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- the disclosed embodiments relate generally to wireless network communications, and, more particularly, to sounding and feedback in multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications.
- MU-MIMO multi-user multiple-input multiple-output
- Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission is becoming a new system technique to enable high system capacity in both the upcoming IEEE 802.11ac and the LTE (long-term evolution) standards.
- MU-MIMO has several key advantages.
- MU-MIMO allows the higher degree spatial multiplexing gain to be obtained without the need for higher number of antennas at the mobile stations by keeping the intelligence and cost at the access point.
- MU-MIMO appears immune to most propagation limitations plaguing SU-MIMO communications because multiuser diversity can be extracted even in a simple line of sight (LOS) propagation environment.
- LOS line of sight
- the access point or router should apply transmit beamforming (precoding), computed from channel information acquired in the MU-MIMO downlink channel sounding and feedback to achieve an orthogonal (or near-orthogonal) transmission of multiple streams to multiple users, i.e., eliminating (or reducing) the amount of mutual interference between the transmission to multiple mobile stations.
- transmit beamforming precoding
- each mobile station only receives the spatial stream(s) intended for itself and not the interference from the spatial stream(s) intended for other mobile stations.
- all mobile stations only need to be equipped with sufficient number of antennas for processing the spatial streams intended for itself and not worrying about eliminating the interference from other spatial streams.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a typical SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO process in a wireless communication system.
- the receiver spatial processing occurs during the long training fields (LTFs) in the preamble before the arrival of the data payload.
- LTFs long training fields
- the receiver spatial processing is performed on a packet-by-packet basis. If the receiver spatial processing is not done correctly, for example due to interference, only that packet (e.g., packet 11 in FIG. 1 ) is affected and the erroneous transmission can be corrected by acknowledgement and re-transmission protocol as long as interference is no longer present in subsequent re-transmission.
- the channel knowledge and antenna weights at the transmitter are not updated frequently.
- the process of channel sounding and feedback add a significant overhead to the system processing and it is typically performed at intervals comparable to the channel coherent time. Note that this sounding and feedback process for MU-MIMO is identical for that for transmit beamforming. The same discussion presented here would also apply to transmit beamforming. If the incorrect channel knowledge, e.g., due to received sounding signal corrupted by interference, is used at the transmitter, the sequence of frame exchanges based on the same transmit antenna weights are affected and the resultant communication errors are not correctible through the acknowledgement and re-transmission protocol. In the example of FIG.
- a method of sounding and feedback with channel quality information and reduced overhead is provided.
- a receiving station receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over a wide channel in a wireless network.
- the sounding signal is transmitted over one or multiple sub-channels of the wide channel.
- the receiving station detects channel quality based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel.
- the receiving station then performs channel estimation based on the received sounding signal and thereby determining feedback information.
- the receiving station transmits a feedback message to the access point, the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, or channel integrity/quality indicators based on the channel quality information for each sub-channel.
- the access point may repeat the sounding process, narrow the transmission bandwidth, or select only stations who have indicated uncorrupted channel sounding for MU-MIMO transmission.
- the feedback message contains an integrity/quality indicator that indicates the detected channel quality for each sub-channel.
- the integrity is a binary measure of whether or not the channel measurement as described is corrupted.
- the quality indicator is a quantitative measure of the extent the channel measurement is corrupted.
- a conventional technique of checking CRC of the sounding packet is utilized for all sub-channels.
- a technique of CCA (Clear Channel Assessment) prior to the arrival of the sounding packet is utilized.
- the fixed pattern in the sounding signal is verified for monitoring the integrity and/or quality of the sounding signal.
- a primary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation.
- the receiver does not transmit any beamforming report in the feedback by transmitting a NULL feedback message, which may be indicated by a NULL feedback indicator in the MIMO control subfield.
- a secondary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation.
- the receiver transmits reduced feedback information, which may be indicated by an integrity/quality indicator in the MIMO control subfield.
- the reduced feedback information includes only beamforming report for non-corrupted primary sub-channels, while beamforming report for corrupted sub-channels are not included in the feedback message.
- the sounding and feedback process for MU-MIMO channel sounding and feedback (with multiple stations receiving sounding signal from the AP) is identical for that for transmit beamforming sounding and feedback (with a single station receiving sounding signal from the AP).
- the same discussion presented here would also apply to transmit beamforming.
- FIG. 1 illustrates typical SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO processes in a wireless system.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a MU-MIMO scheme in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 3 illustrates simplified block diagrams of an access point and two stations in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a channel sounding and feedback process in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a MU-MIMO sounding and feedback process in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a novel feedback frame format in an IEEE 802.11ac wireless system.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a first embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a second embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a third embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system.
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from station perspective in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from access point perspective in accordance with one novel aspect.
- a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless system employs multiple (N T ) transmit antennas and multiple (N R ) receive antennas for data transmission.
- the N S spatial channels are used to transmit N S independent data streams to achieve greater overall throughput.
- single-user MIMO considers access to the multiple antennas that are physically connected to each individual terminal (e.g., user)
- MU-MIMO allows a terminal to transmit (or receive) signals to (or from) multiple users simultaneously.
- the typical MU-MIMO usage scenario in IEEE 802.11ac involves an access point (AP) or router first acquiring the MIMO channel state information (CSI) through channel sounding, computing and applying transmit beamforming (precoding) weights, and then simultaneously transmitting multiple spatial streams to more than one mobile stations (STAs).
