Orange

France Telecom

Antoine Berthet

Raphaël Visoz

Abdulaziz Mohamad

Atoosa Hatefi

Patricia Layec

Baozhu Ning

Sami Chtourou

Rapha¬l Visoz

A method for relaying messages via a half-duplex relay for a telecommunications system with M sources, L relays and a destination, where M&#x3e;1, L&#x2265;1, according to an orthogonal multiple access scheme of the transmission channel between the L relays and the destination. The method includes: decoding, via a relay, M messages each being associated with a frame and coming from a source among the M sources with detection of errors on the messages; transmitting from the relay to the destination a signal representative of a least one portion of a set of the messages for which no errors have been detected by the relay conditional on authorization from the destination, transmitting from the relay to the destination of a monitoring signal indicating a set of messages for which no errors have been detected by this relay, this transmission of the monitoring signal occurring before the transmission of the representative signal.

Relaying method and device and destination with feedback in an OMAMRC system

A full-duplex relay and method of a telecommunication system having several sources, at least the relay and a recipient. The relay includes: a decoder estimating a message for each source, from successive received blocks transmitted during a current interval by a source, a decision module deciding which source messages were decoded without error from the estimated messages, a network encoder encoding a selection of the messages decoded without error and a transmitter transmitting a signal representative of the network encoded messages to the destination and a control signal indicating the selected messages. The decision module selects messages decoded without error at the input of the network encoder by only considering a return path from the destination indicating correct or incorrect decoding of messages. After each reception of a block, the decision module prevents the emission by the transmitter for a time period necessary to receive and decode the return path.

Dynamic and selective FD-DSDF transmission of a digital signal for a MARC/MAMRC system with full-duplex relay and a limited feedback

A relaying method in a telecommunication system having a plurality of sources, a half-duplex relay and a recipient. The relay performs a receiving phase of: receiving codewords transmitted by the sources, including estimating for each source a message associated with the codewords transmitted by the source, error detection and decision of error-free decoded messages, which determine the set of sources decoded without error by the relay; a phase of coding and transmitting to the recipient a signal uniquely representative of the selection of messages, such that, after each reception of a block from different sources, the relay receives and decodes a return path from the destination indicating if no or at least one message is decoded without error, these messages determining the set of sources decoded without error. The relay switches from the receiving phase to the coding and transmission phase once a logic rule is valid.

Method for transmitting a digital signal for a system having at least one dynamic half-duplex relay with selective logic, corresponding program product and relay device

A method and relay for relaying messages. The relay includes tests reliability relating solely to messages estimated with error and taken in their form prior to error detection in order to be able to separate messages that are reliable and messages that are not reliable. The relay also includes a shaper unit having a channel interleaver and a modulator taking account only of the messages estimated without error and of those messages estimated with error that are reliable, this shaping being performed in soft form if at least one message estimated with error successfully passes the reliability test.

Method and device for flexible, selective SSDF relaying

A relay for a telecommunications system comprises a decoder which responds to received blocks corresponding to successive code words xtransmitted simultaneously by sources during T time slots. At each slot t, t=1, . . . , T, a code word xcomprises B blocks x, x, . . . , x. The first can be decoded independently of the other blocks, to estimate for each source code words x. It also comprises a detector which detects messages that have been decoded without error and takes a decision and an encoder and transmitter which encodes a signal and transmits it to the destination, which signal is representative only of messages that have been decoded without error. When estimating, the decoder takes account of a signal transmitted by another relay representative of messages from the sources that were decoded without error by that relay. The encoder and transmitter is under the control of the detector in accordance with a selection scheme, after each received block.

Method for dynamic and selective FD-DSDF transmission of a digital signal for a MAMRC system with several full-duplex relays, and corresponding program product and relay device

A relaying method performed by a half-duplex relay for a telecommunications system includes a reception stage of receiving codewords from sources during N uses of the transmission channel. The successive codewords correspond to B blocks, the first of which can be decoded independently of the other blocks. This stage includes a decoding step of estimating a message from each source based on received codewords. The relay performs an error detection and decision-taking step on messages decoded without error. The relay performs a stage of encoding a signal and forwarding it to a destination. The signal is representative of only messages decoded without error and includes channel encoding by an incremental redundancy code to obtain a channel encoded codeword. The relay passes from non-selective reception to selective reception after receiving Bblocks and switches from the reception stage to the encoding and forwarding stage under control of the decision step.

Method for transmitting a digital signal for a marc system with a plurality of dynamic half-duplex relays, corresponding program product and relay device

Some embodiments relate to a full-duplex relay for a telecommunications system comprising a plurality of sources, the relay, and a destination. The relay comprises a decoder which estimates for each source a code word xencoding a K-bit message u, from received blocks corresponding to successive code words xtransmitted simultaneously by the sources during T time slots, such that at each time slot t, t=1, . . . , T, a code word xcomprises B blocks x, x, . . . , xof which the first can be decoded independently of the other blocks. It also comprises a decision component which enables the relay to detect messages that have been decoded without error and to take a decision and an encoder and transmitter which encode a signal and transmit it to the destination, which signal is representative only of messages that have been decoded without error. After each received block, the encoding and transmission unit is under the control of the decision component.

