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- This invention relates in general to data communications within a wireless local area network (WLAN) and, in particular, to a WLAN using available TV white space spectrum and Long Term Evolution (LTE) system architecture for data communications.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the 802.11b and 802.11g standards are designed to operate in the 2.4 GHz band using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology.
- the 802.11 n standard is designed to operate in the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz bands.
- HDTV High Definition Television
- QoS quality of service
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- IP Internet Protocol
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an LTE generic downlink radio frame structure 100 .
- Each downlink radio frame 100 includes twenty time slots 102 numbered from 0 to 19 having a duration of 0.5 ms each. Two adjacent time slots make up a subframe 104 having a duration of 1 ms.
- Each downlink frame 100 has a duration of 10 ms.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of each LTE downlink time slot 102 .
- the smallest time-frequency unit for downlink transmission is called a resource element 106 , which constitutes one symbol on one sub-carrier.
- a group of 12 sub-carriers that are contiguous in frequency within the time slot 102 form a resource block 108 .
- the 12 contiguous sub-carriers in the resource block 108 have a sub-carrier spacing of 15 kHz with 7 consecutive symbols in each downlink time slot 102.
- the cyclic prefix is appended to each symbol as a guard interval.
- the symbol plus the cyclic prefix form the resource element 106 .
- the resource block 108 has 84 resource elements (12 sub-carriers ⁇ 7 symbols) corresponding to one time slot 102 in the time domain and 180 kHz (12 sub-carriers ⁇ 15 kHz spacing) in the frequency domain.
- the size of a resource block 108 is the same for all bandwidths. In the frequency domain, the number of available sub-carriers can range from 76 sub-carriers when the transmission bandwidth is 1.25 MHz, to 1201 sub-carriers when the transmission bandwidth is 20 MHz.
- LTE has been designed to be very robust and supports data rates of up to 100+ Mbps on the downlink and 50+ Mbps on the uplink. Although it is optimized for user equipment travel speeds of 0-15 km/h, travel speeds of 15-120 km/h are supported with high efficiency.
- “reference” or “pilot” symbols are inserted in predetermined resource element positions within each transmitted resource block 108 .
- the pilot symbols are used by receiver channel estimation algorithms to correct for received signal distortions.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of some of the pilot symbols 120 transmitted in the LTE downlink frame 100 , for a single antenna case.
- the pilot symbols 120 are transmitted at OFDM symbol positions 0 and 4 of each time slot 102 .
- TV white spaces are frequency channels allocated for television broadcasting that will not be used in given geographic areas after Feb. 17, 2009. Specifically, the FCC will allow unlicensed operation in the spectrum used by TV channels 5 and 6 (76-88 MHz); 7 through 13 (174-213 MHz); 14 through 36 (470-608 MHz); and, 38 through 51 (614-698 MHz).
- WRANs Wireless Regional Area Networks
- the WRANs would operate using the IEEE 802.22 architecture over the TV white space spectrum with a fixed deployment and a larger coverage (25 ⁇ 30 km range).
- the invention therefore provides a wireless local area network, comprising: a local area network gateway that transmits modified Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink frames in which at least a predetermined subset of pilot symbol positions used in the LTE downlink frames to transmit pilot symbols for channel estimation are filled with control data symbols; and a data sink that receives the modified LTE frames and extracts the control data symbols from the predetermined subset of pilot symbol positions.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the invention further provides a local area network gateway comprising a transceiver that transmits modified Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink frames in which a predetermined subset of the pilot symbols used for channel estimation in the modified LTE downlink frames are replaced with control data symbols.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the invention yet further provides a data sink in a local area network, comprising a Long Term Evolution (LTE) frame processor that processes modified LTE downlink frames transmitted by a local area network gateway and extracts control data from a subset of pilot symbol positions used to carry the control data in the modified LTE downlink frame.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the invention still further provides a method of data communications in a wireless local area network, comprising: transmitting within the wireless local area network modified Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink frames in which at least a predetermined subset of the pilot symbol positions used in the LTE downlink frames to transmit pilot symbols for channel estimation are filled with control data symbols; and on receipt at a data sink in the wireless local area network of a one of the modified LTE downlink frames, demodulating the modified LTE downlink frame and extracting the control data symbols from the predetermined subset of the pilot symbol positions.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art LTE downlink frame structure of type-1;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prior art downlink slot structure for the downlink frame shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of some of the pilot (reference) symbols transmitted in two of the prior art downlink slots shown in FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a WLAN in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a high-level overview of some of the actions performed during startup and downlink frame processing by a WLAN gateway shown in FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a high-level overview of some of the actions performed during startup and downlink frame processing by a WLAN receiver shown in FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a proportion of the pilot symbols transmitted in a LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention showing released pilot symbol positions used for control data transmission in the WLAN in accordance with the invention;
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in one method of interpolating channel estimates using the LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of a second step in the method of interpolating channel estimates shown in FIG. 8 ;
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a third step of the method of interpolating channel estimates shown in FIG. 8 ;
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of the second step of the method of interpolating channel estimates shown in FIG. 10 ;
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of interpolating channel estimates in the time domain using linear interpolation between computed channel estimates
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of interpolating channel estimates in the time domain using cubic spline interpolation between computed channel estimates
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in another method of interpolating channel estimates using the LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention, and the results of the first step;
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of the first step of the method of interpolating channel estimates shown in FIG. 14 , and a second step in that method of interpolating the channel estimates in the time domain.
