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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Jung-fu Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);

Kambiz Zangi, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Dennis Hui, Cary, NC (US);

Leonid Krasny, Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jung-Fu Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);

Kambiz Zangi, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Dennis Hui, Cary, NC (US);

Leonid Krasny, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/02 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/0047 (2013.01); H04L 25/0224 (2013.01); H04L 25/022 (2013.01); H04L 1/0009 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 25/0212 (2013.01); H04L 1/0019 (2013.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04B 7/0639 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04B 7/0626 (2013.01); H04B 17/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Accurate downlink channel estimates are calculated based on infrequently transmitted Channel State Information (CSI) feedback data from a UE. A plurality of non-uniformly spaced digital CSI feedback samples, representing the frequency response of a downlink communication channel, is received from the UE. The received CSI feedback samples are demodulated and inverse quantized. A time domain tap delay channel model is generated from the inverse quantized CSI feedback samples. The time domain tap delay channel model may be frequency-transformed to obtain a reconstructed frequency response of the downlink communication channel in the frequency domain. Alternatively, channel delays may be estimated based on prior delays and/or known references signals transmitted on the uplink. Channel estimates between CSI reporting instances may be predicted, such as by a sample & hold or a linear predictor. The delays may be presumed fixed, and Kalman filter coefficients evolved over time.


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