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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Marvell International, Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Yona Perets, Ra'anana, IL;
Ezer Melzer, Tel Aviv, IL;
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A method includes receiving reference signals in a mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal being designed to receive data-carrying signals that are transmitted from a base station using one of multiple predefined Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs). Based on the received reference signals, using processing circuitry in the terminal, effective Signal to Noise Ratios (SNRs) are calculated for the MCSs in a predefined partial subset of the MCSs that does not include all MCSs. The effective SNRs, for the MCSs that are not part of the predefined partial subset, are estimated by interpolating among two or more calculated effective SNR measures of the MCSs in the predefined partial subset using an interpolation function. Channel feedback is calculated based on the calculated effective SNRs and the estimated effective SNRs. The channel feedback is transmitted from the terminal, for use in transmitting the data carrying signals from the base station.