Wireless Transmission Device DFT-S-OFDM Clipping Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

The DFT-S-OFDM method and its clipped variant face issues with reduced frequency resource utilization due to clipping, leading to increased error ratio properties, which affects communication systems.

Innovation Solution

A wireless transmission device and method that groups time domain signals and applies different communication parameters, including clipping ratios, to manage error correction and power allocation, thereby minimizing error ratio degradation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If clipping processing is applied to DFT-S-OFDM signals, then frequency resource utilization is improved, but error ratio increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefrequency resource utilizationVSAvoiderror ratio
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the time domain signal into multiple groups before applying clipping processing. Different groups can have different clipping ratios or clipping characteristics, allowing selective frequency resource allocation. This segmentation enables the system to optimize frequency utilization in certain groups while preserving signal integrity in others, thereby resolving the contradiction between frequency resource utilization and error ratio.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different clipping ratios or clipping parameters to different groups of time domain signals. Instead of uniform clipping, local quality is optimized by tailoring clipping characteristics to specific signal groups based on their importance, channel conditions, or error correction requirements. This allows maximum frequency resource utilization in groups where clipping is beneficial while maintaining low error ratios in groups where signal integrity is critical.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If clipping ratio is increased, then frequency resource allocation efficiency is improved, but signal quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefrequency resource allocation efficiencyVSAvoidsignal quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically adjusts clipping ratios based on varying conditions such as channel quality, signal power, or error correction requirements. The clipping ratio is not fixed but adapts in real-time to optimize the balance between frequency resource allocation efficiency and signal quality. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to achieve high allocation efficiency when conditions permit while maintaining signal quality when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the clipping parameter (clipping ratio) as a variable control mechanism. By adjusting this parameter differentially across signal groups or over time, the system optimizes frequency resource allocation efficiency while preserving signal quality. The parameter change allows flexible trade-off between efficiency and quality based on instantaneous system conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If uniform clipping is applied to all signal groups, then processing complexity is reduced, but communication efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing complexityVSAvoidcommunication efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments signals into multiple groups with different clipping characteristics, which increases processing complexity slightly but enables significant communication efficiency improvements. The segmentation allows optimized frequency resource allocation and error correction for each group, resulting in overall higher system throughput and better spectral utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality optimization by treating different signal groups differently with tailored clipping parameters. This approach increases processing complexity marginally while dramatically improving communication efficiency through optimized frequency resource allocation and enhanced error correction performance for each local group.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS9137798B2Wireless transmission device and wireless transmission method
Publication Date: 2015.09.15 SHARP KK
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AI summary

A wireless transmission device is provisioned with a communication parameter setting unit configured to group time domain signals and setting different communication parameters for each group, a clipping unit configured to perform a clipping processing in the frequency domain on at least a portion of groups of the time domain signal, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the time domain signal after the clipping processing.