IP Library Granted Patent US 8,588,287
Granted Patent B2
US 8,588,287 · App. 13/446,554 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

Method, device and system for detecting channel quality

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Patent No.
US 8,588,287
App. No.
13/446,554
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, a device and a system for detecting channel quality are provided. The method includes: judging whether a Transmit Power Control (TPC) symbol output by a receiver is an invalid symbol; when the TPC symbol is a valid symbol, judging whether polarities of in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) components of the valid symbol are opposite to each other; counting the number of invalid symbols, the number of valid symbols, and the number of valid symbols with opposite polarities; and estimating a Bit Error Rate (BER) according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols, and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities, and detecting the channel quality through the BER.

Claims (100)

1. A method for detecting channel quality by a device, comprising:

judging whether a Transmit Power Control TPC symbol output by a receiver is an invalid symbol; and

executing by the device:

when the TPC symbol is a valid symbol, judging whether polarities of in-phase and quadrature I/Q components of the valid symbol are opposite to each other;

counting the number of invalid symbols, the number of valid symbols, and the number of valid symbols with opposite polarities; and

estimating a Bit Error Rate BER according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols, and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities, and detecting the channel quality through the BER.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the judging whether the TPC symbol output by the receiver is an invalid symbol comprises:

judging whether the in-phase component of the TPC symbol output by the receiver is zero, and whether the quadrature component of the TPC symbol is zero; and

judging that the TPC symbol is an invalid symbol when the I/Q components of the TPC symbol both are zero, and judging that the TPC symbol is a valid symbol when the in-phase component or the quadrature component of the TPC symbol is not zero.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the judging whether the TPC symbol output by the receiver is an invalid symbol comprises:

sequentially judging whether the TPC symbol output by the receiver comprises a valid path according to a multipath searching method; and

judging that the TPC symbol is a valid symbol when the TPC symbol comprises a valid path, and judging that the TPC symbol is an invalid symbol if the TPC symbol does not comprise any valid path.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the estimating the BER according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols, and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities comprises:

judging whether the number of the valid symbols is zero;

when the number of the valid symbols is zero, determining that the BER is 0.5; and

when the number of the valid symbols is not zero, using the following formula:

(

0.5

P

+

0.25

P

2

1

-

P

)

N

v

+

0.5

N

u

N

v

+

N

u

to estimate the BER according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities, wherein

P

=

N

e

N

v

,

N v is the number of the valid symbols, N u is the number of the invalid symbols, and n e is the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities.

5. A device for detecting channel quality, comprising:

a first judging module, configured to judge whether a Transmit Power Control TPC symbol output by a receiver is an invalid symbol;

a second judging module, configured to judge whether polarities of in-phase and quadrature I/Q components of a valid symbol are opposite to each other when the TPC symbol is a valid symbol;

a counting module, configured to count the number of invalid symbols, the number of valid symbols, and the number of valid symbols with opposite polarities according to judgment results of the first judging module and the second judging module; and

an estimation module, configured to estimate a Bit Error Rate BER according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols, and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities, and detect the channel quality through the BER.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the first judging module comprises:

a first judging sub-unit, configured to judge whether the in-phase component of the TPC symbol output by the receiver is zero, and whether the quadrature component of the TPC symbol is zero; and

a first obtaining sub-unit, configured to judge that the TPC symbol is an invalid symbol when the I/Q components of the TPC symbol both are zero, and judge that the TPC symbol is a valid symbol when the in-phase component or the quadrature component of the TPC symbol is not zero.

7. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the first judging module comprises:

a second judging sub-unit, configured to sequentially judge whether the TPC symbol output by the receiver comprises a valid path; and

a second obtaining sub-unit, configured to judge that the TPC symbol is a valid symbol when the TPC symbol comprises a valid path; and judge that the TPC symbol is an invalid symbol if the TPC symbol does not comprise any valid path.

8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the estimation module comprises:

a third judging sub-unit, configured to judge whether the number of the valid symbols is zero; and

an estimation sub-unit, configured to determine that the BER is 0 . 5 when the number of the valid symbol is zero, and when the number of the valid symbol is not zero, use the following formula:

(

0.5

P

+

0.25

P

2

1

-

P

)

N

v

+

0.5

N

u

N

v

+

N

u

to estimate the BER according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities, wherein

P

=

N

e

N

v

,

N v is the number of the valid symbols, N u is the number of the invalid symbols, and N e is the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2021
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056413/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2018
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047603/0039 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2018
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046340/0590 →