Adaptively determining a data rate of packetized information transmission over a wireless channel
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a data rate of information transmission over a wireless channel based on two or more measures derived from a received signal, wherein the two or more measures comprise a first measure that is based on a strength of the received signal and a second measure that is indicative of frequency selectivity in the wireless channel, wherein determining the data rate comprises determining channel gain values respectively for two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signal, and determining the second measure based on a combination of the channel gain values to measure the frequency selectivity in the wireless channel across the two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signal, and wherein the first measure serves as a primary determinant of the data rate and the second measure serves as a secondary determinant of the data rate; and
transmitting information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques relating to processing a signal received over a wireless channel. A technique includes adaptively determining a data rate of packetized information transmission based on both a signal quality measure of a received signal and a channel quality measure derived from the received signal, the channel quality measure being indicative of frequency selectivity in the wireless channel. An apparatus includes a channel estimator configured to be responsive to a received OFDM signal corresponding to multiple frequency tones of the channel, and configured to evaluate channel response characteristics of the frequency tones; and a channel state indicator configured to generate a channel quality measure usable along with a signal quality measure in adaptively determining a data rate of packetized information transmission, wherein the channel quality measure is generated from the channel response characteristics of the frequency tones and is indicative of frequency selectivity in the wireless channel.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a data rate of information transmission over a wireless channel based on two or more measures derived from a received signal, wherein the two or more measures comprise a first measure that is based on a strength of the received signal and a second measure that is indicative of frequency selectivity in the wireless channel, wherein determining the data rate comprises determining channel gain values respectively for two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signal, and determining the second measure based on a combination of the channel gain values to measure the frequency selectivity in the wireless channel across the two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signal, and wherein the first measure serves as a primary determinant of the data rate and the second measure serves as a secondary determinant of the data rate; and transmitting information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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operating multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas to transmit and receive data over a wireless channel; determining a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on two or more measures derived from multiple received signals that are received by the multiple receive antennas, respectively, wherein the two or more measures comprise a first measure that is based on a strength of the multiple received signals and a second measure that is indicative of frequency selectivity in the wireless channel, wherein determining the data rate comprises determining channel gain information respectively for two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signal, and determining the second measure based on a combination of the channel gain information to measure the frequency selectivity in the wireless channel across the two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signals, and wherein the first measure serves as a primary determinant of the data rate and the second measure serves as a secondary determinant of the data rate; and transmitting information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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circuitry to receive data via multiple receive antennas and transmit data via multiple transmit antennas over a wireless channel; and circuitry configured to determine a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on two or more measures derived from multiple received signals that are received by the multiple receive antennas, respectively, to cause transmission of information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate, and to determine channel gain information respectively for two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signal, wherein the two or more measures comprise a first measure that is based on a strength of the multiple received signals and a second measure that is indicative of frequency selectivity in the wireless channel, wherein the second measure is determined based on the channel gain information to measure the frequency selectivity in the wireless channel across the two or more different subcarriers associated with the received signals, and wherein the first measure serves as a primary determinant of the data rate and the second measure serves as a secondary determinant of the data rate. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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