Channel allocation method and device for coded and combined information sets
First Claim
1. A device for transmitting information over a plurality of partial channels which have different transmission characteristics and which together form a transmission channel, comprising:
- a unit for grouping (102) the information as assigned to the partial channels;
a unit for coding (103a) information assigned to a first set of partial channels by means of a first coding method to obtain a first set of coded information symbols, where a first coded information symbol of the first set of coded information symbols has a first amount of information assigned to said first coded information symbol;
a unit for coding (103b) information assigned to a second set of partial channels by means of a second coding method to obtain a second set of coded information symbols, where a second coded information symbol of the second set of coded information symbols has a second amount of information assigned to said second coded information symbol which differs from the first amount of information;
a unit for combining (104a) the coded information symbols of the first set according to a first combination specification so as to generate a first set of combined coded information symbols equal in number to the number of partial channels of the first set of partial channels;
a unit for combining (104b) the coded information symbols of the second set according to a second combination specification so as to generate a second set of combined coded information symbols equal in number to the number of partial channels of the second set of partial channels; and
a unit for assigning (106) the combined coded information symbols of the first set to the first set of partial channels and for assigning the combined coded information symbols of the second set to the second set of partial channels in such a way that each partial channel has a combined coded information symbol assigned to said each partial channel, that each partial channel of the first set of partial channels has the whole information of the information symbols of the first set assigned to said each partial channel of the first set of partial channels, and that each partial channel of the second set of partial channels has the whole information of the information symbols of the second set assigned to said each partial channel of the second set of partial channels;
where both the first and the second set of partial channels have at least one partial channel whose signal-to-noise ratio without combining would be lower than a threshold signal-to-noise ratio that is minimally necessary for the coding method used by the set to which this partial channel belongs in order to achieve a predetermined reliability when decoding the information symbols, and whose signal-to-noise ratio as a result of combining is greater than or equal to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio.
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Abstract
In a device for transmitting a sequence of information symbols over a plurality of partial channels having different transmission characteristics and together forming a transmission channel, the sequence of information symbols is grouped (102), whereupon a first set and a second set of the information symbols are coded (103a, 103b) using different coding methods. The coded information symbols are then combined in sets (104a, 104b) and are transmitted over a channel having two sets of partial channels. Both the first and the second set of partial channels have at least one partial channel whose signal-to-noise ratio without combining would be lower than a threshold signal-to-noise ratio which is minimally required by the coding method used for the set to which this partial channel belongs in order to achieve a predetermined reliability when decoding the information symbols and whose signal-to-noise ratio is greater than or equal to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio as a result of the combination step. The concept of transmitting and receiving according to the present invention permits an increased transmission rate since there is at least one partial channel in each set as a result of the setwise combination.
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23 Claims
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1. A device for transmitting information over a plurality of partial channels which have different transmission characteristics and which together form a transmission channel, comprising:
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a unit for grouping (102) the information as assigned to the partial channels;
a unit for coding (103a) information assigned to a first set of partial channels by means of a first coding method to obtain a first set of coded information symbols, where a first coded information symbol of the first set of coded information symbols has a first amount of information assigned to said first coded information symbol;
a unit for coding (103b) information assigned to a second set of partial channels by means of a second coding method to obtain a second set of coded information symbols, where a second coded information symbol of the second set of coded information symbols has a second amount of information assigned to said second coded information symbol which differs from the first amount of information;
a unit for combining (104a) the coded information symbols of the first set according to a first combination specification so as to generate a first set of combined coded information symbols equal in number to the number of partial channels of the first set of partial channels;
a unit for combining (104b) the coded information symbols of the second set according to a second combination specification so as to generate a second set of combined coded information symbols equal in number to the number of partial channels of the second set of partial channels; and
a unit for assigning (106) the combined coded information symbols of the first set to the first set of partial channels and for assigning the combined coded information symbols of the second set to the second set of partial channels in such a way that each partial channel has a combined coded information symbol assigned to said each partial channel, that each partial channel of the first set of partial channels has the whole information of the information symbols of the first set assigned to said each partial channel of the first set of partial channels, and that each partial channel of the second set of partial channels has the whole information of the information symbols of the second set assigned to said each partial channel of the second set of partial channels;
where both the first and the second set of partial channels have at least one partial channel whose signal-to-noise ratio without combining would be lower than a threshold signal-to-noise ratio that is minimally necessary for the coding method used by the set to which this partial channel belongs in order to achieve a predetermined reliability when decoding the information symbols, and whose signal-to-noise ratio as a result of combining is greater than or equal to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19)
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16. A device for receiving a transmitted signal with information, where a first set of coded information symbols of the transmitted signal is generated by a first coding method, where the first coding method has assigned a first amount of information to a coded information symbol of the first set of coded information symbols, and where a second set of coded information symbols is generated by a second coding method, where the second coding method has assigned a second amount of information, different from the first amount of information, to a coded information symbol of the second set of coded information symbols, where coded information symbols of the first set are combined according to a first combination specification and coded information symbols of the second set are combined according to a second combination specification, where combined coded information symbols of the first set are assigned to a first set of partial channels and where combined coded information symbols of the second set are assigned to a second set of partial channels, where both the first and the second set of partial channels have at least one partial channel whose signal-to-noise ratio without the step of combining would be lower than a threshold signal-to-noise ratio which is minimally necessary for the coding method used by the set to which this partial channel belongs in order to achieve a predetermined reliability when decoding the information symbols and whose signal-to-noise ratio with the step of combining is greater than or equal to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio, comprising:
