Method and apparatus for received signal quality estimation
First Claim
1. A method of determining received signal quality for a received signal in an inter-symbol interference canceling receiver comprising:
- generating an estimate of inter-symbol interference in the received signal;
scaling the estimated inter-symbol interference by a cancellation metric comprising a scalar value corresponding to inter-symbol interference cancellation performance of the receiver; and
estimating the received signal quality based on the scaled estimate of inter-symbol interference.
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Abstract
A processing circuit and method generate signal quality estimates based on scaling measured inter-symbol interference (ISI) in a received signal according to a cancellation metric corresponding to ISI cancellation performance of the receiver. By accounting for ISI cancellation performance of the receiver based on a simple scaling metric, accurate received signal quality measurements are obtained in a manner that accounts for un-cancelled ISI in the received signal without requiring use of potentially complex multipath combining weight calculations in the signal quality calculation. Signal quality estimation results may be used for sending corresponding Channel Quality Indicators, communication link transmit power control commands, etc. In some embodiments, the cancellation metric is maintained as a dynamic value based on measured ISI cancellation performance, while in other embodiments the cancellation metric comprises a pre-configured value stored in memory, for example.
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47 Claims
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1. A method of determining received signal quality for a received signal in an inter-symbol interference canceling receiver comprising:
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generating an estimate of inter-symbol interference in the received signal;
scaling the estimated inter-symbol interference by a cancellation metric comprising a scalar value corresponding to inter-symbol interference cancellation performance of the receiver; and
estimating the received signal quality based on the scaled estimate of inter-symbol interference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A processing circuit configured for use in an inter-symbol interference canceling receiver, the processing circuit comprising:
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an interference estimation circuit configured to generate an estimate of inter-symbol interference in the received signal;
a scaling circuit included in, or associated with, the interference estimation circuit and configured to scale the estimated inter-symbol interference by a cancellation metric comprising a scalar value corresponding to inter-symbol interference cancellation performance of the receiver; and
a signal quality estimation circuit configured to estimate the received signal quality based on the scaled estimate of inter-symbol interference. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A wireless communication device for use in a wireless communication network comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive signals from the network;
a transmitter configured to transmit signals to the network;
one or more control circuits configured to control operation of the receiver and transmitter; and
said receiver comprising one or processing circuits comprising;
an interference estimation circuit configured to generate an estimate of inter-symbol interference in the received signal;
a scaling circuit included in, or associated with, the interference estimation circuit and configured to scale the estimated inter-symbol interference by a cancellation metric comprising a scalar value corresponding to inter-symbol interference cancellation performance of the receiver; and
a signal quality estimation circuit configured to estimate the received signal quality based on the scaled estimate of inter-symbol interference. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer readable medium storing a computer program to determine received signal quality for a received signal in an inter-symbol interference canceling receiver, the computer program comprising:
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program instructions to generate an estimate of inter-symbol interference in the received signal;
program instructions to scale the estimated inter-symbol interference by a cancellation metric comprising a scalar value corresponding to inter-symbol interference cancellation performance of the receiver; and
program instructions to estimate the received signal quality based on the scaled estimate of inter-symbol interference. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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