Method and system for transmitting a frame in a block transmission system and for decoding the frame thereof

Abstract

Methods and systems for transmitting a modulated frame in a block transmission system and for decoding the modulated frame when received are provided. The block transmission system is a frequency reuse system. The transmission of a frame in a block transmission system includes modulating the frame using a modulation sequence to produce a modulated frame and transmitting the modulated frame. The modulation sequence is unknown to a receiver that will receive the modulated frame, and is representative of control information.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for transmitting a frame in a block transmission system, in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for performing detection in a block transmission system, in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a system configured to transmit a frame in a block transmission system, in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a receiver, in accordance with an embodiment.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting in a block transmission system, wherein the block transmission system is a frequency reuse system, the method comprising: receiving a frame;modulating the frame using a modulation sequence to generate a modulated frame; andtransmitting the modulated frame using at least one transmit antenna, the modulation sequence being unknown to a receiver that receives the modulated frame, wherein the modulation sequence represents control information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the modulated frame comprises at least one modulated data symbol, wherein each pilot sub-carrier of the at least one modulated data symbol is modulated by the modulation sequence.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the modulation sequence comprises a symbol-modulator corresponding to each modulated data symbol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modulation sequence is a bipolar modulation sequence.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the modulation sequence is a q-ary modulation sequence.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the modulated frame is a downlink modulated frame and the modulation sequence is corresponding to a base station of the block transmission system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the modulated frame is an uplink modulated frame and the modulation sequence is corresponding to a subscriber station of the block transmission system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the control information includes at least one of automatic repeat request (ARQ) information, a Channel Quality Indicator Channel (CQICH), an Acknowledgement (ACK) signal and a Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) signal.

9. A method for performing detection in a block transmission system, the detection being performed by a receiver, the block transmission system being a frequency reuse system, the method comprising: receiving a modulated frame that is modulated by at least one transmit antenna with a modulation sequence;decoding the modulated frame using a channel impulse response of at least one training symbol of the modulated frame, wherein the modulated frame is decoded at the receiver to detect the modulation sequence to obtain control information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the decoding comprises: obtaining a symbol-modulator corresponding to each modulated data symbol of the modulated frame, wherein the symbol-modulator corresponding to a modulated data symbol is obtained based on the channel impulse response corresponding to at least one time index of the at least one training symbol and channel impulse response corresponding to the at least one time index of the modulated data symbol.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the channel impulse response corresponding to the at least one time index of the at least one training symbol is greater than or equal to a channel impulse response corresponding to remaining time indexes of the at least one training symbol.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one time index comprise a maximum time index, wherein channel impulse response of a training symbol corresponding to the maximum time index is maximum with respect to a channel impulse response of remaining time indexes of the training symbol.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the channel impulse response corresponding to the maximum time index of the modulated data symbol is a function of at least one channel impulse response corresponding to the maximum time index of preceding modulated data symbols.

14. A system for transmitting a frame in a block transmission system, the block transmission system being a frequency reuse system, the system comprising: at least one transmit antenna, the at least one transmit antenna transmitting a modulated frame; anda transmit-processor adaptively coupled to the at least one transmit antenna, wherein the transmit-processor is configured to modulate the frame using a modulation sequence to generate the modulated frame, the modulation sequence being representative of control information, wherein the modulation sequence is unknown to a receiver that will receive the modulated frame.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the modulated frame comprises at least one modulated data symbol, wherein each pilot sub-carrier of the at least one modulated data symbol is modulated by the modulation sequence.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the modulation sequence comprises a symbol-modulator corresponding to each modulated data symbol.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the frequency reuse system is a frequency resuse-1 system.

18. A receiver comprising: a decoding module coupled to a receive antenna, the decoding module decoding a modulated frame using information of a channel impulse response of at least one training symbol of the modulated frame, wherein the modulated frame is modulated by at least one transmit antenna with a modulation sequence, wherein the modulated frame is decoded at the receiver to detect the modulation sequence to obtain control information.

19. The receiver of claim 18, wherein the decoding module comprises: an symbol-modulator-obtaining module, the symbol-modulator-obtaining module obtaining a symbol-modulator corresponding to each modulated data symbol of the modulated frame, wherein the symbol-modulator corresponding to a modulated data symbol is obtained based on the channel impulse response corresponding to at least one time index of the at least one training symbol and channel impulse response corresponding to the at least one time index of the modulated data symbol.