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Low complexity unified control channel processing

US8437332B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 2010
Grant dateMay 7, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/23
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate unified, low-complexity processing (e.g., user separation and noise estimation) of a control channel. One or more UEs can respectively transmit one or more control signals, which are multiplexed on a control channel and a base station can receive a control channel signal that includes the one or more control signals. The base station, in a single pass, can separate the control signals by matching the control channel signal with a base sequence and translating the matched signal to a time-domain representation. In the time-domain representation, each control signal resides at a different tap. Further, the base station can identify taps of the time-domain representation corresponding to an unused cyclic shift or orthogonal cover sequence. Such taps can be employed to generate a noise and/or interference estimate.

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