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`(12) United States Patent
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`(54) PILOT DESIGN FOR OFDM SYSTEMS WITH
`FOUR TRANSMITANTENNAS
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`(75) Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Kanata (CA); Ming Jia,
`Ottawa (CA); Wen Tong, Ottawa (CA);
`Peiying Zhu, Kanata (CA); Claude
`Royer, Gatineau (CA)
`(73) Assignee: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
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`(*) Notice:
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`(21) Appl. No.:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 1888 days.
`10/593,053
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`Mar. 15, 2005
`PCT/CA2005/000387
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`(22) PCT Filed:
`(86). PCT No.:
`S371 (c)(1),
`Sep. 15, 2006
`(2), (4) Date:
`(87) PCT Pub. No.: WO2005/088882
`PCT Pub. Date: Sep. 22, 2005
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
`US 2008/O253.279 A1
`Oct. 16, 2008
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`Related U.S. Application Data
`(60) Provisional application No. 60/553,161, filed on Mar.
`15, 2004, provisional application No. 60/558,566,
`filed on Apr. 2, 2004, provisional application No.
`60/566,009, filed on Apr. 28, 2004.
`(51) Int. Cl.
`H04 II/00
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`USPC ........... 370/208: 370/328; 370/334; 370/437;
`375/260; 375/267; 455/562.1; 455/101
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`(2006.01)
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
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`375/267; 455/101,562.1
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`Pilot, preamble and midamble patterns are provided that are
`particularly suited for four transmit antenna OFDM systems.
`Pilots are inserted in a scattered manner for each of the four
`antennas, either uncoded, space-time coded in pairs, space
`time frequency coded in pairs, or space-time-frequency
`coded.
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`This application claims the benefit of and is a National
`Phase Entry of International Application Number PCT/
`CA2005/000387 filed Mar. 15, 2005, which claims the ben
`efit of U.S. provisional applications 60/553,161, filed Mar.
`15, 2004, 60/558,566, filed Apr. 2, 2004, and 60/566,009,
`filed Apr. 28, 2004, all of which are incorporated herein by
`reference.
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention relates to pilot designs for OFDM (orthogo
`nal frequency division multiplexing) systems with four trans
`mit antennas.
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`New applications of mobile communications demand
`high-speed and high-quality, bandwidth-efficient wireless
`access solutions. The application of MIMO (multiple anten
`nas both in the transmitter and in the receiver) has been
`demonstrated to drastically improve channel capacity com
`pared to single-antenna systems. On the other hand, OFDM
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`has demonstrated its high spectral efficiency and ability to
`deal with frequency selective fading and narrow band inter
`ference. Therefore the combination of OFDM with spectrally
`efficient multiple antenna techniques opens the door to high
`data-rate wireless communication.
`Compared with the single input single output (SISO) sys
`tems, two kinds of gains are provided by the MIMO wireless
`systems, namely diversity gain and multiplexing gain. With
`diversity gain more reliable reception can be realized. With
`multiplexing gain the capacity of MIMO systems increases
`linearly with the number of transmit and receive antennas.
`This is due to the fact that a rich scattering environment can
`provide multiple data pipes within the same frequency band
`by using techniques such as space-time coding and space
`time layering. Since the capacity can be potentially increased
`by the application of multiple antennas, the use of up to four
`antennas at the transmitter and/or receiver has been consid
`ered to achieve an increased data rate for a given link perfor
`mance criterion, or to improve link performance for a given
`data rate.
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`For wireless propagation environments, the inherent tem
`poral and spatial variations of wireless channels impose more
`challenges on the design of a reliable communication system.
`For noise and interference limited systems, coherent demodu
`lation can achieve 2.5-3 dB SNR gain compared to the dif
`ferential demodulation. When coherent detection is per
`formed in a receiver, reliable channel estimation is very
`important to the system performance. Channel estimation in
`MIMO systems is more complicated because multiple chan
`nels should be obtained individually. As the number of trans
`mit antennas increases, the sensitivity to any channel estima
`tion error becomes more pronounced.
`OFDM modulation has been adopted by several standards,
`such as DVT-T, IEEE802.11a/g and IEEE802.16a/d. Differ
`ent training schemes have been employed in these standards,
`including preamble, fixed-location pilot and variable-loca
`tion pilot. However MIMO is not mandatory and is only
`adopted by IEEE802.16a as optional, and only two transmit
`antennas on the base station side and one receive antennas on
`the SS (subscriber station) side are employed. Since
`IEEE802.16a is designed for fixed and portable applications,
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`tion is obtained from the preambles. For the Wireless MAN
`OFDMA air-interface, although variable location pilot sym
`bols are introduced, they are only used to update the channel
`slowly.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`According to one broad aspect, the invention provides a
`method of transmitting over four transmit antennas compris
`ing: for each antenna, generating a respective sequence of
`OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of
`Sub-carriers carrying at data or pilots, and transmitting the
`sequence of OFDM symbols; wherein pilots are inserted for
`the four antennas collectively in blocks of two sub-carriers by
`two OFDM symbols scattered in time and frequency.
