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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Jan Boer, Odijk, NL;
Bas Driesen, Dongen, NL;
Ra'anan Gil, Nieuwegein, NL;
Kai Roland Kriedte, Woerden, NL;
Jan Boer, Odijk, NL;
Bas Driesen, Dongen, NL;
Ra'anan Gil, Nieuwegein, NL;
Kai Roland Kriedte, Woerden, NL;
Agere Systems LLC, Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a transmission rate of at least one transceiver, the transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver, includes: determining a signal quality characteristic corresponding to a signal received at the receiver by measuring a difference between one or more reference constellation points and one or more received constellation points, and modifying a transmission rate of the transmitter over a wireless communication channel as a function of the signal quality characteristic. The step of modifying the transmission rate over the wireless communication channel includes: determining lower and upper threshold levels representing reference minimum and maximum signal quality characteristics, respectively, corresponding to the transmission rate; maintaining the transmission rate when the measured signal quality characteristic is between the lower and upper threshold levels; and increasing the transmission rate when the signal quality characteristic is less than one or more lower threshold levels associated with one or more corresponding higher transmission rates.