Overhead signaling in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A method of communicating information bits in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- dividing the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit;
identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bit;
determining a subset of tone symbols based on the at least one position bit;
determining whether any of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of a plurality of higher priority channels;
when it is determined that one of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of the plurality of higher priority channels, modifying the subset of tone symbols by performing one operation from the group of operations consisting of;
i) a tone symbol replacement operation and ii) a tone symbol dropping operation; and
modulating the modulation symbols to the subset of tone symbols.
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Abstract
Improved ways of communicating assignment signals using flash signaling are described, e.g., for wireless terminals with low SNR, that are more robust against large variation of channel gains due to e.g., frequency selective fading and fast fading in time. Coding and modulation methods and apparatus that have excellent properties against symbol erasures are described. The use of flash signaling provides an improved assignment channel having strong performance on the fading channel without compromising the performance on the AWGN channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the coding and modulation method can tolerate up to 5 erased symbols out of 8 transmitted symbols. One embodiment reduces or minimizes the sector interference on the flash assignment by improving or maximizing orthogonality between different sectors. In addition, one embodiment describes improved ways of swapping flash assignment tone-symbols in the presence other high priority signals, like sector pilots and sector null pilots.
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58 Claims
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1. A method of communicating information bits in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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dividing the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bit; determining a subset of tone symbols based on the at least one position bit; determining whether any of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of a plurality of higher priority channels; when it is determined that one of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of the plurality of higher priority channels, modifying the subset of tone symbols by performing one operation from the group of operations consisting of;
i) a tone symbol replacement operation and ii) a tone symbol dropping operation; and
modulating the modulation symbols to the subset of tone symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of communicating information bits in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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dividing the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bit by; i) performing a vector matrix multiplication operation on a bit vector u comprising the modulation symbol bits, the matrix multiplication operation including multiplying the bit vector by a matrix G to produce a vector of coded bits, wherein; - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer executable instructions for controlling a communications device in a wireless OFDM communication system, to perform the steps of:
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dividing information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bits; determining a subset of tone symbols based on the at least one position bits; determining whether any of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of a plurality of higher priority channels; when it is determined that one of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of the plurality of higher priority channels, modifying the subset of tone symbols by performing one operation from the group of operations consisting of;
i) a tone symbol replacement operation and ii) a tone symbol dropping operation; andmodulating the modulation symbols to the subset of tone symbols. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer executable instructions for controlling a communications device in a wireless OFDM communication system to perform the steps of:
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dividing information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bits by; i) performing a vector matrix multiplication operation on a bit vector u comprising the modulation symbol bits, the matrix multiplication operation including multiplying the bit vector by a matrix G to produce a vector of coded bits, wherein; - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A wireless communication device for communicating information bits in a wireless OFDM communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
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means for dividing the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; means for identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bits; means for determining a subset of tone symbols based on the at least one position bits; means for determining whether any of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of a plurality of higher priority channels; means for modifying the subset of tone symbols by performing one operation from the group of operations consisting of;
i) a tone symbol replacement operation and ii) a tone symbol dropping operation, when it is determined that one of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of the plurality of higher priority channels; andmeans for modulating the modulation symbols to the subset of tone symbols. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wireless communication device for communicating information bits in a wireless OFDM communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
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means for dividing the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; means for identifying modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bits, said means for identifying modulation symbols including; i) means for performing a vector matrix multiplication operation on a bit vector u comprising the modulation symbol bits, the matrix multiplication operation including multiplying the bit vector by a matrix G to produce a vector of coded bits, wherein; - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A wireless communication device for communicating information bits in a wireless OFDM communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
a processor configured to; divide the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; identify modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bits; determine a subset of tone symbols based on the at least one position bits; determine whether any of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of a plurality of higher priority channels; when it is determined that one of the subset of tone symbols is reserved for use by any one of the plurality of higher priority channels, modify the subset of tone symbols by performing one operation from the group of operations consisting of;
i) a tone symbol replacement operation and ii) a tone symbol dropping operation; andmodulate the modulation symbols to the subset of tone symbols. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37)
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35. A wireless communication device for communicating information bits in a wireless OFDM communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
a processor configured to; divide the information bits into at least one modulation symbol bit and at least one position bit; identify modulation symbols based on the at least one modulation symbol bits by; i) performing a vector matrix multiplication operation on a bit vector u comprising the modulation symbol bits, the matrix multiplication operation including multiplying the bit vector by a matrix G to produce a vector of coded bits, wherein; - View Dependent Claims (36)
