InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 7,864,659
Koo , et al. January 4, 2011

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Quality control scheme for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems


Abstract
A method and apparatus for optimizing the system capacity of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system that uses with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas. In a receiver, a target quality of service (QoS) metric and reference data rate are set. The target QoS metric may be set to a predetermined value and/or may be adjusted dynamically with respect to packet error rate (PER) by a slow outer-loop control processor. The QoS of received signals are measured and compared to the target QoS. Depending on the comparison, the receiver generates a channel quality indicator (CQI) which is sent back to the transmitting transmitter. The CQI is a one or two bit indicator which indicates to the transmitter to disable, adjust or maintain data transmission rates of particular sub-carriers, groups of sub-carriers per transmit antenna, or groups of sub-carriers across all transmit antennas. At the transmitter, the transmitted data rate is disabled, adjusted or maintained. At the receiver, the target QoS metric and reference data rate are adjusted accordingly. This process is repeated for each data frame of each sub-carrier group.


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Inventors: Koo; Chang-Soo (Melville, NY), Olesen; Robert Lind (Huntington, NY)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)

Appl. No.: 11/118,867
Filed: April 29, 2005

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
60598183 Aug., 2004


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Current U.S. Class: 370/208 ; 370/252; 375/260
Current International Class: H04J 11/00 (20060101)
Field of Search: 370/203,208,252,253,338,468 375/260,261

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