Apparatus and method for estimating a plurality of channels
First Claim
1. Apparatus for estimating a plurality of channels from a plurality of distinct transmitting points to a receiving point, wherein an input signal includes a superposition of a first signal based on a first pilot sequence transmittable from a first transmitting point and a second signal based on a second pilot sequence transmittable from a second transmitting point, the first pilot sequence and the second pilot sequence being orthogonal to each other within a predetermined orthogonality range and having a phase shift to each other, comprising:
- a transformer for transforming the input signal into a transformed signal having a set of discrete values, the transformer being operative to translate the phase shift between the first and the second pilot sequence into a delay, so that a first group of the set of the discrete values includes channel information of a first channel from the first transmitting point to the receiving point and that a second group of the set of discrete values includes channel information of a second channel from the second transmitting point to the receiving point;
a selector for selecting the first group from the set of discrete values and for selecting the second group from the set of discrete values to obtain selected groups; and
a processor for determining channel information for the plurality of channels based on the selected groups.
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Abstract
An apparatus for estimating a plurality of channels from a plurality of distinct transmitting points, wherein an input signal includes a super position of signals based on a first pilot sequence transmittable from a first transmitting point and on a second pilot sequence transmittable from a second transmitting point, the first pilot sequence and the second pilot sequence having a phase shift to each other, comprises a transformer, which is operative to translate phase shifts between the first and the second pilot sequence into a delay, so that a first group of a set of discrete values of the transformed signal includes channel information of a first channel and that a second group of a set of discrete values includes channel information of a second channel, a selector for selecting the first group from the set of discrete values and for selecting the second group from the set of discrete values to obtain selected groups, and means for determining channel information for the plurality of channels based on the selected groups. The selection of groups at the output of the transformer for obtaining channel information for the channel allows the construction of a simplified receiver.
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25 Claims
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1. Apparatus for estimating a plurality of channels from a plurality of distinct transmitting points to a receiving point, wherein an input signal includes a superposition of a first signal based on a first pilot sequence transmittable from a first transmitting point and a second signal based on a second pilot sequence transmittable from a second transmitting point, the first pilot sequence and the second pilot sequence being orthogonal to each other within a predetermined orthogonality range and having a phase shift to each other, comprising:
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a transformer for transforming the input signal into a transformed signal having a set of discrete values, the transformer being operative to translate the phase shift between the first and the second pilot sequence into a delay, so that a first group of the set of the discrete values includes channel information of a first channel from the first transmitting point to the receiving point and that a second group of the set of discrete values includes channel information of a second channel from the second transmitting point to the receiving point; a selector for selecting the first group from the set of discrete values and for selecting the second group from the set of discrete values to obtain selected groups; and a processor for determining channel information for the plurality of channels based on the selected groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Method for estimating a plurality of channels from a plurality of distinct transmitting points to a receiving point, wherein an input signal includes a superposition of a first signal based on a first pilot sequence transmittable from a first transmitting point and a second signal based on a second pilot sequence transmittable from a second transmitting point, the first pilot sequence and the second pilot sequence being orthogonal to each other within a predetermined orthogonality range and having a phase shift to each other, comprising the following steps:
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transforming the input signal into a transformed signal having a set of discrete values by translating the phase shift between the first and the second pilot sequence into a delay, so that a first group of the set of discrete values includes channel information of a first channel from the first transmitting point to the receiving point and that a second group of the set of discrete values includes channel information of a second channel from the second transmitting point to the receiving point; selecting the first group from the set of discrete values and selecting the second group from the set of discrete values to obtain selected groups; determining channel information for the plurality of channels on the basis of the selected groups.
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