Coherence Time Estimation and Mobility Detection for Wireless Channel
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1. A method comprising:
- at a first wireless communication device, receiving at a plurality of antennas transmissions in a channel from a second wireless communication device to produce a corresponding plurality of antenna-specific receive signals;
computing from the plurality of antenna-specific receive signals a channel estimate for a channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device;
computing a channel observation parameter from the channel estimate;
storing the channel observation parameter computed for each of a plurality of transmissions received over time at the first wireless communication device from the second wireless communication device;
computing data representing differences between the channel observation parameters stored for combinations of pairs of the plurality of transmissions received over time;
storing the data representing the differences in bins sorted by time interval between time of reception of the pairs of transmissions used to compute the respective differences; and
generating an estimate of the coherence time of the channel based on a distribution of the data representing the differences stored in the bins.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided to measure how fast a wireless channel is changing between a first wireless communication device (e.g., a wireless base station or access point) and a second wireless device (e.g., a wireless client device) based on signals that the first communication wireless device receives at a plurality of antennas from a second wireless communication device. Techniques are also provided to measure a degree of mobility of the second wireless communication device based on signals received at the first communication wireless device from the second communication wireless device.
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1. A method comprising:
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at a first wireless communication device, receiving at a plurality of antennas transmissions in a channel from a second wireless communication device to produce a corresponding plurality of antenna-specific receive signals; computing from the plurality of antenna-specific receive signals a channel estimate for a channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device; computing a channel observation parameter from the channel estimate; storing the channel observation parameter computed for each of a plurality of transmissions received over time at the first wireless communication device from the second wireless communication device; computing data representing differences between the channel observation parameters stored for combinations of pairs of the plurality of transmissions received over time; storing the data representing the differences in bins sorted by time interval between time of reception of the pairs of transmissions used to compute the respective differences; and generating an estimate of the coherence time of the channel based on a distribution of the data representing the differences stored in the bins. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising.
a plurality of antennas; -
a radio receiver configured to be coupled to the plurality of antennas and to generate a plurality of antenna-specific receive signals derived from a transmission sent by an other wireless communication device and detected at the plurality of antennas; a controller coupled to the radio receiver and configured to; generate from the plurality of antenna-specific receive signals a channel estimate for a channel with respect to the other wireless communication device; compute a channel observation parameter from the channel estimate; store the channel observation parameter computed for each of a plurality of transmissions received over time from the other wireless communication device; compute data representing differences between the channel observation parameters stored for combinations of pairs of the plurality of transmissions received over time; store the data representing the differences in bins sorted by time interval between time of reception of the pairs of transmissions used to compute the respective differences; and generate an estimate of the coherence time of the channel based on a distribution of the data representing the differences stored in the bins. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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generate from a plurality of antenna-specific receive signals derived from a transmission received at a plurality of antennas of a first wireless communication from a second wireless communication device, a channel estimate for a channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device; compute a channel observation parameter from the channel estimate; store the channel observation parameter computed for each of a plurality of transmissions received over time at the first wireless communication device from the second wireless communication device; compute data representing differences between the channel observation parameters stored for combinations of pairs of the plurality of transmissions; store the data representing the differences in bins sorted by time interval between time of reception of the pairs of transmissions used to compute the respective differences; and generate an estimate of the coherence time of the channel based on a distribution of the data representing the differences stored in the bins. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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at a first wireless communication device, receiving at a plurality of antennas transmissions in a channel from a second wireless communication device to produce a corresponding plurality of antenna-specific receive signals; computing from the plurality of antenna-specific receive signals a channel estimate for a channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device; computing a channel observation parameter from the channel estimate, the channel observation parameter representing conditions of the channel at a plurality of subcarriers; comparing corresponding subcarriers of the channel observation parameter computed for successive transmissions; and generating an indication as to whether the second wireless communication device is moving or stationary with respect to the first wireless communication device based on the number of subcarriers determined to exhibit a difference. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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