2980 results about "Quality information" patented technology

In a wireless communication network providing voice and data services, one or more entities in the network, such as a base station controller and / or radio base station, can be configured to reduce data services overhead responsive to detecting a congestion condition, thereby increasing the availability of one or more network resources for voice services. In one or more exemplary embodiments, one or more current data services users are targeted for modification of their ongoing data services to effect the reduction in data services overhead. Modifications can include, but are not limited to, any one or more of the following: forward or reverse link data rate reductions, and shifting of forward or reverse link traffic from dedicated user channels to shared user channels. Targeting of users for service modification can be based on reported channel quality information. For example, users reporting poor radio conditions can be targeted first for service modifications.

A method of transmitting / receiving channel quality information (CQI) of subcarriers in an OFDM system where data is transmitted on the subcarriers via one or more transmit antennas. The subcarriers are grouped into subcarrier groups each having at least one subcarrier and further grouped into subgroups each having one or more subgroups. A user equipment generates CQIs for one or more allocated subcarrier groups and the transmit antennas or CQIs for the allocated subcarrier groups, the subgroups of the subcarrier groups, and the transmit antennas. The group CQIs and the subgroup CQIs are transmitted to a Node B in one or more physical channel frames.

A Web site is provided that contains an array of informative resources including for-pay services and extranet functions to serve consumers and traditional players in the financial services industry, including financial counselors, mortgage brokers, direct lenders, large national credit issuers, and third-party credit report re-sellers, plus information seekers such as the press, consumer groups, and government agencies. A primary focus is to educate consumers, consumer groups, and the consumer press by offering them access to the exceptionally high-quality information, both general and personal, about the practices of collection, storing, reporting, and evaluating consumer credit data.

A communication station employs discontinuous transmission of channel quality feedback to reduce channel quality feedback transmitted over overhead channels. Prior to transmitting channel quality information to a remote station, the communication station compares the channel quality feedback to predetermined qualification criteria. If the qualification criteria are not met, the channel quality feedback is not transmitted. The method may be implemented by a mobile station to reduce channel quality feedback sent to a base station over a reverse link overhead channel.

In a multiuser Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) radio communication system, a transmitter receives channel quality information transmitted from receivers, schedules resource for the receivers within a corresponding scheduling epoch based on the received channel quality information. Thereafter, the transmitter pre-codes signals to be transmitted to the resource-scheduled receivers in a predetermined coding method before transmission, thereby maximizing system transmission efficiency.

Method for computing and transmitting channel quality information in a multi-carrier communications system. A preferred embodiment comprises receiving a transmission from a transmitter, wherein the transmission occurs over a plurality of carriers, measuring a channel condition for each carrier in a plurality of carriers, computing a channel quality indicator based upon the measured channel condition, and providing the channel quality indicator to the transmitter. The channel quality indicator can be used at the transmitter to schedule transmissions to various users in the multi-carrier communications system to maximize utilization of the carriers as well as overall network performance.

The present invention provides a process for separating a good quality information signal from a noisy acoustic environment. The separation process uses a set of at least two spaced-apart transducers to capture noise and information components. The transducer signals, which have both a noise and information component, are received into a separation process. The separation process generates one channel that is substantially only noise, and another channel that is a combination of noise and information. An identification process is used to identify which channel has the information component. The noise signal is then used to set process characteristics that are applied to the combination signal to efficiently reduce or eliminate the noise component. In this way, the noise is effectively removed from the combination signal to generate a good qualify information signal. The information signal may be, for example, a speech signal, a seismic signal, a sonar signal, or other acoustic signal.

In order to generate reasonable game advertisement charges and to direct a player's attention to a game advertisement, a charge amount to be charged for outputting a game advertisement is calculated based on displayed amount information, e.g., information concerning a display time and area, and display quality information, e. g., information concerning a display position on a game screen, presence or absence of clipping with an advertisement image, an advertisement display direction in a vertical 3D space, and so forth. Further, displaying of that advertisement is limited, when some advertisement has been displayed to a predetermined amount. Still further, an advertisement display program or data is obtained before a game program or game data is obtained, and the game program or the game data is obtained while an advertisement is being output based on the advertisement output program or data obtained. Yet further, a charge amount to be charged for outputting an advertisement is calculated based on attribute information obtained in advance concerning players targeted by an advertisement and attribute information of the player enjoying the game.

