IP Library Granted Patent US 9,674,836
Granted Patent B2
US 9,674,836 · App. 14/446,151 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Method and system for coexistence of radar and communication systems

Inventors: Eamonn Gormley (Bothell, WA); Jungnam Yun (Bothell, WA); Rekha Menon (Bothell, WA)
Assignee: SPECTRUM EFFECT, INC.
H04W72/0446H04L1/0003H04L1/0009H04L5/0078H04L43/16H04W16/14H04W24/02
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Patent No.
US 9,674,836
App. No.
14/446,151
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for coexistence with a pulsed interference source in a communications network includes identifying transmission time intervals (TTIs) that are affected by pulses from the pulsed interference source and changing a transmission parameter for the TTIs that are affected by pulses.

Claims (30)

1. A method for coexistence with a pulsed interference source in a communications network, the method comprising:

identifying a dwell time for which signal strengths of pulses of an oscillating pulsed signal exceed a threshold value;

identifying transmission time intervals (TTIs) that are affected by pulses from the pulsed interference source; and

increasing one of a modulation scheme and an FEC rate for TTIs during an opportunity between adjacent dwell times,

determining an expected signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for the TTIs that are affected by pulses,

wherein the one of a modulation scheme and an FEC rate is increased based on the expected SINR, and

wherein the expected SINR is determined based on information of a location and a transmit power of the pulsed interference source.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications network is a Long Term Evolution communications network, and

wherein the modulation scheme is a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein both of the modulation scheme and the FEC rate are increased.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the expected SINK is determined before the pulses are detected.

5. A communications system comprising:

a parameter adjustment module that identifies transmission time intervals (TTIs) that are affected by pulses from a pulsed interference source, and changes a transmission adjustment parameter for the TTIs that are affected by pulses,

wherein the parameter adjustment module identifies a dwell time for which signal strengths of pulses of an oscillating pulsed signal exceed a threshold value, and

lowers one of a modulation scheme and an FEC rate for TTIs during an opportunity between adjacent dwell times,

wherein the parameter adjustment module determines an expected signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for the TTIs that are affected by pulses,

wherein the one of a modulation scheme and an FEC rate is increased based on the expected SINR, and

wherein the expected SINR is determined based on information of a location and a transmit power of the pulsed interference source.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the communications network is a Long Term Evolution communications network, and

wherein the modulation scheme is a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS).

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein both of the modulation scheme and FEC rate are increased.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the expected SINR is determined before the pulses are detected.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium with computer readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, perform the following method:

identifying a dwell time for which signal strengths of pulses of an oscillating pulsed signal exceed a threshold value;

identifying transmission time intervals (TTIs) that are affected by pulses from the pulsed interference source;

increasing one of a modulation scheme and an FEC rate for TTIs during an opportunity between adjacent dwell times; and

determining an expected signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for the TTIs that are affected by pulses,

wherein the one of a modulation scheme and an FEC rate is increased based on the expected SINR, and

wherein the expected SINR is determined based on information of a location and a transmit power of the pulsed interference source.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the expected SINK is determined before the pulses are detected.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2016
From: EDEN ROCK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
To: SPECTRUM EFFECT, INC.
Reel/Frame 038423/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: GORMLEY, EAMONN; YUN, JUNGNAM; MENON, REKHA
To: EDEN ROCK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 035279/0933 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61931849 · Jan 27, 2014
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