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US 9,088,327 · App. 14/248,758 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Systems and methods for channel quality indicator (CQI) selection for non-deterministic receivers

Inventors: Mingguang Xu (Sunnyvale, CA); Yakun Sun (Sunnyvale, CA); Hui-Ling Lou (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
H04B1/1027H04B17/309H04L1/0026
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,088,327
App. No.
14/248,758
Filed
Apr 9, 2014
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Examiner
LEE, SIU M
Art Unit
2632
USPC
375/346
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) for receivers that exhibit non-deterministic behavior during the CQI selection process. A codeword is received over a transmission system at a receiver, and a performance measure that is dependent on the CQI is determined for the codeword. The receiver determines an objective function that is based on the CQI and the performance measure, and selects a value for the CQI by performing an optimization technique on the objective function. The optimization technique is performed on the objective function over a range of candidate CQI values, and the selected value for the CQI is the candidate CQI value that optimizes the objective function.

Claims (39)

1. A method for determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) in a transmission system, the method comprising:

receiving, over the transmission system at a receiver, a codeword;

determining, at the receiver, a performance measure that is dependent on the CQI for the codeword;

determining, at the receiver, an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on the performance measure; and

selecting, at the receiver, a value for the CQI by performing an optimization technique on the objective function,

wherein the optimization technique is performed on the objective function over a range of candidate CQI values, the optimization technique comprises determining at least one probability representative of a likelihood of successful decoding of the codeword, and the selected value for the CQI is the candidate CQI value that optimizes the objective function.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the receiver, N codewords; and

determining, at the receiver, an order of the N codewords for decoding, wherein the order is determined based on one or more conditions of the transmission system.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the receiver, N codewords over the transmission system;

attempting to decode each of the N codewords; and

removing a contribution of a respective codeword from a signal when the attempting to decode the respective codeword is successful.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the value for the CQI comprises jointly selecting a plurality of values for the CQI that optimize the objective function.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received codeword is a first codeword, and the optimization technique on the objective function is based on the first codeword and at least a second codeword.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one probability comprises an unconditional probability of successful decoding of the codeword and a conditional probability of successful decoding of the codeword.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the conditional probability is obtained based at least in part from the unconditional probability.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving N codewords, and iteratively selecting a CQI for each received codeword based on the objective function.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising iteratively updating an aggregate value of the performance measure after the CQI for each received codeword is iteratively selected.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performance measure is selected from the group consisting of: signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, capacity, throughput, and outage.

11. A system for determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) in a transmission system, the system comprising:

receiver circuitry having a processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive a codeword over the transmission system,

determine a performance measure that is dependent on the CQI for the codeword,

determine an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on the performance measure, and

select a value for the CQI by performing an optimization technique on the objective function, wherein the optimization technique comprises determining at least one probability representative of a likelihood of successful decoding of the codeword, the optimization technique is performed on the objective function over a range of candidate CQI values, and the selected value for the CQI is the candidate CQI value that optimizes the objective function.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive N codewords; and

determine an order of the N codewords for decoding, wherein the order is determined based on one or more conditions of the transmission system.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive N codewords over the transmission system;

attempt to decode each of the N codewords; and

remove a contribution of a respective codeword from a signal when the attempt to decode the respective codeword is successful.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein processor selects the value for the CQI by jointly selecting a plurality of values for the CQI that optimize the objective function.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the received codeword is a first codeword, and the optimization technique on the objective function is based on the first codeword and at least a second codeword.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one probability comprises an unconditional probability of successful decoding of the codeword and a conditional probability of successful decoding of the codeword.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the conditional probability is obtained based at least in part from the unconditional probability.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive N codewords and iteratively select a CQI for each received codeword based on the objective function.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to iteratively update an aggregate value of the performance measure after the CQI for each received codeword is iteratively selected.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the performance measure is selected from the group consisting of: signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, capacity, throughput, and outage.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2020
From: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
To: MARVELL ASIA PTE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053475/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2020
From: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
To: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 052918/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 051778/0537 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
To: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
Reel/Frame 035243/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: XU, MINGGUANG; SUN, YAKUN
To: MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 035243/0087 →
LICENSE Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 035308/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: LOU, HUI-LING
To: MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 035243/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 035243/0267 →
Continuity (2)
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