Method for dynamic and selective FD-DSDF transmission of a digital signal for a MARC system with a full-duplex relay, and corresponding program product and relay device

A relaying method performed by a half duplex relay for a telecommunications system. The method includes a reception stage of receiving codewords transmitted by a source, the successive codewords corresponding to B blocks, the first of which can be decoded independently of the other blocks. This stage includes a decoding step of estimating a message from each source based on received codewords, the message being associated with the codewords transmitted by the source. The relay performs an error detection and decision-taking step on messages that are decoded without error. The relay encodes a signal and forwards it to the destination, wherein the signal is representative of only those messages that are decoded without error, such that the relay passes from non-selective reception to selective reception after receiving Bblocks and switches from the reception stage to the encoding and forwarding stage under control of the error detection and decision stage.

Method for transmitting a digital signal for a marc system having a dynamic half-duplex relay, corresponding program product and relay device

One embodiment described herein relates to a method of predicting the performance of a communication system on a transmission channel. The system may comprise a transmitter suitable for applying bit interleaved coded modulation to information bits issued by a source to generate coded symbols, these coded symbols being transmitted by the transmitter over the transmission channel. The coded modulation may be based on a turbo-code comprising at least two constituent codes. The system may also comprise an iterative receiver, suitable for performing an iterative interference cancellation technique to process the coded symbols received from the transmission channel, the iterative receiver comprising an equalizer, a demodulator, and a turbo-decoder that are activated during each iteration performed by the iterative receiver. The turbo-decoder may comprise at least two decoders suitable for decoding the respective constituent codes of the turbo-code, the decoders being suitable for interchanging probabilistic quantities in an iterative manner.

Method and device for predicting the performance of a system for communication over a transmission channel

A method and device for selective relaying in a communications network having a plurality of sources, a relay, and a reception device. The method includes the following steps: the relay receives messages transmitted respectively by the sources in order to obtain an estimate of the messages; the relay detects errors in the estimated messages; the relay transmits a representative signal to the reception device, the signal being representative of only those messages for which no error was detected and resulting from a non-bijective surjective function applied to the messages detected without error, the function including interleaving and encoding; and the representative signal being transmitted by the relay to the reception device with a control signal indicating which messages are represented in the representative signal.

Method and a device for relaying in a communications network

A method and apparatus for transmitting a signal for a network having at least four nodes comprising two transmitters, a relay, and a receiver that are connected together by non-orthogonal links implementing a spatially-distributed network code. The method includes each transmitter delivering a code word per block of K information bits and transmitting the code words during N time slots; iterative joint detection/decoding in the relay to separate respective streams and determine, per stream, a vector representative of the received code word; jointly coding two vectors derived from the two streams to determine redundancy information representative of two code words transmitted during N time slots; transmitting, by the relay, redundancy information during N time slots; and sequencing in the relay such that the redundancy information transmitted during the N time slots corresponds to the code words transmitted during the preceding N time slots.

Method of transmitting a digital signal for a marc system with a full-duplex relay, a corresponding program product and relay device

A method and device are provided for transmitting a digital signal intended for a network having at least four nodes including two transmitters, a relay and a receiver separated from one another by non-orthogonal links, except between the relay and the destination, between which the link is orthogonal, implementing a spatially distributed network code. The method includes: encoding, in each transmitter, supplying a code word for every block of K bits of information; transmitting, in the transmitters, the code word during &#x3b1;N transmission intervals, &#x3b1;&#x3b5;[0,1]; jointly, iteratively detecting/decoding, in the relay, in order to separate interfering streams from the transmitters and to determine, for each stream, a vector representing the K bits of information associated with the code word; jointly encoding, in the relay, the two vectors in order to determine redundancy information, and scheduling the relays to transmit the redundancy information during the (1&#x2212;&#x3b1;)N following transmission intervals.

Method for transmitting a digital signal for a semi-orthogonal MARC system having half-duplex relay, and corresponding program product and relay device

A method and apparatus are provided for emitting and receiving a signal in a multi-antennae system, using spatial precoding. A method for emitting a signal from an emitter towards a receiver via a transmission channel, in the form of a set of data flows, includes distributing the emission antennae into a plurality of groups containing at least one antenna, at least one group containing two antennae, according to at least one piece of information representing the transmission channel. The method also includes: attributing an efficiency to each emission antenna; allocating an emission power to each data flow; and spatial precoding the signal, using a matrix for diagonal precoding by blocks, containing at least two blocks, each block being associated with one of the groups of antennae.

Method for sending and receiving a signal in a multiple-antenna system implementing spatial pre-encoding, corresponding sender, receiver and computer program products

A method is provided for receiving a signal, corresponding to a data signal transmitted by a transmitter to a receiver via a transmission channel. The method includes the following steps: analyzing the signal received, delivering an information item representative of the transmission channel; determining, periodically and/or as a function of a variation of the transmission channel: at least one distribution of the transmission antennas into at least one group of at least one antenna as a function of the information item representative of the transmission channel, wherein at least one group includes at least two transmission antennas for at least one of the determinations; and specific efficiencies assigned respectively to each of the groups of antennas for each distribution as a function of the information item, and transmitting to the transmitter a parameterization signal defining the at least one distribution and the specific efficiencies.

Adaptive method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a multi-antenna system, corresponding transmission and reception devices, computer program products and signal

The invention relates to a sending method for multiple users requiring to transmit digital data over a frequency-selective channel with a plurality of send antennas and a plurality of receive antennas, characterized in that it applies to coded and interleaved data (d[n]):

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