Signaling of information for non-linearity model
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsGideon Shlomo Kutz, Yaron Laufer, Amit Bar-Or Tillinger, Elad Meir, Ori Barak, Assaf Touboul, Ram Krips
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Abstract
Aspects relate to signaling relating to a non-linearity model for power amplifier circuitry of a transmitting device. The power amplifier circuitry may apply digital pre-distortion (DPD) to a signal prior to amplification and transmission of the signal. A receiving device may apply digital post-distortion (DPoD) to a signal received from the transmitting device where the DPoD is based on the non-linearity model. The transmitting device may send to the receiving device non-linearity parameters for the non-linearity model.
Claims26
A first wireless communication device, comprising:
- one or more memories that store processor-executable code;
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- one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the first wireless communication device to:
- receive a first request from a second wireless communication device, the first request instructing the first wireless communication device to perform joint digital pre-distortion and digital post-distortion operations to jointly compute first digital pre-distortion information for a first non-linearity model for a power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device and digital post-distortion information for the first wireless communication device, the first request further requesting the first wireless communication device to send the first digital pre-distortion information to the second wireless communication device;
- receive first non-linearity information associated with the first non-linearity model for the power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device;
- receive, from the second wireless communication device, an indication of a change in the first non-linearity model;
- jointly compute the first digital pre-distortion information for the first non-linearity model for the power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device and the digital post-distortion information for the first wireless communication device in response to the receipt of the indication of the change in the first non-linearity model, the digital post-distortion information comprising a second non-linearity model for a digital post-distortion process of the second wireless communication device, the digital post-distortion process comprising an iterative slicer and estimator process based on the second non-linearity model;
- transmit the first digital pre-distortion information to the second wireless communication device;
- receive a first signal from the second wireless communication device;
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- use the digital post-distortion process comprising the iterative slicer and estimator process based on the second non-linearity model to compensate for non-linear distortion in the first signal, wherein:
- the joint computation of the first digital pre-distortion information for the first non-linearity model for the power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device and the digital post-distortion information for the first wireless communication device is based on an adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) limit whereby crest factor reduction, digital pre-distortion, and digital post-distortion configurations associated with a gain state are selected to meet the ACLR limit;
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- the digital post-distortion process comprises an iterative Bussgang decomposition process where estimates of the non-linear distortion in the first signal are subtracted from the first signal until a convergence criterion is met.
A method for wireless communication at a first wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first request from a second wireless communication device, the first request instructing the first wireless communication device to perform joint digital pre-distortion and digital post-distortion operations to jointly compute first digital pre-distortion information for a first non-linearity model for a power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device and digital post-distortion information for the first wireless communication device, the first request further requesting the first wireless communication device to send the first digital pre-distortion information to the second wireless communication device;
- receiving first non-linearity information associated with the first non-linearity model for the power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device;
- receiving, from the second wireless communication device, an indication of a change in the first non-linearity model;
- jointly computing the first digital pre-distortion information for the first non-linearity model for the power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device and the digital post-distortion information for the first wireless communication device in response to the receipt of the indication of the change in the first non-linearity model, the digital post-distortion information comprising a second non-linearity model for a digital post-distortion process of the second wireless communication device, the digital post-distortion process comprising an iterative slicer and estimator process based on the second non-linearity model;
- transmitting the first digital pre-distortion information to the second wireless communication device;
- receiving a first signal from the second wireless communication device;
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- using the digital post-distortion process comprising the iterative slicer and estimator process based on the second non-linearity model to compensate for non-linear distortion in the first signal, wherein:
- the joint computation of the first digital pre-distortion information for the first non-linearity model for the power amplifier circuit of the second wireless communication device and the digital post-distortion information for the first wireless communication device is based on an adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) limit whereby crest factor reduction, digital pre-distortion, and digital post-distortion configurations associated with a gain state are selected to meet the ACLR limit;
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- the digital post-distortion process comprises an iterative Bussgang decomposition process where estimates of the non-linear distortion in the first signal are subtracted from the first signal until a convergence criterion is met.
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