A method for transmitting channel quality information (CQI) from a receiver station to a transmitter station in a wireless communication system which includes diversity mode consisted of spaced apart subcarriers and band AMC mode consisted of a number of bands comprised of a predetermined number of adjacent subcarriers. The method comprises the steps of transmitting an average CINR(Carrier to Interference and Noise Ratio) value for a full frequency band if the receiver station operates in the diversity mode; transmitting a differential CINR of a predetermined number of bins if the receiver station operates in the band AMC mode.

Methods and apparatus for supporting and using multiple communications channels corresponding to different transmit technologies and / or access technologies in parallel within a cell of a wireless communications system are described. Mobile nodes support multiple technologies and can switch between the technology being used at a particular point in time, e.g., from a first channel corresponding to a first technology to a second channel corresponding to a different technology which provides better transmission characteristics, e.g., a better perceived channel quality. Mobiles maintain at least two sets of channel quality information at any one point in time. Mobiles select the better channel and communicate the channel selection to the base station or communicate channel quality information for multiple channels to the basestation and allow the base station to select the channel corresponding to the technology providing the better conditions for the mobile. Different mobiles in the same cell may support different technologies.

Disclosed is a method for MS channel quality information to feed back in a communication system which divides an entire frequency band into a plurality of sub-carrier bands and includes sub-channels representing a set of a predetermined number of sub-carrier bands. The method includes measuring channel qualities of the sub-channels, arranging the sub-channels in a sequence in which a sub-channel having channel quality conditions precedes any other sub-channels, selecting sub-channels satisfying preset conditions from the arranged sub-channels, and feeding back channel quality information of the selected sub-channels.

Methods and apparatus for supporting and using multiple communications channels corresponding to different transmit technologies and / or access technologies in parallel within a cell of a wireless communications system are described. Mobile nodes support multiple technologies and can switch between the technology being used at a particular point in time, e.g., from a first channel corresponding to a first technology to a second channel corresponding to a different technology which provides better transmission characteristics, e.g., a better perceived channel quality. Mobiles maintain at least two sets of channel quality information at any one point in time. Mobiles select the better channel and communicate the channel selection to the base station or communicate channel quality information for multiple channels to the basestation and allow the base station to select the channel corresponding to the technology providing the better conditions for the mobile. Different mobiles in the same cell may support different technologies.

The invention shows explicitly how direct and honest communication utilizing a distributed computing network, shared content and services, and a focus on social network dynamics and situational context can directly create experiential and realized value for all participants around the globe. Contributors (20), having instructional content to share (22) pertaining to the functional utilization of generically named goods, essentially become knowledge workers and are rewarded (26) during specific instances when commercial entity Sponsors (60), who have been granted rights through bidding in an auction (64), utilize this content to un-intrusively market their branded goods to interested and receptive Consumers (10), by having their brand names acknowledged as a valuable component of the original content. The content can also be federated with real-time calculations of statistical price information (37) and specialized data services (101) to further increase the experiential value. The Sponsors (60) participating in these niche groups can then be granted access-rights to analyze the developing value network ontology and the ongoing flow of quality information (34) among the participants in the value network.

A cellular network protocol that maintains the reliability of assisted GPS based positioning is taught. An Integrity Monitor (IM) informs mobile stations, their users, or networks of measurement quality and it warns them of failing and failed GPS satellites by isolating them from the effects of these failures. Whenever an unhealthy satellite is detected, its corresponding assistance data will be excluded for delivery or for position determination. In other words, there are two specific aspects to the Integrity Monitor (IM). For DGPS users, it predicts the reliability or quality of the DGPS corrections. For all users, it isolates the mobile position calculation from the effects of GPS satellite failures. The UDRE parameter, nominally output by a reference DGPS receiver, is used to communicate the DGPS quality information, and DGPS corrections are simply excluded for failed satellites. For autonomous GPS users, a special integrity message is required and defined to communicate the satellite failure status information.

A method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting channel quality information in an OFDM communication system using dynamic channel allocation and adaptive modulation, and determining parameters required for time-division channel quality information transmission in an asynchronous CDMA communication system are provided. In the OFDM communication system in which a plurality of subcarriers are allocated to a plurality of UEs, the subcarriers are divided into a plurality of subcarrier groups each having at least one subcarrier. Each of the UEs determines and transmits the channel quality information of each of the subcarrier groups according to predetermined transmission parameters at transmission time points that do not overlap with those of other UEs. A Node B dynamically allocates the subcarriers to the UEs and their corresponding modulation schemes according to the channel quality information.

