COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH FACTOR ESTIMATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20150098408A1
• Filed: 08/07/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bai, Dongwoon, Lee, Jungwon
• Granted Patent: US 9,629,003 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

A computing system includes: an inter-device interface configured to receive a receiver signal including a serving control information for representing a serving control signal communicated over a serving control channel; and a communication unit, coupled to the inter-device interface, configured to: generate a boosting factor estimate based on the receiver signal, and determine the serving control information from the receiver signal based on the boosting factor estimate.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

an inter-device interface configured to receive a receiver signal including a serving control information for representing a serving control signal communicated over a serving control channel; and

a communication unit, coupled to the inter-device interface, configured to;

generate a boosting factor estimate based on the receiver signal, and

determine the serving control information from the receiver signal based on the boosting factor estimate.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication unit is configured to:

calculate a control channel estimate based on the receiver signal for representing the serving control channel;

generate a linearization adjustment based on the control channel estimate; and

generate the boosting factor estimate based on the linearization adjustment.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the inter-device interface is configured to receive the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

the communication unit is configured to generate the boosting factor estimate including an estimate set based on a hybrid refinement mechanism for representing the boosting factor estimate corresponding to the serving control signal and the interference control signal.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the inter-device interface is configured to receive the receiver signal including a noise portion; and

the communication unit is configured to;

determine a measure magnification function for representing the serving control information relative to the noise portion, and

generate the boosting factor estimate based on the measure magnification function.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the inter-device interface is configured to receive the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

the communication unit is configured to generate an estimate set including;

a serving factor estimate based on a whitening mechanism for isolating the serving control signal from within the receiver signal, and

an interference factor estimate based on the whitening mechanism for isolating the interference control signal from within the receiver signal.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the inter-device interface is configured to receive the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

the communication unit is configured to generate an estimate set based on a single-cell mechanism utilizing a linearization adjustment, a measure magnification function, or a combination thereof for generating the boosting factor estimate, based on iteratively processing one instance of the serving control signal or the interference control signal at a time, for the receiver signal.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication unit is configured to:

calculate an initial factor estimate along with an initial content estimate for representing the serving control information, the initial factor estimate including a factor bias; and

generate the boosting factor estimate based removing the factor bias from the initial factor estimate.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the inter-device interface is configured to receive the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal communicated over a serving control channel and an interference control signal communicated over an interference control channel based on a transmission scheme; and

the communication unit is configured to;

calculate a control channel estimate for representing the serving control channel, the interference control channel, or a combination thereof, and

generate a refinement result based on a refinement input for representing the control channel estimate, the receiver signal, the transmission scheme, or a combination thereof.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication unit is configured to generate the boosting factor estimate based on a direct-calculation configuration and without an iterative configuration for generating the boosting factor estimate from the receiver signal.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication unit is configured to generate the boosting factor estimate without utilizing an expectation maximization approach for generating the boosting factor estimate from the receiver signal.

11. A method of operation of a computing system comprising:

receiving a receiver signal including a serving control information for representing a serving control signal communicated over a serving control channel;

generating a boosting factor estimate with a communication unit based on the receiver signal; and

determining the serving control information from the receiver signal based on the boosting factor estimate.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

calculating a control channel estimate based on the receiver signal for representing the serving control channel;

generating a linearization adjustment based on the control channel estimate; and

wherein;

generating the boosting factor estimate includes generating the boosting factor estimate based on the linearization adjustment.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

receiving the receiver signal includes receiving the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

generating the boosting factor estimate includes generating the boosting factor estimate including an estimate set based on a hybrid refinement mechanism for representing the boosting factor estimate corresponding to the serving control signal and the interference control signal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

receiving the receiver signal includes receiving the receiver signal including a noise portion; and

further comprising;

determining a measure magnification function for representing the serving control information relative to the noise portion for generating the boosting factor estimate based on the measure magnification function.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

receiving the receiver signal includes receiving the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

generating the boosting factor estimate includes generating an estimate set including;

a serving factor estimate based on a whitening mechanism for isolating the serving control signal from within the receiver signal, and

an interference factor estimate based on the whitening mechanism for isolating the interference control signal from within the receiver signal.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for a computing system comprising:

receiving a receiver signal including a serving control information for representing a serving control signal communicated over a serving control channel;

generating a boosting factor estimate based on the receiver signal; and

determining the serving control information from the receiver signal based on the boosting factor estimate.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

calculating a control channel estimate based on the receiver signal for representing the serving control channel;

generating a linearization adjustment based on the control channel estimate; and

wherein;

generating the boosting factor estimate includes generating the boosting factor estimate based on the linearization adjustment.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein:

receiving the receiver signal includes receiving the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

generating the boosting factor estimate includes generating the boosting factor estimate including an estimate set based on a hybrid refinement mechanism for representing the boosting factor estimate corresponding to the serving control signal and the interference control signal.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein:

receiving the receiver signal includes receiving the receiver signal including a noise portion; and

further comprising;

determining a measure magnification function for representing the serving control information relative to the noise portion for generating the boosting factor estimate based on the measure magnification function.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein:

receiving the receiver signal includes receiving the receiver signal for representing the serving control signal transmitted by a device and an interference control signal transmitted by a different device; and

generating the boosting factor estimate includes generating an estimate set including;

a serving factor estimate based on a whitening mechanism for isolating the serving control signal from within the receiver signal, and

an interference factor estimate based on the whitening mechanism for isolating the interference control signal from within the receiver signal.