Data Block Processing Shuffling for Wireless Interference Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

The orthogonal sub channel (OSC) concept in wireless communication systems leads to interference between users sharing the same radio resource, degrading radio link performance and suboptimal channel coding, especially when one user's activity period interferes with another user's data block, limiting speech capacity in networks like GSM, 3G, and LTE.

Innovation Solution

A method of processing data blocks by shuffling user data portions between resource units, allowing for mixing and reordering of users within these units, which spreads interference and improves channel coding gain, utilizing techniques like discontinuous transmission (DTX), interleaving patterns, and frequency hopping to enhance speech capacity without requiring new hardware standards.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If two users are allocated on the same radio resource unit in OSC, then speech capacity is increased, but interference between users degrades radio link performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeech capacityVSAvoidinterference between users
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the user allocation configuration change over time through time-domain shuffling. Users are dynamically reassigned to different resource units in different time periods, transforming a static interference problem into a dynamic one where interference patterns change continuously, preventing persistent interference between the same user pairs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces time as an additional dimension to resolve the spatial interference problem. By shuffling user allocations across time periods rather than only in the frequency/resource domain, the system adds a temporal dimension to user separation, allowing the same radio resources to be shared while maintaining performance through time-diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Productivity

If a whole interleaved block period is constantly interfered by another user, then channel coding works suboptimally, but increasing user multiplexing is needed to improve capacity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser multiplexing capacityVSAvoidchannel coding performance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic action through cyclic time-domain shuffling where user allocations follow a periodic pattern across time periods. This periodic reconfiguration ensures that no single user pair remains constantly interfered throughout the entire interleaved block period, allowing channel coding to operate more effectively while maintaining high user multiplexing capacity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the transmission into multiple time periods with different user allocations. By dividing the overall transmission into segments where each segment has a specific user configuration, and then shuffling these segments, the system prevents continuous interference across the entire block period, improving channel coding performance while maintaining multiplexing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If users are fixed in resource units, then implementation is simple, but interference patterns remain constant degrading performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation simplicityVSAvoidconstant interference patterns
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the static user allocation into a dynamic system where configurations change over time through shuffling operations. This maintains implementation simplicity by using systematic shuffling algorithms while eliminating constant interference patterns through time-varying allocations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the allocation parameters (which user is assigned to which resource unit) across different time periods. By varying these parameters systematically through shuffling, the system maintains ease of operation through structured parameter changes while preventing constant interference patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2091174B1Method and device for processing data blocks
Publication Date: 2019.04.03 NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS OY
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AI summary

A method and a device for processing data blocks are provided, wherein each resource unit comprises at least two portions of user data, wherein each portion of user data is associated with a user; and wherein subsequent resource units comprise different combinations of portions of user data. Furthermore, a communication system is provided comprising such a device.