Controlled superposition coding in multi-user communication systems
First Claim
1. A method for superposition coding in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- selecting two or more user terminals from a plurality of user terminals to be scheduled on a traffic segment, wherein the selected two or more user terminals differ in channel quality by at least one predefined amount;
transmitting, via the traffic segment, a composite traffic signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals; and
transmitting an assignment signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals, the assignment signal comprising a plurality of protected signals, each of the protected signals associated with one of the two or more user terminals, wherein a transmit power of each of the protected signals corresponds inversely to a signal strength of its associated user terminal of the selected two or more user terminals.
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Abstract
Methods of using superposition coding in a communications systems, e.g., a multi-user communications system. Superposition coding in accordance with the invention occurs in the case of an uplink by transmissions of different wireless terminals transmitting using the same communications resource, e.g., simultaneously transmitting using the same frequencies. The signals combine in the communications channel resulting in one transmission being superimposed on the other transmission. The device, e.g., base station, receiving the superimposed signals uses superposition decoding techniques to recover both signals. To obtain the benefit of the superposition, assignments of channel segments to multiple wireless terminals is controlled by the base station and/or transmission power levels are controlled by on or more wireless terminals sharing the same uplink communications resource, e.g., time slot, to make sure that the received signals from the different devices will have different received power levels making superposition decoding possible.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for superposition coding in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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selecting two or more user terminals from a plurality of user terminals to be scheduled on a traffic segment, wherein the selected two or more user terminals differ in channel quality by at least one predefined amount; transmitting, via the traffic segment, a composite traffic signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals; and transmitting an assignment signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals, the assignment signal comprising a plurality of protected signals, each of the protected signals associated with one of the two or more user terminals, wherein a transmit power of each of the protected signals corresponds inversely to a signal strength of its associated user terminal of the selected two or more user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for superposition coding in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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a scheduler module for selecting two or more user terminals from a plurality of user terminals within the wireless communication system to be scheduled on a traffic segment, wherein the selected two or more user terminals differ in channel quality by at least one predefined amount; and a transmitter coupled to the scheduler module for performing the following; a) transmitting, via the traffic segment, a composite traffic signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals; and b) transmitting an assignment signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals, the assignment signal comprising a plurality of protected signals, each of the protected signals associated with one of the two or more user terminals, wherein a transmit power of each of the protected signals corresponds inversely to a signal strength of its associated user terminal of the selected two or more user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory containing program code executable by the processor for performing the following:
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selecting two or more user terminals from a plurality of user terminals to be scheduled on a traffic segment, wherein the selected two or more user terminals differ in channel quality by at least one predefined amount; transmitting, via the traffic segment, a composite traffic signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals; and transmitting an assignment signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals, the assignment signal comprising a plurality of protected signals, each of the protected signals associated with one of the two or more user terminals, wherein a transmit power of each of the protected signals corresponds inversely to a signal strength of its associated user terminal of the selected two or more user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for superposition coding in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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means for selecting two or more user terminals from a plurality of user terminals to be scheduled on a traffic segment, wherein the selected two or more user terminals differ in channel quality by at least one predefined amount; means for transmitting, via the traffic segment, a composite traffic signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals; and means for transmitting an assignment signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals, the assignment signal comprising a plurality of protected signals, each of the protected signals associated with one of the two or more user terminals, wherein a transmit power of each of the protected signals corresponds inversely to a signal strength of its associated user terminal of the selected two or more user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to:
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select two or more user terminals from a plurality of user terminals to be scheduled on a traffic segment, wherein the selected two or more user terminals differ in channel quality by at least one predefined amount; transmit, via the traffic segment, a composite traffic signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals; and transmit an assignment signal using superposition coding to the selected two or more user terminals, the assignment signal comprising a plurality of protected signals, each of the protected signals associated with one of the two or more user terminals, wherein a transmit power of each of the protected signals corresponds inversely to a signal strength of its associated user terminal of the selected two or more user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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