Adaptively determining a data rate of packetized information transmission over a wireless channel
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to derive two or more measures from a received signal having subcarriers, the two or more measures comprising a first measure that is based on channel gain values that are determined respectively for the subcarriers and a second measure that is based on an indication of frequency selectivity in a wireless channel across the subcarriers;
a rate controller configured to determine a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on the two or more measures, 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
circuitry configured to cause a transmission of information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate,wherein the rate controller is configured to determine a first data rate based on the first measure, and determine a second data rate based on the first data rate and the second measure, wherein the transmission of information is in accordance with the second data rate,wherein the first data rate is determined based on the first measure and one or more signal quality thresholds, and wherein the second data rate is determined based on an adjustment of the first data rate if the first measure falls within a tolerance range of a signal quality threshold of the one or more signal quality thresholds and if the second measure indicates an adjustment is needed.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques relating to wireless signal processing. A described technique includes receiving a signal, having subcarriers, over a wireless channel formed by a number-of-receive-antennas and a number-of-transmit-antennas; determining a signal quality measure of a received signal having subcarriers, the signal quality measure being based on channel gain matrices corresponding respectively to the subcarriers of the received signal, the channel gain matrices having dimensions of the number-of-receive-antennas by the number-of-transmit-antennas; determining a channel quality measure of the received signal that measures a frequency selectivity of the wireless channel; determining a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on the signal quality measure and the channel quality measure, the signal quality measure serving as a primary determinant of the data rate and the channel quality 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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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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circuitry configured to derive two or more measures from a received signal having subcarriers, the two or more measures comprising a first measure that is based on channel gain values that are determined respectively for the subcarriers and a second measure that is based on an indication of frequency selectivity in a wireless channel across the subcarriers; a rate controller configured to determine a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on the two or more measures, 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 circuitry configured to cause a transmission of information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate, wherein the rate controller is configured to determine a first data rate based on the first measure, and determine a second data rate based on the first data rate and the second measure, wherein the transmission of information is in accordance with the second data rate, wherein the first data rate is determined based on the first measure and one or more signal quality thresholds, and wherein the second data rate is determined based on an adjustment of the first data rate if the first measure falls within a tolerance range of a signal quality threshold of the one or more signal quality thresholds and if the second measure indicates an adjustment is needed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
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a channel estimator configured to produce a signal quality measure of a received signal having subcarriers, the signal quality measure being based on channel gain matrices corresponding respectively to the subcarriers of the received signal, the channel gain matrices having dimensions number-of-receive-antennas by number-of-transmit-antennas; a channel state indicator configured to produce a channel quality measure of the received signal that measures a frequency selectivity of a wireless channel formed by the number-of-receive-antennas and the number-of-transmit-antennas; a rate controller configured to determine a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on the signal quality measure and the channel quality measure, wherein the signal quality measure serves as a primary determinant of the data rate and the channel quality measure serves as a secondary determinant of the data rate; and circuitry configured to cause a transmission of information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate, wherein the rate controller is configured to determine a first data rate based on the signal quality measure, and determine a second data rate based on the first data rate and the channel quality measure, wherein the transmission of information is in accordance with the second data rate, wherein the first data rate is determined based on the signal quality measure and one or more signal quality thresholds, and wherein the second data rate is determined based on an adjustment of the first data rate if the signal quality measure falls within a tolerance range of a signal quality threshold of the one or more signal quality thresholds and if the channel quality measure indicates an adjustment is needed. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a signal, having subcarriers, over a wireless channel formed by a number-of-receive-antennas and a number-of-transmit-antennas; determining a signal quality measure of a received signal having subcarriers, the signal quality measure being based on channel gain matrices corresponding respectively to the subcarriers of the received signal, the channel gain matrices having dimensions of the number-of-receive-antennas by the number-of-transmit-antennas; determining a channel quality measure of the received signal that measures a frequency selectivity of the wireless channel; determining a data rate of information transmission over the wireless channel based on the signal quality measure and the channel quality measure, wherein the signal quality measure serves as a primary determinant of the data rate and the channel quality measure serves as a secondary determinant of the data rate, wherein determining the data rate comprises determining a first data rate based on the signal quality measure and determining a second data rate based on the first data rate and the channel quality measure, wherein determining the first data rate comprises selecting the first data rate based on the signal quality measure and one or more signal quality thresholds, wherein determining the second data rate comprises adjusting the first data rate if the signal quality measure falls within a tolerance range of a signal quality threshold of the one or more signal quality thresholds and if the channel quality measure indicates an adjustment is needed; and transmitting information over the wireless channel in accordance with the data rate, wherein transmitting the information comprises transmitting the information over the wireless channel in accordance with the second data rate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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