Unified design and centralized scheduling for dynamic SIMO, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO operation for RL transmissions
First Claim
1. A method employed in wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- transmitting at least one power control reference signal from an antenna selected from a group of M antennas, with M a positive integer;
conveying a power headroom report from the antenna employed to report the at least one power control reference signal, wherein the power headroom report is based at least in part on a reference power spectral density (PSD) level for transmitting the at least one power control reference signal, and the power headroom report adjusts the power that a base station assigns to a mobile terminal for transmitting data in a reverse link; and
transmitting a pilot signal from each antenna in the set of M antennas for estimating a multiple-input multiple output channel when M>
1, and a SIMO channel when M=1,wherein the power headroom report is determined based at least on a power headroom of a power amplifier in the physical antenna selected to report at least one power control reference signal.
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Abstract
Systems and methods facilitate pilot signal design, power control, data rate determination, and channel assignment in the reverse link of a wireless communication system for dynamic scheduling and joint operation in SIMO, SU-MIMO, and MU-MIMO. Pilot signal is based on periodic transmissions of multiple sounding reference sequences for channel estimation. Power control is based on a reference signal at a predetermined power spectral density (PSD) level, and on an offset PSD determined and signaled based on an antenna that transmits the reference signal, other cell interference, and power amplifier headroom. PSD levels for SIMO/MIMO data transmissions are determined based on channel estimates and the predetermined PSD and offset PSD. Such data PSD levels are employed to generate data rates, and to dynamically schedule data streams for communication. Communication resources are conveyed through a channel assignment with an overhead that depends on the maximum multiplexing order of the estimated channel.
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16 Claims
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1. A method employed in wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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transmitting at least one power control reference signal from an antenna selected from a group of M antennas, with M a positive integer; conveying a power headroom report from the antenna employed to report the at least one power control reference signal, wherein the power headroom report is based at least in part on a reference power spectral density (PSD) level for transmitting the at least one power control reference signal, and the power headroom report adjusts the power that a base station assigns to a mobile terminal for transmitting data in a reverse link; and transmitting a pilot signal from each antenna in the set of M antennas for estimating a multiple-input multiple output channel when M>
1, and a SIMO channel when M=1,wherein the power headroom report is determined based at least on a power headroom of a power amplifier in the physical antenna selected to report at least one power control reference signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communications device comprising:
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means for transmitting at least one power control reference signal from an antenna selected from a group of M antennas, with M a positive integer; means for conveying a power headroom report from the antenna employed to report the at least one power control reference signal, wherein the power headroom report is based at least in part on a reference power spectral density (PSD) level for transmitting the at least one power control reference signal, and the power headroom report adjusts the power that a base station assigns to a mobile terminal for transmitting data in a reverse link; and means for transmitting a pilot signal from each antenna in the set of M antennas for estimating a multiple-input multiple output channel when M>
1, and a SIMO channel when M=1,wherein the power headroom report is determined based at least on a power headroom of a power amplifier in the physical antenna selected to report at least one power control reference signal.
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15. A computer program product, comprising
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including: -
code for causing at least one computer to transmit at least one power control reference signal from an antenna selected from a group of M antennas, with M a positive integer; code for causing the at least one computer to convey a power headroom report from the antenna employed to report the at least one power control reference signal, wherein the power headroom report is based at least in part on a reference power spectral density (PSD) level for transmitting the at least one power control reference signal, and the power headroom report adjusts the power that a base station assigns to a mobile terminal for transmitting data in a reverse link; and code for causing the at least one computer to transmit a pilot signal from each antenna in the set of M antennas for estimating a multiple-input multiple output channel when M>
1, and a SIMO channel when M=1,wherein the power headroom report is determined based at least on a power headroom of a power amplifier in the physical antenna selected to report at least one power control reference signal.
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16. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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a processor configured to transmit at least one power control reference signal from an antenna selected from a group of M antennas, with M a positive integer convey a power headroom report from the antenna employed to report the at least one power control reference signal, wherein the power headroom report is based at least in part on a reference power spectral density (P SD) level for transmitting the at least one power control reference signal, and the power headroom report adjusts the power that a base station assigns to a mobile terminal for transmitting data in a reverse link, and transmit a pilot signal from each antenna in the set of M antennas for estimating a multiple-input multiple output channel when M>
1, and a SIMO channel when M=1,wherein the power headroom report is determined based at least on a power headroom of a power amplifier in the physical antenna selected to report at least one power control reference signal; and a memory coupled to the processor.
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