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a unit for extracting (110) the combined coded information symbols of the partial channels from the received signal using the partial channels;
a first unit for processing (114a) the combined coded information symbols of the first set using a first processing specification, which is the inverse of the first combination specification, so as to obtain the coded information symbols of the first set;
a second unit for processing (114b) the combined coded information symbols of the second set using a second processing specification, which is the inverse of the second combination specification, so as to obtain the coded information symbols of the second set;
a first unit for decoding (115a) the coded information symbols of the first set so as to recapture the information assigned to the coded information symbols of the first set, the first unit for decoding being designed to also decode the at least one partial channel of the first set of partial channels; and
a second unit for decoding (115b) the coded information symbols of the second set so as to recapture the information assigned to the coded information symbols of the second set, the second unit for decoding being designed to also decode the at least one partial channel of the second set of partial channels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 20)
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21. A method for transmitting information over a plurality of partial channels which have different transmission characteristics and together form a transmission channel, with the following steps:
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grouping (102) the information as assigned to the partial channels;
coding (103a) information assigned to a first set of partial channels by means of a first coding method to obtain a first set of coded information symbols, where a first coded information symbol of the first set of coded information symbols has a first amount of information assigned to said first coded information symbol;
coding (103b) information assigned to a second set of partial channels by means of a second coding method to obtain a second set of coded information symbols, where a second coded information symbol of the second set of coded information symbols has a second amount of information assigned to said second coded information symbol which differs from the first amount of information;
combining (104a) the coded information symbols of the first set according to a first combination specification so as to generate a first set of combined coded information symbols equal in number to the number of partial channels of the first set of partial channels;
combining (104b) the coded information symbols of the second set according to a second combination specification so as to generate a second set of combined coded information symbols equal in number to the number of partial channels of the second set of partial channels; and
assigning (106) the combined coded information symbols of the first set to the first set of partial channels and assigning the combined coded information symbols of the second set to the second set of partial channels in such a way that each partial channel has a combined coded information symbol assigned to said each partial channel, that each partial channel of the first set of partial channels has the whole information of the information symbols of the first set assigned to said each partial channel of the first set of partial channels, and that each partial channel of the second set of partial channels has the whole information of the information symbols of the second set assigned to said each partial channel of the second set of partial channels;
where both the first and the second set of partial channels have at least one partial channel whose signal-to-noise ratio without combining would be lower than a threshold signal-to-noise ratio that is minimally necessary for the coding method used by the set to which this partial channel belongs in order to achieve a predetermined reliability when decoding the information symbols, and whose signal-to-noise ratio as a result of combining is greater than or equal to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio.
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22. A method for receiving a transmitted signal with information, where a first set of coded information symbols of the transmitted signal is generated by a first coding method, where the first coding method has assigned a first amount of information to a coded information symbol of the first set of coded information symbols, and where a second set of coded information symbols is generated by a second coding method, where the second coding method has assigned a second amount of information, different from the first amount of information, to a coded information symbol of the second set of coded information symbols, where coded information symbols of the first set are combined according to a first combination specification and coded information symbols of the second set are combined according to a second combination specification, where combined coded information symbols of the first set are assigned to a first set of partial channels and where combined coded information symbols of the second set are assigned to a second set of partial channels, where both the first and the second set of partial channels have at least one partial channel whose signal-to-noise ratio without the step of combining would be lower than a threshold signal-to-noise ratio which is minimally necessary for the coding method used by the set to which this partial channel belongs in order to achieve a predetermined reliability when decoding the information symbols and whose signal-to-noise ratio with the step of combining is greater than or equal to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio, with the following steps:
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extracting (110) the combined coded information symbols of the partial channels from the transmitted signal using the partial channels;
processing (114a) the combined coded information symbols of the first set using a first processing specification, which is the inverse of the first combination specification, so as to obtain the coded information symbols of the first set;
processing (114b) the combined coded information symbols of the second set using a second processing specification, which is the inverse of the second combination specification, so as to obtain the coded information symbols of the second set;
decoding (115a) the coded information symbols of the first set so as to recapture the information assigned to the coded information symbols of the first set, the first unit for decoding being designed to also decode the at least one partial channel of the first set of partial channels; and
decoding (115b) the coded information symbols of the second set so as to recapture the information assigned to the coded information symbols of the second set, the second unit for decoding being designed to also decode the at least one partial channel of the second set of partial channels. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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