- AP access point
- STAs transmit beamforming
- partial spatial processing is done at the access point to separate the spatial streams among the multiple users, and the remaining spatial processing is done at the receivers to decode the multiple spatial streams received.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a MU-MIMO scheme in a wireless system 200 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- Wireless system 200 comprises an access point AP 201 (TX), a first mobile station STA 202 (user 1 or RX 1 ), and a second mobile station STA 203 (user 2 or RX 2 ).
- TX access point
- STA 202 user 1 or RX 1
- RX 2 second mobile station
- four spatial streams are transmitted by the TX antennas with two spatial streams intended for each receiver.
- the complex coefficients h 11 , h 12 , h 13 , and h 14 represent the transmission from x 1 antenna arriving at y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , and y 4 antennas.
- the complex coefficients h 21 , h 22 , h 23 , and h 22 represent the transmission from x 2 antenna arriving at y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , and y 4 antennas.
- the complex coefficients h 31 , h 32 , h 33 , and h 32 represent the transmission from x 3 antenna arriving at y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , and y 4 antennas.
- the complex coefficients h 41 , h 42 , h 43 , and h 42 represent the transmission from x 4 antenna arriving at y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , and y 4 antennas.
- the transmission from each of the four TX antennas arrives at each of the four RX antennas.
- the input-output relationship can be described as:
- the goal of the transmit beamforming is to generate desired transmit array antenna patterns such that two spatial streams are beamed toward the first receiver (RX 1 ) while nulled toward the second receiver (RX 2 ) and that the other two spatial streams are beamed toward the second receiver (RX 2 ) while nulled toward the first receiver (RX 1 ).
- precoder matrix V is applied properly, then RX 1 will only see the first two spatial streams and RX 2 will only see the other two spatial streams.
- RX 1 only needs two antennas to resolve the first two spatial streams while RX 2 also only needs two antennas to resolve the other two spatial streams.
- the overall receive antennas can be reduced from eight to four and a simpler system configuration can be achieved.
- the transmitting station In order to apply MU-MIMO beamforming (precoding), the transmitting station is required to have the knowledge of the channel response matrix H. This requires the receiving stations to measure and estimate the channel response matrix H and then feedback the channel response matrix H to the transmitting station via sounding and feedback process. If the channel measurement is corrupted by, say interference, the transmit beamforming (precoding) matrix V derived from the feedback will lead to subsequent corrupted MU-MIMO frame exchange. The sequence of corrupted MU-MIMO frame exchange is not correctible via the protocol of acknowledgement and re-transmission.
- a sounding and feedback process with enhanced robustness is utilized between transmitting and receiving stations.
- the integrity and/or quality of the channel sounding process is monitored, an integrity and/or quality indicator is provided in the feedback, and null or reduced feedback information is provided in the case of corruption.
- this sounding and feedback process for MU-MIMO is identical for that for transmit beamforming. The same discussion presented here would also apply to transmit beamforming.
- FIG. 3 illustrates simplified block diagrams of an access point AP 301 and two mobile stations STA 321 and STA 341 in a wireless system 300 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- AP 301 comprises memory 302 , a processor 303 , a scheduler 304 , a MIMO encoder 305 , a beamformer/precoder 306 , a channel estimation module 307 , and a plurality of transceivers 311 - 314 coupled to a plurality of antennas 315 - 318 , respectively.
- STA 321 comprises memory 322 , a processor 323 , a MIMO decoder 325 , a detection module 326 , a channel estimation module 327 , and a plurality of transceivers 331 - 332 coupled to a plurality of antennas 335 - 336 , respectively.
- STA 341 comprises memory 342 , a processor 343 , a MIMO decoder 345 , a detection module 346 , a channel estimation module 347 , and a plurality of transceivers 351 - 352 coupled to a plurality of antennas 355 - 356 , respectively.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a channel sounding and feedback process in a wireless system 400 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- Wireless system 400 comprises a transmitting device 401 and a receiving device 402 .
- transmitting device 401 sends a sounding announcement (e.g., null data packet announcement (NDPA) 403 ) followed by a sounding packet (e.g., null data packet (NPD) 404 ,) to receiving device 402 .
- NDPA null data packet announcement
- NDP null data packet
- the feedback information includes estimated CSI (beamforming report) and SNR information.
- NPD 404 is used for channel sounding and measurement.
- the L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG fields are used for setting up the protection field against legacy devices.
- the signaling information for the NDP signal is carrier in the VHT-SIG-A 406 and the channel estimation is performed on the VHT-LTFS (Long Training Fields) 408 .
- the wideband VHT signal uses duplicate signal format that replicates the 20 MHz waveform in each of the 20 MHz sub-channels that is being used.
- the signal content in VHT-SIG-A 406 is protected with a binary convolution code and an eight-bit CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Code).
- the VHT-SIG-B symbol 409 carriers a fixed pattern and is binary convolution code encoded.
- the VHT-STF 407 and VHT-LTFs 408 also carry fixed patterns but have no CRC protection.
- the integrity is a binary measure of whether or not the channel measurement as described is corrupted by external interfering signal from other devices or other external radiator to the extent that it can affect the MU-MIMO transmission and reception.
