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US 10,028,242 · App. 15/134,062 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Transmission method and access point applied to a cooperative transmission

Inventors: Xun Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Yi Luo (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W56/0035H04W56/00H04W56/001H04W56/0015
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Patent No.
US 10,028,242
App. No.
15/134,062
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provide a transmission method and a device, which relate to the technical field of communications and reduce overhead and improve work efficiency in an application of cooperative transmission in aspects of synchronization, sharing of information such as data and the like, obtaining of channel information and data transmission. Meanwhile application scenarios may also be extended. The method specifically includes: obtaining, by an access point AP, a parameter value, wherein the parameter value is a frequency difference between a crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and a reference crystal oscillator frequency of a reference AP or a delay difference of the AP with respect to the reference AP; compensating, by the AP, a phase difference or a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data. The present disclosure is applied to an application of a cooperative transmission.

Claims (32)

1. A transmission method applied to a cooperative transmission, wherein the method comprises:

sending, by an access point (AP), a first channel measured symbol to a station (STA) at least twice, to enable the STA to calculate a first channel matrix with respect to the AP twice according to the first channel measured symbol and to calculate a frequency difference between a crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and a crystal oscillator frequency of a reference AP according to the first channel matrix and a second channel matrix obtained, wherein channel parameter matrixes of both the first channel matrix and the second channel matrix are unchanged, and the second channel matrix is a channel matrix with respect to the reference AP calculated by the STA according to a second channel measured symbol sent by the reference AP;

receiving the frequency difference between the crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and the crystal oscillator frequency of the reference AP sent by the STA; and

compensating, by the AP, one of a phase difference and a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data.

2. A transmission method applied to a cooperative transmission, wherein the method comprises:

sending, by an access point (AP), a first channel measured symbol to a station (STA) at least twice, to enable the STA and the reference AP to calculate a first channel matrix with respect to the AP twice according to the first channel measured symbol and to calculate a frequency difference between a crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and a crystal oscillator frequency of a reference AP according to the first channel matrix and a second channel matrix, wherein channel parameter matrixes of both the first channel matrix and the second channel matrix are unchanged, and the second channel matrix is a channel matrix with respect to the reference AP calculated by the STA according to a second channel measured symbol sent by the reference AP;

receiving the frequency difference between the crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and the crystal oscillator frequency of the reference AP sent by the reference AP; and

compensating, by the AP, one of a phase difference and a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data.

3. A transmission method applied to a cooperative transmission, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by an access point (AP), a signal frame sent by a station (STA), wherein the signal frame carries a reference time;

calculating a sum of a sending delay and a propagation delay of the STA according to the reference time;

subtracting a sum of a sending delay and a propagation delay of the STA obtained by the reference AP from the calculated sum of the sending delay and the propagation delay of the STA to obtain a propagation delay difference and a processing delay difference for sending with respect to a reference AP, wherein the sum of the sending delay and the propagation delay of the STA obtained by the reference AP is calculated by the reference AP according to the reference time and sent to the AP; and

compensating, by the AP, one of a phase difference and a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data.

4. An access point (AP), wherein the AP comprises:

at least one processor, a memory, a communication interface and a bus, wherein the at least one processor, the memory, and the communication interface are connected and implement communication between each other through the bus, and the memory is configured to store a program code, wherein,

the processor is configured to execute the program code in the memory to:

send a first channel measured symbol to a station (STA) at least twice, to enable the STA to calculate a first channel matrix with respect to the AP twice according to the first channel measured symbol and to calculate a frequency difference between a crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and a crystal oscillator frequency of a reference AP according to the first channel matrix and a second channel matrix obtained, wherein channel parameter matrixes of both the first channel matrix and the second channel matrix are unchanged, and the second channel matrix is a channel matrix with respect to the reference AP calculated by the STA according to a second channel measured symbol sent by the reference AP;

receive the frequency difference between the crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and the crystal oscillator frequency of the reference AP sent by the STA; and

compensate a phase difference or a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data.

5. An access point (AP), wherein the AP comprises:

at least one processor, a memory, a communication interface and a bus, wherein the at least one processor, the memory, and the communication interface are connected and implement communication between each other through the bus, and the memory is configured to store a program code, wherein,

the processor is configured to execute the program code in the memory to:

send a first channel measured symbol to a station (STA) at least twice, to enable the STA and the reference AP to calculate a first channel matrix with respect to the AP twice according to the first channel measured symbol and to calculate a frequency difference between a crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and a crystal oscillator frequency of a reference AP according to the first channel matrix and a second channel matrix, wherein channel parameter matrixes of both the first channel matrix and the second channel matrix are unchanged, and the second channel matrix is a channel matrix with respect to the reference AP calculated by the STA according to a second channel measured symbol sent by the reference AP;

receive the frequency difference between the crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and the crystal oscillator frequency of the reference AP sent by the reference AP; and

compensate a phase difference or a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data.

6. An access point (AP), wherein the AP comprises:

at least one processor, a memory, a communication interface and a bus, wherein the at least one processor, the memory, and the communication interface are connected and implement communication between each other through the bus, and the memory is configured to store a program code, wherein,

the processor is configured to execute the program code in the memory to:

receive a signal frame sent by a station (STA), wherein the signal frame carries a reference time;

calculate a sum of a sending delay and a propagation delay of the STA according to the reference time;

subtract a sum of a sending delay and a propagation delay of the STA obtained by the reference AP from the calculated sum of the sending delay and the propagation delay of the STA to obtain a propagation delay difference AP and a processing delay difference for sending with respect to a reference AP, wherein the sum of the sending delay and the propagation delay of the STA obtained by the reference AP is calculated by the reference AP according to the reference time and sent to the AP; and

compensate a phase difference or a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2016
From: YANG, XUN; LUO, YI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038335/0686 →
Continuity (2)
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