Method and device for determining mutual information
US10243709B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 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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