Joint equalization, soft-demapping and phase error correction in wireless system with receive diversity
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving wireless signals via multiple antennas;
demodulating the wireless signals to produce observations of a transmitted symbol;
weighting each of the observations with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the corresponding antenna;
combining the weighted observations to form a combined observation; and
generating one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation.
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Abstract
A wireless communication technique enables equalization, soft demapping and phase error estimation functions to be performed jointly based on multiple observations of a transmitted symbol in wireless communication systems employing receive diversity. Multiple observations of a symbol are obtained from multiple antenna paths in a wireless receiver. Equalization, soft demapping and phase error estimation functions can be integrated within shared hardware, rather than distributed among separate hardware blocks, promoting reduced size, complexity and cost in a wireless receiver.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving wireless signals via multiple antennas;
demodulating the wireless signals to produce observations of a transmitted symbol;
weighting each of the observations with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the corresponding antenna;
combining the weighted observations to form a combined observation; and
generating one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signals via multiple antennas;
demodulating and performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) functions on the wireless signals to produce observations of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol;
weighting each of the observations with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the corresponding antenna;
combining the weighted observations to form a combined observation; and
generating one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted QAM symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted QAM symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signal via a first antenna;
receiving the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signal via a second antenna;
demodulating and performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) functions on the wireless signal received by the first antenna to produce a first observation of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol;
demodulating and performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) functions on the wireless signal received by the second antenna to produce a second observation of the transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol;
weighting the first observation with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the first antenna;
weighting the second observation with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the second antenna;
combining the weighted first observation and the weighted second observation to form a combined observation; and
generating one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted QAM symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted QAM symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method comprising:
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receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signal via an antenna;
demodulating and performing a fast Fourier transform (FFT) function on the wireless signal to produce an observation of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol;
weighting the observation with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the antenna; and
generating one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted symbol for the weighted observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A wireless receiver comprising:
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multiple antennas that receive wireless signals;
a demodulator that demodulates the wireless signals to produce observations of a transmitted symbol;
an equalizer that weights each of the observations with a complex conjugate of an estimated channel response for the corresponding antenna; and
a soft demapper unit that combines the weighted observations to form a combined observation, and generates one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A receiver comprising:
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multiple antennas that receive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signals via multiple antennas;
a fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit that produce observations of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol from the wireless signals;
an equalizer that weights each of the observations with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the corresponding antenna; and
a soft demapper unit that combines the weighted observations to form a combined observation, and generates one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted QAM symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted QAM symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A receiver comprising:
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a first antenna that receives an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signal;
a second antenna that receives the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signal;
a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit that produces a first observation of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol from the wireless signal received by the first antenna;
a second fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit that produces a second observation of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol from the wireless signal received by the second antenna;
an equalizer that weights the first observation with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the first antenna, and weights the second observation with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the second antenna;
a soft demapper unit that combines the weighted first observation and the weighted second observation to form a combined observation, and generates one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted QAM symbol for the combined observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted QAM symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A receiver comprising:
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an antenna that receives an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless signal;
a fast Fourier transform (FFT) function unit that produces an observation of a transmitted quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) symbol from the wireless signal;
an equalizer that weights the observation with a complex-conjugate of a channel response for the antenna; and
a soft demapper unit that generates one or more soft decision bits indicative of the transmitted symbol for the weighted observation according to soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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- 101. A method comprising applying a soft decision function to generate soft decision bits for a combined transmitted symbol observation produced from wireless signals received via multiple receive paths, wherein the soft decision function defines soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation.
- 106. A receiver comprising a soft demapper unit that applies a soft decision function to generate soft decision bits for a combined QAM symbol produced from wireless signals received via multiple receive paths, wherein the soft decision function defines soft demapping rules based on a subset of the transmitted symbol constellation.
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