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Method of exploitation of co-channel interference, apparatus and computer program

US8660102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 2011
Grant dateFeb 25, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/023
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of canceling co-channel interference of a signal received by a mobile station having at least two receiving antennas, in a cellular OFDMA-TDD communication network having a serving base station and at least one interfering base station. The signal is a result of a serving signal transmitted by the serving base station which is distorted by at least one interfering signal transmitted by the interfering base station. The serving signal is transmitted with a first modulation scheme and the interfering signal is transmitted with a second modulation scheme. The method includes: a channel estimation phase delivering channel estimations of the serving signal and the interfering signal; and a MIMO detecting phase, detecting symbols by using the channel estimations of the serving signal and the interfering signal. The MIMO detection phase is realized using a non-linear method which uses the first modulation scheme and the second modulation scheme.

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