- the quality indicator is a quantitative measure of the extent the channel measurement is corrupted by external interfering signal from other devices or other external radiators.
- the specific method for integrity and/or quality monitoring (or interference detection) is not an essential part of the invention.
- a conventional technique of checking CRC is utilized. Because replicated 20 MHz waveform is used in each 20 MHz sub-channel within the signal transmission bandwidth, the receiver typically only checks the CRC in the primary sub-channel, which leads to insufficient integrity and/or quality monitoring. A more thorough approach is to check CRC for VHT-SIG-A 406 in all 20 MHz sub-channels.
- a technique of CCA Cerar Channel Assessment
- the fixed pattern in VHT-SIG-B symbol 409 is verified for monitoring the integrity and/or quality of the sounding signal. Note that checking the VHT-SIG-B pattern provides detection of corruption of the sounding signal if interference occurs after VHT-SIG-A.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a MU-MIMO sounding and feedback process in a wireless system 500 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- Wireless system 500 comprises a transmitting access point AP 501 and three receiving stations STA 502 - 504 .
- AP 501 (initiator) first broadcasts a sounding announcement NDPA 511 to inform the intended stations (responders) and a sounding signal NDP 512 is then transmitted for the intended responders.
- NDPA 511 to inform the intended stations (responders)
- NDP 512 Sounding signal
- each station measures the downlink channel and estimates CSI and SNR.
- STA 502 transmits feedback message 513 after receiving NDP 512 (with SIFS/RIFS), STA 503 transmits feedback packet 515 after receiving polling message 514 , and STA 504 transmits feedback message 517 after receiving polling message 516 .
- each station can provide feedback information accordingly.
- the feedback information contains an integrity indicator having a plurality of bits, and each bit represents the integrity of the channel measurement of a valid sub-channel.
- the feedback information contains a quality indicator having a plurality of values, and each value represents the quality of channel measurement of a valid sub-channel.
- the feedback information contains both integrity and quality indicators for each valid sub-channel. Furthermore, for wide channel bandwidth frame exchange, it is preferred to have integrity and/or quality indicators for each of the valid sub-channels within the transmission bandwidth.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a novel feedback frame format in an IEEE 802.11ac wireless system.
- the CSI feedback information (beamforming report) is carried by a MIMO management frame 600 , which includes a MIMO control subfield 610 , and a beamforming report subfield 620 .
- a primary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation.
- the receiver does not transmit any beamforming report in the feedback by transmitting a NULL feedback 630 , which may be indicated by a NULL feedback indicator 640 in the MIMO control subfield.
- a secondary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation.
- the receiver transmits reduced feedback 650 , which may be indicated by an integrity indicator 660 in the MIMO control subfield.
- the reduced feedback includes only beamforming report for non-corrupted primary sub-channels, while beamforming report for corrupted sub-channels are not included in the feedback message.
- the integrity indicator 660 contains four bits 1100 indicating that the first two MHz sub-channels are good, while the next two 20 MHz sub-channels are degraded, and reduced feedback 650 includes beamforming report only for the first two 20 MHz sub-channels.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the first embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system 700 .
- Wireless system 700 comprises an AP 701 and three mobile stations including a first user 1 , a second user 2 , and a third user 3 .
- AP 701 communicates with the mobile stations over an 80 MHz BSS (basic service set) having a primary 40 MHz sub-channel and a secondary 40 MHz sub-channel. After channel sounding, all three users detect that the sounding signal is interfered over the primary 40 MHz sub-channel, and conclude that the primary 40 MHz sub-channel is significantly degraded. Based on the detected channel quality information, each user may transmit a NULL feedback (e.g., 630 in FIG.
- NULL feedback e.g., 630 in FIG.
- AP 701 may decide to repeat the sounding process to obtain a clean uncorrupted channel measurement and feedback.
- FIG. 8 illustrates the second embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system 800 .
- Wireless system 800 comprises an AP 801 and three mobile stations including a first user 1 , a second user 2 , and a third user 3 .
- AP 801 communicates with the mobile stations over an 80 MHz BSS (basic service set) having a primary 40 MHz sub-channel and a secondary 40 MHz sub-channel. After channel sounding, all three users detect that the sounding signal is interfered over the secondary 40 MHz sub-channel, and conclude that the secondary 40 MHz sub-channel is significantly degraded. Based on the detected channel quality information, each user may transmit reduced feedback (e.g., 650 in FIG.
- reduced feedback e.g., 650 in FIG.
- AP 801 may decide to narrow the transmission bandwidth to allow MU-MIMO transmission only in the uncorrupted primary 40 MHz sub-channel.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a third embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system 900 .
- Wireless system 900 comprises an access point AP 901 and three mobile stations including a first user 1 , a second user 2 , and a third user 3 .
- user 1 and user 3 do not detect channel measurement corruption and thus provide good integrity indicator and CSI feedback (beamforming report) to AP 901 .
- User 2 detects channel measurement corruption and provides a NULL feedback to AP 901 .
- AP 901 may select only the responders (user 1 and user 3 ) who have indicated uncorrupted channel sounding for MU-MIMO transmission, and not transmitting to the responder (user 2 ) whose channel sounding is corrupted. If the MU-MIMO transmission requires transmitting radio signals to all responders, then transmitting NDPs can be regarded as no transmission.
