Diversity filtering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016277159-A1
Application number	US-201514881676-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	Mar 18, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Example diversity systems are described. An example diversity receiver includes a first receiver coupled to a first antenna, the first receiver having a first front end including a filter, a second receiver having a second front end without a filter, the second receiver being coupled to a second antenna without a filter between the second receiver and the second antenna, and a combiner coupled to the first receiver and the second receiver and configured to receive data from the first receiver and the second receiver.

First claim

1 . A diversity receiver comprising:
a first receiver coupled to a first antenna, the first receiver having a first front end including a filter; a second receiver having a second front end without a filter, the second receiver being coupled to a second antenna without a filter between the second receiver and the second antenna; and a combiner coupled to the first receiver and the second receiver and configured to receive data from the first receiver and the second receiver.

2 . The diversity receiver of claim 1 , further comprising a third receiver having a third front end without a filter, the third receiver being coupled to a third antenna without a filter between the third receiver and the third antenna, and the combiner further coupled to the third receiver and configured to receive data from the third receiver.

3 . The diversity receiver of claim 1 , further comprising a third receiver having a third front end including a filter, the combiner further coupled to the third receiver and configured to receive data from the third receiver.

4 . The diversity receiver of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna is different from the second antenna.

5 . The diversity receiver of claim 1 , wherein the combiner operates according to maximal-ratio combining (MRC).

6 . The diversity receiver of claim 5 , wherein the combiner is configured to allocate gains for received signals on each of a first path from the first receiver and a second path from the second receiver based at least on the MRC.

7 . The diversity receiver of claim 6 , wherein the combiner is configured to measure a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on each of the first path and the second path and allocate the gains based at least on the measured SNR.

8 . The diversity receiver of claim 6 , wherein the combiner is configured to determine a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on each of the first path and the second path based at least on one or more preambles of incoming packets on each path, and allocate the gains based at least on the determined SNR.

9 . The diversity receiver of claim 1 , wherein the filter included in the front end of the first receiver comprises one or more filters configured to filter out a blocker signal.

10 . A method for selectively decoding incoming signals at a diversity receiver, the method comprising:
receiving, at a combiner of the diversity receiver, a first signal from a first receiver of the diversity receiver coupled to a first antenna, the first receiver having a front end including a filter; receiving, at the combiner of the diversity receiver, a second signal from a second receiver of the diversity receiver coupled to a second antenna without a filter positioned between the second receiver and the second antenna, the second receiver having a front end without a filter; assigning, with the combiner, a weight to each of the first signal and the second signal based at least on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each of the first signal and the second signal; and allocating an amount gains to each of the first signal and the second signal based at least on the weight for each of the first signal and the second signal.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising outputting a combined signal comprising decoded data selectively decoded from the first signal and the second signal according to the allocated amount of gains.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, at the combiner, a third signal from a third receiver of the diversity receiver coupled to a third antenna without a filter positioned between the third receiver and the third antenna, the third receiver having a front end not including a filter, and the combined signal comprising decoded data selectively decoded from the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal according to an allocated amount of gains that are allocated according to maximal ratio combining (MRC).

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, at the combiner, a third signal from a third receiver of the diversity receiver coupled to a third antenna, the third receiver having a front end including a filter, and the combined signal comprising decoded data selectively decoded from the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal according to an allocated amount of gains that are allocated according to maximal ratio combining (MRC).

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein assigning, with the combiner, the weight to each of the first signal and the second signal comprises measuring, with the combiner, the SNR of each of the first signal and the second signal.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein assigning, with the combiner, the weight to each of the first signal and the second signal comprises determining, with the combiner, the SNR of each of the first signal and the second signal based at least on a preamble of incoming packets received from each of the first receiver and the second receiver.

16 . A diversity receiver comprising:
a first receiver coupled to a first antenna, the first receiver having a first front end including a filter; a second receiver having a second front end without a filter, the second receiver being coupled to a second antenna without a filter between the second receiver and the second antenna; and a combiner coupled to the first receiver and the second receiver and configured to receive data from the first receiver and the second receiver,
select a portion of one of more of the first signal and the second signal based at least on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each of the first signal and the second signal to selectively decode portions of the first signal and the second signal, and
output a combined signal comprising the decoded portions of one or more of the first signal and the second signal.

17 . The diversity receiver of claim 16 , further comprising a third receiver having a third front end without a filter, the third receiver being coupled to a third antenna without a filter between the third receiver and the third antenna, and the combiner further coupled to the third receiver and configured to receive and selectively decode data from the third receiver to generate the combined signal.

18 . The diversity receiver of claim 16 , further comprising a third receiver having a third front end including a filter, the combiner further coupled to the third receiver and configured to receive and selectively decode data from the third receiver to generate the combined signal.

19 . The diversity receiver of claim 16 , wherein selecting a portion of one or more of the first signal and the second signal based at least on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each of the first signal and the second signal comprises measuring the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on each of the first path and the second path and selectively using only the first signal, only the second signal, or portions of each of the first signal and the second signal to generate the combined signal.

20 . The diversity receiver of claim 16 , wherein selecting a portion of one or more of the first signal and the second signal based at least on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each of the first signal and the second signal comprises determining the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on each of the first path and the second path based at least on one or more preambles of incoming packets on each path.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Hillenius Andrew James

Classifications

• H04L5/006 Primary

  Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling · CPC title

• H04B1/1027

  assessing signal quality or detecting noise/interference for the received signal · CPC title

• H04B7/0857 Primary

  using maximum ratio combining techniques, e.g. signal-to- interference ratio [SIR], received signal strenght indication [RSS] · CPC title