Method and apparatus for improving noise power estimate in WCDMA network
First Claim
1. A method for signal processing, the method comprising calculating, a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of control channel bits received via a plurality of different types of control channels, wherein said calculating said total noise power estimate comprises calculating a first noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits, and wherein a value of at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is not known when said at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is received.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for improving a noise power estimate in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network are disclosed and may include calculating a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of control channel bits from a plurality of different types of control channels. The plurality of control channel bits may include at least two of: dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits, DPCH pilot bits, and common pilot channel (CPICH) bits. A first noise power estimate may be calculated for the downlink channel based on a plurality of the DPCH TPC bits. A value of at least one of the plurality of DPCH TPC bits may not be known when the at least one of the plurality of DPCH TPC bits is received.
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- 1. A method for signal processing, the method comprising calculating, a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of control channel bits received via a plurality of different types of control channels, wherein said calculating said total noise power estimate comprises calculating a first noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits, and wherein a value of at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is not known when said at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is received.
- 13. A system for signal processing, the system comprising a circuitry configured to calculate a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of control channel bits received via a plurality of different types of control channels, wherein said circuitry is configured to calculate a first noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits, and wherein a value of at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is not known when said at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is received.
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25. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of control channel bits via a plurality of different types of control channels; calculating a first noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits, wherein a value of at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is not known, when said at least one of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits is received; calculating a second noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on a plurality of DPCH pilot bits; and calculating a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on said first noise power estimate and said second noise power estimate.
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26. A system for signal processing, the system comprising a circuitry configured to:
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calculate a first noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits by summing portions of a plurality of DPCH TPC bits that are received via a downlink channel, to generate an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component, and calculate a total noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on said first noise power estimate and a plurality of control channel bits received via a plurality of different types of control channels.
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27. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of control channel bits via a plurality of different types of control channels; calculating a first noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) transmit power control (TPC) bits, wherein said calculating said first noise power estimate comprises summing portions of said plurality of DPCH TPC bits that are received via said downlink channel to generate an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component; calculating a second noise power estimate for said downlink channel based on a plurality of DPCH pilot bits; and calculating a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on said first noise power estimate and said second noise power estimate.
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