Communication system control using reliability data
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorGregory Proehl
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for recovering a data symbol from a communication signal in which the communication signal is processed to produce a baseband waveform that is then sampled to obtain a channel sequence. The channel sequence is decoded to obtain an estimate of the data symbol together with a measure of the reliability of the data symbol. The processing of the communication signal is adjusted dependent upon the measure of the reliability of the data symbol. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
Claims15
A method for recovering a data symbol from a communication signal, comprising:
- processing the communication signal to obtain a baseband waveform;
- sampling the baseband waveform to obtain a channel sequence;
- decoding the channel sequence to obtain an estimate of the data symbol and a measure of the reliability of the data symbol;
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- adjusting the processing of the communication signal dependent upon the measure of the reliability of the data symbol,
- wherein processing the communication signal to obtain a baseband waveform comprises passing the communication signal through an amplifier and wherein adjusting the processing of the communication signal dependent upon the measure of the reliability of the data symbol comprises increasing the gain of the amplifier if the reliability of the data symbol is low and decreasing the gain of the amplifier if the reliability of the data symbol is high.
A method for recovering a data symbol from a communication signal, comprising:
- processing the communication signal to obtain a baseband waveform;
- sampling the baseband waveform to obtain a channel sequence;
- decoding the channel sequence to obtain an estimate of the data symbol and a measure of the reliability of the data symbol;
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- adjusting the processing of the communication signal dependent upon the measure of the reliability of the data symbol,
- wherein processing the communication signal to obtain a baseband waveform comprises passing a signal derived from the communication signal through an amplifier and wherein adjusting the processing of the communication signal dependent upon the measure of the reliability of the data symbol comprises increasing the gain of the amplifier if the reliability of the data symbol is low and decreasing the gain of the amplifier if the reliability of the data symbol is high.
A method for recovering a data symbol from a communication signal, comprising:
- processing the communication signal by passing it through an amplifier and then a demodulator to obtain a baseband waveform;
- sampling the baseband waveform to obtain a channel sequence;
- decoding the channel sequence to obtain an estimate of the data symbol and a measure of the reliability of the data symbol;
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- adjusting the gain of the amplifier dependent upon the measure of the reliability of the data symbol,
- wherein processing the communication signal to obtain a baseband waveform comprises receiving the communication signal from an antenna the method further comprising adjusting the orientation of the antenna dependent upon the reliability of the data symbol.
A communication system, comprising:
- an analog processor, comprising an amplifier, a filter and a demodulator, operable to receive an input communication signal and produce a baseband modulated signal;
- a sampler operable to receive the baseband modulated signal and produce a channel sequence;
- a decoder operable to receive the channel sequence and obtain an estimate of a data symbol and a measure of the reliability of the data symbol;
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- a controller operable to adjust the gain of the amplifier in response to the measure of the reliability of the data symbol,
- wherein the controller is operable to increase the gain of the amplifier when the reliability is low and to decrease the gain of the amplifier when the reliability is high.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.