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Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Uri M. Landau, San Diego, CA (US);

Severine Catreux-erceg, Cardiff, CA (US);

Mark Kent, Vista, CA (US);

Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, CA (US);

Inventors:

Uri M. Landau, San Diego, CA (US);

Severine Catreux-Erceg, Cardiff, CA (US);

Mark Kent, Vista, CA (US);

Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for computing a noise power estimate in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network are disclosed and may include calculating a noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on an orthogonal sequence generated for a transmitted signal. The orthogonal sequence may be generated based on a slot number of the transmitted signal and/or a transmit diversity mode used for the transmitted signal. A portion of a plurality of dedicated physical channel (DPCH) pilot bits for the downlink channel may be summed to generate an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component. The generated I component and the generated Q component may be multiplied by the orthogonal sequence to generate at least one noise I component and at least one noise Q component.


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