QUALCOMM Incorporated
Transmission rate control based on empirical MI estimation

Abstract:

A first wireless device may generate a first pseudo-random data based on a seed known to a second wireless device, and may transmit a first training signal including first pseudo-random data to the second wireless device for a MI estimation at the second wireless device, the first pseudo-random data being modulated with a first modulation order. The second wireless device may estimate, based on the received first training signal and through the MI estimation, a reception quality associated with at least one modulation order lower than or equal to the first modulation order, and determine a second modulation order of the at least one modulation order lower than or equal to the first modulation order based on the MI estimation, the second modulation order being estimated to provide a reception quality greater than or equal to a reception quality threshold. The MI estimation may be periodic or aperiodic.