System and method for accurately predicting signal to interference and noise ratio to improve communications system performance
First Claim
1. A method for receiving a signal comprising:
- measuring the signal to form a sequence of consecutive signal-to-interference noise ratio estimates;
filtering said estimates according to each of a plurality of predetermined fading environments to form a plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions, wherein each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
comparing each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions to at least one signal-to-interference noise ratio estimate subsequent to said sequence to form a plurality of prediction errors, wherein each of said plurality of prediction errors corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
forming a predicted signal-to-interference noise ratio based on said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions and said plurality of prediction errors.
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Abstract
A system for providing an accurate prediction of a signal-to-interference noise ratio is described. The system includes a first circuit for receiving a signal transmitted across a channel via an external transmitter. A second circuit generates a sequence of estimates of signal-to-interference noise ratio based on the received signal. A third circuit determines a relationship between elements of the sequence of estimates. A fourth circuit employs the relationship to provide a signal-to-interference noise ratio prediction for a subsequently received signal. In the illustrative embodiment, the inventive system further includes a circuit for generating a data rate request message based on the signal-to-noise ratio prediction. A special transmitter transmits the data rate request message to the external transmitter. In the specific embodiment, the relationship between elements of the sequence of estimates is based on an average of the elements of the sequence of estimates. The third circuit includes a bank of filters for computing the average. The bank of filters includes finite impulse response filters. Coefficients of the transfer functions associated with each filter in the bank of filters are tailored for different fading environments. The different fading environments include different Rayleigh fading environments, one environment associated with a rapidly moving system, a second environment associated with a slow moving system, and a third system associated with a system moving at a medium velocity. A selection circuit is connected to each of the filter banks and selects an output from one of the filters in the filter bank. The selected output is associated with a filter having a transfer function most suitable to a current fading environment.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for receiving a signal comprising:
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measuring the signal to form a sequence of consecutive signal-to-interference noise ratio estimates;
filtering said estimates according to each of a plurality of predetermined fading environments to form a plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions, wherein each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
comparing each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions to at least one signal-to-interference noise ratio estimate subsequent to said sequence to form a plurality of prediction errors, wherein each of said plurality of prediction errors corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
forming a predicted signal-to-interference noise ratio based on said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions and said plurality of prediction errors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for receiving a signal comprising:
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a signal-to-interference ratio circuit for measuring the signal to form a sequence of consecutive signal-to-interference noise ratio estimates;
a bank of filters for filtering said estimates according to each of a plurality of predetermined fading environments to form a plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions, wherein each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
a prediction selector for comparing each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions to at least one signal-to-interference noise ratio estimate subsequent to said sequence to form a plurality of prediction errors, wherein each of said plurality of prediction errors corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments, and forming a predicted signal-to-interference noise ratio based on said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions and said plurality of prediction errors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for receiving a signal comprising:
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means for measuring the signal to form a sequence of consecutive signal-to-interference noise ratio estimates;
means for filtering said estimates according to each of a plurality of predetermined fading environments to form a plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions, wherein each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
means for comparing each of said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions to at least one signal-to-interference noise ratio estimate subsequent to said sequence to form a plurality of prediction errors, wherein each of said plurality of prediction errors corresponds to one of said plurality of predetermined fading environments;
means for forming a predicted signal-to-interference noise ratio based on said plurality of sequences of signal-to-interference noise ratio predictions and said plurality of prediction errors. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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