Method, system and devices for reducing interferences in OFDMA wireless communication networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9923703-B2
Application number	US-201615051042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	Mar 4, 2015
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A system and method for reducing interferences in OFDM networks comprising
generating ( 31 ) a set of pseudo-random coordination patterns {k i n ; i=0, . . . , N−1; n=0, . . . , M−1}, wherein k i n are integers from 0 to M−1, M is the number of calls in a coordination cluster, N is the number of subcarriers, n is a cell identifier within the coordination cluster, and k i n ≠k i m ∀n≠m, i=0, . . . , N−1; generating a randomizing pattern common to all cells within the coordination cluster, comprising an invertible transformation in the time domain of the complex symbols for each subcarrier; spreading ( 32 ) the complex symbols over M TTIs:

b ⁡ [ i , m ] = M ⁢ ∑ m = 0 T - 1 ⁢ ⁢ a ⁡ [ i , n ] ⁢ exp ⁡ [ - j2π ⁡ ( Mn + k i ) · m / ( M · T ) ] .
wherein a[i,n] denotes the symbols prior to the spreading ( 32 ), b[i,m] denotes the symbols after the spreading ( 32 ), 0≤k i ≤M−1, i=0, . . . , N−1, m=0, . . . , T·M−1;
scrambling ( 34 ) the spread symbols b[i,m] to all the cells within the coordination cluster; and mapping ( 35 ) the scrambled symbols over all the N subcarriers in the frequency domain and M consecutive TTis in the time domain.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for reducing interferences in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing wireless networks, the method comprising:
from multiple base stations of a Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing network, transmitting a number N of subcarriers and a number T of complex symbols in a time transmission interval;
and the method being characterized by further comprising:
grouping a plurality of cells, which a user equipment communicating with at least one of the multiple base stations belong to, into coordination clusters defined as non-overlapping sets of cells, wherein each cluster comprises a number of cells whose transmissions are synchronized in the time domain;
generating, for each of the coordination clusters, a set of pseudo-random coordination patterns {k i n ; i=0, . . . , N−1; n=0, . . . , M−1}, wherein k i n are integers from 0 to M−1, M is the number of cells in the coordination cluster, N is the number of subcarriers, n is a cell identifier within the coordination cluster, and k i n ≠k i m ∀n≠m, i=0, . . . , N−1;
generating, for each of the coordination clusters, a randomizing pattern common to all cells within the coordination cluster, the randomizing pattern comprising an invertible transformation of the complex symbols in the time domain along M consecutive transmission time intervals for each subcarrier;
applying, by each cell within the coordination cluster, a spreading operation of the complex symbols over M consecutive transmission time intervals for each subcarrier according to the expression:

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wherein a[i,n] denotes the complex symbols prior to the spreading operation, b[i,m] denotes the complex symbols after the spreading operation, k i are integers comprising the coordination pattern of the cell with 0≤k i ≤M−1, and i,m are indices given by i=0, . . . , N−1, m=0, . . . , T·M−1;
applying, by each cell within the coordination cluster; an invertible scrambling operation of the spread complex symbols b[i,m] over M consecutive transmission time intervals in the time domain for each subcarrier, the scrambling operation being given by the randomizing pattern and common to all the cells within the coordination cluster, wherein the combined operations, when undone by a receiver, will lead to orthogonal reception of the signals from the cells within the coordination cluster, thus avoiding inter-cell interference; and
mapping the scrambled complex symbols over all the N subcarriers in the frequency domain and M consecutive transmission time intervals in the time domain, obtaining precoded complex symbols after the spreading operation and the scrambling operation which are mapped on M·T consecutive resources in the time domain for each subcarrier.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the randomizing pattern comprises an invertible transformation of the complex symbols which is selected from permutations, phase rotations and any invertible transformation in the time domain according to a pseudo-random pattern.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the scrambling operation comprises an interleaver pattern o(i,m) and a phase rotation pattern φ[i,m] which are dependent upon the coordination cluster according to the following expression:
c[i,m′]=b[i,o ( i,m )]exp( jφ[i,m′ ])
wherein m and o(i,m) are integers from 0 to M·T−1, i=0, . . . , N−1, b[i,m] are the complex symbols after the spreading operation, m′=o(i,m), and c[i,m′] are the complex symbols after the scrambling operation.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein grouping the plurality of cells into coordination clusters comprises:
selecting a first pseudo-random coordination pattern k i 0 to be applied by a first cell from the plurality of cells;
selecting a second pseudo-random coordination pattern k i 1 to be applied by a second cell from the plurality of cells, being k i 0 ≠k i 1 ∀i=0, . . . , N−1;
repeating the previous two steps of generating pseudo-random coordination pattern for the remaining cells in the coordination cluster, the pseudo-random coordination pattern k i n selected for cell n<M−1 fulfilling the relation:
k i n ≠k i m ∀m<n, i= 0, . . . , N− 1.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the set of pseudo-random coordination patterns is dependent on the cell identities of the cells of the coordination cluster.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending a control indication from the base stations to the user equipment which belongs to any of the cells of the coordination cluster, the control

Assignees

• Telefonica Sa

Inventors

• Lorca Hernando Javier

Classifications

• H04L5/0073 Primary

  Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences · CPC title

• H04L5/0007

  the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT · CPC title

• H04W92/20

  between access points · CPC title

• H04J11/005

  of intercell interference · CPC title

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title