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Method of allocating a transmission power level to pilot symbols used for estimating the channel of a transmission system of the multicarrier type with spreading of the signal in the frequency domain by spreading sequences

US7061881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 2001
Grant dateJun 13, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/325
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of determining transmission power of transmitted pilot symbols used for estimating channel coefficients in a transmission frame of a multicarrier transmission system having OFDM-CDMA, MC-CDMA, MC-CDM or MC-SS-MA frequency domain spreading sequences. The method includes determining a performance level to be achieved by the transmission, deducing the signal to noise ratio level introduced by the channel from the performance level to be achieved, deducing a single code transmission power Q0 of the pilot symbols for a single spreading code from the signal to noise ratio level, deducing an increase in power α for transmitting the pilot symbols using a number of spreading codes K, and determining the transmission power Q of the pilot symbols at predetermined times, based on the following equations:Q=α(K−1)+Q0; K>1; α>0; and Q0>α.

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