Granted Patent B2

US 7,916,694 · App. 11/368,961 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A method of transmitting a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple (OFDM) symbols in a block transmission system of a communication network, the block transmission system being a frequency reuse system, the method comprising:

a. encoding the plurality of OFDM symbols;

b. modulating a phase and a magnitude of the plurality of OFDM symbols with a low-ripple filter reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of the plurality of OFDM symbols, wherein the plurality of OFDM symbols are modulated such that a conversion of the modulated OFDM symbols from a time domain to a frequency domain gives a positive modulus, wherein the positive modulus is ensured by constraining a number of taps of the low-ripple filter; and

c. converting a plurality of modulated OFDM symbols from a digital form to an analog form, wherein the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols correspond to the plurality of OFDM symbols.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein encoding comprises:

a. transforming the plurality of OFDM symbols from a frequency domain to a time domain; and

b. inserting a cyclic prefix to each OFDM symbol in the time domain.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein modulating comprises executing an optimization algorithm, wherein the optimization algorithm modulates the phase and the magnitude of the plurality of OFDM symbols to generate the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols, wherein the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols are generated in the time domain.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein converting the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols from the time domain to the frequency domain gives positive modulus.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the block transmission system is a frequency reuse-1 system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) symbols are transmitted in the block transmission system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications network is a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication network.

8. A transmitter for transmitting a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols in a block transmission system of a communication network, the block transmission system being a frequency reuse system, the transmitter comprising:

a. an encoder, wherein the encoder encodes the plurality of OFDM symbols;

b. a low-ripple filter, wherein the low-ripple filter modulates a phase and a magnitude of the plurality of OFDM symbols reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of the plurality of OFDM symbols, wherein the plurality of OFDM symbols are modulated such that a conversion of the modulated OFDM symbols from a time domain to a frequency domain gives a positive modulus, wherein the positive modulus is ensured by constraining a number of taps of the low-ripple filter; and

c. a Digital-to-Analog (DA) converter, wherein the DA converter converts a plurality of modulated OFDM symbols from a digital form to an analog form, wherein the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols correspond to the plurality of OFDM symbols.

9. The transmitter of claim 8 further comprising:

a. an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) module, wherein the IFFT module transforms the plurality of OFDM symbols from a frequency domain to a time domain; and

b. a guard module, wherein the guard module inserts a cyclic prefix to each OFDM symbol in the time domain.

10. The transmitter of claim 9 , wherein the low-ripple filter comprises an optimizer, wherein the optimizer executes an optimization algorithm to modulate the phase and the magnitude of the plurality of OFDM symbols to generate the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols, the plurality of modulated OFDM symbols are generated in the time domain.

11. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit uplink signals.

12. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit downlink signals.

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