first learning controller coupled to the receive portion to be provided with a performance measure representative of operation of the receive portion upon a set of successively-received sequences of the receive data received at the communication station, said first learning controller for iteratively selecting the value of the first parameter responsive to the performance measure associated with each of the successively-received sequences of the set, each successive performance measure identifying a first parameter value; and
at least a second learning controller also coupled to the receive portion to be provided with the performance measure representative of operation of the receive portion upon the set of the successively-received sequences of the receive data received at the communication station, said second learning controller for iteratively selecting the value of the second parameter responsive to the performance measure associated with each of the successively-received sequences of the set, each successive performance measure identifying a second parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a method for communicating at a communication station having a receive portion operable to receive data communicated thereto upon a channel susceptible to distortion, an improvement of a method 86 for facilitating selection of a value of a first parameter and a value of at least a second parameter by which to operate upon the receive data once received at the communication station, said method comprising:
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iteratively selecting 88 a value of a first parameter responsive to a performance measure associated with each successively-received sequence of a set of successively received sequences received at the receive portion, each successive performance measure identifying a first parameter value; and
iteratively selecting 92 a value of a second parameter responsive to the performance measure associated with each successively-received sequence of the set, each successive performance measure identifying a second parameter value . - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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