Incremental redundancy with space-time codes
US7397864B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/1816
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to space-time coding techniques capable of providing incremental redundancy in wireless communication environments incorporating spatial and temporal diversity. In general, a transmitter sends packets, via blocks of symbols, to a receiver with high bandwidth efficiency and only in the event that the receiver does not correctly receive a data packet does the transmitter send additional symbols to assist with the decoding of the incorrectly received packet. A hybrid ARQ feedback mechanism is used such that the receiver can inform the transmitter whether the packets were correctly or incorrectly received. From the feedback, the transmitter can determine whether to send new symbols or initiate incremental redundancy. By combining the received words corresponding to the redundant symbols and those of the original packet transmission, additional diversity, coding gain, signal energy, or a combination thereof are provided to the receiver and are used to correctly decode the transmitted data.
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