- the invention provides a wireless local area network (WLAN) in which a modified LTE downlink frame and the TV white space spectrum are used for data communications.
- WLAN gateway is connected to at least one data source.
- the WLAN gateway wirelessly distributes source data and/or control data to a LTE transceiver or receiver associated with each data sink in the WLAN.
- a predefined subset of the pilot (reference) symbol positions are used to carry the control data to the data sinks.
- the source data (payload) capacity of each modified LTE radio frame is unaffected by the transmission of the control data, so control data may be distributed without affecting network throughput. The data capacity and the efficiency of the WLAN are thereby improved.
- the WLAN gateway has an effective transmit range of up to 30 meters at a fraction of the transmit power of most 802.11 access points (AP) currently in use.
- the WLAN gateway can also operate in the same environment as an 802.11 AP without interference because of the significant difference in operating frequencies.
- the WLAN has many benefits and uses, including in-home wireless distribution of high definition television (HDTV) signals, and compatibility with other LTE systems and devices.
- HDTV high definition television
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a WLAN 400 , in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
- a WLAN gateway 402 has input ports 403 that are connected to at least one data source 404 .
- the data source(s) 404 delivers “source data” to the WLAN 400 .
- source data means any information in any format derived from any data source 404 , including but not limited to: customer premises equipment that receives any one or more of telephone, radio, television, multimedia, data or internet content in any protocol delivered via a telephone line, coaxial cable, optical fiber, microwaves, radio waves, television signals or satellite signals.
- the WLAN gateway 402 includes a spectrum sensing unit 406 equipped with a spectrum sensing antenna 408 .
- the spectrum sensing antenna 408 is used by the spectrum sensing unit 406 to detect over-the-air TV band signals in the TV white space spectrum.
- Information about the detected over-the-air TV band signals is passed by the spectrum sensing unit 406 to a spectrum manager 410 .
- the spectrum manager 410 uses the detected signal information to select available TV white space spectrum for unlicensed use by the WLAN 400 , as will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIG. 5 .
- the TV white space spectrum selected by the spectrum manager 410 is passed to a white space LTE transceiver 412 , which receives, via a white space LTE Tx/Rx Antenna 414 , source data requests sent from data sinks 416 , 418 in LTE uplink frames (not shown).
- the LTE transceiver 412 distributes the source data in LTE downlink frames prepared by a frame processor 413 .
- the LTE downlink frames are transmitted to the data sinks 416 , 418 using the TV white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 414 .
- data sink means any piece of user equipment in the WLAN 400 equipped with a TV white space LTE transceiver/receiver.
- a data sink may include, but is not limited to: any computer; any entertainment or home theatre component or device, including a HDTV; any commercial or household appliance; any environmental control system, device or sensor; any security control system, device or sensor; any entrance control system, device or sensor; or, any access control system, device or sensor.
- the WLAN gateway 402 also distributes control data to the data sinks 416 , 418 , as required, using the white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 414 .
- control data means any information in any format transmitted in a predetermined subset of pilot positions in the modified LTE downlink frames.
- the control data may communicate information of any kind to the data sink, and/or control the configuration, operation or behavior of the data sink.
- the control data may be used to enable: an identification signal for co-existence of two or more WLANs 400 that operate in close proximity; provide a Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) compliant interaction channel with a home entertainment network; provide a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) or Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) type content protection scheme with Copy Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) support; provide remote appliance or system control; or, permit remote monitoring of appliance or system output or status.
- HDMI Consumer Electronic Control
- DTCP Digital Transmission Content Protection
- CPRM Copy Protection for Recordable Media
- the data sink 416 is a high definition television (HDTV).
- a white space LTE transceiver 420 associated with the HDTV 416 may be a stand-alone device, or connected to or incorporated into, for example, a television set-top box of any type, a DVD or a Blu-Ray player, or any other HDTV adjunct or controller.
- the white space LTE transceiver 420 or the component to which it is connected, is connected to the HDTV by a High-Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI). Any other suitable type of interface may also be used.
- HDMI High-Definition Multi-media Interface
- Any other suitable type of interface may also be used.
- the type of interface between the LTE transceiver 420 and the HDTV has no effect on the operation of the invention.
- the white space LTE transceiver 420 is provisioned with a frame processor 421 .
- the frame processor 421 inspects received LTE radio frames for control data and source data addressed to the HDTV 416 , as will be explained below in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the white space LTE transceiver 420 also has a channel estimator 423 , which performs channel estimation, as will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 8-15 .
- the white space LTE transceiver 420 is also equipped with a white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 422 that provides a wireless link 433 to the WLAN gateway 400 .
- the white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 422 receives LTE radio frames transmitted by the WLAN gate 402 over the wireless link 433 .
- the white space LTE transceiver 420 transmits source data requests to the WLAN gateway 402 over the wireless link 433 using LTE uplink frames (not shown), the description of which is not within the scope of this invention.
- the HDTV 416 may be controlled directly by a remote control device 424 , well known in the art.
