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The present invention relates to wireless telecommunications in general, and, more particularly, to a wireless telecommunications system that can detect and mitigate impairments to its radio signals.
A radio signal can be impaired as it propagates from a transmitter to a receiver, and the value of a wireless telecommunications system is substantially dependent on how well the system mitigates the effects of those impairments. In some cases, the transmitter can take preventative measures, and in some cases the receiver can take remedial measures.
The present invention is a wireless telecommunications system that avoids some of the costs and disadvantages associated with wireless telecommunications systems in the prior art. For example, the illustrative embodiments of the present invention use a modulated radio-frequency carrier signal to convey data items wirelessly through a radio-frequency environment that comprises natural and man-made radio-frequency carrier signal-path impairments (e.g., objects, etc.) that reflect, refract, diffract, and absorb the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal.
A consequence of the presence of the signal-path impairments is that the radio receiver receives both direct-path and multipath images of the signal, which can cause infra-symbol and inter-symbol interference. The illustrative embodiments of the present invention are able to discriminate between direct-path and multipath images, which (substantially) prevents infra-symbol interference and enables the remediation of inter-symbol interference. Furthermore, the illustrative embodiments are also particularly effective remediating the effects of Doppler-shift impairments in the radio channel.
The illustrative embodiment of the present invention modulates the radio-frequency carrier signal with waveforms that are constructed to (substantially) prevent infra-symbol interference and enable the remediation of inter-symbol interference and Doppler-shift impairments.
As described in detail below, the nature of the waveforms is such that temporally-longer waveforms are better at preventing infra-symbol interference but introduce greater latency to the communications. Therefore, temporally-longer waveforms are less suitable for data items that are less latency tolerant (e.g., bi-directional voice communications, etc.) but more acceptable for data items that are high latency tolerant (e.g., broadcast uni-directional television, etc.). Temporally-longer waveforms are also advantageous as pilot signals and to discover the precise nature of the signal-path impairments.
In contrast, temporally-shorter waveforms are less effective in preventing infra-symbol interference but are more suitable for low latency tolerant data items. The illustrative embodiments of the present invention enables temporally-longer waveforms and temporally-shorter waveforms to be used concurrently in the same communications channel. This is advantageous for several reasons, including but not limited to, the ability of the telecommunications system to adapt on-the-fly the mix of longer and shorter waveforms based on the latency tolerance of the data items queued for transmission.
Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention enable a plurality of transmitters to simultaneously transmit (radiate) into the same radio channel to a single receiver in such a way that the receiver can separate the individual transmissions and properly associate them with their respective transmitters. This is widely called “multiple access” and is well known in other telecommunications systems (e.g., frequency-division multiple access, time-division multiple access, code-division multiple-access, etc.).
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, base station 120 provides bi-directional wireless telecommunications service to wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, base station 120 provides telecommunications service by exchanging “data items” with wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2, which data items represent sound, images, video, data, and signaling. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use base station 120, wireless terminal 130, and wireless terminal 130-2 so that they can de-construct sound, images, video, data, and signaling into data items, and it will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use base station 120, wireless terminal 130, and wireless terminal 130-2 so that they can re-construct sound, images, video, data, and signaling from those data items.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, each data item is represented by a complex number that corresponds to one symbol in a 16 quadrature-amplitude (“16 QAM”) signal constellation modulation scheme. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, however, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which each data item corresponds to a symbol in any digital modulation scheme (e.g., frequency-shift keying, amplitude-shift keying, phase-shift keying, etc.).
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, wireless telecommunications system 100 comprises one base station and two wireless terminals, but it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention that comprise any number of base stations and any number of wireless terminals. Furthermore, it will be clear to those skilled in the art how to partition the radio spectrum in an area into radio channels and to assign those channels to the base stations.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, base station 120 is stationary and terrestrial, but it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which each base station 120 is mobile or airborne, or mobile and airborne.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 are mobile, but it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which each wireless terminal is either mobile or stationary.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, geographic region 110 comprises natural and man-made radio-frequency objects (not shown) that reflect, refract, and diffract the carrier signals that propagate between base station 120 and wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2. Furthermore, some of the radio-frequency objects are stationary (e.g., trees, hills, buildings, etc.) and some are mobile (e.g., trucks, ships, airplanes, etc.).
