Legacy and new wireless communication device coexisting amble sequence

• US 8,054,817 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Agre, Jonathan, Chen, Wei-Peng, Zhu, Chenxi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham; Chi
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOAKYE, ALEXANDER O
• Application Number:
  US11/830,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20080186899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,561 Days
• Field of Search: 370/343, 370/347, 370/350, 370/349, 370/341, 370/319, 370/394, 370/537, 370/295, 370/276, 370/281, 370/441, 370/342, 375/145, 375/149, 708/250, 708/252
• US Class Current: 370/343
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2613 Structure of the reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0085 detecting a given structure in the signal

Abstract

The embodiments generate a new type of amble sequence for a wireless communication network with mixed nodes, by generating a first amble sequence invisible to a first node based upon an existing amble sequence for the first node and generating a second amble sequence having a low to zero cross-correlation with the first amble sequence, based upon the first amble sequence. The first and second amble sequences can be broadcast in alternating communication link frames.

Claims

1. A method of generating an amble sequence in a wireless communication network having a first amble sequence, comprising:

generating a second amble sequence in a frequency domain having a low cross-correlation with the first amble sequence;

generating a third amble sequence based upon the second amble sequence and having a substantially low to zero cross-correlation with the second amble sequence;

transmitting a pair of the second and third amble sequences with each amble sequence of the pair in an alternating frame of the wireless communication network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the third amble sequence comprises flipping signs of one or more components in the second amble sequence.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the flipping of the signs of the component of the second amble sequence comprises flipping the signs of alternating components of the second amble sequence, or flipping the signs of the components of the second amble sequence following a random variable, or any combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the signs of the components of the second amble sequence is randomly changed according to a discrete random sequence of {−

1, +1} generated independently with equal probability.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprises verifying whether the third amble sequence has a low cross-correlation with the first amble sequence.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the wireless communication network is a WiMAX Mobile Multi-hop Relay-Based network comprising one or more base station, one or more relay stations, and one or more mobile stations, and

the first amble sequence is transmitted by the base stations and recognizable by the relay stations and the mobile stations, and

the second and third amble sequences are transmitted by the base stations and only recognizable by the relay stations.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting the second and third amble sequences by cross-correlating a received signal sample two frames apart corresponding to the alternating frames.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first, second, and third amble sequences are based upon Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing wireless communication systems.

9. A method of generating a new type of amble sequence for a wireless communication network with mixed nodes, comprising:

generating, based upon an existing amble sequence for a first node, a first amble sequence invisible to the first node;

generating a second amble sequence having a low to zero cross-correlation with the first amble sequence, based upon the first amble sequence; and

broadcasting a pair of the first and second amble sequences with each amble sequence of the pair in an alternating communication link frame or other duration necessary for network synchronization.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating of the second amble sequence comprises flipping signs of one or more components in the first amble sequence.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the flipping of the signs of the components of the first amble sequence comprises flipping the signs of alternating components of the first amble sequence, or flipping the signs of the components of the first amble sequence following a random variable, or any combinations thereof.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless communication network wirelessly communicates based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing and the first node is a mobile or portable station.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the wireless communication network is a WiMAX Mobile Multi-hop Relay-Based network comprising one or more base stations and one or more relay stations to one or more of the mobile or portable stations, and

the existing amble sequence is transmitted by the base stations and recognizable by the relay stations and the mobile or portable stations, and

the first and second amble sequences are transmitted by the base station and visible to the relay stations and invisible to the mobile or portable stations.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a computer readable recording medium storing a wireless communication first amble sequence; and

a controller

generating a second wireless communication amble sequence in a frequency domain having a low cross-correlation with the first wireless communication amble sequence,

generating a third wireless communication amble sequence based upon the second amble sequence and having a low cross-correlation with the second wireless communication amble sequence, and

transmitting a pair of the second and third wireless amble sequences with each amble sequence of the pair in an alternate frame.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the generating of the third amble sequence comprises flipping signs of one or more components in the second amble sequence.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the flipping of the signs of the components of the second amble sequence comprises flipping the signs of alternating components of the second amble sequence, or flipping the signs of the components of the second amble sequence following a random variables, or any combinations thereof.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the signs of the components of the second amble sequence is randomly changed according to a discrete random sequence of {−

1, +1} generated independently with equal probability.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller further verifies whether the third amble sequence has a low cross-correlation with the first amble sequence.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller wirelessly communicates in a WiMAX Mobile Multi-hop Relay-Based wireless communication network to one or more relay stations and/or one or more mobile stations, and

the first amble sequence is recognizable by the relay stations and the mobile stations, and

the second and third amble sequences are recognizable by the relay stations and invisible to the mobile stations.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first, second, and third amble sequences are based upon Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing wireless communication systems.