Noise and channel estimation using low spreading factors
CA 2504822 A1 · Owner: Qualcomm Incorporated · Inventors: Bhashyam, Srikrishna; Malladi, Durga P.; Shiu, Da-Shan
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Noise measurements are made within a fraction of a single symbol period of a longest orthogonal code symbol. A control processor (520) identifies an unoccupied code having a spreading factor that is less than a longest spreading factor for the system. A despreader (512) measures symbol energy based on the unoccupied code and a noise estimator (516) generates noise estimations based on the measured symbol energies. The subscriber station uses similar techniques in order to perform channel estimations within a period that is a fraction of a symbol period of a longest-spreading-factor code.
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- Filed November 5, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 5, 2023.
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