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the parameters that characterize the signal-path impairments in the radio channel between base station 120 and wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 are dynamic (i.e., change with respect to time). It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use embodiments of the present invention in which the characteristics of the radio channel and the nature of the signal-path impairments are static (i.e., do not change with respect to time).
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, base station 120 and wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 exchange modulated radio-frequency carrier signals in a radio channel that is B=10 MHz wide. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, however, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which the radio channel has a different bandwidth (e.g., 2.5 MHz, 5.0 MHz, 12.5 MHz, 15 MHz, 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, etc.).
Encoder 121 comprises the hardware and software necessary to compress, encrypt, and add forward error correction to the data items to be transmitted to wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use encoder 121.
Modulator 122 comprises the hardware and software necessary to modulate a radio-frequency carrier signal with the data items from encoder 121 to generate a modulated radio-frequency carrier signal. The construction and operation of modulator 122 is described in detail herein and in the accompanying figures.
Power amplifier 123 comprises the hardware necessary to increase the power of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal for transmission via antenna 124. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use power amplifier 123.
Antenna 124 comprises the hardware necessary to facilitate the radiation of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal wirelessly through space to wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use antenna 124.
Low-Noise amplifier 125 comprises the hardware necessary to increase the power of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal received via antenna 124. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use low-noise amplifier 125.
Demodulator 126 comprises the hardware and software necessary to:
Decoder 127 comprises the hardware and software necessary to decompress, decrypt, and correct the data items transmitted by wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use decoder 127.
Processor 128 comprises the hardware and software necessary to operate base station 120 and to interface with the cellular infrastructure (not shown in
Encoder 131-a comprises the hardware and software necessary to compress, encrypt, and add forward error correction to the data items to be transmitted to base station 120. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use encoder 131-a.
Modulator 132-a comprises the hardware and software necessary to modulate a radio-frequency carrier signal with the data items from encoder 131-a to generate a modulated radio-frequency carrier signal. The construction and operation of modulator 132-a is described in detail herein and in the accompanying figures.
Power amplifier 133-a comprises the hardware necessary to increase the power of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal for transmission via antenna 134-a. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use power amplifier 133-a.
Antenna 134-a comprises the hardware necessary to facilitate the radiation of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal wirelessly through space to base station 120. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use antenna 134-a.
Low-Noise amplifier 135-a comprises the hardware necessary to increase the power of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signals received via antenna 134-a. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use low-noise amplifier 135-a.
Demodulator 136-a comprises the hardware and software necessary to demodulate a modulated radio-frequency carrier signal transmitted by base station 120 to recover the data items transmitted by base station 120. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use demodulator 136-a.
Decoder 137-a comprises the hardware and software necessary to decompress, decrypt, and correct the data items transmitted by base station 120. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use decoder 137-a.
Processor 138-a comprises the hardware and software necessary to operate wireless terminal 130-a and to interface with user interface 139-a. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use processor 138-a.
User interface 139-a comprises the hardware and software necessary to enable a user (not shown) to interact with wireless terminal 130-a. It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to make and use user interface 139-a.
At task 201, base station 120, wireless terminal 130-1, and wireless terminal 130-2 establish the parameters of two non-identical waveform arrays—waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2—with which they will communicate. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, base station 120, wireless terminal 130-1, and wireless terminal 130-2 establish the parameters of two non-identical waveforms arrays but it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention that establish the parameters of any number (e.g., three, four, six, eight, twelve, sixteen, thirty-two, sixty-four, etc.) of non-identical waveform arrays. Task 201 is described in detail below and in the accompanying figures.
At task 202, wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 each transmit (radiate) a modulated radio-frequency carrier signal in a radio channel to base station 120 in accordance with the parameters of waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2. Task 202 is described in detail below and in the accompanying figures.
At task 203, base station 120 receives a radio-frequency signal from the radio channel that is a sum of:
At task 204, base station 120 transmits one or more data items associated with wireless terminal 130-1 and one or more data items associated with wireless terminal 130-2 to the cellular infrastructure (e.g., a mobile switching center, etc.), which is not shown in
At task 210, and as is described in detail below, each waveform array Φj is characterized by two parameters Mj and Nj, wherein Mj and Nj are a positive integers greater than one and j∈{1, 2} (i.e., waveform array Φ1 is characterized by parameters M1 and N1 and waveform array Φ2 is characterized by parameters M2 and N2).