- the HDTV 416 may also be controlled by any appropriate LTE-enabled device 426 (cellular telephone, PDA or the like) programmed to transmit control data (channel selection, volume control, input selection, on/off commands, etc.) to the white space LTE transceiver 420 via the white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 414 of the WLAN gateway 402 using LTE uplink frames 440 , the description of the which is not within the scope of this invention.
- LTE-enabled device 426 cellular telephone, PDA or the like
- the data sink 418 may be any computer, HDTV, appliance device or sensor, as defined above.
- a white space LTE transceiver or receiver 428 is connected to, or integrated into, the data sink 418 .
- the LTE transceiver/receiver 428 is equipped with a frame processor 429 .
- the frame processor 429 inspects received LTE frames for source data and/or control data addressed to the data sink 418 , as will be explained below in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the LTE transceiver/receiver 428 is also provisioned with a channel estimator 431 , which performs channel estimation, as will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 8-15 .
- a white space LTE Tx/Rx or Rx only antenna 430 provides a wireless link 432 to the WLAN gateway 402 . If the white space LTE transceiver/receiver 428 can process source data, it transmits source data requests to the WLAN gateway 402 over the wireless link 432 using LTE uplink frames, the description of which is not within the scope of this invention
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram presenting a high-level overview of some of the functions performed on startup and downlink frame processing by the WLAN gateway 402 shown in FIG. 4 .
- the spectrum sensing unit 406 scans the TV band spectrum ( 500 ) to detect unused spectrum in the predefined TV white space.
- the scan may be delimited by reference to a table or a database (not shown) that provides a list of channels that have been assigned to other TV white space services operating within a geographic area in which the WLAN 400 is located.
- the spectrum sensing unit 406 passes information about the scan to the spectrum manager 400 (see FIG. 1 ).
- the spectrum sensing manager searches the scan information for a minimum of 5 MHz unused TV white space spectrum, but any other suitable piece of vacant white space spectrum can also be used. If a piece of vacant white space spectrum of a desired bandwidth is detected ( 502 ), information about that piece of white space spectrum is passed by the spectrum manager 410 to the LTE white space transceiver 412 , as described above with reference to FIG. 4 . After information about the available white space spectrum has been passed to the white space LTE transceiver 412 , the WLAN gateway 402 begins the execution of an endless operation loop that terminates only when the WLAN gateway 402 is switched off.
- the WLAN gateway 402 determines whether there is a pending or unfulfilled source data request ( 506 ) received from any of the data sinks 416 , 418 in the WLAN 400 . If a pending or unfulfilled source data request exists, the required source data is captured ( 508 ) from an appropriate data source 404 . The source data is then processed ( 510 ) by the frame processor 413 as required (demodulated and reformatted, for example) and inserted ( 512 ) by the frame processor 413 into a LTE downlink frame in accordance with the invention. The WLAN gateway 402 then determines ( 514 ) whether it has control data to transmit.
- the frame processor 413 inserts ( 516 ) the control data into a predetermined subset of pilot positions in the modified LTE frame, as will be explained below with reference to FIG. 7 .
- the WLAN gateway 402 then transmits ( 518 ) the LTE frame. If it is determined at 506 that no unfulfilled or pending source data request exists, the WLAN gateway 402 determines whether there is control data to transmit ( 514 ). If so, steps 516 and 518 are performed as described above. If there is no control data to transmit, an LTE frame containing idle cells is transmitted at 518 .
- FIG. 6 is a flow diagram presenting a high-level overview of some of the actions performed by the white space LTE transceivers/receivers 420 , 428 shown in FIG. 4 during startup and frame processing.
- the LTE transceiver/receiver scans ( 600 ) the TV band spectrum to identify TV white space transmission channel(s) currently being used by the WLAN gateway 402 , using methods well known in the art.
- the LTE transceiver/receiver begins an endless operational loop that continues until the scheduled task is completed.
- the LTE transceiver/receiver receives and demodulates ( 602 ) the next transmitted LTE frame.
- the frame processor 421 , 429 then inspects ( 604 ) a predefined subset of the pilot positions in the LTE frame to determine if the LTE frame carries control data. If control data exists there will be some identifier (address) in the control data to indicate its intended receiver. Consequently, the LTE transceiver/receiver tests ( 606 ) for an address match. The implementation of the address and the address match test is a matter of design choice. If there is an address match, the control data is passed ( 608 ) to a control data handler. If there is not an address match, the process proceeds to optional process 610 , or loops back to 602 .
- any given transceiver/receiver in the WLAN 400 may or may not be configured to process source data. Some transceivers/receivers, such as household appliances, etc. may only be configured to process control data.
- the frame processor 421 , 429 inspects ( 610 ) the LTE frame for source data. If source data is present, the frame processor 421 , 429 extracts the source data from the LTE frame. The frame processor then performs a source data address match test ( 612 ). As understood by those skilled in the art, the source data is delivered in internet protocol (IP) packets, the addressing of which is well known in the art.
- IP internet protocol
- the source data is passed to a source data handler ( 614 ) and the process loops back to 602 .
- the process loops back to 602 .
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a proportion of the pilot symbols transmitted in the modified LTE downlink frame in accordance with the invention, showing released pilot symbol positions 700 used for control data transmission in the WLAN 400 .