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from mobile station perspective in accordance with one novel aspect.
- a receiving station receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over a wide channel in a wireless network. The sounding signal is transmitted over multiple sub-channels of the wide channel.
- the receiving station detects channel quality information based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel.
- the receiving station performs channel estimation and determining feedback information for each sub-channel.
- the receiving station transmits a feedback message to the access point.
- the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, and/or integrity/quality indicators based on the detected channel quality information for each sub-channel.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from access point perspective in accordance with one novel aspect.
- an access point transmits a sounding signal to a plurality of mobile stations over a wide channel in the wireless network.
- the sounding signal is transmitted over multiple sub-channels of the wide channel.
- the access point receives feedback messages from the plurality of stations.
- One or more feedback messages contain NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, and/or integrity indicators that indicate channel quality information for each sub-channel of a corresponding station.
- the access point retransmits a sounding signal to a station if the corresponding feedback message indicates channel measurement corruption.
- the access point transmits MU-MIMO streams to a selected subset of the plurality of stations based on the channel quality information.
- the access point transmits MU-MIMO streams over a selected subset of the multiple sub-channels based on the channel quality information.
- the access point makes dynamic transmission bandwidth adjustment decision based on the channel quality information in the feedback messages.
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A method of sounding and feedback with channel quality information and reduced overhead is provided. A receiving station receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over multiple sub-channels of a wide channel in a wireless network. The receiving station detects channel quality based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel. The receiving station then performs channel estimation based on the received sounding signal and thereby determining feedback information. Finally, the receiving station transmits a feedback message to the access point, the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, or channel integrity/quality indicators based on the channel quality information for each sub-channel. Based on the feedback message, the access point may repeat the sounding process, narrow the transmission bandwidth, or select only stations who have indicated uncorrupted channel sounding for MU-MMO transmission.
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- This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/405,350, entitled “Integrity and Quality Monitoring and Signaling for Sounding and Feedback,” filed on Oct. 21, 2010; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/405,749, entitled “Integrity and Quality Monitoring Signaling for Sounding and Reduced Feedback,” filed on Oct. 22, 2010, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The disclosed embodiments relate generally to wireless network communications, and, more particularly, to sounding and feedback in multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications.
- Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission is becoming a new system technique to enable high system capacity in both the upcoming IEEE 802.11ac and the LTE (long-term evolution) standards. As compared to single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO), MU-MIMO has several key advantages. First, MU-MIMO allows for a direct gain in multiple access system capacity proportional to the number of access point antennas. Second, MU-MIMO allows the higher degree spatial multiplexing gain to be obtained without the need for higher number of antennas at the mobile stations by keeping the intelligence and cost at the access point. Third, MU-MIMO appears immune to most propagation limitations plaguing SU-MIMO communications because multiuser diversity can be extracted even in a simple line of sight (LOS) propagation environment. As a result, the LOS propagation, which causes degradation in single user spatial multiplexing schemes, is no longer a problem in the multiuser setting.
- In contrast to the SU-MIMO transmission, where the mobile station receivers are equipped with sufficient number of antennas (equal to or greater than the number of spatial streams) and the capability of the signal processing to estimate the channel and to separate the spatial streams, it is crucial in a MU-MIMO transmission for the access points or routers to bear the most of the burden in the signal processing and hardware complexity to allow for simpler mobile station implementation. To achieve this aim, the access point or router should apply transmit beamforming (precoding), computed from channel information acquired in the MU-MIMO downlink channel sounding and feedback to achieve an orthogonal (or near-orthogonal) transmission of multiple streams to multiple users, i.e., eliminating (or reducing) the amount of mutual interference between the transmission to multiple mobile stations. Under this condition, each mobile station only receives the spatial stream(s) intended for itself and not the interference from the spatial stream(s) intended for other mobile stations. With reduced number of spatial streams directed toward individual mobile stations, all mobile stations only need to be equipped with sufficient number of antennas for processing the spatial streams intended for itself and not worrying about eliminating the interference from other spatial streams.
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FIG. 1 (Prior Art) illustrates a typical SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO process in a wireless communication system. For SU-MIMO, the receiver spatial processing occurs during the long training fields (LTFs) in the preamble before the arrival of the data payload. The receiver spatial processing is performed on a packet-by-packet basis. If the receiver spatial processing is not done correctly, for example due to interference, only that packet (e.g.,packet 11 inFIG. 1 ) is affected and the erroneous transmission can be corrected by acknowledgement and re-transmission protocol as long as interference is no longer present in subsequent re-transmission. - For MU-MIMO, on the other hand, the channel knowledge and antenna weights at the transmitter are not updated frequently. The process of channel sounding and feedback add a significant overhead to the system processing and it is typically performed at intervals comparable to the channel coherent time. Note that this sounding and feedback process for MU-MIMO is identical for that for transmit beamforming. The same discussion presented here would also apply to transmit beamforming. If the incorrect channel knowledge, e.g., due to received sounding signal corrupted by interference, is used at the transmitter, the sequence of frame exchanges based on the same transmit antenna weights are affected and the resultant communication errors are not correctible through the acknowledgement and re-transmission protocol. In the example of
FIG. 1 , when sounding andfeedback 21 is corrupted by interference, the sequence of MU-MIMO frame exchanges - Currently, there is no mechanism or protocol in the 802.11ac system to allow fast recovery from situation that sounding process is corrupted. Since wideband channel bandwidths are proposed in the 802.11 ac, the sounding process is more susceptible to interferences, especially to sub-channel interferences. Although there is channel protection mechanism such as RTS and CTS protocol in the IEEE802.11 standards for improving the channel integrity and/or quality of the channel sounding and feedback process, such protection mechanism adds to overhead of the process and is typically not employed.
