RF channel switching in broadcast OFDM systems
First Claim
1. A method of detecting broadcast services in a radio frequency (RF) in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
- determining whether a monitoring condition exists while accessing a service through a current RF channel comprising a first signal; and
monitoring at least one new RF channel and analyzing a second signal received through the at least one new RF channel to determine whether the service is available on the at least one new RF channel,wherein the analyzing is based in part on whether a pilot symbol is detected in the second signal within a period of time during which the pilot symbol is expected to be received in the current RF channel.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate monitoring RF channels in a wireless communication environment to determine whether one or more channels comprise a forward-link-only (FLO) signal. A receiver can receive a first RF channel with a FLO signal and can monitor other RF channels for FLO signals. Upon a determination that a monitored RF channel comprises a FLO signal, the receiver can switch between the first RF channel and the monitored RF channel to facilitate providing seamless reception of the FLO signal, which can be superframe synchronized between RF channels. FLO signal detection can be performed using one or more of a wide-area identification channel energy detection protocol and a wide-area overhead information symbol decoding error detection protocol.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of detecting broadcast services in a radio frequency (RF) in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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determining whether a monitoring condition exists while accessing a service through a current RF channel comprising a first signal; and monitoring at least one new RF channel and analyzing a second signal received through the at least one new RF channel to determine whether the service is available on the at least one new RF channel, wherein the analyzing is based in part on whether a pilot symbol is detected in the second signal within a period of time during which the pilot symbol is expected to be received in the current RF channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of detecting broadcast services in a radio frequency (RF) in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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determining whether a monitoring condition exists while accessing a service through a current RF channel comprising a first signal; monitoring at least one new RF channel and analyzing a second signal received through the at least one new RF channel to determine whether the service is available on the at least one new RF channel, wherein the analyzing is based in part on whether a pilot symbol is detected in the second signal within a period of time, wherein the pilot symbol comprises a time-division multiplexed (TDM) pilot symbol; initiating a counter to zero to detect the TDM pilot symbol; incrementing the counter; determining whether the TDM pilot symbol has been detected; and incrementing the counter if the TDM pilot symbol is not detected and maintaining the counter at a current value if the TDM pilot symbol is detected.
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9. A method of detecting broadcast services in a radio frequency (RF) in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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determining whether a monitoring condition exists while accessing a service through a current RF channel comprising a first signal; monitoring at least one new RF channel and analyzing a second signal received through the at least one new RF channel to determine whether the service is available on the at least one new RF channel, wherein the analyzing is based in part on whether a pilot symbol is detected in the second signal within a period of time, wherein the pilot symbol comprises a time-division multiplexed (TDM) pilot symbol; initiating a counter to zero to detect the TDM pilot symbol; incrementing the counter; determining whether the TDM pilot symbol has been detected; and determining whether a counter value is greater than a value associated with the TDM pilot symbol exclusively when the TDM pilot symbol is detected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus that facilitates detecting broadcast services in a monitored radio frequency (RF) channel in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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a receiver that monitors at least one new RF channel while accessing a service on a current RF channel comprising a broadcast signal; a memory that stores information related to the RF channels; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that analyzes a signal received through the at least one new RF channel to determine whether the service is available on the at least one new RF channel based in part on whether the signal comprises duplicate contents as the broadcast signal, and maintains access to the service on the current RF channel when the service is not available on the at least one new RF channel, otherwise switches between the current RF channel and the at least one new RF channel, wherein the receiver determines whether a decoding error has occurred during decoding of a wide area overhead information symbol to determine whether the signal comprising duplicate contents as the broadcast signal is present in the at least one new RF channel. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- means for accessing a data stream on a current radio frequency (RF) channel comprising a first signal;
means for monitoring a new RF channel comprising a second signal; means for determining whether the data stream is available on the new RF channel based on whether pilot information is detected in the second signal during a time period when the pilot information is expected to be received in the first signal; and means for switching between the current RF channel and the new RF channel when the second signal is determined to be present in the new RF channel. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
- means for accessing a data stream on a current radio frequency (RF) channel comprising a first signal;
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40. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for:
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accessing a service on a first radio frequency (RF) channel comprising a first signal; monitoring at least one other RF channel; determining whether a wide area information overhead symbol (WOIS) decoding error has occurred to assess whether the at least one other RF channel comprises a second signal; determining whether the service is available on the at least one other RF channel based in part on whether the second signal is synchronized with the first signal; and switching between the first RF channel and the at least one other RF channel when the service is determined to be available in the at least one other RF channel. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A processor that executes instructions for increasing throughput in a wireless communication environment, the instructions comprising:
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receiving a first radio frequency (RF) channel comprising a first signal; determining a channel switch time based on a time when a pilot symbol is expected to be received on the first RF channel, an RF settling time for the first RF channel, a direct current acquisition time for the first RF channel, and an automatic gain control acquisition time for the first RF channel; monitoring a second RF channel at the channel switch time; determining whether a wide area information overhead symbol (WOIS) decoding error has occurred to assess whether the second RF channel comprises a second signal synchronized with the first signal; and switching between the first RF channel and the second RF channel when the second signal is determined to be present in the second RF channel. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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