`In some embodiments, pilots are inserted for the four
`antennas collectively in blocks of two sub-carriers by two
`OFDM symbols scattered in time and frequency by: inserting
`such blocks of two sub-carriers by two OFDM symbols scat
`tered in a first regularly spaced pattern in even pairs of OFDM
`symbols; inserting such blocks of two sub-carriers by two
`OFDM symbols scattered in a second regularly spaced pat
`tern offset from said first regularly spaced pattern in odd pairs
`of OFDM symbols.
`In some embodiments, the first regularly spaced pattern
`comprises a repeating pattern of two pilot Sub-carriers, ten
`data Sub-carriers and the second regularly spaced pattern
`comprises six data Sub-carriers followed by a repeating pat
`tern of two pilot sub-carriers and ten data Sub-carriers.
`In some embodiments, each block of two sub-carriers by
`two OFDM symbols comprises a single pilot for each of the
`four antennas in a respective position within the block.
`In some embodiments, the single pilot for each of the four
`antennas takes the same position in every block of two Sub
`carriers by two OFDM symbols.
`In some embodiments, each block of two sub-carriers by
`two OFDM symbols is divided into pilot pairs, each pilot pair
`being transmitted by a respective pair of antennas.
`In some embodiments, each pilot pairs is arranged sequen
`tially in time.
`In some embodiments, each pilot pair is arranged sequen
`tially in frequency.
`In some embodiments, pilots are inserted for the four
`antennas collectively in blocks of two sub-carriers by two
`OFDM symbols scattered in time and frequency in a repeat
`ing pattern of six OFDM symbols comprising each compris
`ing a first, second and third pair of OFDM symbols, the
`method comprising: inserting Such blocks of two Sub-carriers
`by two OFDM symbols scattered in a first regularly spaced
`pattern in each first pair of OFDM symbols; inserting such
`blocks of two sub-carriers by two OFDM symbols scattered
`in a second regularly spaced pattern offset from said first
`regularly spaced pattern in each second pair of OFDM sym
`bols; and inserting such blocks of two sub-carriers by two
`OFDM symbols scattered in a third regularly spaced pattern
`offset from said second regularly spaced pattern in each third
`pair of OFDM symbols.
`In some embodiments, pilots are inserted for the four
`antennas collectively in blocks of two sub-carriers by two
`OFDM symbols scattered in time and frequency in a repeat
`ing pattern of OFDM symbols that is a multiple of two OFDM
`symbols in length.
`According to another broad aspect, the invention provides
`a method of transmitting over four transmit antennas com
`prising: for antenna, generating a respective sequence of
`OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of
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`sequence of OFDM symbols; wherein for a first pair of the
`four antennas, pairs of pilots are inserted scattered in time and
`frequency; wherein for a second pair of the four antennas,
`pairs of pilots are inserted scattered in time and frequency in
`locations different from pilots for the first pair of antennas.
`In some embodiments, for each pair of two pilots, the two
`pilots are not consecutive in time or frequency.
`In some embodiments, for each pair of two pilots, the two
`pilots are arranged consecutively in time.
`In some embodiments, pilots are inserted in a repeating
`pattern of six OFDM symbols comprising each comprising a
`first, second and third pair of OFDM symbols, wherein each
`pair of pilots is arranged sequentially in time: inserting pilot
`pairs for the first pair of antennas Scattered in a first regularly
`spaced pattern in each first pair of OFDM symbols; inserting
`pilot pairs for the first pair of antennas Scattered in a second
`regularly spaced pattern offset from said first regularly spaced
`pattern in each second pair of OFDM symbols; inserting pilot
`pairs for the first pair of antennas Scattered in a third regularly
`spaced pattern offset from said second regularly spaced pat
`tern in each third pair of OFDM symbols; inserting pilot pairs
`for the second pair of antennas Scattered in a fourth regularly
`spaced pattern in each first pair of OFDM symbols offset from
`said first pattern; inserting pilot pairs for the second pair of
`antennas Scattered in a fifth regularly spaced pattern offset
`from said fourth regularly spaced pattern and said second
`regularly spaced pattern in each second pair of OFDM sym
`bols; inserting pilot pairs for the second pair of antennas
`scattered in a sixth regularly spaced pattern offset from said
`fifth regularly spaced pattern and said third regularly spaced
`pattern in each third pair of OFDM symbols.
