Method and apparatus for performing JRNSO in FDD, TDD and MIMO communications

• US 8,401,196 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Goldberg, Steven J., Shah, Yogendra C., Reznik, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Thier, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAILE, AWET A
• Application Number:
  US12/106,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20080259825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,793 Days
• Field of Search: 370/278, 370/287, 455/410, 455/411, 713/160, 713/176, 713/168, 713/169, 713/170, 713/171, 713/175, 713/180, 380/31, 380/44, 380/45, 380/262, 380/249, 380/283
• US Class Current: 380/283
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/08 Randomization, e.g. dummy operations or using noise
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0204 of multiple channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0224 using sounding signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0838 Key agreement, i.e. key establishment technique in which a shared key is derived by parties as a function of information contributed by, or associated with, each of these network architectures or network communication protocols for key exchange in a packet data network H04L63/061
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0875 based on channel impulse response [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices

Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing Joint Randomness Not Shared by Others (JRNSO) is disclosed. In one embodiment, JRNSO is determined in Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) using a baseband signal loop back and private pilots. In another embodiment, JRNSO is determined in Time Division Duplex (TDD) using a baseband signal loop back and combinations of private pilots, private gain functions and Kalman filtering directional processing. In one example, the FDD and TDD JRSNO embodiments are performed in Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO) and Single-Input-Multiple-Output (SIMO) communications. In other examples, the FDD and TDD embodiments are performed in Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) and Multiple-Input-Single-Output (MISO) communications. JRNSO is determined by reducing MIMO and MISO communications to SISO or SIMO communications. JRNSO is also determined using determinants of MIMO channel products. Channel restrictions are removed by exploiting symmetric properties of matrix products.

Claims

1. A method in a wireless communications network for determining a Joint Randomness Not Shared by Others (JRNSO), the method comprising

transmitting a first signal, including a first pilot, from a first transmit element during a JRNSO period, upon applying a first JRNSO function to the first signal;

receiving a second signal, including a second pilot and a second channel effect, over a first receive element and at least one second receive element during the JRNSO period, wherein a second JRNSO function has been applied to the second signal;

transmitting two versions of a third signal that comprises the second signal, from the first transmit element during the JRNSO period, upon applying the first JRNSO function to the third signal, wherein a first version of the third signal comprises a first receive element version and a second version of the third signal comprises at least one second receive element version;

receiving a fourth signal, including the first signal, a first channel effect and the second channel effect, over the first receive element and the at least one second receive element during the JRNSO period, wherein the second JRNSO function has been applied to the fourth signal;

processing the received signals to determine overall channel effects;

determining the JRNSO based on the determined overall channel effects; and

transmitting a fifth signal, during a data period, upon applying a data function to the fifth signal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first pilot is a first private pilot sequence and the second pilot is a second private pilot sequence.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first signal includes a first private gain function effect and the second signal includes a second private gain function effect.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the third signal includes a first private gain function, and the fourth signal includes a second private gain function and is multiplied by the same first private gain function upon its reception.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first pilot is a public pilot.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein false modulations are introduced to each of the signals.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the false modulation is introduced after receiving the fourth signal.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising controlling a signal to noise ratio over a channel.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and third signals are transmitted over a first channel and the second and fourth signals are received over the first channel, using a time division duplex (TDD) communication mode.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and third signals are transmitted over a first channel and the second and fourth signals are received over a second channel, using a frequency division duplex (FDD) communication mode.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first signal and second signal include pilots, and the second signal includes the effects of a second gain multiplier and the third signal includes the effects of a first gain multiplier.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the first signal is transmitted from a first transmit element and at least a second transmit element;

and

the third signal is transmitted from the first transmit element and the at least second transmit element.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the overall channel effects are determined using symmetric properties of matrix functions.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the fourth signal is received before the second signal.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the first transmit element and the first receive element are a same transmit/receive element.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one second receive element comprises at least one second transmit element.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein there is a delay between the JRNSO period and the data period, and wherein the delay is greater than a maximum coherence time.

18. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for determining a Joint Randomness Not Shared by Others (JRNSO), the WTRU comprising:

a transmitter comprising a first transmit element, the transmitter configured to transmit;

a first signal, including a first pilot, from the first transmit element,

two versions of a third signal that comprises a second signal, from the first transmit element, wherein a first version of the third signal comprises a first receive element version, wherein a second version of the third signal comprises at least one second receive element version, and wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the first signal and the third signal during a JRNSO period, and

a fifth signal, wherein the fifth signal is transmitted during a data period;

a receiver comprising a first receive element and at least one second receive element, the receiver configured to receive;

the second signal, including a second pilot and a second channel effect, over the first receive element and the at least one second receive element, and

a fourth signal including the first signal, a first channel effect and the second channel effect, over the first receive element and the at least one second receive element, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the second signal and fourth signal during the JRNSO period, and a second JRNSO function has been applied to the second signal and the fourth signal; and

a processor configured to;

apply a first JRNSO function to the first signal during the JRNSO period,

apply the first JRNSO function to the third signal during the JRNSO period,

process the received signals to determine overall channel effects,

determine the JRNSO based on the determined overall channel effects, and

apply a data function to the fifth signal during the data period.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the first pilot is a first private pilot sequence and the second pilot is a second private pilot sequence.

20. The WTRU of claim 19 wherein the third signal includes a first private gain function, and the fourth signal includes a second private gain function and is multiplied by the same first private gain function upon its reception.

21. The WTRU of claim 19 wherein the first and third signals are transmitted over a first channel and the second and fourth signals are received over a second channel, using a frequency division duplex (FDD) communication mode.

22. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein the first signal includes a first private gain function effect and the second signal includes a second private gain function effect.

23. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein the processor is further configured to introduce false modulations to each of the signals.

24. The WTRU of claim 23 wherein processor is further configured to introduce the false modulation after receiving the fourth signal.

25. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein the processor is further configured to control a signal to noise ratio over a channel.

26. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein transmitter is further configured to transmit the first and third signals over a first channel and the receiver is further configured to receive the second and fourth signals over the first channel, using a time division duplex (TDD) communication mode.

27. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein the first signal and second signal include pilots, and the second signal includes the effects of a second gain multiplier and the third signal includes the effects of a first gain multiplier.

28. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein the processor is configured to determine the overall channel effects using symmetric properties of matrix functions.

29. The WTRU of claim 18 wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the fourth signal before the second signal.