Determining a channel estimate

US11349562B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Athanasios Stavridis · Malmö, SE
• Leif Wilhelmsson · Lund, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2018
• Grant date: May 31, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L25/022
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one example aspect, a method of determining a channel estimate of an optical communications channel between at least one optical transmitting component and at least one optical receiving component is provided, the method comprising determining a location of at least one optical transmitting component, determining an orientation of the at least one optical transmitting component, determining a transmission characteristic of the at least one optical transmitting component, determining a location of at least one optical receiving component, determining an orientation of the at least one optical receiving component, determining a reception characteristic of the at least one optical receiving component, and calculating the channel estimate of the optical communications channel based on the location of the at least one optical transmitting component, the orientation of the at least one optical transmitting component, the transmission characteristic of the at least one optical transmitting component, the location of the at least one optical receiving component, the orientation of the at least one optical receiving component and the reception characteristic of at least one optical recei…