doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Pilot Value Definitions May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)Slide 1 Date: Authors:

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doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Motivation Pilot tones in data OFDM symbols can be used for the purpose of phase tracking and for compensation of residual frequency offset error after initial compensation. For >= 2MHz mode, it is straightforward to adopt pilot values and tone indices as in 11ac spec [2] applying down-clocking by a factor of 10. Since the Pilot tone indices and values for 1MHz mode cannot be obtained by down-clocking from 11ac, the specification is needed. –We have pilot tone indices based on [3] stating “Define 1MHz tone allocation as: 24 Data tones, 2 Pilot tones at tone indices +/-7, 3 Guard tones on left and 2 guard tones on right, and 1 DC tone [11/1484r6]”. –However, the pilot values need to be defined. Slide 4 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Background (1/2) Design principle on pilot sequence in 11ac [1] –For fast phase tracking, identical pilot sequence values are used for all space-time streams in data symbols in 11ac so that the receiver can track phase without MIMO channel estimation on pilot tones. –For 20 and 40 MHz, the pilot sequence shall be the single spatial stream pilot sequence of 11n copied to the N STS streams before the per-stream CSDs are applied. –For 80 MHz, the pilot sequence shall be the following sequence (which is the 40 MHz pilot sequence for N STS = 1 extended with a [1, 1] on the right, resulting in the lowest PAPR on the pilot tones after applying [ ] rotation on the 20 MHz subbands), copied to the N STS streams before the per-stream CSDs are applied: Slide 5 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Background (2/2) Further design principles on pilot sequence in 11ac – BPSK based (+1 or -1) pilot sequence values to avoid complex multiplication by using sign converter. –Both time and frequency domain varying pilot sequence values by means of Modulo operation as a function of symbol index n in both time and frequency domains Pseudo random sequence (ie. p n as defined in [5]) to prevent the generation of spectral line [4] –The worst case would be that all elements have the same signs (eg. All ‘1’ or all ‘-1’). Slide 6 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Proposed Design Criteria for Pilot Values For >= 2MHz mode, –Reuse the definitions as in 11ac For 1 MHz mode, –Succeed the design philosophy of 11ac with; Minimum impact on specification works –Single table for pilot values with nested property for all bandwidths BPSK based sequence value for low complexity Provision of both time and frequency domain varying sign properties with modular operation It is noted that pseudo random sequence p n is further applied to avoid spectral line [5]. Slide 7 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Proposal on Pilot Values for 1 MHz Mode Based on slide 7, –For a 1MHz transmission, two pilot tones shall be inserted in. The pilot mapping for subcarrier for symbol shall be as specified in the following equation. where is given in the right table and where n is the DATA symbol index. Slide 8 Table in 11ac D2.0 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission 1MHz SIG field and Data Field: The transmitted pilot tone signals, in the k-th tone and n-th OFDM symbol of 1MHz SIG and Data fields is expressed as: Proposal on Pilot Values for 1 MHz Mode May 2012 Slide 9Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission 1MHz LTFs: The transmitted pilot tone signals, in the k-th tone and in each LTFs for 1MHz PPDU is expressed as: May 2012 Slide 10 Proposal on Pilot Values for 1 MHz Mode Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Proposal on Pilot Values for >=2 MHz Modes Based on slide 7, –The pilot mapping and values for 2/4/8/16 MHz transmissions are the same as 11ac except the symbol indices n, refer to 20/40/80/160 MHz transmissions in section (Pilot subcarriers) of IEEE P802.11ac™/D2.0, and see subsequent slides. Slide 11 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Proposal on Pilot Values for >=2 MHz Modes >=2MHz SIGB/Data: Slide 12 May 2012 The transmitted pilot tone signals, in the k-th tone and n-th OFDM symbol in SIGB (when applicable) and Data fields in >=2MHz PPDUs is expressed as: Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission SIG field in Short Preamble Format: The transmitted pilot tone signals, in the k-th tone and n-th OFDM symbol in each 2MHz subband of the >=2MHz short preamble format SIG field is expressed as: May 2012 Slide 13 Proposal on Pilot Values for >=2 MHz Modes Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission SIGA Field in >=2MHz Long Preamble Format: The transmitted pilot tone signals, in the k-th tone and n-th OFDM symbol in each 2MHz subband of the >=2MHz long preamble format SIGA field is expressed as: May 2012 Slide 14 Proposal on Pilot Values for >=2 MHz Modes Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission >=2MHz LTFs in Short Preamble format, and D-LTFs in the Long preamble format: The transmitted pilot tone signals, in the k-th tone of each LTF field in the >=2MHz short preamble format, and of each D-LTF field in the >=2MHz long preamble format is expressed as: May 2012 Slide 15 Proposal on Pilot Values for >=2 MHz Modes Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission References [1] Richard van Nee et al, “Pilot Sequence for VHT- DATA”, IEEE /0811r1 [2] Draft P802.11ac_D2.0 [3] Minyoung Park, “Proposed Specification Framework for TGah”, IEEE /1137r5 [4] Matthew S. Gast, “ Wireless Networks – The Definitive Guide”, O’REILLY [5] Draft P802.11REVmb_D12.0 Slide 16 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Straw Poll 1 Do you agree to adopt the pilot subcarrier descriptions in slides 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15, and replace the equation under R.3.2.A of the current spec framework? Slide 17 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Motion 1 Move to accept the insertion of following at R A of the spec framework as pilot mapping and values for 1MHz mode for SIG and DATA? –For a 1MHz transmission, two pilot tones shall be inserted in. The pilot mapping for subcarrier for symbol shall be as specified in the following equation. where is given in the right table. Slide 18 Table in 11ac D2.0 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)

doc.: IEEE /0363r2 Submission Motion 2 Move to accept the insertion of following at the spec framework as pilot mapping and values for 2/4/8/16 MHz modes for SIG and DATA? –The pilot mapping and values for 2/4/8/16 MHz transmissions, respectively, are same as those for 20/40/80/160 MHz transmissions in section (Pilot subcarriers) of IEEE P802.11ac™/D2.0. Slide 19 May 2012 Yongho Seok (LG Electronics), Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell)