Method and apparatus for link adaptation
First Claim
1. A method for providing link adaptation in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining in a current link quality measure of a communication link;
determining a Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR) value of the communication link; and
correcting the current link quality measure based on the determined value.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a link quality report in a wireless communication system supporting link adaptation. An input signal carrying data blocks in one or several transmission intervals of a reporting interval is received by a receiver of the apparatus. A quality measurement unit provides a link quality measure of the current reporting interval. A correction unit corrects the link quality measure by determining a SIR loss of the link, which is induced by unmatched transmission parameter settings of a physical layer. Then, a link quality report for the current reporting interval is based on the corrected link quality measure and transmitted by the transmitter to the transmitting unit, which will adapt the setting of physical layer parameters accordingly.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for providing link adaptation in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining in a current link quality measure of a communication link;
determining a Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR) value of the communication link; and
correcting the current link quality measure based on the determined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An electronic communication apparatus for supporting link adaptation of a communication link, comprising:
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a receiver;
a transmitter unit;
a memory;
a measurement unit for determining a current link quality measure of a communication link;
a controller; and
a correction unit adapted to determine a SIR value of the communication link, and to correct the current link quality measure based on the determined value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer program product directly loadable into the memory of a mobile terminal having digital computer capabilities, comprising software code portions for performing the following steps of when said product is run by said mobile terminal:
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obtaining in a current link quality measure of a communication link;
determining a Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR) value of the communication link; and
correcting the current link quality measure based on the determined value.
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