Patent ID: 7706477
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting signal information in a wireless communication network having a number of nodes for communication, said method comprising: each of a plurality of receiving nodes converting a superposition of signals received from a plurality of transmitting nodes to produce soft complex signal information, said plurality of receiving nodes being partitioned into multiple groups; collecting soft complex signal information associated with said plurality of receiving nodes over a transport network; jointly detecting said signal information in the wireless communication network from at least a subset of said plurality of transmitting nodes based on the collected soft complex signal information; wherein said collecting soft complex signal information comprises collecting, for each group, soft complex signal information associated with the receiving nodes of the group, and said jointly detecting comprises performing, for each group. joint detection of signal information based on the collected soft complex signal information associated with the group; wherein said collecting, for each group, soft complex signal information associated with the receiving nodes of the group comprises exchanging soft complex signal information between the receiving nodes of the group.