Methods of controlling communication parameters of wireless systems
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a communication parameter of a channel for transmitting data between a transmit unit having a number M of transmit antennas and a receive unit having a number N of receive antennas, said method comprising:
- a) providing proposed mapping schemes for converting said data into symbols and assigning said data to transmit signals TSp, where p=1 . . . M, for transmission from said M transmit antennas;
b) obtaining a measurement of said channel at said receiver;
c) using said measurement to compute for each of said proposed mapping schemes a minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx of said symbols when received; and
d) selecting an applied mapping scheme from said proposed mapping schemes based on said minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx, thereby controlling said communication parameter.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for controlling a communication parameter in a channel through which data is transmitted between a transmit unit with M transmit antennas and a receive unit with N receive antennas by selecting from among proposed mapping schemes an applied mapping scheme according to which the data is converted into symbols and assigned to transmit signals TSp, p=1 . . . M, which are transmitted from the M transmit antennas. The selection of the mapping scheme is based on a metric; in one embodiment the metric is a minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx of the symbols when received, in another embodiment the metric is a probability of error P(e) in the symbol when received. The method can be employed in communication systems using multi-antenna transmit and receive units of various types including wireless systems, e.g., cellular communication systems, using multiple access techniques such as TDMA, FDMA, CDMA and OFDMA.
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1. A method of controlling a communication parameter of a channel for transmitting data between a transmit unit having a number M of transmit antennas and a receive unit having a number N of receive antennas, said method comprising:
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a) providing proposed mapping schemes for converting said data into symbols and assigning said data to transmit signals TSp, where p=1 . . . M, for transmission from said M transmit antennas;
b) obtaining a measurement of said channel at said receiver;
c) using said measurement to compute for each of said proposed mapping schemes a minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx of said symbols when received; and
d) selecting an applied mapping scheme from said proposed mapping schemes based on said minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx, thereby controlling said communication parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
a) determining a quality parameter of said data;
b) establishing a relation between said quality parameter and a required minimum Euclidean distance dmin,required necessary to satisfy said quality parameter.
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19. The method of claim 18, wherein said quality parameter is selected from the group consisting of signal-to-interference noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, power level, level crossing rate, level crossing duration, bit error rate, symbol error rate, packet error rate, and error probability.
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20. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmit unit and said receive unit operate in accordance with at least one multiple access technique selected from the group consisting of TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, OFDMA.
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21. The method of claim 20, wherein said proposed mapping schemes comprise diversity coding selected from the group consisting of space-time block coding, transmit antenna selection, Equal Gain Combining, Maximum Ratio Combining and delay diversity coding.
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22. A method of controlling a communication parameter of a channel for transmitting data between a transmit unit having a number M of transmit antennas and a receive unit having a number N of receive antennas, said method comprising:
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a) providing proposed mapping schemes for converting said data into symbols and assigning said data to transmit signals TSp, where p=1 . . . M, for transmission from said M transmit antennas;
b) obtaining a measurement of said channel at said receiver;
c) using said measurement to compute for each of said proposed mapping schemes a probability of error P(e) in said symbols when received; and
d) selecting an applied mapping scheme from said proposed mapping schemes based on said probability of error P(e), thereby controlling said communication parameter. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A communication system with a controlled communication parameter of a channel for transmitting data between a transmit unit having a number M of transmit antennas and a receive unit having a number N of receive antennas, said transmit unit having a mapping circuit comprising:
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a) a conversion unit for converting said data into symbols;
b) an assigning unit for assigning said data to transmit signals TSp, where p=1 . . . M, for transmission from said M transmit antennas, said converting and said assigning being in accordance with proposed mapping schemes;
said receive unit comprising; a) a channel estimator for obtaining a measurement of said channel;
b) a computing block for computing for each of said proposed mapping schemes a minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx of said symbols when received; and
c) a selection block for selecting an applied mapping scheme from said proposed mapping schemes based on said minimum Euclidean distance dmin,rx, thereby controlling said communication parameter. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A communication system with a controlled communication parameter of a channel for transmitting data between a transmit unit having a number M of transmit antennas and a receive unit having a number N of receive antennas, said transmit unit having a mapping circuit comprising:
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a) a conversion unit for converting said data into symbols;
b) an assigning unit for assigning said data to transmit signals TSp, where p=1 . . . M, for transmission from said M transmit antennas, said converting and said assigning being in accordance with proposed mapping schemes;
said receive unit comprising; a) a channel estimator for obtaining a measurement of said channel;
b) a computing block for computing for each of said proposed mapping schemes a probability of error P(e) of said symbols when received; and
c) a selection block for selecting an applied mapping scheme from said proposed mapping schemes based on said probability of error P(e), thereby controlling said communication parameter. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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