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Power control in a multicarrier communications system

US8077780B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2006
Grant dateDec 13, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2025/03414
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improvement to multi-carrier communication, such as an OFDM and MC-CDMA system, where in a multipath or phase distorted channel, the received signal is flat with respect to frequency and linear with respect to phase. A first unit transmits a plurality of multi-carrier signals, which include unmodulated carrier signals. A second unit receives the plurality of multi-carrier signals, and determines the in-phase and quadrature amplitudes or powers of the unmodulated carrier signals of the received multi-carrier signal. The second unit compares the measured in-phase and quadrature amplitudes or powers of the unmodulated carrier signals to predetermined criteria, and generates adjusting data from the compared in-phase and quadrature amplitudes or powers. The first unit uses the adjusting data to pre-distort the next plurality of multi-carrier signals to be transmitted, the in-phase and quadrature amplitudes or powers of the plurality of multi-carrier signals. The first unit transmits, with the in-phase and quadrature phase adjusted per the adjusting data, the next plurality of multi-carrier signals, through the communications channel.

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