Broadcast Receiver MIMO Processing With Additional Preamble Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Digital broadcast systems face challenges in enhancing data transmission efficiency and maintaining compatibility with conventional methods, particularly in robustness and flexibility, especially in mobile and indoor reception environments.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a MIMO system in a digital broadcast receiver that uses multiple antennas for transmission and reception, employing MIMO processing to enhance data transmission efficiency and maintain compatibility with conventional systems, while also incorporating additional preamble symbols for improved signal detection in diverse environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If MIMO system is implemented to enhance data transmission efficiency, then data transmission efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The MIMO system is segmented into multiple independent processing chains, each handling specific antenna pairs or signal streams. The receiver processes multiple received signals through separate demodulation and decoding paths, allowing parallel processing that improves throughput while managing complexity through modular architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from single-antenna SISO to multi-antenna MIMO, adding spatial dimension to the communication system. Multiple antennas create parallel transmission paths in the spatial domain, increasing data transmission capacity by utilizing spatial multiplexing without fundamentally changing the core modulation and coding schemes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Reliability

If MIMO processing is used to improve robustness in diverse broadcast environments, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproverobustnessVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where channel state information is estimated at the receiver and used to adjust transmission parameters. The receiver detects channel conditions and feeds back this information to optimize the MIMO processing, improving robustness against fading and interference while managing complexity through adaptive rather than exhaustive processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The MIMO system dynamically adjusts processing parameters such as modulation order, code rate, and antenna selection based on channel conditions. By changing operational parameters rather than fundamental architecture, the system achieves improved reliability in diverse environments while keeping device complexity manageable through parameter adaptation rather than structural complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If additional preamble symbols are incorporated for improved signal detection, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal detection accuracyVSAvoidtransmission time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Additional preamble symbols are inserted at the beginning of transmission frames to provide preliminary channel estimation and synchronization information. These preambles enable the receiver to acquire channel state information and synchronize before actual data transmission, improving detection accuracy without significantly impacting overall transmission efficiency since the preambles are relatively short compared to data payloads

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP2541908B1Broadcasting signal receiver and method thereof
Publication Date: 2019.05.15 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A broadcasting signal receiver is disclosed. A broadcasting signal receiver, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: an OFDM demodulator, which OFDM demodulates PLP data and signaling information included in a broadcasting signal, which carries out cell de-mapping of the PLP data and signaling information and frame parsing; and a BICM decoder, which bit de-interleaves and FEC decodes the PLP data and signaling information, wherein the OFDM demodulator includes an additional preamble symbol detection module, which detects additional preamble symbols included in the broadcasting signal.