- A method of sounding and feedback with channel quality information and reduced overhead is provided. A receiving station receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over a wide channel in a wireless network. The sounding signal is transmitted over one or multiple sub-channels of the wide channel. The receiving station detects channel quality based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel. The receiving station then performs channel estimation based on the received sounding signal and thereby determining feedback information. Finally, the receiving station transmits a feedback message to the access point, the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, or channel integrity/quality indicators based on the channel quality information for each sub-channel. Based on the feedback message, the access point may repeat the sounding process, narrow the transmission bandwidth, or select only stations who have indicated uncorrupted channel sounding for MU-MIMO transmission.
- In one embodiment, the feedback message contains an integrity/quality indicator that indicates the detected channel quality for each sub-channel. The integrity is a binary measure of whether or not the channel measurement as described is corrupted. The quality indicator, on the other hand, is a quantitative measure of the extent the channel measurement is corrupted. In a first example, a conventional technique of checking CRC of the sounding packet is utilized for all sub-channels. In a second example, a technique of CCA (Clear Channel Assessment) prior to the arrival of the sounding packet is utilized. In a third example, the fixed pattern in the sounding signal is verified for monitoring the integrity and/or quality of the sounding signal.
- In another embodiment, a primary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation. To reduce overhead, the receiver does not transmit any beamforming report in the feedback by transmitting a NULL feedback message, which may be indicated by a NULL feedback indicator in the MIMO control subfield.
- In yet another embodiment, a secondary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation. To reduce overhead, the receiver transmits reduced feedback information, which may be indicated by an integrity/quality indicator in the MIMO control subfield. The reduced feedback information includes only beamforming report for non-corrupted primary sub-channels, while beamforming report for corrupted sub-channels are not included in the feedback message.
- The sounding and feedback process for MU-MIMO channel sounding and feedback (with multiple stations receiving sounding signal from the AP) is identical for that for transmit beamforming sounding and feedback (with a single station receiving sounding signal from the AP). The same discussion presented here would also apply to transmit beamforming.
- Other embodiments and advantages are described in the detailed description below. This summary does not purport to define the invention. The invention is defined by the claims.
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FIG. 1 (prior art) illustrates typical SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO processes in a wireless system. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a MU-MIMO scheme in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 3 illustrates simplified block diagrams of an access point and two stations in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a channel sounding and feedback process in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a MU-MIMO sounding and feedback process in a wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 6 illustrates a novel feedback frame format in an IEEE 802.11ac wireless system. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a first embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system. -
FIG. 8 illustrates a second embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system. -
FIG. 9 illustrates a third embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system. -
FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from station perspective in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from access point perspective in accordance with one novel aspect. - Reference will now be made in detail to some embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
- A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless system employs multiple (NT) transmit antennas and multiple (NR) receive antennas for data transmission. A MIMO channel formed by the NT transmit and NR receive antennas may be decomposed into NS spatial channels, where NS<=min{NT, NR}. The NS spatial channels are used to transmit NS independent data streams to achieve greater overall throughput. While single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) considers access to the multiple antennas that are physically connected to each individual terminal (e.g., user), multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) allows a terminal to transmit (or receive) signals to (or from) multiple users simultaneously. The typical MU-MIMO usage scenario in IEEE 802.11ac involves an access point (AP) or router first acquiring the MIMO channel state information (CSI) through channel sounding, computing and applying transmit beamforming (precoding) weights, and then simultaneously transmitting multiple spatial streams to more than one mobile stations (STAs). With proper transmit beamforming (precoding), partial spatial processing is done at the access point to separate the spatial streams among the multiple users, and the remaining spatial processing is done at the receivers to decode the multiple spatial streams received.
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FIG. 2 illustrates a MU-MIMO scheme in awireless system 200 in accordance with one novel aspect.Wireless system 200 comprises an access point AP 201 (TX), a first mobile station STA 202 (user 1 or RX1), and a second mobile station STA 203 (user 2 or RX2). In the example ofFIG. 2 , four spatial streams are transmitted by the TX antennas with two spatial streams intended for each receiver. The complex coefficients h11, h12, h13, and h14 represent the transmission from x1 antenna arriving at y1, y2, y3, and y4 antennas. The complex coefficients h21, h22, h23, and h22 represent the transmission from x2 antenna arriving at y1, y2, y3, and y4 antennas. The complex coefficients h31, h32, h33, and h32 represent the transmission from x3 antenna arriving at y1, y2, y3, and y4 antennas. Finally, the complex coefficients h41, h42, h43, and h42 represent the transmission from x4 antenna arriving at y1, y2, y3, and y4 antennas. The transmission from each of the four TX antennas arrives at each of the four RX antennas. The input-output relationship can be described as: -
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- The goal of the transmit beamforming (precoding) is to generate desired transmit array antenna patterns such that two spatial streams are beamed toward the first receiver (RX1) while nulled toward the second receiver (RX2) and that the other two spatial streams are beamed toward the second receiver (RX2) while nulled toward the first receiver (RX1). In other words, if precoder matrix V is applied properly, then RX1 will only see the first two spatial streams and RX2 will only see the other two spatial streams. As a result, RX1 only needs two antennas to resolve the first two spatial streams while RX2 also only needs two antennas to resolve the other two spatial streams. With the proper transmit beamforming at the transmitter (TX), the overall receive antennas can be reduced from eight to four and a simpler system configuration can be achieved.
