Multi-carrier communications with adaptive cluster configuration and switching

• US 8,743,729 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adaptix, Inc. (Acacia Research Corporation), Kaon Systems, Inc. (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Adaptix, Inc. (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Li, Xiaodong, Liu, Hui, Zhang, Wenzhong, Li, Kemin
• Primary Examiner(s): Agosta, Steve D
• Application Number:
  US13/731,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20130121199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/310.2, 370/322, 370/329, 370/341, 455/434, 455450-453, 455/464
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/00 Orthogonal multiplex systems, e.g. using WALSH codesH04J13/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/003 at the transmitter transmission to multiple receive units in multiple input multiple output [MIMO] H04B7/0452; transmit antenna weighting H04B7/0615
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/005 of intercell interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0005 applied to payload information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0011 applied to payload information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0025 Transmission of mode-switching indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0079 Formats for control data H04L1/16 takes precedence; training sequences H04L25/00 and H04L27/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/04 using frequency diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0226 sounding signals per se
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0228 with direct estimation from sounding signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 : Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 : Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0042 : intra-user or intra-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0046 : Determination of how many bits are transmitted on different sub-channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 : Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 : of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 : Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0064 : Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 : Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0082 : at predetermined intervals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 : Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/023 : Multiplexing of multicarrier modulation signals multicarrier modulation H04L27/2601
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 : Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 : Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 : Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 : Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 : in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 : using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 : using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/04 : Scheduled access hybrid access H04W74/02

Abstract

A method and apparatus for allocating subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating at least one diversity cluster of subcarriers to a first subscriber and allocating at least one coherence cluster to a second subscriber.

Claims

1. A method for communication in a wireless system at a subscriber station using one or more clusters of subcarriers, said method comprising:

measuring channel performance of at least two subcarriers of the subcarriers used in the wireless system, the subcarriers being organized in a plurality of groups, each group of the plurality of groups having a plurality of clusters, and each cluster of the plurality of clusters having a plurality of the subcarriers;

providing feedback information of all clusters of the plurality of clusters in a group of the plurality of groups used in the wireless system based on the measured channel performance, the feedback information being provided on less than all groups of the plurality of groups in the wireless system, the feedback information including a group index for identifying the group of the plurality of groups, the feedback information not including a cluster index, the feedback information including a preferred modulation and coding format, at least one cluster of the one or more clusters of the subcarriers used in the wireless system including consecutive subcarriers; and

receiving an allocation of the one or more clusters of the subcarriers to be used for data transmission.

2. A subscriber station for communication in a wireless system using one or more clusters of subcarriers, said subscriber station configured to:

measure channel performance of at least two subcarriers of the subcarriers used in the wireless system, the subcarriers being organized in a plurality of groups, each group of the plurality of groups having a plurality of clusters, and each cluster of the plurality of clusters having a plurality of the subcarriers;

provide feedback information of all clusters of the plurality of clusters in a group of the plurality of groups used in the wireless system based on the measured channel performance, the feedback information being provided on less than all groups of the plurality of groups in the wireless system, the feedback information on less than all groups including a group index for identifying the group of the plurality of groups, the feedback information not including a cluster index, the feedback information including a preferred modulation and coding format, at least one cluster of the one or more clusters of the subcarriers used in the wireless system including consecutive subcarriers; and

receive an allocation of the one or more clusters of the subcarriers to be used for data transmission.