- the LTE system architecture provides a very robust downlink structure designed to provide excellent QoS to highly mobile user devices.
- the wireless channel can be characterized as a slowly time-varying channel.
- the frequency and spacing of channel estimations in the standard LTE pilot (reference) symbol structure displays redundancy that can be exploited to enhance performance within the WLAN 400 .
- a predetermined subset 700 of at least one half of the pilot positions 120 can be used to carry control data without adversely affecting QoS in the WLAN 400 .
- channel estimation interpolation is performed in the frequency domain and the time domain to provide a channel estimate at each received symbol position in the modified LTE downlink frame, so that the predetermined subset of the pilot positions 700 can carry the control data.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in one method of interpolating channel estimates using the LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention.
- channel estimates 801 , 804 are computed for each existing pilot symbol in an LTE downlink frame received by an LTE transceiver/receiver in accordance with the invention.
- the channel estimates 804 in the 4 th symbol position are then interleaved with the channel estimates 801 in the 1 st symbol position, as shown in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of a second step in the method of interpolating channel estimates shown in FIG. 8 .
- interpolation is performed in the frequency domain between the interleaved channel estimates.
- the interpolation in the frequency domain may be performed using, for example: a linear interpolation between channel estimates; a quadratic interpolation between channel estimates; or a spline interpolation between channel estimates, all of which are known in the art.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a third step in the method of interpolating channel estimates shown in FIG. 8 .
- an interpolation in the time domain is performed to complete the channel estimate computations.
- the interpolation in the time domain may be performed using, for example: polynomial interpolation such as cubic spline interpolation between channel estimates, which is also known in the art.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating two results 810 , 812 of the third step of the method of interpolating channel estimates in the time domain shown in FIG. 10 using linear, polynomial or cubic spline interpolation between frequency domain interpolations performed in the second step of this method.
- time domain interpolation is performed for all sub-carriers, and for the duration in time of the entire frame, for simplicity of illustration only the time domain interpolation for one sub-carrier in two time slots is shown.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating interpolation of channel estimates in the time domain using linear interpolation between computed (E) or frequency domain interpolated (I) channel estimates.
- the linear interpolation is performed using the known equation:
- h ⁇ j ⁇ ( n ) ( h ⁇ j ⁇ ( n k ) - h ⁇ j ⁇ ( n k - 1 ) n k - n k - 1 ) ⁇ ( n - n k - 1 ) + h ⁇ j ⁇ ( n k - 1 )
- ⁇ j (n k ⁇ 1 ), ⁇ j (n k ) represent the computed (E) or frequency domain interpolated (1) channel estimates as illustrated in FIG. 9 .
- ⁇ j (n) represents the time domain interpolated channel estimates 810 computed using the above linear interpolation formula at positions illustrated in FIG. 11 .
- j 1, . . . , L, and L is the number of sub-carriers in the LTE frame.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating interpolation of channel estimates in the time domain using cubic spline interpolation between computed and interpolated frequency domain channel estimates.
- the cubic spline interpolation is performed using the known equations:
- ⁇ j ( n ) a k ⁇ 1 ( n ⁇ n k ⁇ 1 ) 3 +b k ⁇ 1 ( n ⁇ n k ⁇ 1 ) 2 +c k ⁇ 1 ( n ⁇ n k ⁇ 1 )+ d k ⁇ 1 ; n k ⁇ 1 i ⁇ n ⁇ n k
- ⁇ j ( n ) a k ( n ⁇ n k ) 3 +b k ( n ⁇ n k ) 2 +c k ( n ⁇ n k )+ d k ;n k ⁇ n ⁇ n k+1 .
- L is the number of sub-carriers in the LTE frame.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in another method of interpolating channel estimates using the modified LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention, and the results of the first step in this method.
- interpolation in the frequency domain is performed without interleaving the channel estimates in the 4 th character position with those in the 1 st character position. Consequently, the channel estimates are computed at their transmitted pilot symbol positions.
- the interpolation in the frequency domain can be performed using any known method, for example a polynomial interpolation such as cubic spline interpolation between channel estimates.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of a second step of the method shown in FIG. 14 , in which the channel estimates are interpolated in the time domain.
- time domain interpolation is performed for all sub-carriers, and for the duration in time of the entire frame, for simplicity of illustration only the time domain interpolation for one sub-carrier in two time slots is shown.
- the interpolations 816 and 818 are computed.
- the interpolations 820 and 822 are computed.
- the interpolation in the time domain can be performed using any one of: linear interpolation between channel estimates; polynomial interpolation between channel estimates; or, cubic spline interpolation between channel estimates.
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A wireless local area network (WLAN) gateway uses a LTE radio frame and TV white space spectrum for data communications in a wireless local area network. In the LTE downlink frame, a predefined subset of the pilot (reference) symbol positions are used to carry information to data sinks in the WLAN.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/597,607, filed Aug. 29, 2012, titled “Wireless Local Area Network Using TV White Space Spectrum and Long Term Evolution System Architecture”, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/363,319, filed Jan. 30, 2009, titled “Wireless Local Area Network Using TV White Space Spectrum and Long Term Evolution System Architecture”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,335,204, which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
- This invention relates in general to data communications within a wireless local area network (WLAN) and, in particular, to a WLAN using available TV white space spectrum and Long Term Evolution (LTE) system architecture for data communications.
