1. A method, comprising:
in a mobile communication terminal, receiving from at least first and second base stations, which cooperate in a coordinated transmission scheme, signals that are transmitted over respective first and second communication channels, and calculating respective channel measures for the communication channels based on the received signals;
formulating first and second feedback data that are indicative of the respective channel measures of the first and second communication channels, by calculating the first feedback data at a first spectral resolution and calculating the second feedback data at a second spectral resolution that is different from the first spectral resolution, such that the first feedback data has a first data size and the second feedback data has a second data size, different from the first data size; and
transmitting the first and second feedback data from the mobile communication terminal to at least one of the base stations.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein formulating the first and second feedback data comprises including in the first feedback data at least one feedback parameter that is not included in the second feedback data.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein formulating the first and second feedback data comprises representing the first feedback data at a first quantization, and representing the second feedback data at a second quantization, different from the first quantization.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the first and second feedback data comprises transmitting the first feedback data at a first update rate, and transmitting the second feedback data at a second update rate, different from the first update rate.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the first base station is designated as a serving base station via which the mobile communication terminal conducts calls, formulating the first and second feedback data comprises causing the second data size to be smaller than the first data size.
6. A method, comprising:
in a mobile communication terminal, receiving from at least first and second base stations, which cooperate in a coordinated transmission scheme, signals that are transmitted over respective first and second communication channels, and calculating respective channel measures for the communication channels based on the received signals;
formulating first and second feedback data that are indicative of the respective channel measures of the first and second communication channels, by identifying that first interference caused by the first base station is stronger than second interference caused by the second base station, and computing the first feedback data at a first data size and computing the second feedback data at a second data size, smaller than the first data size; and
transmitting the first and second feedback data from the mobile communication terminal to at least one of the base stations.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein formulating the first and second feedback data comprises computing for the first and second communication channels respective first and second channel matrices having respective different first and second ranks.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein formulating the first and second feedback data comprises defining the first feedback data as the respective channel measure of the first communication channel, and defining the second feedback data as an implicit function of the respective channel measure of the second communication channel.
9. The method according to claim 1, and comprising, in an additional mobile communication terminal, receiving a signal from the first base station over a third communication channel, formulating third feedback data for the third communication channel such that the third feedback data has a third data size that is different from the first data size, and transmitting the third feedback data from the additional mobile communication terminal to at least the one of the base stations.
10. Apparatus, comprising:
a receiver, which is configured to receive from at least first and second base stations, which cooperate in a coordinated transmission scheme, signals that are transmitted over respective first and second communication channels;
processing circuitry, which is configured to calculate respective channel measures for the communication channels based on the received signals, and to formulate first and second feedback data that are indicative of the respective channel measures of the first and second communication channels by calculating the first feedback data at a first spectral resolution and calculating the second feedback data at a second spectral resolution that is different from the first spectral resolution, such that the first feedback data has a first data size and the second feedback data has a second data size, different from the first data size; and
a transmitter, which is configured to transmit the first and second feedback data to at least one of the base stations.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to include in the first feedback data at least one feedback parameter that is not included in the second feedback data.
12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to represent the first feedback data at a first quantization, and to represent the second feedback data at a second quantization, different from the first quantization.
13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate the first feedback data at a first update rate, and to generate the second feedback data at a second update rate, different from the first update rate.
14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the first base station is designated as a serving base station via which the receiver and the transmitter conduct calls, the processing circuitry is configured to cause the second data size to be smaller than the first data size.
15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to formulate the first and second feedback data by computing for the first and second communication channels respective first and second channel matrices having respective different first and second ranks.
16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to define the first feedback data as the respective channel measure of the first communication channel, and to define the second feedback data as an implicit function of the respective channel measure of the second communication channel.
17. A mobile communication terminal comprising the apparatus of claim 10.
18. A chipset for processing signals in a mobile communication terminal, comprising the apparatus of claim 10.
19. The method according to claim 6, wherein formulating the first and second feedback data comprises including in the first feedback data at least one feedback parameter that is not included in the second feedback data.
20. The method according to claim 6, wherein transmitting the first and second feedback data comprises transmitting the first feedback data at a first update rate, and transmitting the second feedback data at a second update rate, different from the first update rate.
21. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when the first base station is designated as a serving base station via which the mobile communication terminal conducts calls, formulating the first and second feedback data comprises causing the second data size to be smaller than the first data size.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A protective cover for a memory circuit card comprising:
a pair of cover members for substantially containing the memory circuit card; said cover members being secured to opposite sides of the memory circuit card;
said pair of cover members defining a socket-receiving channel between a respective printed-circuit-board (PCB) mating face of said pair of cover members;
said pair of cover members including a plurality of positioning features; said positioning features engaging the memory circuit card for positioning a portion of the memory circuit card within said socket-receiving channel.
2. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein the memory circuit card includes a dual inline memory module (DIMM) circuit card.
3. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 2 wherein said cover members includes features for receiving and mechanically self-aligning with the DIMM circuit card.
4. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 3 wherein said features for receiving and mechanically self-aligning with the DIMM circuit card include plurality of respective aligned openings within said cover members and the DIMM circuit card.
5. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 4 wherein said cover members are secured to the DIMM circuit card by a plurality of screws received in said respective aligned openings within said cover members and the DIMM circuit card.
6. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 2 wherein said cover members includes features enabling alignment, installation, and removal of the DIMM circuit card from an associated printed circuit board (PCB).
7. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 6 wherein said features of cover members include latch-engaging mechanisms for aligning, and positioning the DIMM circuit card for mating engagement with a connector on the associated PCB.
8. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 6 wherein said latch-engaging mechanisms of cover members enable removing positioning the DIMM circuit card from the associated PCB.
9. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein each of said pair of cover members is a unitary, molded member.
10. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein said cover members are formed of a selected antistatic material.
11. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein said cover members are formed of a selected electrostatic discharge (ESD) plastic material.
12. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein said cover members are unitary, molded members formed of a selected electrically insulative material having electrically conductive material inserted into the selected electrically insulative material.
13. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein said electrically conductive material includes a selected one of metal fiber, carbon fiber, ferrite core material, stainless steel fiber, and nickel-coated carbon fiber.
14. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 2 wherein said cover members provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding for the DIMM circuit card.
15. A protective cover for a memory circuit card as recited in claim 1 wherein at least one of said cover members include a plurality of openings for ventilation.
16. A protective cover for a dual inline memory module (DIMM) circuit card comprising:
a pair of cover members for substantially containing the DIMM circuit card; said cover members being secured to opposite sides of the DIMM circuit card;
said pair of cover members defining a socket-receiving channel between a respective printed-circuit-board (PCB) mating face of said pair of cover members;
said pair of cover members including a plurality of positioning features; said positioning features engaging the DIMM circuit card for positioning a portion of the memory circuit card within said socket-receiving channel.