Receiver stomp-and-restart in a distributed MU-MIMO system using RSSI separation
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of receiver devices configured to be deployed separated from each other in a coverage region of interest of a wireless network, each receiver device including a plurality of antennas and a downconverter associated with each antenna configured to downconvert received signals transmitted by two or more client devices, each downconverter configured to produce downconverted samples of the received signals at each of the plurality of antennas; and
a central processor subsystem in communication with the plurality receiver devices, the central processor subsystem configured to;
receive the downconverted samples from the plurality of receiver devices;
after start-of-packet detection of a first packet by one or more of the plurality of receiver devices based on the downconverted samples, group receiver devices into disjoint sets based on measurements related to signal strength or signal-to-interference ratio of the downconverted samples associated with the first packet;
decode the first packet using downconverted samples received by a first set of receiver devices;
determine that a stronger second packet is being received by a particular set of receiver devices while the first packet is being decoded when the stronger second packet is detected on any antenna of the particular set of receiver devices;
continue to decode the first packet using downconverted samples from the first set of receiver devices but without downconverted samples from the particular set of receiver devices associated with the stronger second packet; and
decode the second packet using downconverted samples from receiver devices in the particular set of receiver devices and using downconverted samples from any one or more additional antennas of a receiver device that detected the second packet.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for performing stomp-and-restart techniques in distributed MU-MIMO system. A plurality of radio head devices are provided that are configured to be deployed separated from each other in a coverage region of interest of a wireless network. A central processor subsystem is provided that is in communication with the plurality of radio head devices. The central processor subsystem configured to perform several operations based on downconverted samples received from the plurality of radio head devices.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of receiver devices configured to be deployed separated from each other in a coverage region of interest of a wireless network, each receiver device including a plurality of antennas and a downconverter associated with each antenna configured to downconvert received signals transmitted by two or more client devices, each downconverter configured to produce downconverted samples of the received signals at each of the plurality of antennas; and a central processor subsystem in communication with the plurality receiver devices, the central processor subsystem configured to; receive the downconverted samples from the plurality of receiver devices; after start-of-packet detection of a first packet by one or more of the plurality of receiver devices based on the downconverted samples, group receiver devices into disjoint sets based on measurements related to signal strength or signal-to-interference ratio of the downconverted samples associated with the first packet; decode the first packet using downconverted samples received by a first set of receiver devices; determine that a stronger second packet is being received by a particular set of receiver devices while the first packet is being decoded when the stronger second packet is detected on any antenna of the particular set of receiver devices; continue to decode the first packet using downconverted samples from the first set of receiver devices but without downconverted samples from the particular set of receiver devices associated with the stronger second packet; and decode the second packet using downconverted samples from receiver devices in the particular set of receiver devices and using downconverted samples from any one or more additional antennas of a receiver device that detected the second packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving transmitted signals from two or more client devices at a plurality of receiver devices separated from each other in a coverage region of interest of a wireless network, each receiver device including a plurality of antennas; producing downconverted samples of received signals at each of the plurality of antennas of each receiver device; performing start-of-packet detection of a first packet by one or more of the plurality of receiver devices based on the downconverted samples; after start-of-packet detection of the first packet, grouping receiver devices into disjoint sets based on measurements related to signal strength or signal-to-interference ratio of the downconverted samples associated with the first packet; decoding the first packet using downconverted samples received by a first set of receiver devices; determining that a stronger second packet is being received by a particular set of receiver devices while the first packet is being decoded when the stronger second packet is detected on any antenna of the particular set of receiver devices; continuing to decode the first packet using downconverted samples from the first set of receiver devices but without downconverted samples from the particular set of receiver devices associated with the stronger second packet; and decoding the second packet using downconverted samples from receiver devices in the particular set of receiver devices and using downconverted samples from any one or more additional antennas of a receiver device that detected the second packet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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performing start-of-packet detection of a first packet received by one or more of a plurality of receiver devices based on downconverted samples generated by one or more of the plurality of receiver devices from transmit signals received from two or more client devices in a wireless network, the plurality of receiver devices being separated from each other in a coverage region of interest of the wireless network, each receiver device including a plurality of antennas; after start-of-packet detection of the first packet, grouping receiver devices into disjoint sets based on measurements related to signal strength or signal-to-interference ratio of the downconverted samples associated with the first packet; decoding the first packet using downconverted samples received by a first set of receiver devices; determining that a stronger second packet is being received by a particular set of receiver devices while the first packet is being decoded when the stronger second packet is detected on any antenna of the particular set of receiver devices; continuing to decode the first packet using downconverted samples from the first set of receiver devices but without downconverted samples from the particular set of receiver devices associated with the stronger second packet; and decoding the second packet using downconverted samples from receiver devices in the particular set of receiver devices and using downconverted samples from any one or more additional antennas of a receiver device that detected the second packet. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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