- Data communication within WLANs is now generally accomplished using WiFi implemented using one of the IEEE 802.11 standards. The 802.11b and 802.11g standards are designed to operate in the 2.4 GHz band using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology. The 802.11 n standard is designed to operate in the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz bands.
- While WiFi works well, the high frequency signals do not readily penetrate obstructions, so a high transmit power must be used. This has raised health concerns that remain unaddressed. Furthermore, the wireless distribution of new data-intensive services such as High Definition Television (HDTV) and multimedia communications signals can undesirably degrade WLAN performance; and, the quality of service (QoS) of the HDTV or multimedia signals can be adversely affected if the WLAN is simultaneously used for the delivery of other data intensive services, such as internet access.
- A radio standard called Long Term Evolution (LTE) has been developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The goals of LTE are the provision of an all Internet Protocol (IP) packet network with faster download and upload speeds and reduced latency.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an LTE generic downlinkradio frame structure 100. Eachdownlink radio frame 100 includes twentytime slots 102 numbered from 0 to 19 having a duration of 0.5 ms each. Two adjacent time slots make up asubframe 104 having a duration of 1 ms. Eachdownlink frame 100 has a duration of 10 ms. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of each LTEdownlink time slot 102. The smallest time-frequency unit for downlink transmission is called aresource element 106, which constitutes one symbol on one sub-carrier. A group of 12 sub-carriers that are contiguous in frequency within thetime slot 102 form aresource block 108. When thedownlink frame structure 100 uses a normal cyclic prefix, the 12 contiguous sub-carriers in theresource block 108 have a sub-carrier spacing of 15 kHz with 7 consecutive symbols in eachdownlink time slot 102. The cyclic prefix is appended to each symbol as a guard interval. The symbol plus the cyclic prefix form theresource element 106. Consequently, theresource block 108 has 84 resource elements (12 sub-carriers×7 symbols) corresponding to onetime slot 102 in the time domain and 180 kHz (12 sub-carriers×15 kHz spacing) in the frequency domain. The size of aresource block 108 is the same for all bandwidths. In the frequency domain, the number of available sub-carriers can range from 76 sub-carriers when the transmission bandwidth is 1.25 MHz, to 1201 sub-carriers when the transmission bandwidth is 20 MHz. - LTE has been designed to be very robust and supports data rates of up to 100+ Mbps on the downlink and 50+ Mbps on the uplink. Although it is optimized for user equipment travel speeds of 0-15 km/h, travel speeds of 15-120 km/h are supported with high efficiency. To accomplish this level of performance, “reference” or “pilot” symbols are inserted in predetermined resource element positions within each transmitted
resource block 108. The pilot symbols are used by receiver channel estimation algorithms to correct for received signal distortions. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of some of thepilot symbols 120 transmitted in theLTE downlink frame 100, for a single antenna case. Thepilot symbols 120 are transmitted atOFDM symbol positions time slot 102. - In May of 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to allow a new generation of wireless devices to use vacant television frequencies (TV white spaces) on an unlicensed basis. These TV white spaces are frequency channels allocated for television broadcasting that will not be used in given geographic areas after Feb. 17, 2009. Specifically, the FCC will allow unlicensed operation in the spectrum used by
TV channels 5 and 6 (76-88 MHz); 7 through 13 (174-213 MHz); 14 through 36 (470-608 MHz); and, 38 through 51 (614-698 MHz). - Many proposals exist for using the unlicensed TV white space spectrum. For example, it has been suggested that Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) could be established to provide high-speed internet access to single family dwellings, multiple dwelling units and small businesses. The WRANs would operate using the IEEE 802.22 architecture over the TV white space spectrum with a fixed deployment and a larger coverage (25˜30 km range).
- While these proposals have merit, they do not provide an efficient solution to the developing congestion in WLANs due to the emerging requirement to distribute HDTV signals wirelessly in a home environment. Furthermore, they do not provide interoperability with other systems or devices that use the LTE system architecture.
- Therefore there exists a need for a local area network that uses the TV white space spectrum and the LTE system architecture.
- It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a wireless local area network a method of data communications within the wireless local area network using the TV white space spectrum and the LTE system architecture.
- The invention therefore provides a wireless local area network, comprising: a local area network gateway that transmits modified Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink frames in which at least a predetermined subset of pilot symbol positions used in the LTE downlink frames to transmit pilot symbols for channel estimation are filled with control data symbols; and a data sink that receives the modified LTE frames and extracts the control data symbols from the predetermined subset of pilot symbol positions.
- The invention further provides a local area network gateway comprising a transceiver that transmits modified Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink frames in which a predetermined subset of the pilot symbols used for channel estimation in the modified LTE downlink frames are replaced with control data symbols.
- The invention yet further provides a data sink in a local area network, comprising a Long Term Evolution (LTE) frame processor that processes modified LTE downlink frames transmitted by a local area network gateway and extracts control data from a subset of pilot symbol positions used to carry the control data in the modified LTE downlink frame.
