Pilot transmission and channel estimation for multiple transmitters
First Claim
1. A method of performing channel estimation in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- deriving a plurality of initial impulse response estimates for a plurality of symbol periods; and
performing code matching on the plurality of initial impulse response estimates with a first code for a transmitter to obtain a final impulse response estimate for the transmitter.
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Abstract
Each transmitter is assigned a time-only pilot code, a frequency-only pilot code, or a time-frequency pilot code to use for pilot transmission. The pilot codes may be pseudo-random, orthogonal, and/or cyclic-shift codes. To obtain a channel estimate for a transmitter using a time-frequency pilot code composed of a time-only code and a frequency-only code, a receiver multiplies a set of received symbols for each symbol period with a set of code values for the frequency-only code to obtain a set of detected symbols and performs an IDFT on the set of detected symbols to obtain an initial impulse response estimate. The receiver performs code matching on multiple initial impulse response estimates derived for multiple symbol periods with the time-only code to obtain a final impulse response estimate for the desired transmitter. The receiver retains the first L channel taps and zeroes out remaining channel taps, where L is the expected channel length.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of performing channel estimation in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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deriving a plurality of initial impulse response estimates for a plurality of symbol periods; and performing code matching on the plurality of initial impulse response estimates with a first code for a transmitter to obtain a final impulse response estimate for the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a channel estimator operative to derive a plurality of initial impulse response estimates for a plurality of symbol periods and to perform code matching on the plurality of initial impulse response estimates with a first code for a transmitter to obtain a final impulse response estimate for the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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means for deriving a plurality of initial impulse response estimates for a plurality of symbol periods; and means for performing code matching on the plurality of initial impulse response estimates with a first code for a transmitter to obtain a final impulse response estimate for the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a demodulator operative to provide a plurality of sets of received symbols for a plurality of symbol periods; and a channel estimator operative to derive a plurality of sets of detected symbols based on the plurality of sets of received symbols and a cyclic-shift code for a transmitter, to derive at least one initial impulse response estimate based on the plurality of sets of detected symbols, and to derive a final impulse response estimate for the transmitter based on the at least one initial impulse response estimate. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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means for deriving a plurality of sets of detected symbols based on a plurality of sets of received symbols for a plurality of symbol periods and a cyclic-shift code for a transmitter; means for deriving at least one initial impulse response estimate based on the plurality of sets of detected symbols; and means for deriving a final impulse response estimate for the transmitter based on the at least one initial impulse response estimate. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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