- In order to apply MU-MIMO beamforming (precoding), the transmitting station is required to have the knowledge of the channel response matrix H. This requires the receiving stations to measure and estimate the channel response matrix H and then feedback the channel response matrix H to the transmitting station via sounding and feedback process. If the channel measurement is corrupted by, say interference, the transmit beamforming (precoding) matrix V derived from the feedback will lead to subsequent corrupted MU-MIMO frame exchange. The sequence of corrupted MU-MIMO frame exchange is not correctible via the protocol of acknowledgement and re-transmission. Because the process of sounding and feedback imposes significant overhead, especially for MIMO-OFDM systems where multiple receiving stations are involved, it is desirable to perform the sounding and feedback procedure as infrequently as possible based on the coherent time of the channel. As a result, a corrupted transmit beamforming (precoding) matrix V will tend to be used for the duration until the next sounding and feedback.
- In one novel aspect, a sounding and feedback process with enhanced robustness is utilized between transmitting and receiving stations. The integrity and/or quality of the channel sounding process is monitored, an integrity and/or quality indicator is provided in the feedback, and null or reduced feedback information is provided in the case of corruption. Note that this sounding and feedback process for MU-MIMO is identical for that for transmit beamforming. The same discussion presented here would also apply to transmit beamforming.
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FIG. 3 illustrates simplified block diagrams of anaccess point AP 301 and twomobile stations STA 321 andSTA 341 in awireless system 300 in accordance with one novel aspect.AP 301 comprisesmemory 302, aprocessor 303, ascheduler 304, aMIMO encoder 305, a beamformer/precoder 306, achannel estimation module 307, and a plurality of transceivers 311-314 coupled to a plurality of antennas 315-318, respectively.STA 321 comprisesmemory 322, aprocessor 323, aMIMO decoder 325, adetection module 326, a channel estimation module 327, and a plurality of transceivers 331-332 coupled to a plurality of antennas 335-336, respectively. Similarly,STA 341 comprisesmemory 342, aprocessor 343, aMIMO decoder 345, adetection module 346, achannel estimation module 347, and a plurality of transceivers 351-352 coupled to a plurality of antennas 355-356, respectively. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a channel sounding and feedback process in awireless system 400 in accordance with one novel aspect.Wireless system 400 comprises a transmittingdevice 401 and areceiving device 402. During the channel sounding and feedback process, transmittingdevice 401 sends a sounding announcement (e.g., null data packet announcement (NDPA) 403) followed by a sounding packet (e.g., null data packet (NPD) 404,) to receivingdevice 402.NPDA 403 is transmitted first to inform the intended receiving device (e.g., via STA INFO fields) andNDP 404 is then transmitted for the intended receiving device to estimate the channel. Receivingdevice 402 then transmits afeedback packet 405 back to transmittingdevice 401. The feedback information includes estimated CSI (beamforming report) and SNR information.NPD 404 is used for channel sounding and measurement. The L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG fields are used for setting up the protection field against legacy devices. The signaling information for the NDP signal is carrier in the VHT-SIG-A 406 and the channel estimation is performed on the VHT-LTFS (Long Training Fields) 408. The wideband VHT signal uses duplicate signal format that replicates the 20 MHz waveform in each of the 20 MHz sub-channels that is being used. The signal content in VHT-SIG-A 406 is protected with a binary convolution code and an eight-bit CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Code). The VHT-SIG-B symbol 409 carriers a fixed pattern and is binary convolution code encoded. The VHT-STF 407 and VHT-LTFs 408 also carry fixed patterns but have no CRC protection. - There are various ways to monitor the integrity and/or quality of the sounding process by checking the sounding
packet NDP 404. The integrity is a binary measure of whether or not the channel measurement as described is corrupted by external interfering signal from other devices or other external radiator to the extent that it can affect the MU-MIMO transmission and reception. The quality indicator, on the other hand, is a quantitative measure of the extent the channel measurement is corrupted by external interfering signal from other devices or other external radiators. The specific method for integrity and/or quality monitoring (or interference detection) is not an essential part of the invention. - In a first embodiment, a conventional technique of checking CRC is utilized. Because replicated 20 MHz waveform is used in each 20 MHz sub-channel within the signal transmission bandwidth, the receiver typically only checks the CRC in the primary sub-channel, which leads to insufficient integrity and/or quality monitoring. A more thorough approach is to check CRC for VHT-SIG-
A 406 in all 20 MHz sub-channels. In a second embodiment, a technique of CCA (Clear Channel Assessment) prior to the arrival of the sounding packet is utilized. In a third embodiment, the fixed pattern in VHT-SIG-B symbol 409 is verified for monitoring the integrity and/or quality of the sounding signal. Note that checking the VHT-SIG-B pattern provides detection of corruption of the sounding signal if interference occurs after VHT-SIG-A. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a MU-MIMO sounding and feedback process in awireless system 500 in accordance with one novel aspect.Wireless system 500 comprises a transmitting access point AP501 and three receiving stations STA502-504. For downlink transmission, AP501 (initiator) first broadcasts a soundingannouncement NDPA 511 to inform the intended stations (responders) and a soundingsignal NDP 512 is then transmitted for the intended responders. Based on the received sounding signal, each station measures the downlink channel and estimates CSI and SNR. For uplink transmission, STA502 transmitsfeedback message 513 after receiving NDP 512 (with SIFS/RIFS), STA503 transmitsfeedback packet 515 after receivingpolling message 514, and STA504 transmitsfeedback message 517 after receivingpolling message 516. - Depending on the monitoring result of the integrity and/or quality of the sounding process, each station can provide feedback information accordingly. In one preferred embodiment, the feedback information contains an integrity indicator having a plurality of bits, and each bit represents the integrity of the channel measurement of a valid sub-channel. In another preferred embodiment, the feedback information contains a quality indicator having a plurality of values, and each value represents the quality of channel measurement of a valid sub-channel. In yet another embodiment, the feedback information contains both integrity and quality indicators for each valid sub-channel. Furthermore, for wide channel bandwidth frame exchange, it is preferred to have integrity and/or quality indicators for each of the valid sub-channels within the transmission bandwidth.