Obtaining channel quality information in a wireless communication network is described. A base station allocates a resource to remote stations in order to receive channel quality information back from remote stations. The resource allocated to a remote station contains no higher layer data. A scheduler in the base station uses the channel quality information in order to schedule remote stations and / or to decide on the channel coding and / or modulation to be applied to the data transmission. A mechanism is provided to ensure that data transmitted on HS-DSCH is not transmitted to higher layers. This may provide a convenient method of obtaining channel quality information allowing for improved scheduling and thus improved performance of the communication system.

A packet transmission control device relating to the present invention includes: a storage unit configured to store a transmission resource available for use in the packet transmission, radio quality information on the downlink, and a transmission method to be used in the packet transmission while associating them with one another; a determination unit configured to determine a transmission method to be used in the packet transmission on the basis of the radio quality information, on the downlink reported from the mobile stations and the transmission resource available for use in the packet transmission, by referring to the storage unit; and a packet transmission unit configured to transmit the packet by using the determined transmission method.

A mobile communication system and method utilizing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) receives channel quality information (CQIs) for subcarriers through which reference signals are transmitted and subcarriers through which data signals are transmitted, in subbands, each including a predetermined number of subcarriers among a plurality of the subcarriers. The CQIs are fed back from respective receivers. Resources are dynamically assigned to the respective receivers according to the feedback CQIs, thereby enabling dynamic resource assignment with minimized signaling overhead.

The invention discloses a method and system for identifying reasons of ZigBee sensor network packet loss. The method includes the steps that a receiving node carries out high-frequency sampling on corresponding receiving signal strength information and link quality information while receiving a data package; if the received data package fails to pass the cyclic redundancy check, collision mode fragments possibly existing in the high-frequency sampled receiving signal strength information and the high-frequency sampled link quality information are searched, and the modes monitored in the receiving signal strength information and the link quality information will be regrouped into a time-ordered mode sequence; the receiving node searches for the generated mode sequence and outputs the packet loss reasons of the damaged data package by using corresponding identifying rules; the receiving node adds the specific reasons of data package loss in an acknowledgment packet sent to a sending node. Through the method, network throughput can be improved and retransmission frequency can be reduced, so the purposes of saving energy and prolonging working time can be achieved.

A method for effectively transmitting / receiving a codeword in a MIMO system is disclosed. In a system including a plurality of predetermined rank structures, a reception end transmits rank information (RI), precoding matrix index (PMI), and channel quality information (CQI) of each codeword to a transmission end. The transmission end selects a rank structure on the basis of information received from the reception end. The transmission end selects only some codeword blocks among a plurality of codeword blocks available for the selected rank structure, transmits signals via the selected codeword blocks, and transmits a null signal for the non-selected codeword blocks.

A wireless relaying network having a number of network nodes including a designated originating node, at least one relaying node, and at least two receiving nodes. The designated originating node transmits a pilot signal, and the relaying node(s) receives and forwards the pilot signal to the receiving nodes, each of which measures channel quality based on the received pilot signal. At least part of the receiving nodes feed information on the measured channel quality all the way back to the designated originating node, and the originating node then schedules data for transmission to at least one selected node of the receiving nodes based on the received channel quality information. Subsequently, the designated originating node transmits data to the selected receiving node(s) via the same relaying node(s) that forwarded the pilot signal. In this way, multi-user diversity scheduling is introduced to relaying networks that provides significant data rate enhancements.

A method and an apparatus for adaptively transmitting and receiving channel quality information of each AMC sub-band in application of an AMC technology in a broadband OFDM-based system are provided. A speed status of the UE is determined, a determination is made based on a determined speed status whether to receive the channel quality information of the UE, a channel quality information transmission mode is reported to indicate a type of the channel quality information, to the UE when it is determined to receive the channel quality information of the UE. The channel quality information is received from the UE according to the channel quality information transmission mode and radio resources are allocated to the UE in consideration of the received channel quality information.

