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Closed loop power transmitter power control unit for a CDMA cellular system
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1997-09-19
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Granted: 2000-05-30
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Expires: 2017-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A first EbIo estimator calculates EbIo using samples corresponding to data symbols and samples corresponding to pilot symbols. A diversity combined signal, which is obtained by coherent maximal ratio combining of paths signals is provided for the data symbol hard decisions. The data symbol hard decisions are used in EbIo measurement. The calculation for signal power uses re-modulation. The re-modulation is based on provided carrier signals. The carrier signal is derived using interpolated pilot symbols. The calculation for interference power uses a difference between a received signal and a re-modulated signal. A second EbIo estimator calculates EbIo using only samples corresponding to the pilot symbols. A rough error rate estimation uses the hard decisions for pilot samples and their comparison with known pilot symbols. If an estimated error rate is less than a predetermined threshold, the EbIo measured by first EbIo estimator is used for power control. When the estimated error rate is larger than the threshold, the EbIo measured by second EbIo estimator is used to control the power. The selection between the first and second EbIo estimator is for each slot EbIo measurement. The measured EbIo is compared with the preset EbIo threshold level, and as a result of this comparison, a command to lower or raise power is sent to the mobile station using the return channel.
Inventors
- 👤 Vasic Dobrica
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 03:56
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/06; H04W52/08; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/02; H04B7/04; H04B7/08; H04B7/0837; H04B7/0842; H04B7/0848; H04B7/0857; H04W52/18; H04W52/24; H04W52/38; H04W52/42; H04W52/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
In a cellular mobile telephone system in which system users communicate information signals between one another using code division multiple access spread spectrum communication signals, a closed loop power control unit which is coupled to respective cell-site transmitter/receiver, the closed loop power control unit comprising: means for measuring EbIo (the ratio of signal energy per bit to the interference power spectral density) wherein said means for measuring EbIo further comprises: means for hard-deciding data, first estimation means for estimating EbIo based on data symbols and pilot symbols, second estimation means for estimating EbIo based on said pilot symbols, means for estimating error rate, and means for selecting an output of one of said first estimation means and said second estimation means based upon an output of said means for estimating error rate, wherein inserted known symbols and/or pilot symbols are used for estimating carrier and estimating EbIo; and means for generating power adjustment commands corresponding to a deviation in the measured EbIo from a predetermined EbIo level, wherein coherent detection schemes are used for reverse link (mobile to cell) in said cellular mobile telephone system, and wherein a mobile station is capable of receiving said power adjustment commands and adjusting its transmission signal power in correspondence to said power adjustment commands.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
211 words
In a cellular mobile telephone system in which system users communicate information signals between one another using code division multiple access spread spectrum communication signals, a closed loop power control unit which is coupled to respective cell-site transmitter/receiver, the closed loop power control unit comprising: means for measuring EbIo (the ratio of signal energy per bit to the interference power spectral density) wherein said means for measuring EbIo further comprises: means for hard-deciding data, first estimation means for estimating EbIo based on data symbols and pilot symbols, second estimation means for estimating EbIo based on said pilot symbols, means for estimating error rate, and means for selecting an output of one of said first estimation means and said second estimation means based upon an output of said means for estimating error rate, wherein inserted known symbols and/or pilot symbols are used for estimating carrier and estimating EbIo; and means for generating power adjustment commands corresponding to a deviation in the measured EbIo from a predetermined EbIo level, wherein coherent detection schemes are used for reverse link (mobile to cell) in said cellular mobile telephone system, and wherein a mobile station is capable of receiving said power adjustment commands and adjusting its transmission signal power in correspondence to said power adjustment commands.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
68 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 1, wherein said means for hard-deciding data further comprises means operatively coupled to an input provided from a receiver's diversity combiner unit, for hard-deciding data based on a diversity combined signal, for coherent combining so that coherent combining is such to maximize the signal to interference ratio and for providing said hard decision to said first means for estimating EbIo.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 1, wherein said first estimation means further comprises: means for estimating receive signal; means for estimating interference signal; means for calculating signal power; means for calculating interference power; and means for calculating EbIo, wherein samples corresponding to data symbols and samples corresponding to pilot symbols are used for EbIo measurement.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
96 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 3, wherein said control unit receives path signals for a plurality of carrier signals, wherein said means for estimating receive signal further comprises: means for forming a re-modulated signal (interpolated reference) for each path signal from said carrier signals, said hard decision and said pilot symbols; means for weighting each of said re-modulated signals using respective ones of said carrier signals and for providing the weighted signal estimate for each path; and means for combining said weighted signal estimates and providing an estimate for received diversity combined signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 3, wherein said means for estimating interference signal further comprises means for calculating a difference between an estimated diversity combined signal and a received diversity combined signal and for providing an estimated interference signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 3, wherein said means for calculating signal power further comprises means for calculating signal power using an estimate of a received diversity combined signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 3, wherein said means for calculating interference power further comprises means for calculating interference power using an estimate of interference signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 3, wherein said means for calculating EbIo further comprises means for calculating EbIo using a signal power of an estimate of a received diversity combined signal and interference power of an estimate of an interference signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 1, wherein said first estimation means further comprises means for estimating EbIo based on a number of samples which is larger than a number of samples used in said second estimation means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 9, wherein said second estimation means further comprises means for calculating the leaky integration or the average between the slots for the interference power, wherein a measured interference power deviation is reduced by integration or averaging.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 9, wherein said second estimation means further comprises means for compensating long term average measurement error in the interference power by multiplying said measured interference power with a constant factor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 1, wherein said second estimation means uses measurements of accumulation and average of pilot symbols and said first estimation means uses measurements using re-modulated signals.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 1, wherein said means for estimating error rate further comprises means for estimating a rough error rate of said means for hard deciding data by comparing the pilot samples with the known pilot symbols.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
47 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 13, wherein said means for selecting further comprises means for selecting one of said first estimation means and said second estimation means based on the rough error estimation and for using said selected estimation means during one slot period.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
88 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 14, wherein said means for selecting further comprises: means for comparing the estimated error rate with a predetermined error, threshold, means for controlling power of the slot based on the EbIo measured by said first estimation means when a short term estimated error rate is less than said error threshold; and means for controlling power of the slot based on the EbIo measured by said second estimation means when short term estimated error rate is larger than said error threshold.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
56 words
The closed loop power control unit of claim 1, wherein said means for generating power adjustment commands further comprises means operatively coupled to said means for measuring EbIo for generating power control bits for transmission power of a mobile station based on a selected EbIo estimation from said first estimation means and said second estimation means.
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