`According to another broad aspect, the invention provides
`a method of transmitting over four transmit antennas com
`prising: for each antenna, generating a respective sequence of
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`OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of
`Sub-carriers carrying at data or pilots, and transmitting the
`sequence of OFDM symbols; wherein pilots are arranged in
`groups of four consecutive pilots in time, each group of four
`consecutive pilots containing pilots for the four antennas.
`In some embodiments. Such groups of four consecutive
`pilots are inserted in each set of four consecutive OFDM
`symbols, and in each of a plurality of spaced Sub-carriers.
`In some embodiments, each group of four consecutive
`pilots comprises a pair of space time coded pilots for a first
`pair of antennas of the four antennas, and a pair of space time
`coded pilots for a second pair of antennas of the four antennas.
`In some embodiments, each group of four consecutive
`pilots comprises a single pilot for each of the four antennas.
`In some embodiments, the location of the single pilot for
`each antenna varies across groups of four consecutive pilots.
`In some embodiments, the method further comprises:
`using different pilot patterns for respective four antenna
`transmitters to reduce interference between pilots of different
`four antenna transmitters.
`In some embodiments, the method further comprises:
`transmitting pilots with a power higher than average power.
`In some embodiments, data and pilots are transmitted using
`QPSK, with the pilots being transmitted with a relative power
`boost.
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`In some embodiments, data is transmitted using a QAM
`constellation, and pilots are transmitted using QPSK with
`signal constellation points at corners of the QAM constella
`tion.
`In some embodiments, the method further comprises trans
`mitting at least one fixed pilot for each of at least one of the
`four antennas.
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`mitting at least one fixed pilot for each of two pairs of anten
`nas within said four antennas.
`In Some embodiments, the method further comprises trans
`mitting at least one fixed signalling channel for each of two
`pairs of antennas within said four antennas.
`In some embodiments, the method further comprises:
`transmitting relatively reliable signalling channel informa
`tion proximal in time and frequency to locations of pilots.
`In some embodiments, transmitting relatively reliable sig
`nalling channel information proximal in time and frequency
`to locations of pilots comprises: for pairs of antennas of the
`four antennas, transmitting space time coded signalling chan
`nel information pairs adjacent in time to pairs of pilots.
`In some embodiments, for a given antenna, a spacing
`between pilots in the time direction is determined with con
`sideration to the maximum Doppler frequency, while a spac
`ing between pilot in the frequency direction is determined
`with consideration to a delay spread of multi-path fading.
`According to another broad aspect, the invention provides
`a method of transmitting over four transmit antennas com
`prising: for each antenna, generating a respective sequence of
`OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a plurality of
`Sub-carriers carrying at data or pilots, and transmitting the
`sequence of OFDM symbols; wherein the OFDM symbols
`include at least one preamble OFDM symbol or midamble
`OFDM symbol comprising a repeating pattern of four pilot
`Sub-carriers for the four antennas.
`In some embodiments, the repeating pattern of four pilot
`sub-carriers comprises a first space-frequency coded pilot
`pair for a first pair of the four antennas, and a second space
`frequency coded pilot pair for a second pair of the four anten
`aS.
`In some embodiments, the repeating pattern of four pilot
`sub-carriers comprises a respective pilot for each of the four
`antennas without overlapping.
`In some embodiments, the preamble comprises two iden
`tical OFDM symbols.
`In Some embodiments, the method further comprises trans
`mitting the pair of identical OFDM symbols by: transmitting
`a prefix; transmitting a first OFDM symbol having first and
`second portions in time, the second portion being identical to
`the prefix, such that the prefix functions as a cyclic prefix for
`the first OFDM symbol; transmitting a second OFDM symbol
`identical to the first OFDM symbol, such that the second
`portion of the first OFDM symbol functions as a prefix for the
`second OFDM symbol.
`In some embodiments, the prefix and pair of identical
`symbols are transmitted with a total time duration equal to a
`time for transmitting a prefix and a single OFDM symbol that
`is not part of the preamble or midamble.
`In some embodiments, antennas can be turned off and pilot
`groups assigned to the turned off antennas re-assigned to the
`remaining two transmit antennas to improve the channel esti
`mation performance for fast frequency selective fading chan
`nel.
`In some embodiments, the four transmit antennas form part
`of a single base station transceiver.
`In some embodiments, the four transmit antennas form part
`of multiple base station transceivers.
`In some embodiments, the four transmit antennas form part
`of multiple mobile stations.
`In some embodiments, the pilots are space-time coded.
`In Some embodiments, the pilots are space-frequency
`coded.
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`In some embodiments, the pilots are uncoded.
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`comprising: for each antenna, generating a respective
`sequence of OFDM symbols, each OFDM symbol having a
`plurality of Sub-carriers carrying at data or pilots, and trans
`mitting the sequence of OFDM symbols; wherein