Methods and apparatus for measuring, communicating and/or using interference information
First Claim
1. A method of operating a communications apparatus, the method comprising:
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transmitting a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information.
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Abstract
Wireless communications methods and apparatus are described. A communications apparatus, e.g., a base station, measures interference information, e.g., other sector interference information. The communications apparatus generates a preamble which includes a plurality of pilot symbols and at least one of the pilot symbols includes interference information. In some embodiments, the preamble is part of a superframe structure, e.g., a recurring superframe structure, including the preamble and a plurality of frames, at least some of the frames used to convey traffic data. The communications apparatus transmits the preamble, thus broadcasting the interference information to access terminals in the vicinity. An access terminal receives the preamble including a plurality of pilot signals, at least one of the pilot signals including interference information. The access terminal recovers the interference information from the received preamble and controls signal transmission based on the recovered interference information.
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1. A method of operating a communications apparatus, the method comprising:
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measuring interference; and transmitting a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 78)
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18. A wireless communications apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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an interference measurement module; and a preamble generation module for generating a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A wireless communications apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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interference measurement means; and means for generating a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to; measure interference, generate a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information, and operate a transmitter to transmit the preamble; and memory coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling a communications apparatus to implement a method of communicating with another communications device, the method comprising:
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measuring interference; and transmitting a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of operating an access terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information; recovering the interference information from the received preamble; and controlling signal transmission based on the recovered interference information. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An access terminal, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a preamble, said preamble having a preamble structure including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information; an interference information recovery module for recovering from the plurality of pilot symbols the interference information from the received preamble based on the preamble structure; and a transmission control module for controlling signal transmission based on the recovered interference information. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An access terminal, comprising:
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receiver means for receiving a preamble, said preamble having a preamble structure including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information; means for recovering from the plurality of pilot symbols the interference information from the received preamble based on the preamble structure; and means for controlling signal transmission based on the recovered interference information. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to; receive a preamble, said preamble having a preamble structure including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information, recover from the plurality of pilot symbols the interference information from the received preamble based on the preamble structure, and control signal transmission based on the recovered interference information; and a memory coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling an access terminal to implement a method of communicating with another communications device, the method comprising:
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receiving a preamble, said preamble including a plurality of pilot symbols, at least one of said pilot symbols including interference information, wherein the at least one of said pilot symbols including the interference information is scrambled by applying the same scrambling sequence bits, in value and number, that are applied to at least one other pilot symbol among the plurality of pilot symbols included in said preamble that does not include the interference information; recovering the interference information from the received preamble; and controlling signal transmission based on the recovered interference information. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77)
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