SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY CARRIER AGGREGATION
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of signals, the signals comprising at least one multiple subchannel multiplexed signal having information modulated in respective subchannels, with a modulated signal, comprising:
- receiving information to be communicated from a transmitter to a receiver through the at least one multiple subchannel multiplexed signal according to a predetermined protocol, the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal comprising pilot signals, within at least one subchannel for at least a portion of time, having predefined characteristics sufficiently independent of the information to be communicated, to permit receiver prediction of a communication channel state with respect to varying communication channel conditions;
storing a model of the receiver with respect to a combination of the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal with the modulated signal in a memory, the model being for predicting a receiver ability to demodulate the information and a receiver ability to predict the channel state, over a range of at least one parameter representing available alterations in the state of the combination; and
defining, with an automated processor, the combination signals which is predicted to permit sufficient receiver estimation of the channel state to demodulate the information from respective subchannels and which further meets at least one fitness criterion distinct from the receiver estimation of the channel state and being dependent on both the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal and the modulated signal, with respect to at least two different values for the at least one parameter.
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Abstract
A system and method for aggregation of a plurality of wireless communication signals in a common radio frequency transmitter. A multiple subchannel multiplexed (MSM) signal within a frequency band, and having a communication protocol with pilot signals estimating a channel state and efficient signal demodulation with a mobile receiver is combined with another signal. An automated digital processor at the transmitter modifies the MSM to meet at least one fitness criterion of the combined signal, selected from among alternatives that will maintain good reception of all transmitted signals within system protocols, without requiring transmitting additional side information specifying the modification. The range of alternates include modifications that disrupt the pilot signals. The fitness criterion may include minimizing the peak-to-average power ratio of the combination, and a signal modification may comprise a cyclic permutation of a portion of the time-domain representation of a signal, while maintaining compatibility with prior pilot signals.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of signals, the signals comprising at least one multiple subchannel multiplexed signal having information modulated in respective subchannels, with a modulated signal, comprising:
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receiving information to be communicated from a transmitter to a receiver through the at least one multiple subchannel multiplexed signal according to a predetermined protocol, the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal comprising pilot signals, within at least one subchannel for at least a portion of time, having predefined characteristics sufficiently independent of the information to be communicated, to permit receiver prediction of a communication channel state with respect to varying communication channel conditions; storing a model of the receiver with respect to a combination of the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal with the modulated signal in a memory, the model being for predicting a receiver ability to demodulate the information and a receiver ability to predict the channel state, over a range of at least one parameter representing available alterations in the state of the combination; and defining, with an automated processor, the combination signals which is predicted to permit sufficient receiver estimation of the channel state to demodulate the information from respective subchannels and which further meets at least one fitness criterion distinct from the receiver estimation of the channel state and being dependent on both the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal and the modulated signal, with respect to at least two different values for the at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of at least two signals, each having a plurality of signal components and conveying information, comprising:
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an input port configured to receive information defining the at least two signals; an automated processor configured to; transform a first of the signals into at least two representations of the conveyed information within a range of transformations, along with pilot signal information which varies in frequency and which is selectively communicated over time, to permit a receiver to estimate a channel state, having prohibited combinations of transformation parameters and pilot signal information, combine a transformed representation of a first of the signals with a second of the signals, to define at least two alternate combinations representing the conveyed information, and select one combination which meets a predetermined criterion and which permits the receiver to at least estimate the channel state; and an output port configured to output information representing a respective combined waveform comprising the selected one combination of the transformed representation which meets the predetermined criterion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of at least one multiple subchannel multiplexed signal according to a predetermined protocol to be communicated from a transmitter to a receiver with a modulated signal, the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal comprising pilot signals, within at least one subchannel for at least a portion of time, having predefined characteristics sufficiently independent of information to be communicated, to permit receiver prediction of a communication channel state with respect to varying communication channel conditions, comprising:
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a model of a receiver stored in a memory, dependent on a combination of the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal with the modulated signal in a memory, for predicting a receiver ability to demodulate information and a receiver ability to predict the channel state, over a range of at least one parameter representing an alteration in the state of the combination; and an automated processor configured to define the combination of the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal with the modulated signal which is predicted to permit sufficient receiver estimation of the channel state to demodulate the information and which further meets at least one fitness criterion distinct from the receiver estimation of the channel state and being dependent on both the multiple subchannel multiplexed signal and the modulated signal, with respect to at least two different values for the at least one parameter.
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