System and method to determine a bit error probability of received communications within a cellular wireless network
First Claim
1. A method to determine a bit error probability (BEP) of received Radio Frequency (RF) burst(s) within a data frame received from a servicing base station by a wireless terminal in a cellular wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- receiving the RF burst of the data frame from the servicing base station;
determining a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst;
extracting a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst;
decoding the sequence of soft decisions to produce a data block;
determining whether decoding of the sequence of soft decisions was successful;
re-encoding the data block to produce a sequence of re-encoded decisions when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably;
comparing the sequence of soft decisions to the sequence of re-encoded decisions to produce a re-encoded bit error (RBER);
determining the BEP based on;
when decoding is unsuccessful, an estimated BEP derived from the SNR; and
when decoding is successful, the estimated BEP and the RBER.
7 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
RF communications received by a wireless terminal from a servicing base station are used to determine the BEP. These RF communications may be in the form of RF bursts that are part of a data frame. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst is determined and a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst are extracted. The SNR maps to an estimated BEP based upon the modulation format and coding scheme of the RF burst. The soft decisions decode to produce a data block. When the soft decisions decoded favorably, the re-encoded data block produces a sequence of re-encoded decisions. Comparing the re-encoded decisions to the soft decisions yields a re-encoded bit error (RBER). When the decoding is unsuccessful, the BEP is estimated only upon the estimated BEP derived from the SNR. Otherwise, both the estimated BEP and RBER may be used to determine the BEP.
29 Citations
41 Claims
-
1. A method to determine a bit error probability (BEP) of received Radio Frequency (RF) burst(s) within a data frame received from a servicing base station by a wireless terminal in a cellular wireless communication system, the method comprising:
-
receiving the RF burst of the data frame from the servicing base station; determining a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst; extracting a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst; decoding the sequence of soft decisions to produce a data block; determining whether decoding of the sequence of soft decisions was successful; re-encoding the data block to produce a sequence of re-encoded decisions when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably; comparing the sequence of soft decisions to the sequence of re-encoded decisions to produce a re-encoded bit error (RBER); determining the BEP based on; when decoding is unsuccessful, an estimated BEP derived from the SNR; and when decoding is successful, the estimated BEP and the RBER. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A wireless terminal that comprises:
-
a Radio Frequency (RF) front end; a baseband processor communicatively coupled to the RF front end; an enCOder/DECoder (CODEC) processing module communicatively coupled to the baseband processor; wherein, the RF front end, the baseband processor, and the CODEC processing module are configured to; receive a RF burst from the a servicing base station; determine a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst; extract a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst; decode the sequence of soft decisions to produce a data block; determine whether decoding of the sequence of soft decisions was successful; re-encode the data block to produce a sequence of re-encoded decisions when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably; and compare the sequence of soft decisions to the sequence of re-encoded decisions to produce a re-encoded bit error (RBER); determine the Bit Error Probability (BEP) based on; when decoding is unsuccessful, an estimated BEP derived from the SNR; and when decoding is successful, the estimated BEP and the RBER; and report the BEP to a servicing base station. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A wireless terminal that comprises:
-
a Radio Frequency (RF) front end; and a baseband processor communicatively coupled to the RF front end; wherein, the RF front end and the base band processor are configured to; receive the RF burst of the data frame from the servicing base station; determine a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst; extract a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst; decode the sequence of soft decisions to produce a data block; re-encode the data block to produce a sequence of re-encoded decisions when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably; and compare the sequence of soft decisions to the sequence of re-encoded decisions to produce a re-encoded bit error (RBER); determine the Bit Error Probability (BEP) based on; an estimated BEP derived from the SNR of the RF burst when the sequence of soft decisions decoded unfavorably; and the estimated BEP and the RBER when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably; and report the BEP to a servicing base station. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
-
-
33. A method to determine a bit error probability (BEP) of received Radio Frequency (RF) burst(s) within a data frame received from a servicing base station by a wireless terminal in a cellular wireless communication system, the method comprising:
-
receiving the RF burst of the data frame from the servicing base station; determining a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF burst; extracting a sequence of soft decisions from the RF burst; decoding the sequence of soft decisions to produce a data block; re-encoding the data block to produce a sequence of re-encoded decisions when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably; comparing the sequence of soft decisions to the sequence of re-encoded decisions to produce a re-encoded bit error (RBER); determining the BEP based on an estimated BEP derived from the SNR of the RF burst and the RBER, wherein; the estimated BEP is weighed more heavily when the sequence of soft decisions decoded unfavorably; the RBER corresponds to the sequence of soft decisions having a bit error rate (BER) exceeding a threshold value when the sequence of soft decisions decoded unfavorably; and the RBER is weighed more heavily when the sequence of soft decisions decoded favorably. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
-
Specification