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FIG. 6 illustrates a novel feedback frame format in an IEEE 802.11ac wireless system. In the example ofFIG. 6 , the CSI feedback information (beamforming report) is carried by aMIMO management frame 600, which includes aMIMO control subfield 610, and abeamforming report subfield 620. In a first embodiment, a primary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation. To reduce overhead, the receiver does not transmit any beamforming report in the feedback by transmitting aNULL feedback 630, which may be indicated by aNULL feedback indicator 640 in the MIMO control subfield. In a second embodiment, a secondary sub-channel suffers significant channel degradation. To reduce overhead, the receiver transmits reducedfeedback 650, which may be indicated by anintegrity indicator 660 in the MIMO control subfield. The reduced feedback includes only beamforming report for non-corrupted primary sub-channels, while beamforming report for corrupted sub-channels are not included in the feedback message. For example, for an 80 MHz channel, theintegrity indicator 660 contains fourbits 1100 indicating that the first two MHz sub-channels are good, while the next two 20 MHz sub-channels are degraded, and reducedfeedback 650 includes beamforming report only for the first two 20 MHz sub-channels. -
FIG. 7 illustrates the first embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system 700.Wireless system 700 comprises an AP701 and three mobile stations including afirst user 1, a second user 2, and a third user 3. AP701 communicates with the mobile stations over an 80 MHz BSS (basic service set) having a primary 40 MHz sub-channel and a secondary 40 MHz sub-channel. After channel sounding, all three users detect that the sounding signal is interfered over the primary 40 MHz sub-channel, and conclude that the primary 40 MHz sub-channel is significantly degraded. Based on the detected channel quality information, each user may transmit a NULL feedback (e.g., 630 inFIG. 6 ) to inform AP701 that the primary sub-channel measurement is corrupted and no beamforming report is provided to reduce feedback overhead. Based on the NULL feedback, AP701 may decide to repeat the sounding process to obtain a clean uncorrupted channel measurement and feedback. -
FIG. 8 illustrates the second embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system 800.Wireless system 800 comprises an AP801 and three mobile stations including afirst user 1, a second user 2, and a third user 3. AP801 communicates with the mobile stations over an 80 MHz BSS (basic service set) having a primary 40 MHz sub-channel and a secondary 40 MHz sub-channel. After channel sounding, all three users detect that the sounding signal is interfered over the secondary 40 MHz sub-channel, and conclude that the secondary 40 MHz sub-channel is significantly degraded. Based on the detected channel quality information, each user may transmit reduced feedback (e.g., 650 inFIG. 6 ) to inform AP801 that the secondary 40 MHz sub-channel measurement is corrupted and its beamforming report is not provided. Based on the reduced feedback, AP801 may decide to narrow the transmission bandwidth to allow MU-MIMO transmission only in the uncorrupted primary 40 MHz sub-channel. - In MU-MIMO, because the transmit beamforming weight is computed from aggregate channel measurements from multiple receivers (users), one incorrect feedback may produce a corrupted transmit precoding weights for all receivers involved in the sounding and feedback process.