- The invention still further provides a method of data communications in a wireless local area network, comprising: transmitting within the wireless local area network modified Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink frames in which at least a predetermined subset of the pilot symbol positions used in the LTE downlink frames to transmit pilot symbols for channel estimation are filled with control data symbols; and on receipt at a data sink in the wireless local area network of a one of the modified LTE downlink frames, demodulating the modified LTE downlink frame and extracting the control data symbols from the predetermined subset of the pilot symbol positions.
- Having thus generally described the nature of the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art LTE downlink frame structure of type-1; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prior art downlink slot structure for the downlink frame shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of some of the pilot (reference) symbols transmitted in two of the prior art downlink slots shown inFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a WLAN in accordance with the invention; -
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a high-level overview of some of the actions performed during startup and downlink frame processing by a WLAN gateway shown inFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a high-level overview of some of the actions performed during startup and downlink frame processing by a WLAN receiver shown inFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a proportion of the pilot symbols transmitted in a LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention showing released pilot symbol positions used for control data transmission in the WLAN in accordance with the invention; -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in one method of interpolating channel estimates using the LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of a second step in the method of interpolating channel estimates shown inFIG. 8 ; -
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a third step of the method of interpolating channel estimates shown inFIG. 8 ; -
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of the second step of the method of interpolating channel estimates shown inFIG. 10 ; -
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of interpolating channel estimates in the time domain using linear interpolation between computed channel estimates; -
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of interpolating channel estimates in the time domain using cubic spline interpolation between computed channel estimates; -
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in another method of interpolating channel estimates using the LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention, and the results of the first step; and -
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of the first step of the method of interpolating channel estimates shown inFIG. 14 , and a second step in that method of interpolating the channel estimates in the time domain. - The invention provides a wireless local area network (WLAN) in which a modified LTE downlink frame and the TV white space spectrum are used for data communications. A WLAN gateway is connected to at least one data source. The WLAN gateway wirelessly distributes source data and/or control data to a LTE transceiver or receiver associated with each data sink in the WLAN. In the modified LTE downlink frame a predefined subset of the pilot (reference) symbol positions are used to carry the control data to the data sinks. The source data (payload) capacity of each modified LTE radio frame is unaffected by the transmission of the control data, so control data may be distributed without affecting network throughput. The data capacity and the efficiency of the WLAN are thereby improved. The WLAN gateway has an effective transmit range of up to 30 meters at a fraction of the transmit power of most 802.11 access points (AP) currently in use. The WLAN gateway can also operate in the same environment as an 802.11 AP without interference because of the significant difference in operating frequencies. The WLAN has many benefits and uses, including in-home wireless distribution of high definition television (HDTV) signals, and compatibility with other LTE systems and devices.
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FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of aWLAN 400, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. AWLAN gateway 402 hasinput ports 403 that are connected to at least onedata source 404. The data source(s) 404 delivers “source data” to theWLAN 400. - The term “source data” means any information in any format derived from any
data source 404, including but not limited to: customer premises equipment that receives any one or more of telephone, radio, television, multimedia, data or internet content in any protocol delivered via a telephone line, coaxial cable, optical fiber, microwaves, radio waves, television signals or satellite signals. - The
WLAN gateway 402 includes aspectrum sensing unit 406 equipped with aspectrum sensing antenna 408. Thespectrum sensing antenna 408 is used by thespectrum sensing unit 406 to detect over-the-air TV band signals in the TV white space spectrum. Information about the detected over-the-air TV band signals is passed by thespectrum sensing unit 406 to aspectrum manager 410. Thespectrum manager 410 uses the detected signal information to select available TV white space spectrum for unlicensed use by theWLAN 400, as will be explained in more detail below with reference toFIG. 5 . - The TV white space spectrum selected by the
spectrum manager 410 is passed to a whitespace LTE transceiver 412, which receives, via a white space LTE Tx/Rx Antenna 414, source data requests sent from data sinks 416, 418 in LTE uplink frames (not shown). TheLTE transceiver 412 distributes the source data in LTE downlink frames prepared by aframe processor 413. The LTE downlink frames are transmitted to the data sinks 416, 418 using the TV white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 414. - The term “data sink” means any piece of user equipment in the
WLAN 400 equipped with a TV white space LTE transceiver/receiver. A data sink may include, but is not limited to: any computer; any entertainment or home theatre component or device, including a HDTV; any commercial or household appliance; any environmental control system, device or sensor; any security control system, device or sensor; any entrance control system, device or sensor; or, any access control system, device or sensor. - The
WLAN gateway 402 also distributes control data to the data sinks 416, 418, as required, using the white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 414. - The term “control data” means any information in any format transmitted in a predetermined subset of pilot positions in the modified LTE downlink frames. The control data may communicate information of any kind to the data sink, and/or control the configuration, operation or behavior of the data sink. For example, the control data may be used to enable: an identification signal for co-existence of two or