In accordance with the first illustrative embodiment, M1=M2=6, N1=4, and N2=8 (i.e., M1=M2 and N1≠N2). In accordance with the second illustrative embodiment, M1=16, M2=32, and N1=N2=8 (i.e., M1≠M2 and N1=N2). In accordance with the third illustrative embodiment, M1=16, M2=32, N1=32, and N2=8 (i.e., M1≠M2 and N1≠N2). In all three illustrative embodiments, M1·N1≠M2·N2.
It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention with any combination of values of M1, M2, N1, and N2. Furthermore, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, that embodiments of the present invention are typically simplified and more efficient by making M2 an integral multiple of M1 (e.g., 2×, 3×, 4×, 5×, 6×, 8×, 12×, 16×, 32×, 64×, 128×, etc.). And still furthermore, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, that embodiments of the present invention are typically simplified and more efficient by making N2 an integral multiple of N1 (e.g., 2×, 3×, 4×, 5×, 6×, 8×, 12×, 16×, 32×, 64×, 128×, etc.).
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the parameters of waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2 are established once when base station 120, wireless terminal 130-1, and wireless terminal 130-2 first establish communication, but it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which base station 120, wireless terminal 130-1, and wireless terminal 130-2 periodically or sporadically re-establish the parameters of waveform array Φ1 or waveform array Φ2 or waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2. For example and without limitation, base station 120, wireless terminal 130-1, and wireless terminal 130-2 can re-establish the parameters of waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2 when:
As is described in detail below, waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2 comprise waveforms that convey data items from wireless terminal 130-1 or wireless terminal 130-2 to base station 120. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 convey low-latency tolerant data items using waveform array Φ1 and high-latency tolerant data items using waveform array Φ2. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 use the waveforms in different waveform arrays for:
Basic Waveforms—
Waveform array Φj is based on an extension of Mj basic waveforms bj(1), . . . , bj(mj), . . . , bj(Mj) that are orthogonal in Mj-dimensional vector space, where Mj is a positive integer greater than 1, and mj is a positive integer in the range mj∈{1, . . . , Mj}.
In accordance with all of the illustrative embodiments, basic waveform bj(mj) is waveform mj of a Mj-ary stepped-pulse waveform scheme, as depicted in
Each pulse in basic waveform bj(mj) is band-limited, and, therefore, the duration of each pulse is 1/B seconds, wherein B is the bandwidth of the channel. Furthermore, the centers of adjacent pulses are separated by 1/B seconds. And still furthermore, the total duration of each basic waveform bj(mj) is Mj/B seconds.
Although all of the illustrative embodiments uses stepped-pulse waveforms as the basic waveforms, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, however, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention in which waveform array Φj is based on any set of Mj orthogonal waveforms, bj(1), . . . , bj(Mj).
Structure of Waveform Array Φ—
Waveform array 1j comprises Mj·Nj waveforms that are orthogonal in Mj·Nj-dimensional vector space. The Mj·Nj waveforms of waveform array Φj are denoted φj(1,1), . . . , φj(mj,nj), . . . , φj(Mj,Nj), where nj is a positive integer in the range nj∈{1, . . . , Nj}.
Each waveform φj(mj,nj) is the sum of Nj waveforms yj(mj,nj,1), . . . , yj(mj,nj,pj), . . . , yj(mj,nj,Nj).
Each waveform φj(mj,nj) is identically partitioned into Nj time slots 1, . . . , pj, . . . , Nj, where pj is a positive integer in the range pj∈{1, . . . , Nj}. Waveform yj(mj,nj,pj) occupies time slot pj in waveform φj(mj,pj) and equals:
yj(mj,nj,pj)=bj(mj)·u(nj,pj) (Eq. 1)
wherein u(nj,pj) is a phasor that equals:
u(nj,pj)=exp(2π(nj−1)(pj−1)i/Nj) (Eq. 2)
The duration of waveform y(mj,nj,pj) defines the duration of time slot pj.
