IP Library Granted Patent US 9,692,568
Granted Patent B2
US 9,692,568 · App. 13/976,747 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Device, method, mobile station, and digital storage medium

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Patent No.
US 9,692,568
App. No.
13/976,747
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device, a method, a mobile station and a non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium are provided. The device comprises a quadrant classification unit to classify a plurality of symbols in an input shared channel signal into a plurality of quadrants in a complex plane, an energy determination unit to determine a real part energy and an imaginary part energy for the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively, an energy summing unit to determine a real part energy sum E I and an imaginary part energy sum E Q by summing the real part energy and the imaginary part energy for the plurality of quadrants respectively, and an estimation unit to estimate a SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal the real part energy sum E I and the imaginary part energy sum E Q .

Claims (60)

1. A device comprising:

a quadrant classification unit to classify a plurality of symbols in an input shared channel signal into a plurality of quadrants in a complex plane;

an energy determination unit to determine a real part energy and an imaginary part energy for the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively, wherein the plurality of symbols comprises all of the symbols in on burst;

an energy summing unit to determine a real part energy sum E I and an imaginary part energy sum E Q by summing the real part energy and the imaginary part energy for the plurality of quadrants respectively;

an estimation unit to estimate a SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal based on the real part energy sum E I and the imaginary part energy sum E Q ; and

an equalizer to mitigate interference in the shared channel signal using the SCPIR.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the estimation unit estimates the SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal by using

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3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the one burst includes 148 symbols.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the quadrant classification unit classifies the plurality of symbols of the input shared channel signal into the plurality of quadrants based on values of real parts and imaginary parts of the plurality of symbols.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the energy summing unit determines the real part energy and the imaginary part energy by determining an energy of a sum of real parts of and an energy of a sum of imaginary parts of the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of quadrants are four quadrants.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the input shared channel signal is a Voice services over Adaptive Multiuser channels on One Slot (VAMOS) signal.

8. A mobile station comprising:

a quadrant classification unit to classify a plurality of symbols in an input shared channel signal into a plurality of quadrants in a complex plane;

an energy determination unit to determine a real part energy and an imaginary part energy for the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively, wherein the plurality of symbols comprises all of the symbols in one burst;

an energy summing unit to determine a real part energy sum E I and an imaginary part energy sum E Q by summing the real part energy and the imaginary part energy for the plurality of quadrants respectively;

an estimation unit to estimate a SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal based on the real part energy sum E I and the imaginary part energy sum E Q ; and

an equalizer to mitigate interference in the shared channel signal using the SCPIR.

9. A method comprising:

classifying, by a quadrant classification unit, a plurality of symbols in an input shared channel signal into a plurality of quadrants in a complex plane;

determining, by an energy determination unit, a real part energy and an imaginary part energy for the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively, wherein the plurality of symbols comprises all of the symbols in one burst;

determining, by an energy summing unit, a real part energy sum E I and an imaginary part energy sum E Q by summing the real part energy and the imaginary part energy for the plurality of quadrants respectively;

estimating, by an estimation unit, a SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal based on the real part energy sum E I and the imaginary part energy sum E Q ; and

mitigating, by an equalizer, interference in the shared channel signal using the SCPIR.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein estimating the SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal based on the real part energy sum E I and the imaginary part energy sum E Q comprises estimating the SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal by using

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11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the one burst includes 148 symbols.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein classifying the plurality of symbols of the input shared channel signal into the plurality of quadrants comprises classifying the plurality of symbols of the input shared channel signal into the plurality of quadrants based on values of real parts and imaginary parts of the plurality of symbols.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein determining the real part energy and the imaginary part energy comprises determining an energy of a sum of real parts of and an energy of a sum of imaginary parts of the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of quadrants are four quadrants.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the input shared channel signal is a Voice services over Adaptive Multiuser channels on One Slot (VAMOS) signal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium having stored thereon a computer program having a program code for performing, when running on a computing device, a method comprising:

classifying a plurality of symbols in an input shared channel signal into a plurality of quadrants in a complex plane;

determining a real part energy and an imaginary part energy for the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively, wherein the plurality of symbols comprises all of the symbols in one burst;

determining a real part energy sum E I and an imaginary part energy sum E Q by summing the real part energy and the imaginary part energy for the plurality of quadrants respectively;

estimating a SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal based on the real part energy sum Eland the imaginary part energy sum E Q ; and

mitigating interference in the shared channel signal using the SCPIR.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061356/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2015
From: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
To: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 037057/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2014
From: ZHANG, HONG
To: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 031925/0497 →