Multipath communication methods and apparatuses
DCFirst Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying at least one multipath transmission delay within a reverse path data signal received from a receiving device;
determining at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter based on said at least one transmission delay; and
modifying a forward path data signal that is to be transmitted to the receiving device based on said at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter, where said modifying includes selectively setting different transmission power levels for at least two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) tones in said forward path data signal.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for identifying at least one multipath transmission delay within a reverse path data signal, determining at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter based on the transmission delay, and modifying a forward path data signal based on the forward path pre-equalization parameter. A reverse link transmission is used to help characterize the multipath delays that may exist between communicating devices. The reverse path data signal can include a training sequence or other like known/substantially-known data that can be analyzed to detect transmission delays, especially delays that extend beyond established guard intervals. Such pre-equalization techniques can be advantageously combined, for example, with antenna arrangements that support transmission diversity, spatial division transmission, and/or other like techniques.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying at least one multipath transmission delay within a reverse path data signal received from a receiving device; determining at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter based on said at least one transmission delay; and modifying a forward path data signal that is to be transmitted to the receiving device based on said at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter, where said modifying includes selectively setting different transmission power levels for at least two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) tones in said forward path data signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system comprising:
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a first device operatively configured to connect to at least a second device over a wireless communication path, said first device having logic that is configured to detect a multipath transmission delay in at least one reverse path data signal transmitted by said second device, determine at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter based on said detected multipath transmission delay, and pre-equalize a forward path data signal that is to be transmitted to said second device based on said at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter;
said first device further comprising;at least one first device antenna; and at least one transceiver operatively coupled to said at least one first device antenna and said logic, said at least one transceiver being configured to receive said reverse path data signal over at least one reverse transmission path using said at least one first device antenna and provide said reverse path data signal to said logic, and transmit said forward path data signal from said logic over at least one forward transmission path; wherein said logic is further configured to cause said transceiver to selectively establish different transmission power levels for at least two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) tones in said forward path data signal based on said at least one forward path pre-equalization parameter. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. An apparatus comprising:
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an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) processor configured to receive coded data and output corresponding OFDM data; a pre-equalizer operatively coupled to said OFDM processor and configured to receive said OFDM data and output pre-equalized OFDM data based on gathered reverse link data; at least one antenna; an antenna signal processing component operatively coupled to said pre-equalizer and said at least one antenna, said antenna signal processing component being configured to receive said pre-equalized OFDM data from said pre-equalizer and apply a corresponding transmittable forward link data signal to said at least one antenna, the antenna signal processing component being further configured to receive a transmitted reverse link data signal using said at least one antenna and output corresponding reverse link data; and reverse link logic operatively coupled to said at least one antenna, said reverse link logic being configured to detect at least one multipath induced delay in said reverse link data and provide said gathered reverse link data to said pre-equalizer based on said multipath induced delay, wherein said reverse link logic is further configured to cause selectively establishing different transmission power levels for at least two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) tones in said transmittable forward link data signal. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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