Method and system for evaluating a wireless link
First Claim
1. An apparatus for evaluating a wireless link between a transmitter and a first receiver in a multiple access wireless communications system, wherein said transmitter is transmitting information intended for a first receiver in a first transmission mode and information intended for a second receiver in a second transmission mode that is different from said first transmission mode, the apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving information that is intended for the second receiver and that is transmitted in said second transmission mode;
means for obtaining, at said first receiver, an error measure for said information that is received at said first receiver and intended for said second receiver;
means for determining if said second transmission mode is an acceptable transmission mode at least in part based on said error measure obtained for said information that is received at said first receiver and intended for said second receiver; and
means for determining if said second transmission mode should be used for subsequent transmissions of information frames that is intended for said first receiver only if said second transmission mode is determined to be acceptable, said means for determining if said second transmission mode should be used for subsequent frame transmissions comprising;
means for determining if said second transmission mode is higher than a current transmission mode that is used to transmit information intended for said first receiver;
means for using said second transmission mode for subsequent transmissions, from said transmitter, of information intended for said first receiver if said second transmission mode is determined to be higher than said current transmission mode; and
means for continuing to use said current transmission mode for subsequent transmissions, from said transmitter, of information intended for said first receiver if said second transmission mode is determined to be lower than said current transmission mode.
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Abstract
A wireless link between a first transmitter and a first receiver in a multiple access communications system is evaluated by receiving, at the first transmitter, information that is intended for a second receiver and that is transmitted in a second transmission mode that is different from the current transmission mode and obtaining an error measure for the information that is received at the first receiver and intended for the second receiver. The obtained error measure is then used to determine if the second transmission mode is an acceptable transmission mode. In an embodiment, if the second transmission mode is determined to be acceptable, then the current transmission mode of the first receiver can be replaced by the second transmission mode. In an embodiment, the current transmission mode is replaced by the second transmission mode only if the second transmission mode is a “higher” transmission mode than the current transmission.
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1. An apparatus for evaluating a wireless link between a transmitter and a first receiver in a multiple access wireless communications system, wherein said transmitter is transmitting information intended for a first receiver in a first transmission mode and information intended for a second receiver in a second transmission mode that is different from said first transmission mode, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving information that is intended for the second receiver and that is transmitted in said second transmission mode; means for obtaining, at said first receiver, an error measure for said information that is received at said first receiver and intended for said second receiver; means for determining if said second transmission mode is an acceptable transmission mode at least in part based on said error measure obtained for said information that is received at said first receiver and intended for said second receiver; and means for determining if said second transmission mode should be used for subsequent transmissions of information frames that is intended for said first receiver only if said second transmission mode is determined to be acceptable, said means for determining if said second transmission mode should be used for subsequent frame transmissions comprising; means for determining if said second transmission mode is higher than a current transmission mode that is used to transmit information intended for said first receiver; means for using said second transmission mode for subsequent transmissions, from said transmitter, of information intended for said first receiver if said second transmission mode is determined to be higher than said current transmission mode; and means for continuing to use said current transmission mode for subsequent transmissions, from said transmitter, of information intended for said first receiver if said second transmission mode is determined to be lower than said current transmission mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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