The Mj·Nj waveforms of waveform array Φj partition the time-frequency space of the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal into 1/B second-long “time intervals” and Mj·Nj “frequency sub-bands.” Each waveform array Φj constitutes a “frame” of Mj·Nj time intervals, and the least common multiple of Mj·Nj for all j (e.g., the LCM(M1·N1, M2·N2) for j∈{1, 2}) constitutes a “superframe” of time intervals. The temporal start of each waveform is specified relative to the first time interval in the superframe.
A salient characteristic of the illustrative embodiment is that each waveform Φj(mj,nj) in waveform array Φj deposits energy into:
For example,
Similarly,
It will be clear to those skilled in the art how to determine when and where any given waveform φj(mj,nj) will deposit energy into a radio channel using Fourier analysis in well-known fashion.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, base station 120 selects individual waveforms from waveform arrays Φ1 and Φ2 to convey data items from wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2, and selects those waveforms so that:
For example,
Base station 130-1 is assigned four waveforms from waveform array Φ1 beginning at superframe time interval 1 and superframe time interval 25, as shown in Table 1 and as depicted in
Base station 130-1 is also assigned twelve waveforms from waveform array Φ2 beginning at superframe time interval 1, as shown in Table 2 and as depicted in
It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, that base station 130-1 can transmit (in a single superframe) only those combinations of waveforms assigned to it that do not interfere with each other (i.e., do not put energy into the same “time-frequency space” of the radio channel). Furthermore, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, which combinations of waveforms can be transmitted (in a single superframe) so as to not interfere with each other.
Base station 130-2 is assigned four waveforms from waveform array Φ1 beginning at superframe time interval 1 and superframe time interval 25, as shown in Table 3 and as depicted in
Base station 130-2 is also assigned twelve waveforms from waveform array Φ2 beginning at superframe time interval 1, as shown in Table 4 and as depicted in
It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, that base station 130-1 can transmit (in a single superframe) only those combinations of waveforms assigned to it that do not interfere with each other (i.e., do not put energy into the same “time-frequency space” of the radio channel). Furthermore, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, which combinations of waveforms can be transmitted (in a single superframe) so as to not interfere with each other.
The remaining waveforms—which were not assigned to either base station 130-1 or base station 130-2—are reserved as guard waveforms in order to reduce inter-symbol interference from multi-path images and Doppler shifts.
It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use alternative embodiments of the present invention that assign any combination of waveforms for conveying data items and any combination of waveforms for use as guard waveforms. Furthermore, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to partition the waveforms in waveform array Φ among any number of wireless terminals and guard waveforms.
At task 211, base station 120 transmits the waveform array Φ parameters to wireless terminal 130-1 and wireless terminal 130-2 along with a command to transmit into the radio channel using the assigned waveforms.
At task 212, wireless terminal 130-1 receives the waveform array Φ parameters and the command to use the waveforms assigned to it.
At task 213, wireless terminal 130-2 receives the waveform array Φ parameters and the command to use the waveforms assigned to it.
At task 1601, wireless terminal 130-a establishes a one-to-one relationship between each data item it will transmit to base station 120 and each waveform φ(m,n) in waveform array Φ that has been assigned to it. As part of task 1601, wireless terminal 130-a modulates a radio-frequency carrier signal with each waveform assigned to it and the corresponding data item to generate a modulated radio-frequency carrier signal. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use embodiments of the present invention that perform task 1601.
At task 1602, the modulated radio-frequency carrier signal is radiated into the radio channel via antenna 134-a for reception by base station 120. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this disclosure, how to make and use embodiments of the present invention that perform task 1602.
Orthogonal—For the purpose of this specification, two waveforms are orthogonal if their inner product is zero over the time interval of interest.
Identical Waveform Arrays—For the purposes of this specification, waveform array Φ1(M1, N1) and waveform array Φ2(M2, N2) are identical if M1=M2 and N1=N2.
Non-identical Waveform Arrays—For the purposes of this specification, waveform array Φ1(M1, N1) and waveform array Φ2(M2, N2) are non-identical if they are not identical.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/410,622, filed on 19 Jan. 2017 which claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 62/316,243, filed on 31 Mar. 2016, entitled “Robust Wireless Telecommunications System”, and U.S. provisional patent application No. 62/316,298, filed on 31 Mar. 2016, entitled “Orthogonal Time Frequency Space” all of which are incorporated by reference.
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