Multi-band single-carrier modulation
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an interference estimation module implemented to;
detect whether or not a first symbol, included in a received signal, has collided with a second symbol; and
when it is detected that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol, the interference estimation module associates a level of interference with the first symbol; and
an interference level selective de-weighting module implemented to;
perform de-weighting of the first symbol when the level of interference is within a first range of interference and output the de-weighted first symbol;
treat an interference-affected bit of the first symbol as an erasure when the level of interference is within a second range of interference and output the first symbol that includes the erasure; and
output the first symbol when the interference estimation module fails to detect that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol.
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Abstract
Multi-band single-carrier modulation. A novel approach is presented by which interference compensation may be performed for signals received by a piconet operable device. The piconet operable device may be implemented within a region that includes two or more SOPs (Simultaneously Operating Piconets). Estimation of the level and location of interference is performed and the input to a decoder (within the piconet operable device) is selectively weighted to ensure that the effect of any existent interference within the signal received by the piconet operable device is minimized. Different interference levels are dealt with differently. For one example, portions of the received signal having undergone a large amount of interference may be simply treated as erasures with respect to the input the decoder. For another example, portions of the received signal having undergone some smaller degree of interference, but some interference nonetheless, may be de-weighted before being provided to the decoder.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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an interference estimation module implemented to; detect whether or not a first symbol, included in a received signal, has collided with a second symbol; and when it is detected that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol, the interference estimation module associates a level of interference with the first symbol; and an interference level selective de-weighting module implemented to; perform de-weighting of the first symbol when the level of interference is within a first range of interference and output the de-weighted first symbol; treat an interference-affected bit of the first symbol as an erasure when the level of interference is within a second range of interference and output the first symbol that includes the erasure; and output the first symbol when the interference estimation module fails to detect that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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an interference estimation module implemented to; detect whether or not a first symbol, included in a received signal, has collided with a second symbol; and when it is detected that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol, the interference estimation module associates a level of interference with the first symbol; and an interference level selective de-weighting module implemented to; perform de-weighting of the first symbol when the level of interference is within a first range of interference and output the de-weighted first symbol; treat an interference-affected bit of the first symbol as an erasure when the level of interference is within a second range of interference and output the first symbol that includes the erasure; and output the first symbol when the interference estimation module fails to detect that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol; and
wherein;the second range of interference is a relatively higher range of interference than the first range of interference; the de-weighting of the first symbol when the level of interference is within the first range of interference is performed using a first de-weighting factor; and the interference level selective de-weighting module is implemented to perform de-weighting of the first symbol using a second de-weighting factor when the level of interference is within a third range of interference. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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detecting whether or not a first symbol, included in a received signal, has collided with a second symbol; when it is detected that the first symbol has collided with the second symbol, associating a level of interference with the first symbol; performing de-weighting of the first symbol when the level of interference is within a first range of interference using a first de-weighting factor and outputting the de-weighted first symbol; treating an interference-affected bit of the first symbol as an erasure when the level of interference is within a second range of interference and outputting the first symbol that includes the erasure, wherein the second range of interference is a relatively higher range of interference than the first range of interference; performing de-weighting of the first symbol when the level of interference is within a third range of interference using a second de-weighting factor and outputting the de-weighted first symbol; outputting the first symbol when no collision between the first symbol and the second symbol is detected; and decoding the de-weighted first symbol, the first symbol that includes the erasure, or the first symbol to make an estimate of at least one bit encoded within the first symbol. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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