Medium access control for orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) cellular networks
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1. A cellular network comprising:
- a plurality of subscribers each of said subscribers communicating with one base station of a plurality of base stations using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA);
each of said base stations having logic to coordinate multiple-access and information exchange between the base station and the plurality of subscribers, the logic selecting a set of OFDMA traffic channels from a plurality of candidate OFDMA traffic channels, based on feedback OFDMA channel information collected from the plurality of subscribers and OFDMA channel information collected from at least one of the other base stations, and in collaboration with said at least one other base station to provide joint OFDMA channel allocation to multiple ones of said plurality of subscribers.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling OFDMA cellular networks is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving channel characteristics and noise-plus-interference information measured at spatially distributed subscribers and assigning traffic channels for an orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) network.
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1. A cellular network comprising:
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a plurality of subscribers each of said subscribers communicating with one base station of a plurality of base stations using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA); each of said base stations having logic to coordinate multiple-access and information exchange between the base station and the plurality of subscribers, the logic selecting a set of OFDMA traffic channels from a plurality of candidate OFDMA traffic channels, based on feedback OFDMA channel information collected from the plurality of subscribers and OFDMA channel information collected from at least one of the other base stations, and in collaboration with said at least one other base station to provide joint OFDMA channel allocation to multiple ones of said plurality of subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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sending sounding signals to a plurality of subscribers from a plurality of base stations; receiving, at each base station, channel condition information for a plurality of OFDMA traffic channels from at least one of said subscribers and at least one other base station; and performing OFDMA multi-user traffic channel assignment to assign OFDMA traffic channels from the plurality of OFDMA traffic channels to the plurality of subscribers, based on the OFDMA channel condition information received from at least one of said subscribers and at least one other of said base stations and estimated spatial gains for the uplink and downlink signals for the plurality of subscribers, and in collaboration with said at least one other of said base stations to provide joint OFDMA channel allocation to multiple ones of said plurality of subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving, at one of a plurality of base stations, OFDMA channel characteristics and noise-plus-interference information measured at spatially distributed subscribers; receiving OFDMA channel characteristics information for at least one other base station; and assigning OFDMA traffic channels for an OFDMA network, based on received OFDMA channel characteristics and noise-plus-interference information measured at the spatially distributed subscribers and the OFDMA channel characteristics information from the at least one other base station, and in collaboration with at least said one other base station to provide joint OFDMA channel allocation to multiple ones of said subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method comprising:
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each of a plurality of subscribers estimating channel gains and noise-plus-interference levels of a set of OFDMA traffic channels in response to a sounding signal; the plurality of subscribers transmitting to a first base station measured OFDMA channel and noise-plus-interference information; receiving, by one of said subscribers, an allocation of one or more OFDMA traffic channels allocated, in response to the measured channel and noise-plus-interference information and OFDMA channel information from a plurality of base stations including a second base station other than the first base station, and in collaboration with at least said second base station to provide joint OFDMA channel allocation to multiple ones of said plurality of subscribers; at least one of the plurality of subscribers transmitting packets using one or more allocated OFDMA traffic channels. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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an OFDMA channel and noise-plus-interference estimator; an access signal generator coupled to the estimator; an OFDM modem coupled to the generator; and a radio frequency transmitter to transmit information on OFDMA traffic channels jointly allocated to a plurality of subscribers through a collaborative OFDMA channel assignment among multiple base stations. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one spatially separated transceiver; an access signal detector and demodulator coupled to the at least one spatially separated transceivers; a spatial channel and spatial gain estimator; an uplink and downlink signal-to-noise-plus-interference estimator; a multi-user traffic channel allocator coupled to said estimators to determine OFDMA channel assignment based on broadband spatial channel estimates and measured OFDMA channel and noise-plus-interference information feedback from subscribers and from at least two base stations to provide joint OFDM channel allocation to multiple subscribers; and an OFDM modem coupled to the allocator. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. The apparatus defined in 32 wherein the access signal detector and demodulator detects access signals transmitted by subscribers and demodulates the measured channel and noise-plus-interference information feedback from subscribers.
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