Advanced multi-sensor processing
First Claim
1. A system for detecting signal information in a wireless communication network having a number of nodes for communication, said system comprising:
- a plurality of receiving nodes, each configured for converting a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes to produce soft complex signal information;
means for collecting soft complex signal information associated with said plurality of receiving nodes over a transport network;
means for jointly detecting said signal information from at least a subset of said plurality of transmitting nodes based on the collected soft complex signal information;
means for providing quality indicators related to said joint detecting and/or subsequent decoding to a radio resource management unit for power control and/or link mode feedback to transmitting nodes.
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Abstract
Each receiving node (120) of a plurality of receiving nodes (120-1, 120-2 and 120-3) in a wireless network converts a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes (10) to produce soft complex signal information. The soft complex signal information associated with the considered plurality of receiving nodes are collected, and jointly detect signal information transmitted from at least a subset of the plurality of transmitting nodes (10) based on the collected soft complex signal information. The collected soft signal information generally retains phase and amplitude information, and the transmitted signals are preferably detected in a joint detection process based on a complex channel representation and collected soft signal information.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for detecting signal information in a wireless communication network having a number of nodes for communication, said system comprising:
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a plurality of receiving nodes, each configured for converting a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes to produce soft complex signal information; means for collecting soft complex signal information associated with said plurality of receiving nodes over a transport network; means for jointly detecting said signal information from at least a subset of said plurality of transmitting nodes based on the collected soft complex signal information; means for providing quality indicators related to said joint detecting and/or subsequent decoding to a radio resource management unit for power control and/or link mode feedback to transmitting nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network node in a wireless communication network, said network node comprising:
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means for collecting, from each one of a plurality of receiving nodes, corresponding soft complex signal information produced from a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes; means for jointly detecting signal information from said plurality of transmitting nodes based on the collected soft complex signal information and a complex channel representation related to said plurality of receiving nodes and said plurality of transmitting nodes; and means for providing quality indicators related to said joint detecting and/or subsequent decoding to a radio resource management unit for power control and/or link mode feedback to transmitting nodes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A network node in a wireless communication network, said network node comprising:
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means for converting a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes to produce soft complex signal information; means for collecting soft complex signal information from at least one associated node, each associated node producing soft complex signal information from a superposition of signals received from said plurality of transmitting nodes; means for jointly detecting signal information based on the acquired soft complex signal information and a complex channel representation related to the network node, each associated node and said plurality of transmitting nodes; and means for providing quality indicators related to said joint detecting and/or subsequent decoding to a radio resource management unit for power control and/or link mode feedback to transmitting nodes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for detecting signal information in a wireless communication network having a number of nodes for communication, said method comprising:
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each of a plurality of receiving nodes converting a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes to produce soft complex signal information; collecting soft complex signal information associated with said plurality of receiving nodes over a transport network; jointly detecting said signal information from at least a subset of said plurality of transmitting nodes based on the collected soft complex signal information; providing quality indicators related to said joint detecting and/or subsequent decoding to a radio resource management unit for power control and/or link mode feedback to transmitting nodes. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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