Patent ID: 7852963
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of predicting a signal power to interference metric, comprising: determining an autocorrelation function for a communication channel based on a sweep frequency for transmissions in a coverage area of a phase sweep diversity communication system, the autocorrelation function having a time-variant component and a time-invariant component, the time-variant component being based on a phase offset between two antennas; determining a prediction filter based on the sweep frequency and a succeeding time slot using the autocorrelation function; determining a channel prediction of the communication channel based on the determined prediction filter; and predicting the signal power to interference metric based on the determined channel prediction at a radio device, the sweep frequency being the frequency at which at least one energy-focused beam is swept through the coverage area of the phase sweep diversity communication system.