Interference and noise estimation of a communications channel
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1. A method of estimating interference and noise of a communications channel, comprising:
- receiving a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel at a receiver;
computing a sequence of channel estimates based on the received data sequence;
computing a difference sequence based on the sequence of channel estimates and the sequence of channel estimates subjected to a displacement in time or frequency;
determining a covariance measure of the difference sequence as an estimate of the interference and noise of the communications channel;
filtering the sequence of channel estimates by a finite impulse response (FIR) filter,wherein the FIR filter has a structure in a z-domain of 1−
z−
N, where N designates a displacement in time in units of symbol duration or a displacement in units of subcarrier spacing.
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Abstract
A method of estimating interference and noise of a communications channel includes receiving a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel at a receiver, and computing a sequence of channel estimates based on the received data sequence. The method also includes computing a difference sequence based on the sequence of channel estimates and the sequence of channel estimates subjected to a displacement in time or frequency, and determining a covariance measure of the difference sequence as an estimate of the interference and noise of the communications channel.
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1. A method of estimating interference and noise of a communications channel, comprising:
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receiving a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel at a receiver; computing a sequence of channel estimates based on the received data sequence; computing a difference sequence based on the sequence of channel estimates and the sequence of channel estimates subjected to a displacement in time or frequency; determining a covariance measure of the difference sequence as an estimate of the interference and noise of the communications channel; filtering the sequence of channel estimates by a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, wherein the FIR filter has a structure in a z-domain of 1−
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N, where N designates a displacement in time in units of symbol duration or a displacement in units of subcarrier spacing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of estimating interference and noise of a communications channel, the method comprising:
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receiving a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel at a receiver; computing a difference sequence based on the received data sequence and the received data sequence subjected to a displacement in time or frequency; and determining a covariance measure of the difference sequence as an estimate of the interference and noise of the communications channel, wherein the received data sequence contains repeatedly transmitted first blocks of same transmitted symbols and repeatedly transmitted second blocks in which no symbols are transmitted, and wherein the difference sequence is determined based on the first and second blocks of the received data sequence. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An interference and noise estimator for estimating interference and noise of a communications channel, the interference and noise estimator comprising:
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a receiving circuit configured to receive a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel; a channel estimator configured to compute a sequence of channel estimates based on the received data sequence from the receiving circuit; a difference sequence computation circuit configured to compute a difference sequence based on the sequence of channel estimates and the sequence of channel estimates subjected to a displacement in time or frequency from the channel estimator; a covariance determination circuit configured to determine a covariance measure of the difference sequence from the difference sequence computation circuit; and a scaling circuit configured to scale the received data sequence by a scaling function based on transmitted pilot symbols or on control symbols estimated or known at the receiving circuit or on data symbols estimated or known at the receiving circuit, and wherein the scaled data sequence is employed by the channel estimator to compute the sequence of channel estimates. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An interference and noise estimator for estimating interference and noise of a communications channel, the interference and noise estimator comprising:
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a receiving circuit configured to receive a data sequence transmitted over the communications channel; a difference sequence computation circuit configured to compute a difference sequence based on the received data sequence and the received data sequence subjected to a displacement in time or frequency from the receiving circuit; and a covariance determination circuit configured to determine a covariance measure of the difference sequence from the difference sequence computation circuit, wherein the received data sequence contains repeatedly transmitted first blocks of same transmitted symbols and repeatedly transmitted second blocks in which no symbols are transmitted, and wherein the difference sequence is determined based on the first and second blocks of the received data sequence. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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