more WLANs 400 that operate in close proximity; provide a Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) compliant interaction channel with a home entertainment network; provide a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) or Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) type content protection scheme with Copy Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) support; provide remote appliance or system control; or, permit remote monitoring of appliance or system output or status. - In this exemplary embodiment of the
WLAN 400, the data sink 416 is a high definition television (HDTV). A whitespace LTE transceiver 420 associated with theHDTV 416 may be a stand-alone device, or connected to or incorporated into, for example, a television set-top box of any type, a DVD or a Blu-Ray player, or any other HDTV adjunct or controller. By way of example, the whitespace LTE transceiver 420, or the component to which it is connected, is connected to the HDTV by a High-Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI). Any other suitable type of interface may also be used. The type of interface between theLTE transceiver 420 and the HDTV has no effect on the operation of the invention. The whitespace LTE transceiver 420 is provisioned with aframe processor 421. Theframe processor 421 inspects received LTE radio frames for control data and source data addressed to theHDTV 416, as will be explained below in more detail with reference toFIGS. 5 and 6 . The whitespace LTE transceiver 420 also has achannel estimator 423, which performs channel estimation, as will be explained below with reference toFIGS. 8-15 . The whitespace LTE transceiver 420 is also equipped with a white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 422 that provides awireless link 433 to theWLAN gateway 400. The white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 422 receives LTE radio frames transmitted by theWLAN gate 402 over thewireless link 433. The whitespace LTE transceiver 420 transmits source data requests to theWLAN gateway 402 over thewireless link 433 using LTE uplink frames (not shown), the description of which is not within the scope of this invention. - The
HDTV 416 may be controlled directly by aremote control device 424, well known in the art. TheHDTV 416 may also be controlled by any appropriate LTE-enabled device 426 (cellular telephone, PDA or the like) programmed to transmit control data (channel selection, volume control, input selection, on/off commands, etc.) to the whitespace LTE transceiver 420 via the white space LTE Tx/Rx antenna 414 of theWLAN gateway 402 using LTE uplink frames 440, the description of the which is not within the scope of this invention. - The data sink 418 may be any computer, HDTV, appliance device or sensor, as defined above. A white space LTE transceiver or
receiver 428 is connected to, or integrated into, the data sink 418. The LTE transceiver/receiver 428 is equipped with aframe processor 429. Theframe processor 429 inspects received LTE frames for source data and/or control data addressed to the data sink 418, as will be explained below in more detail with reference toFIGS. 5 and 6 . The LTE transceiver/receiver 428 is also provisioned with achannel estimator 431, which performs channel estimation, as will be explained below with reference toFIGS. 8-15 . A white space LTE Tx/Rx or Rx onlyantenna 430 provides awireless link 432 to theWLAN gateway 402. If the white space LTE transceiver/receiver 428 can process source data, it transmits source data requests to theWLAN gateway 402 over thewireless link 432 using LTE uplink frames, the description of which is not within the scope of this invention -
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram presenting a high-level overview of some of the functions performed on startup and downlink frame processing by theWLAN gateway 402 shown inFIG. 4 . On startup, as described above, thespectrum sensing unit 406 scans the TV band spectrum (500) to detect unused spectrum in the predefined TV white space. The scan may be delimited by reference to a table or a database (not shown) that provides a list of channels that have been assigned to other TV white space services operating within a geographic area in which theWLAN 400 is located. After the TV band spectrum scan is complete thespectrum sensing unit 406 passes information about the scan to the spectrum manager 400 (seeFIG. 1 ). In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the spectrum sensing manager searches the scan information for a minimum of 5 MHz unused TV white space spectrum, but any other suitable piece of vacant white space spectrum can also be used. If a piece of vacant white space spectrum of a desired bandwidth is detected (502), information about that piece of white space spectrum is passed by thespectrum manager 410 to the LTEwhite space transceiver 412, as described above with reference toFIG. 4 . After information about the available white space spectrum has been passed to the whitespace LTE transceiver 412, theWLAN gateway 402 begins the execution of an endless operation loop that terminates only when theWLAN gateway 402 is switched off. - In a first step of the endless operation loop, the
WLAN gateway 402 determines whether there is a pending or unfulfilled source data request (506) received from any of the data sinks 416, 418 in theWLAN 400. If a pending or unfulfilled source data request exists, the required source data is captured (508) from anappropriate data source 404. The source data is then processed (510) by theframe processor 413 as required (demodulated and reformatted, for example) and inserted (512) by theframe processor 413 into a LTE downlink frame in accordance with the invention. TheWLAN gateway 402 then determines (514) whether it has control data to transmit. If so, theframe processor 413 inserts (516) the control data into a predetermined subset of pilot positions in the modified LTE frame, as will be explained below with reference toFIG. 7 . TheWLAN gateway 402 then transmits (518) the LTE frame. If it is determined at 506 that no unfulfilled or pending source data request exists, theWLAN gateway 402 determines whether there is control data to transmit (514). If so,steps -
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram presenting a high-level overview of some of the actions performed by the white space LTE transceivers/receivers FIG. 4 during startup and frame processing. On startup the LTE transceiver/receiver scans (600) the TV band spectrum to identify TV white space transmission channel(s) currently being used by theWLAN gateway 402, using methods well known in the art. Once the TV white space channel(s) have been identified, the LTE transceiver/receiver begins an endless operational loop that continues until the scheduled task is completed. In a first step of the endless operational loop, the LTE transceiver/receiver receives and demodulates (602) the next transmitted LTE frame. Theframe processor optional process 610, or loops back to 602. - Any given transceiver/receiver in the