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38. A method of demodulating a received signal including a plurality of modulation symbols in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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receiving the plurality of modulation symbols wherein each modulation symbol is received in a tone symbol of a communication segment, identifying a set of tone symbols from a plurality of predetermined tone symbol sets, wherein each predetermined tone symbol set is a subset of the segment; calculating at least one position information bit based at least in part on the identified tone symbol set; determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is a pilot symbol; identifying a substitute tone symbol in a predetermined substitute tone symbol set that is a subset of the received segment, responsive to the determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is the pilot symbol; replacing the at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment that is the pilot symbol with the modulation symbol received in the substitute tone symbol; and decoding at least one modulation symbol received in the identified set of tone symbols to determine at least one modulation symbol information bit. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of demodulating a received signal including a plurality of modulation symbols in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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receiving the plurality of modulation symbols wherein each modulation symbol is received in a tone symbol of a communication segment; identifying a set of tone symbols from a plurality of predetermined tone symbol sets, wherein each predetermined tone symbol set is a subset of the segment; calculating at least one position information bit based at least in part on the identified tone symbol set; and decoding at least one modulation symbol received in the identified set of tone symbols to determine at least one modulation symbol information bit; wherein the decoding the at least one modulation symbol to determine the at least one modulation symbol information bit comprises; discarding as erasures between one and five modulation symbols received in the eight tone symbols of the identified tone symbol set; and decoding at least five modulation information bits from at least three modulation symbols that are not discarded in the identified tone symbol set.
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43. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer executable instructions for controlling a wireless communications device in a wireless communication system to perform the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of modulation symbols wherein each modulation symbol is received in a tone symbol of a communication segment; identifying a set of tone symbols from a plurality of predetermined tone symbol sets, wherein each predetermined tone symbol set is a subset of the segment; calculating at least one position information bit based at least in part on the identified tone symbol set; determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is a pilot symbol; identifying a substitute tone symbol in a predetermined substitute tone symbol set that is a subset of the received segment, responsive to the determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is the pilot symbol; replacing the at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment that is the pilot symbol with the modulation symbol received in the substitute tone symbol; and decoding at least one modulation symbol received in the identified set of tone symbols to determine at least one modulation symbol information bit. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A wireless communication device for demodulating a received signal including a plurality of modulation symbols in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
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means for receiving the plurality of modulation symbols wherein each modulation symbol is received in a tone symbol of a communication segment; means for identifying a set of tone symbols from a plurality of predetermined tone symbol sets, wherein each predetermined tone symbol set is a subset of the segment; means for calculating at least one position information bit based at least in part on the identified tone symbol set; means for determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is a pilot symbol; means for identifying a substitute tone symbol in a predetermined substitute tone symbol set that is a subset of the received segment, responsive to the determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is the pilot symbol; means for replacing the at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment that is the pilot symbol with the modulation symbol received in the substitute tone symbol; and means for decoding at least one modulation symbol received in the identified set of tone symbols to determine at least one modulation symbol information bit. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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52. A wireless communication device for demodulating a received signal including a plurality of modulation symbols in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
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means for receiving the plurality of modulation symbols wherein each modulation symbol is received in a tone symbol of a communication segment; means for identifying a set of tone symbols from a plurality of predetermined tone symbol sets, wherein each predetermined tone symbol set is a subset of the segment; means for calculating at least one position information bit based at least in part on the identified tone symbol set; and means for decoding at least one modulation symbol received in the identified set of tone symbols to determine at least one modulation symbol information bit; and wherein the means for decoding the at least one modulation symbol to determine the at least one modulation symbol information bit comprises; means for discarding as erasures between one and five modulation symbols received in eight tone symbols of the identified tone symbol set; and means for decoding at least five modulation information bits from at least three modulation symbols that are not discarded in the identified tone symbol set.
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53. A wireless communication device for demodulating a received signal including a plurality of modulation symbols in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
a processor configured to; receive the plurality of modulation symbols wherein each modulation symbol is received in a tone symbol of a communication segment; identify a set of tone symbols from a plurality of predetermined tone symbol sets, wherein each predetermined tone symbol set is a subset of the segment; calculate at least one position information bit based at least in part on the identified tone symbol set; determine that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is a pilot symbol; identify a substitute tone symbol in a predetermined substitute tone symbol set that is a subset of the received segment, responsive to determining that at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment is the pilot symbol; replace the at least one of the plurality of modulation symbols received in the segment that is the pilot symbol with the modulation symbol received in the substitute tone symbol; and decode at least one modulation symbol received in the identified set of tone symbols to determine at least one modulation symbol information bit. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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