Method for determining a channel estimate and communication device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorRajarajan Balraj
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Abstract
A method for determining a channel estimate is described comprising receiving a first signal via a plurality of first communication resources and a second signal via a plurality of second communication resources, determining a first channel estimate for the plurality of first communication resources and a second channel estimate for the plurality of second communication resources, determining a combination of the channel estimates estimating a component of the combination that depends on the plurality of first communication resources removing the estimated component from the channel combination and determining a channel estimate for the plurality of second communication resources based on a remainder of the combination after removing the estimated component.
Claims20
A method for determining a channel estimate for a communication channel between a transmitter and a receiver comprising:
- a receiver receiving a first signal via a plurality of first communication resources;
- the receiver receiving a second signal via a plurality of second communication resources wherein the plurality of second communication resources differ from the plurality of first communication resources in at least one of time or frequency;
- determining a first channel estimate for a communication channel based on the plurality of first communication resources between a first transmitter and the receiver based on the first signal;
- determining a second channel estimate for a communication channel based on the plurality of second communication resources between the first transmitter and the receiver based on the second signal;
- determining a combination of the first channel estimate and the second channel estimate;
- estimating a component of the combination that depends on the communication channel based on the plurality of first communication resources between a second transmitter and the receiver;
- removing the estimated component from the channel combination;
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- determining a channel estimate for a communication channel between the second transmitter and the receiver based on the plurality of second communication resources based on a remainder of the combination after removing the estimated component.
A communication device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a first signal via a plurality of first communication resources and configured to receive a second signal via a plurality of second communication resources wherein the plurality of second communication resources differ from the plurality of first communication resources in at least one of time or frequency;
- a channel estimator configured to
- determine a first channel estimate for a communication channel based on the plurality of first communication resources between a first transmitter and the receiver based on the first signal;
- determine a second channel estimate for a communication channel based on the plurality of second communication resources between the first transmitter and the receiver based on the second signal;
- determine a combination of the first channel estimate and the second channel estimate;
- estimate a component of the combination that depends on the communication channel based on the plurality of first communication resources between a second transmitter and the receiver;
- remove the estimated component from the channel combination;
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- determine a channel estimate for a communication channel between the second transmitter and the receiver based on the plurality of second communication resources based on a remainder of the combination after removing the estimated component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.