Channel variation detection of wireless channel for adaptive transmission schemes
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a first wireless communication device a wireless transmission sent by a second wireless communication device;
recovering received data from the wireless transmission received at the first wireless communication device;
processing the received data with each of multiple channel variation compensations to produce corresponding processed received data subjected to respective ones of the multiple channel variation compensations;
for symbols in the received data and in each of the processed received data, computing distances to their closest symbols in a symbol constellation set used by the second wireless communication device in the wireless transmission and computing a corresponding distance metric from the distances for symbols in the received data and from the distances for symbols in each of the processed received data; and
determining a channel variation of a wireless channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based on the distance metrics.
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Abstract
A first wireless communication device recovers data from a transmission received over a wireless channel from a second wireless communication device and processes the received data with each of multiple channel variation compensations to produce corresponding processed received data subjected to respective ones of the multiple channel variation compensations. For symbols in the received data and in each of the processed received data, distances are computed to their closest symbols in a symbol constellation set used in the wireless transmission. A corresponding distance metric is computed from the distances for symbols in the received data and from the distances for symbols in each of the processed received data resulting in a distance metric for the received data, and a distance metric for each of the processed received data. Channel variation of a wireless channel between the first and second wireless communication devices is estimated based on the distance metrics.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a first wireless communication device a wireless transmission sent by a second wireless communication device; recovering received data from the wireless transmission received at the first wireless communication device; processing the received data with each of multiple channel variation compensations to produce corresponding processed received data subjected to respective ones of the multiple channel variation compensations; for symbols in the received data and in each of the processed received data, computing distances to their closest symbols in a symbol constellation set used by the second wireless communication device in the wireless transmission and computing a corresponding distance metric from the distances for symbols in the received data and from the distances for symbols in each of the processed received data; and determining a channel variation of a wireless channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based on the distance metrics. - 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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at least one antenna; a receiver that is configured to connect to the at least one antenna and to produce a received signal associated with wireless transmissions received from another wireless communication apparatus; a controller configured to connect to the receiver, wherein the controller is configured to; recover received data from the received signal; process the received data with each of multiple channel variation compensations to produce corresponding processed received data subjected to respective ones of the multiple channel variation compensations; for symbols in the received data and in each of the processed received data, compute distances to their closest symbols in a symbol constellation set used by the second wireless communication in the wireless transmissions and compute a corresponding distance metric from the distances for symbols in the received data and from the distances for symbols in each of the processed received data; and determine a channel variation of a wireless channel with respect to the other wireless communication apparatus based on the distance metrics. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising logic for execution encoded therein that when executed is operable to:
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recover received data from a wireless transmission received at a first wireless communication device from a second wireless communication device; process the received data with each of multiple channel variation compensations to produce corresponding processed received data subjected to respective ones of the multiple channel variation compensations; for symbols in the received data and each of the processed received data, compute distances to their closest symbols in a symbol constellation set used by the second wireless communication device in the wireless transmission and compute a corresponding distance metric from the distances for symbols in the received data and from the distances for symbols in each of the processed received data; and determine a channel variation of a wireless channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based on the distance metrics. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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