Enhanced opportunistic mobile receive diversity for dual-SIM dual-active mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9306653-B2
Application number	US-201414293984-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2014
Priority date	Jun 2, 2014
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A method for performing mobile receive diversity may include: enabling a first receive chain associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) to receive one or more signals from a second RAT; receiving second RAT signals on a second receive chain; enabling receive diversity on a modem associated with a second receive chain; generating, by a diversity receiver, a receive diversity signal based on the one or more second RAT signals received by the first receive chain during periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT; and outputting the generated receive diversity signal to a decoder for the second RAT.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for performing mobile receive diversity, the method comprising:
enabling a first receive chain associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) to receive one or more signals from a second RAT;
receiving second RAT signals on a second receive chain;
enabling receive diversity on a modem associated with the second receive chain;
generating, by a diversity receiver, a receive diversity signal based on the one or more second RAT signals received by the first receive chain during periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT; and
outputting the generated receive diversity signal to a decoder for the second RAT.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising blanking the receive diversity signal during periods of time the first receive chain receives a signal from the first RAT.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving timing information about the first receive chain; and
determining the periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT based on the received timing information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the timing information comprises information about periods of time the first receive chain receives a signal from the first RAT.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the timing information comprises information about periods of time a first transmitter associated with the first receive chain transmits a signal on the first RAT.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising blanking the receive diversity signal during the periods of time the first transmitter associated with the first receive chain transmits a signal on the first RAT.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the blanking comprises:
suspending reception by the diversity receiver of the one or more second RAT signals from the first receive chain;
suspending automatic gain control for the receive diversity signal;
suspending writing of receive diversity signal samples into sample memory;
zeroing out receive diversity signal sample values; and
holding estimation filter states for a plurality of estimation filters.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the estimation filter states comprise one or more of an interference cancellation filter state, a channel estimation filter state, an energy filter state, a noise filter state, a timing tracking filter state, and a frequency tracking filter state.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving the timing information about the first receive chain;
determining the periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT based on the received timing information; and
re-enabling generation of the receive diversity signal during the periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein when receive diversity is re-enabled, generation of the receive diversity signal begins with the held estimation filter states.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT is Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and the second RAT is Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA).

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT is different from the second RAT.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving one or more second RAT signals on a third receive chain associated with the second modem;
outputting the one or more second RAT signals received on the third receive chain to the decoder for the second modem; and
performing 3-way receive diversity with the one or more second RAT signals received on the first receive chain, the second receive chain, and the third receive chain.

14. A wireless communication device, comprising:
a first receive chain configured to receive one or more signals from a first radio access technology (RAT);
a second receive chain configured to receive one or more signals from a second RAT;
a diversity receiver configured to generate a receive diversity signal; and
a control unit configured to:
cause the first receive chain to receive one or more signals from the second RAT;
cause the diversity receiver to generate the receive diversity signal during periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal on the first RAT based on the one or more second RAT signals received by the first receive chain; and
cause the diversity receiver to output the generated receive diversity signal to a decoder for the second RAT.

15. The wireless communication device according to claim 14 , wherein the control unit is configured to blank the receive diversity signal during the periods of time the first receive chain receives a signal from the first RAT.

16. The wireless communication device according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a timing management unit configured to obtain timing information from the first receive chain,
wherein the control unit is configured to determine the periods of time the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT based on the timing information received from the timing management unit.

17. The wireless communication device according to claim 16 , wherein the timing information comprises information about periods of time the first receive chain receives a signal from the first RAT.

18. The wireless communication device according to claim 16 , wherein the timing information comprises information about periods of time a first transmitter associated with the first receive chain transmits a signal on the first RAT.

19. The wireless communication device according to claim 18 , wherein the control unit is configured to blank the receive diversity signal during the periods of time the transmitter associated with the first receive chain transmits a signal on the first RAT.

20. The wireless communication device according to claim 15 , wherein the diversity receiver comprises:
a plurality of receiver fingers comprising a plurality of estimation filters, the plurality of receiver fingers configured to input the one or more signals from the second RAT received by the first receive chain and output a receive diversity signal sample;
a sample memory configured to store receive diversity signal samples comprising the receive diversity signal; and
an automatic gain control unit configured to control gain of the receive diversity signal.

21. The wireless communication device according to claim 20 , wherein the plurality of estimation filters comprises one or more of an interference cancellation filter, a channel estimation filter, an energy filter, a noise filter, a timing tracking filter, and a frequency tracking filter.

22. The wireless communication device according to claim 21 , wherein in response to a determination that the first receive chain receives a signal from the first RAT, the control unit is configured to:
suspend reception by the diversity receiver of the one or more second RAT signals from the first receive chain;
suspend operation of the automatic gain control unit for the receive diversity signal;
suspend writing of receive diversity signal samples into the sample memory;
zero out receive diversity signal sample values output from the plurality of receiver fingers; and
cause the estimation filters to hold their filter states.

23. The wireless communication device according to claim 22 , wherein in response to a determination that the first receive chain does not receive a signal from the first RAT,

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Sun Jing
• Lou Huang
• Li Wenjun
• Attar Rashid Ahmed Akbar
• Hu Jun
• Ngai Francis Ming-Meng
• Vanghi Vieri

Classifications

• H04B7/0871 Primary

  using different reception schemes, at least one of them being a diversity reception scheme · CPC title

• H04B7/08 Primary

  at the receiving station · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title