A method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting channel quality information on a radio channel in a mobile communication system are provided. The reporting cycle of channel quality information is changed adaptively according to time-varying characteristics associated with the Doppler frequency of a radio channel or the variation of the channel quality information. Therefore, the channel quality information is efficiently transmitted. Also, the decrease of unnecessary frequent information transmissions reduces an uplink interference power level and power consumption in user equipment (UE), as well.

Channel quality indicator (CQI) information may be appended to a packet that is to be transmitted on the reverse link. Power allocation on the forward link may be controlled based on forward link channel quality information feedback. The packet may be decoded, and channel quality indicator (CQI) information in the packet related to the forward link may be used for potentially modifying power of subsequent transmissions. A control channel containing channel quality indicator (CQI) information, together with a data channel carrying at least one data packet, may be transmitted over the reverse link.

An apparatus and method for transmitting / receiving channel quality information (CQI) in a communication system having a frame including subchannels corresponding to the same frequency reuse factor or different frequency reuse factors. A base station (BS) allocates at least one of the subchannels in the frame to a subscriber station (SS), and sends a transmission request for a CQI for a subchannel desired to be received, to the SS. The SS measures channel quality for individual subchannels requested by the BS in response to the CQI request, and transmits the measured channel quality to the BS.

An apparatus and method for supporting a plurality of MIMO modes in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a receiver selects one of the plurality of MIMO modes according to at least one of a received signal strength, a speed of the receiver, a correlation between a transmitter and the receiver, a presence or absence of channel quality information, a precoding index, and an antenna information, a rank, and a number of users, generates feedback information in a transmission format corresponding to the selected MIMO mode, and transmits the feedback information to the transmitter using a feedback resources allocated according to the selected MIMO mode.

A base station has a time correlation calculating unit for estimating a variation-with-time characteristic of radio link quality using radio downlink quality information reported by a mobile station, a target error rate setting unit for changing over a target error rate adaptively using this variation-with-time characteristic, and an MCS decision unit for deciding a modulation scheme and / or encoding rate, in such a manner that packet error rate becomes equal to the target error rate, using the radio link quality information as well as reception success / failure information reported by the mobile station. The base station transmits a packet based upon the modulation scheme and / or encoding rate decided.

An apparatus and method for scheduling a multiuser and a single user in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system are provided. The method for scheduling a multiuser and a single user at BS in MIMO system includes determining ratios of MultiUser-MIMO (MU-MIMO) chunks and Single User-MIMO (SU-MIMO) chunks to allocation chunks, determining the MU-MIMO chunks in the determined ratio and the remaining chunks as the SU-MIMO chunks, transmitting chunk information relating to the determined chunks to one or more Mobile Stations (MSs), and, when Channel Quality Information (CQI) feedback information relating to the determined MU-MIMO chunks and the determined SU-MIMO chunks is received from the MSs, allocating chunks and streams for MU-MIMO / SU-MIMO to users who maximize overall capacity using the CQI feedback information.

Dynamically allocating a frame cell (FC) / subchannel in a mobile communication system by an access point that receives channel quality information (CQIs) fed back from access terminals, determines a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to be applied to the access terminals based on the CQIs, and if access terminals whose FCs / subchannels must be changed are detected from the access terminals, sends an FC / subchannel change request to an access router. The access router allocates an FC / subchannel set by selecting a number of FCs / subchannels according to the FC / subchannel change request, and transmits information on the allocated FC / subchannel set to the access point. The access point selects and allocates a particular FC / subchannel from among FCs / subchannels in the FC / subchannel set information to the access terminals whose FCs / subchannels must be changed, based on CQIs last received from the access terminals.

To suppress concentration of channel quality information requests and reports in a case of discontinuously transmitting reference signals at specific resources in a time domain, and thereby preventing degradation in throughput. A transmission apparatus (eNB) transmits an instruction of CSI request distributed for each reception apparatus in a subframe concurrently with or earlier than a reference signal CSI-RS to each of reception apparatuses (UE1, UE2). Each of the reception apparatuses (UE1, UE2) detects the CSI request from the transmission apparatus and calculates CSI from a channel estimation value of CSI-RS received thereafter. Then, the reception apparatus identifies CSI report subframe of the own apparatus from CSI report interval information of a given time interval notified in advance, the subframe in which the CSI request is detected and transmission timing of CSI-RS, and transmits a feedback signal including CSI report value by using PUSCH at the timing of the CSI report subframe.