WLAN 400 may or may not be configured to process source data. Some transceivers/receivers, such as household appliances, etc. may only be configured to process control data. If the transceiver/receiver is configured to process source data, theframe processor frame processor -
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a proportion of the pilot symbols transmitted in the modified LTE downlink frame in accordance with the invention, showing released pilot symbol positions 700 used for control data transmission in theWLAN 400. As explained above with reference toFIG. 3 , the LTE system architecture provides a very robust downlink structure designed to provide excellent QoS to highly mobile user devices. In theWLAN 400 environment, the wireless channel can be characterized as a slowly time-varying channel. Experimentation has established that the frequency and spacing of channel estimations in the standard LTE pilot (reference) symbol structure displays redundancy that can be exploited to enhance performance within theWLAN 400. Apredetermined subset 700 of at least one half of the pilot positions 120 can be used to carry control data without adversely affecting QoS in theWLAN 400. To ensure a high level of QoS in theWLAN 400, channel estimation interpolation is performed in the frequency domain and the time domain to provide a channel estimate at each received symbol position in the modified LTE downlink frame, so that the predetermined subset of the pilot positions 700 can carry the control data. -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in one method of interpolating channel estimates using the LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention. In a first step of this method, channel estimates 801, 804 are computed for each existing pilot symbol in an LTE downlink frame received by an LTE transceiver/receiver in accordance with the invention. The channel estimates 804 in the 4th symbol position are then interleaved with the channel estimates 801 in the 1st symbol position, as shown inFIG. 8 . -
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of a second step in the method of interpolating channel estimates shown inFIG. 8 . In the second step, interpolation is performed in the frequency domain between the interleaved channel estimates. The interpolation in the frequency domain may be performed using, for example: a linear interpolation between channel estimates; a quadratic interpolation between channel estimates; or a spline interpolation between channel estimates, all of which are known in the art. -
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a third step in the method of interpolating channel estimates shown inFIG. 8 . After the channel estimates 801 are interleaved with the channel estimates 804 and the interpolation in the frequency domain has been completed, an interpolation in the time domain is performed to complete the channel estimate computations. The interpolation in the time domain may be performed using, for example: polynomial interpolation such as cubic spline interpolation between channel estimates, which is also known in the art. -
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating tworesults FIG. 10 using linear, polynomial or cubic spline interpolation between frequency domain interpolations performed in the second step of this method. Although time domain interpolation is performed for all sub-carriers, and for the duration in time of the entire frame, for simplicity of illustration only the time domain interpolation for one sub-carrier in two time slots is shown. -
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating interpolation of channel estimates in the time domain using linear interpolation between computed (E) or frequency domain interpolated (I) channel estimates. The linear interpolation is performed using the known equation: -
- where: ĥj(nk−1), ĥj(nk) represent the computed (E) or frequency domain interpolated (1) channel estimates as illustrated in
FIG. 9 . ĥj(n) represents the time domain interpolated channel estimates 810 computed using the above linear interpolation formula at positions illustrated inFIG. 11 . j=1, . . . , L, and L is the number of sub-carriers in the LTE frame. -
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating interpolation of channel estimates in the time domain using cubic spline interpolation between computed and interpolated frequency domain channel estimates. The cubic spline interpolation is performed using the known equations: -
ĥ j(n)=a k−1(n−n k−1)3 +b k−1(n−n k−1)2 +c k−1(n−n k−1)+d k−1 ; n k−1 i≦n<n k -
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ĥ j(n)=a k(n−n k)3 +b k(n−n k)2 +c k(n−n k)+d k ;n k ≦n<n k+1. - where: j=1, . . . , L, and L is the number of sub-carriers in the LTE frame.
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FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first step in another method of interpolating channel estimates using the modified LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention, and the results of the first step in this method. In accordance with this method, interpolation in the frequency domain is performed without interleaving the channel estimates in the 4th character position with those in the 1st character position. Consequently, the channel estimates are computed at their transmitted pilot symbol positions. As noted above, the interpolation in the frequency domain can be performed using any known method, for example a polynomial interpolation such as cubic spline interpolation between channel estimates. -
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of a second step of the method shown inFIG. 14 , in which the channel estimates are interpolated in the time domain. Although time domain interpolation is performed for all sub-carriers, and for the duration in time of the entire frame, for simplicity of illustration only the time domain interpolation for one sub-carrier in two time slots is shown. In the first time slot, theinterpolations interpolations - The embodiments of the invention described above are only intended to be exemplary of the
WLAN 400,WLAN gateway 402, the data sinks 416, 418 and the modified LTE downlink frame structure in accordance with the invention, and not a complete description of every possible configuration of any one of those. The scope of the invention is therefore intended to be limited solely by the scope of the appended claims.
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1. A wireless local area network, comprising:
a local area network gateway configured to communicate modified OFDM frames over a piece of vacant white space, the modified OFDM frames comprising a predetermined subset of pilot symbol positions normally used in OFDM frames to transmit pilot symbols for channel estimation that are made available for carrying control symbols to increase a data capacity of each of the modified OFDM frames; and
a receiver configured to receive the modified OFDM frames and extract the control symbols from the predetermined subset of pilot symbol positions.
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