Qualcomm

About: Qualcomm is a company organization based out in Farnborough, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Wireless & Signal. The organization has 19408 authors who have published 38405 publications receiving 804693 citations. The organization is also known as: Qualcomm Incorporated & Qualcomm, Inc..

Adaptive sectorization in cellular systems

Abstract: Apparatuses and methodologies are described that enhance performance in a wireless communication system using beamforming transmissions. According to one aspect, a set of transmit beams are defined that simultaneously provides for space division multiplexing, multiple-input multiple output (MIMO transmission and opportunistic beamforming. The addition of a wide beam guarantees a minimum acceptable performance for all user devices.

Mitigation of link imbalance in a wireless communication system

Abstract: Techniques to mitigate the effects of link imbalance for the uplink between a terminal (or UE) and multiple base stations (or Node Bs). In one aspect, the serving base station (i.e., the one designated to transmit packet data to the terminal) monitors the uplink received SNR for each terminal designated to receive packet data transmission. The serving base station then determines, based on the uplink received SNR and an SNR threshold, whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for each such terminal. In another aspect, if it is determined that link imbalance potentially exists, then a 3-way handshake is performed to check the reliability of a feedback mechanism used for packet data transmission. Appropriate responsive actions may then be performed based on the result of the check.

Systems and methods for including an identifier with a packet associated with a speech signal

Abstract: A method for including an identifier with a packet associated with a speech signal is described. A signal is received. The signal is partitioned into a plurality of frames. A frame of the signal is encoded into a packet. A determination is made if the packet is encoded as a wideband packet or a narrowband packet. An identifier is packed in the packet based on the determination. The packet is transmitted. At least two illegal values are provided from an N-bit parameter, wherein at least one bit from the N-bit parameter is used to carry information. A number of bits from the N-bit parameter that are used to carry information is equal to log2(X), wherein X is the number of illegal values provided from the N-bit parameter.

Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for three-dimensional audio coding using basis function coefficients

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a unified approach to encoding different types of audio inputs are described.

Controlled superposition coding in multi-user communication systems

Abstract: Methods of using superposition coding in a communications systems, e.g., a multi-user communications system. Superpostion coding in accordance with the invention occurs in the case of an uplink (1212, 1216) by transmissions of different wireless terminals (1204, 1206) transmitting using the same communications resource, e.g., simultaneously transmitting using the same frequencies. The signals combine in the communications channel resulting in one transmission being superimposed on the other transmission. The device, e.g., base station (1207), receiving the superimposed signals uses superposition decoding techniques to recover both signals. To obtain the benefit of the superposition, assignments of channel segments to multiple wireless terminals is controlled by the base station and/or transmission power levels are controlled by on or more wireless terminals sharing the same uplink communications resource, e.g., time slot, to make sure that the received signals from the different devices will have different received power levels making superposition decoding possible.