Uplink pilot multiplexing in single user MIMO and SDMA for single carrier frequency division multiple access systems

• US 8,300,533 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Malladi, Durga Prasad, Montojo, Juan, Zhang, Xiaoxia
• Primary Examiner(s): BLANTON, JOHN D
• Application Number:
  US12/440,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20090316675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/235
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver

Abstract

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate adaptive uplink pilot multiplexing schemes. In various embodiments, frequency position and pilot channel bandwidth can be adaptively varied in a block over time based on the uplink channel data, such as the number of streams to be multiplexed. Thus, the provided adaptive uplink pilot multiplexing schemes provide flexible uplink pilot allocation schemes while maintaining single carrier waveform for improved transmit power efficiency and orthogonality of pilots within blocks for improve channel estimation and suppression of interference.

Claims

1. A method for pilot multiplexing in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining uplink pilot channel information in a base station, the determining uplink pilot channel information including determining a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed;

transmitting the uplink pilot channel information to one or more wireless terminals to facilitate multiplexing uplink pilots by varying, for each active stream, pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information; and

receiving and demultiplexing the multiplexed uplink pilots according to the predetermined function,

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed uplink pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

2. The method of claim 1, the determining uplink pilot channel information includes determining a number of available resource blocks.

3. The method of claim 1, the determining uplink pilot channel information includes determining a starting frequency position.

4. A method for pilot multiplexing in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving uplink pilot channel information from a base station, the receiving uplink pilot channel information including receiving a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed;

multiplexing uplink pilots by varying, for each active stream, pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval in a wireless terminal according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information; and

transmitting the uplink pilots,

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed uplink pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

5. The method of claim 4, the receiving uplink pilot channel information includes receiving a number of available resource blocks.

6. The method of claim 4, the receiving uplink pilot channel information includes receiving a starting frequency position.

7. The method of claim 4, the transmitting the uplink pilots includes transmitting the uplink pilots having varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location for each active stream per resource block.

8. The method of claim 4, the uplink pilots per active stream are frequency division multiplexed in an orthogonal manner per resource block.

9. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a memory that retains instructions for determining and transmitting uplink pilot channel information, receiving adaptively multiplexed pilots, and demultiplexing the received pilots according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information; and

a processor that is configured to execute the instructions within the memory,

wherein the instructions for determining and transmitting uplink pilot channel information further comprise instructions for determining a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed.

wherein the adaptively multiplexed pilots comprise pilots having, for each active stream, varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval, and

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

10. The communications apparatus of claim 9, wherein the instructions for determining uplink pilot channel information further comprise instructions for determining a number of available resource blocks, and a starting frequency position.

11. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a memory that retains instructions for receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information, adaptively multiplexing pilots by cyclically varying, for each active stream, the pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval based on the uplink pilot channel information, and transmitting the adaptively multiplexed pilots; and

a processor that is configured to execute the instructions within the memory,

wherein the instructions for receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information further comprise instructions for receiving and processing a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed, and

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

12. The communications apparatus of claim 11, wherein the instructions for receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information further comprise instructions for receiving and processing a number of available resource blocks, and a pilot channel starting frequency position.

13. The communications apparatus of claim 11, wherein the instructions for transmitting further comprise instructions for transmitting adaptively multiplexed pilots having varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location for each active stream per resource block.

14. The communications apparatus of claim 11, wherein the instructions for adaptively multiplexing pilots includes instructions for frequency division multiplexing uplink pilots per active stream in an orthogonal manner per resource block.

15. A communications apparatus, comprising:

means for determining uplink pilot channel information in a base station, wherein the uplink pilot channel information includes a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed;

means for transmitting the uplink pilot channel information;

means for receiving adaptively multiplexed pilots; and

means for demultiplexing the received pilots according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information,

wherein the adaptively multiplexed pilots comprise pilots having, for each active stream, varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval, and

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

16. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the uplink pilot channel information includes at least one of a number of available resource blocks, and a pilot starting frequency position.

17. The communications apparatus of claim 15, further comprising means for frequency division multiplexing respective pilots per active stream in an orthogonal manner per resource block.

18. A communications apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information;

means for adaptively multiplexing uplink pilots by cyclically varying, for each active stream, the pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval depending on the uplink pilot channel information; and

means for transmitting the adaptively multiplexed uplink pilots,

wherein the means for receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information further includes means for receiving and processing a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed, and

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

19. The communications apparatus of claim 18, wherein the means for receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information further includes means for receiving and processing at least one of a number of available resource blocks, and a pilot channel starting frequency position.

20. The communications apparatus of claim 18, wherein the means for transmitting include means for transmitting adaptively multiplexed pilots having varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location for each active stream per resource block.

21. The communications apparatus of claim 18, wherein the means for adaptively multiplexing pilots includes means for frequency division multiplexing uplink pilots per active stream in an orthogonal manner per resource block.

22. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for:

determining a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed,

determining and transmitting uplink pilot channel information, receiving adaptively multiplexed pilots, and demultiplexing the received pilots according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information,

wherein the adaptively multiplexed pilots comprise pilots having, for each active stream, varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval, and

demultiplexing the received pilots having a cyclically shifted frequency location across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval for each active stream.

23. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon for demultiplexing the received pilots having varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location for each active stream per resource block over time within the transmission time interval.

24. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon for determining one of a number of available resource blocks, and a starting frequency position.

25. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for:

receiving and processing uplink pilot channel information;

receiving, and processing a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed;

adaptively multiplexing pilots by regularly varying, for each active stream, the pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval based on the uplink pilot channel information; and

transmitting the adaptively multiplexed pilots,

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

26. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 25, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon for receiving and processing at least one of a number of available resource blocks, and a pilot channel starting frequency position.

27. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 25, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon for transmitting adaptively multiplexed pilots having varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location for each active stream per resource block.

28. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 25, further comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon for frequency division multiplexing uplink pilots per active stream orthogonally per resource block.

29. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to;

determine uplink pilot channel information in a base station, the uplink pilot channel information including a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed;

transmit the uplink pilot channel information to one or more wireless terminals to facilitate multiplexing uplink pilots by varying, for each active stream, pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information; and

receive and demultiplex the multiplexed uplink pilots according to the predetermined function,

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

30. The communications apparatus of claim 29, wherein the multiplexed pilots include pilots having, for each active stream, varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within the transmission time interval.

31. The communications apparatus of claim 29, wherein the uplink pilot channel information includes at least one of a number of available resource blocks, and a starting frequency position.

32. In a wireless communication system;

an apparatus comprising;

a processor configured to;

receive uplink pilot channel information from a base station;

receive and process a number of one or more active streams to be multiplexed;

multiplex uplink pilots by varying, for each active stream, pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location per resource block over time within a transmission time interval in a wireless terminal according to a predetermined function of the uplink pilot channel information; and

transmit the uplink pilots,

wherein the frequency location of the multiplexed pilots for each active stream is cyclically shifted across tones of the resource block over time within the transmission time interval to form a contiguous frequency block in each resource block.

33. The communications apparatus of claim 32, wherein the processor is further configured to receive and process at least one of a number of available resource blocks, and a pilot channel starting frequency position.

34. The communications apparatus of claim 32, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit adaptively multiplexed pilots having varying pilot channel bandwidth and frequency location for each active stream per resource block.

35. The communications apparatus of claim 32, wherein the processor is further configured to frequency division multiplex uplink pilots per active stream in an orthogonal manner per resource block.