KR100941349B1

5G

Title

Methods and apparatus for antenna control in a wireless terminal

Application Number:

KR20077023120

Publication Date:

11-02-2010

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

08-03-2006

Declaring Company:

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

09-03-2005

Title

Methods and apparatus for antenna control in a wireless terminal

Application Number:

KR20077023120

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

11-02-2010

Application Date:

08-03-2006

Priority Date:

09-03-2005

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

The base station transmits the strip signal using a self-supported modulation scheme and strip signal segment that facilitates fast channel estimation. The strip segment occupies one OFDM symbol time interval and uses a set of downlink tones, some of which are left unused, for example half, to facilitate SIR measurements. The strip segments are advantageously timed to correspond to uplink access intervals to which connected wireless terminals typically do not transmit uplink signals. Wireless terminals, including multiple antennas, antenna duplex modules, a single RF receive chain and a single RF transmitter chain, and switch antenna coefficient combinations based on strip signal segment timing, are used for coupling. The wireless terminal determines independent downlink channel quality measurements, e.g., SNR and / or SIR, for each strip signal segment and ongoing non-strip signaling. The wireless terminal compares the channel quality measurements and selects the antenna coefficient combination to be used during the non-strip signaling interval to obtain very good antenna gain.



Antenna element, antenna gain factor, modulation method, signal quality measurement, time period

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