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Method and device for determining mutual information

US10243709B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 2015
Grant dateMar 26, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/0023
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method (200) of determining mutual information of a composite receive signal, the composite receive signal comprising a reference signal and a data signal, includes the following acts: estimating (201) a base metric of the composite receive signal based on the reference signal, the base metric being indicative of a channel quality; and determining (202) the mutual information based on the base metric and the data signal.

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