Iterative Detector Decoder Signal Whitening

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Solution Overview

Problem

Modern communication systems face challenges in maintaining data quality and speed due to various interference sources, which affect the performance of mobile communication devices, and existing solutions have not effectively addressed these issues.

Innovation Solution

A communication system that includes a signal receiver module, a primary interference cancellation module, and a primary signal whitening module to process input signals by removing parallel soft information averages and filtering residual interference using a whitening filter, enabling improved detection and decoding of codewords.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If iterative detection and decoding is implemented to improve signal detection accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The detection and decoding process is divided into multiple iterative stages, where each stage processes specific components of the received signal. The detector and decoder operate in separate iterations, allowing complex processing to be broken down into manageable segments that progressively refine the signal estimation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements iterative feedback between the detector and decoder, where the decoder's output is fed back to the detector for refined signal estimation. This feedback loop continues for multiple iterations, progressively improving detection accuracy by incorporating decoded information back into the detection process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If interference cancellation techniques are used to reduce signal interference, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal qualityVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interference cancellation module extracts and removes parallel soft information averages from the received signal. By isolating and eliminating the interference component caused by parallel codewords, the system improves signal quality and reliability while managing processing complexity through targeted interference removal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The primary whitening filter acts as an intermediary between interference cancellation and final detection. It processes the residual parallel interference after cancellation, further cleaning the signal before it reaches the detector, thereby improving reliability through intermediate signal conditioning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If parallel codeword processing is implemented to increase data rate, then productivity is improved, but loss of information increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata rateVSAvoidsignal interference
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system converts the harmful interference caused by parallel codeword processing into beneficial information. By calculating parallel soft information averages and using them for interference cancellation, the previously harmful parallel processing effects are transformed into useful data that improves the detection of primary codewords, thereby maintaining high data rates while reducing information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Data Source

PatentUS8897406B2Communication system with iterative detector and decoder and method of operation thereof
Publication Date: 2014.11.25 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of operation of a communication system includes: receiving an input signal having an input primary codeword and an input parallel codeword; calculating a primary codeword signal by removing a parallel soft information average of the input parallel codeword from the input signal; filtering a residual parallel interference of the input parallel codeword from the primary codeword signal with a primary whitening filter to generate a primary codeword estimation of the input primary codeword; and calculating a primary detected soft information for the primary codeword estimation for communicating with a device.