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Symmetric pilot processing for robust timing offset and frequency offset estimation in receivers

a receiver and frequency offset technology, applied in the field of communication systems, can solve the problems of large bit error rate, large noise in the estimation of timing and frequency offsets, and degradation of system performan

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-12-03
ATMEL CORP
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This approach stabilizes the estimation of timing and frequency offsets by reducing the impact of bad sub-carriers, leading to improved system performance and reduced bit error rates.

Problems solved by technology

Timing and frequency offsets cause sub-carrier phase rotation in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, and can degrade system performance and, therefore, lead to large bit error rates.
However, for systems like 1-segment ISDB-T and ISDB-TSB, since the numbers of sub-carriers are very small, removal of bad sub-carriers would introduce large noise in the estimations of timing and frequency offsets.

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[0022]FIG. 2, with reference to FIG. 1, is a flow diagram of a method herein. Sub-carriers are divided (201) into two equal sets and the phase difference on each sub-carrier is computed (202). Further, the mean phase difference of each set is computed (203) by:

[0023]Δ⁢⁢ΓL=∑i=1M⁢⁢Δ⁢⁢φLi / M(2)Δ⁢⁢ΓR=∑i=1M⁢⁢Δ⁢⁢φRi / M(3)

[0024]Furthermore, the frequency offset is enumerated (204) by (ΔΓL+ΔΓR) / 2. Lastly, the timing offset is computed (205) by (ΔΓL−ΔΓR) / N, wherein N is the mean distance of bin indices between the right sub-set and the left sub-set.

[0025]In a traditional way, if a bin is a bad bin and all other bins are good, then the bad bin could simply be removed from the computation of the mean phase difference in equations (2) and (3). In this context, a bin is “bad” when the received signal magnitude on that bin is too small. For example, if the signal magnitude is below half of the average signal magnitude, one may assume this to be a bad bin. This can cause some serious problems espec...

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[0036]FIG. 3 is a flow diagram herein, where division of sub-carriers into two equal sets (first and second) is performed (301). The presence of any bad sub-carrier is detected (302). If there are no bad sub-carriers detected, then the phase difference of each sub-carrier of each set is calculated (303). Further, the mean phase difference of each set is calculated (304). Thereafter, the frequency offset is computed (305) and the timing offset is computed (306). If a bad sub-carrier is detected, then the process of performing symmetric processing for bad sub-carriers is enacted. In symmetric processing for the bad sub-carriers, if any of the bad sub-carrier is detected, then that particular sub-carrier is removed (307) from the respective sub-set (first set). According to symmetric processing for the bad sub-carriers, the corresponding sub-carriers in other sub-set (second set) is also removed (308). After removal of the bad sub-carrier, the phase difference on each of the sub-carri...

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[0037]FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a third embodiment according to the embodiments herein, where division of sub-carriers into two equal sets (first and second) is performed (401). In the next step, the presence of any bad sub-carrier is detected (402). If there are no bad sub-carriers detected, then the phase difference on each sub-carrier of each set is computed (403). In the next step, the mean phase difference of each set is calculated (404). Moreover, the frequency offset is computed (405) and the timing offset is computed (406). If bad sub-carriers are detected, then the process of symmetric processing for bad sub-carriers is enacted. In symmetric processing, for the bad sub-carriers if any bad sub-carrier is detected, then that particular sub-carrier is removed (407) from the respective sub-set; i.e. the bad sub-carrier is removed from the first set. According to symmetric processing for bad sub-carriers, the corresponding sub-carriers in the other sub-set (second set) are rem...

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Timing and frequency offset processing in sub-carriers is performed in an Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T)a receiver system. Sub-carriers are divided into two sub-sets, where the sub-sets contain an equal number of sub-carriers. Subsequently bad sub-carriers are removed, if present, from first sub-set of the sub-sets, and corresponding sub-carriers from a second sub-set of the sub-sets are also removed. Further, a phase difference on each sub-carrier from each sub-set is computed, and mean phase differences of each of the sub-sets are computed. Furthermore, frequency offset is computed by averaging the mean phase differences of the sets.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 7,912,157, issued on Mar. 22, 2011, the contents of which in its entirety, is herein incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The embodiments herein generally relate to communication systems, and more particularly to the field of estimating offsets in Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB) systems.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Timing and frequency offsets cause sub-carrier phase rotation in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, and can degrade system performance and, therefore, lead to large bit error rates. Thus, it is important to estimate and compensate for the offsets. The mean phase rotation indicates the frequency offset while the slope of phase rotation across the sub-carriers indicates the timing offset. Thus, the frequency and timing offsets can be estimated based on the mean and the slope of sub-carrier phase rot...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04L27/06
CPCH04L27/0014H04L27/2657H04L27/2662H04L2027/0026H04L2027/0067
Inventor GU, YONGRUMA, JUN
Owner ATMEL CORP
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