Peak to average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in a wireless network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9686757-B1
Application number	US-201615347178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 9, 2016
Priority date	Nov 11, 2015
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A wireless device generates a High Efficiency (HE) Physical layer Protocol Data Units (PPDU) including a non-High Throughput Signal (L-SIG) field and transmits the HE PPDU. Transmitting the HE PDDU includes transmitting a set of extra tones with the L-SIG field. The set of extra tones include a sequence of values, and first, second, third, and fourth values of the sequence of values respectively correspond to BPSK constellation values of −1, −1, −1, and +1. The set of extra tones may include −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers, relative to a center (zero) subcarrier, of a 20 MHz bandwidth of the HE PPDU, and may be used to transmit the first, second, third, and fourth values of the sequence of values, respectively. Another wireless device may receive the HE PPDU, and may use the set of extra tones to estimate a channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:
generating a High Efficiency (HE) Physical layer Protocol Data Units (PPDU) including a non-High Throughput Signal (L-SIG) field; and
transmitting the HE PPDU, including:
transmitting a first set of extra tones with the L-SIG field,

wherein the first set of extra tones include a first sequence of values,
wherein first, second, third, and fourth values of the first sequence of values respectively correspond to Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) constellation values of −1, −1, −1, and +1, and
wherein the first set of extra tones are transmitted with non-zero power on −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers, relative to a center (zero) subcarrier, of a 20 MHz bandwidth of the HE PPDU.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth values of the first sequence of values are respectively transmitted in the −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers of the first set of extra tones.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the HE PPDU further includes a Repeated L-SIG (RL-SIG) field which immediately follows the L-SIG field,
wherein transmitting the HE PPDU further includes:
transmitting a second set of extra tones with the RL-SIG field,

wherein the second set of extra tones include a second sequence of values, and
wherein first, second, third, and fourth values of the second sequence of values respectively correspond to BPSK constellation values of −1, −1, −1, and +1.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second set of extra tones include a −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers, relative to a center (zero) subcarrier, of a 20 MHz bandwidth of the HE PPDU.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth values of the second sequence of values are respectively transmitted in the −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers of the second set of extra tones.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a duration of the L-SIG field is 4 μs, and a duration of the RL-SIG field is 4 μs.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a subcarrier spacing of the L-SIG field is 312.5 kHz, and a subcarrier spacing of the RL-SIG field is 312.5 kHz.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the L-SIG field has a guard interval of 0.8 μs, and the RL-SIG field has a guard interval of 0.8 μs.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the L-SIG field has a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) period of 3.2 μs, and the RL-SIG field has a DFT period of 3.2 μs.

10. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:
receiving a High Efficiency (HE) Physical Layer Protocol Data Units (PPDU) including a non-High Throughput Signal (L-SIG) field; and
detecting a first set of extra tones with the L-SIG field, a first set of extra tones being transmitted with a first sequence of values,
wherein first, second, third, and fourth values of the first sequence of values respectively correspond to Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) constellation values of −1, −1, −1, and +1, and
wherein the first set of extra tones are transmitted with the first sequence of values and with non-zero power on −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers, relative to a center (zero) subcarrier, of a 20 MHz bandwidth of the HE PPDU.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth values of the first sequence of values are respectively received in the −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers of the first set of extra tones.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the HE PPDU further includes a Repeated L-SIG (RL-SIG) field which immediately follows the L-SIG field,
wherein the method further comprises:
detecting a second set of extra tones with the RL-SIG field, the second set of extra tones being transmitted with a second sequence of values,
wherein first, second, third, and fourth values of the second sequence of values respectively correspond to BPSK constellation values of −1, −1, −1, and +1.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second set of extra tones include −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers, relative to a center (zero) subcarrier, of a 20 MHz bandwidth of the HE PPDU.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth values of the second sequence of values are respectively transmitted in the −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers of the second set of extra tones.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein a duration of the L-SIG field is 4 μs, and a duration of the RL-SIG field is 4 μs.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein a subcarrier spacing of the L-SIG field is 312.5 kHz, and a subcarrier spacing of the RL-SIG field is 312.5 kHz.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the L-SIG field has a guard interval of 0.8 μs, and the RL-SIG field has a guard interval of 0.8 μs.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
estimating a channel by using the first set of extra tones and the second set of extra tones.

Assignees

• Newracom Inc

Inventors

• Lee Dae Won
• Noh Yujin
• Moon Sungho

Classifications

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W52/383

  power control in peer-to-peer links · CPC title

• H04W52/36 Primary

  with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04L27/2621 Primary

  Reduction thereof using phase offsets between subcarriers · CPC title