FIG. 9 illustrates a third embodiment of a novel feedback mechanism in an MU-MIMO wireless system 900.Wireless system 900 comprises an access point AP901 and three mobile stations including afirst user 1, a second user 2, and a third user 3. After channel sounding,user 1 and user 3 do not detect channel measurement corruption and thus provide good integrity indicator and CSI feedback (beamforming report) to AP901. User 2, on the other hand, detects channel measurement corruption and provides a NULL feedback to AP901. Based on the feedback from the users, AP901 may select only the responders (user 1 and user 3) who have indicated uncorrupted channel sounding for MU-MIMO transmission, and not transmitting to the responder (user 2) whose channel sounding is corrupted. If the MU-MIMO transmission requires transmitting radio signals to all responders, then transmitting NDPs can be regarded as no transmission. -
FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from mobile station perspective in accordance with one novel aspect. Instep 1001, a receiving station receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over a wide channel in a wireless network. The sounding signal is transmitted over multiple sub-channels of the wide channel. Instep 1002, the receiving station detects channel quality information based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel. Instep 1003, the receiving station performs channel estimation and determining feedback information for each sub-channel. Instep 1004, the receiving station transmits a feedback message to the access point. The feedback message contains NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, and/or integrity/quality indicators based on the detected channel quality information for each sub-channel. -
FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of sounding and reduced feedback from access point perspective in accordance with one novel aspect. Instep 1101, an access point transmits a sounding signal to a plurality of mobile stations over a wide channel in the wireless network. The sounding signal is transmitted over multiple sub-channels of the wide channel. Instep 1102, the access point receives feedback messages from the plurality of stations. One or more feedback messages contain NULL feedback information, reduced feedback information, and/or integrity indicators that indicate channel quality information for each sub-channel of a corresponding station. Instep 1003, the access point retransmits a sounding signal to a station if the corresponding feedback message indicates channel measurement corruption. Instep 1004, the access point transmits MU-MIMO streams to a selected subset of the plurality of stations based on the channel quality information. In step 1005, the access point transmits MU-MIMO streams over a selected subset of the multiple sub-channels based on the channel quality information. In step 1006, the access point makes dynamic transmission bandwidth adjustment decision based on the channel quality information in the feedback messages. - Although the present invention has been described in connection with certain specific embodiments for instructional purposes, the present invention is not limited thereto. Accordingly, various modifications, adaptations, and combinations of various features of the described embodiments can be practiced without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.
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1. A method comprising:
(a) receiving a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over a wide channel in a wireless network, wherein the sounding signal is transmitted over one or multiple sub-channels of the wide channel;
(b) detecting channel quality based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel;
(c) performing channel estimation based on the received sounding signal and thereby determining feedback information; and
(d) transmitting a feedback message to the access point, wherein the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, or reduced feedback information, and/or indicators based on the channel quality information detected in (b) for each sub-channel.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting in (b) involves performing clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to the arrival of the sounding signal.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounding signal contains a cyclic redundancy check (CRC), and wherein the detecting in (b) involves checking the CRC for each sub-channel.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounding signal contains a fixed bit pattern, and wherein the detecting in (b) involves checking the fixed bit pattern for each sub-channel.
5. The method of claims 1 and 6 , wherein the null feedback information does not include beamforming report if the channel suffers significant degradation.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reduced feedback information only includes beamforming report for the sub-channels that do not suffer significant degradation.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feedback message contains an integrity or quality indicator comprising a plurality of bits, each bit indicates whether each corresponding sub-channel suffers significant degradation.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounding signal and feedback message are transmitted for MU-MIMO sounding and feedback, or for transmit beamforming sounding and feedback.
9. A device, comprising:
a receiver that receives a sounding signal transmitted from an access point over a wide channel in a wireless network, wherein the sounding signal is transmitted over one or multiple sub-channels of the wide channel;
a channel quality detecting module that detects channel quality based on the received sounding signal for each sub-channel;
a channel estimation module that performs channel estimation based on the received sounding signal and thereby determining feedback information; and
a transmitter that transmits a feedback message to the access point, wherein the feedback message contains NULL feedback information, or reduced feedback information, and/or indicators based on the detected channel quality information for each sub-channel.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the feedback message contains an integrity or quality indicator comprising a plurality of bits, each bit indicates whether each corresponding sub-channel suffers degradation.
11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the null feedback information does not include beamforming report if the channel suffers significant degradation.
12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the reduced feedback information only includes beamforming report information for the sub-channels that do not suffer significant degradation.
13. A method, comprising:
(a) transmitting a sounding signal by an access point to a plurality of stations over a wide channel in a wireless network, wherein the sounding signal is transmitted over one or multiple sub-channels of the wide channel; and
(b) receiving feedback messages from the corresponding stations, wherein one or more feedback messages contain NULL feedback information, or reduced feedback information, and/or indicators that indicate channel quality information for each sub-channel of a corresponding station.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
retransmitting the sounding signal to a first station if the feedback message from the first station indicates significant degradation.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) signals to a selected subset of the plurality of stations based on the channel quality information indicated in each feedback message.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) signals over a selected subset of the sub-channels based on the channel quality information indicated in each feedback message.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the access point makes dynamic transmission bandwidth adjustments based on the channel quality information indicated in each feedback message.
18. A device, comprising:
a transmitter that transmits a sounding signal to a plurality of stations over a wide channel in a wireless system, wherein the sounding signal is transmitted over one or multiple sub-channels of the wide channel; and
a receiver that receives feedback messages from the corresponding stations, wherein one or more feedback messages contain NULL feedback information, or reduced feedback information, and/or indicators that indicate channel quality information for each sub-channel of a corresponding station.
19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the device retransmits the sounding signal to a first station if the feedback message from the first station indicates significant degradation.
20. The device of claim 18 , wherein the device transmits multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) signals to a selected subset of the plurality of stations based on the channel quality information indicated in each feedback message.
21. The device of claim 18 , wherein the device transmits multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) signals over a selected subset of the sub-channels based on the channel quality information indicated in each feedback message.
22. The device of claim 18 , wherein the device makes dynamic transmission bandwidth adjustments based on the channel quality information indicated in each feedback message.
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