Abstract:
A method for processing a plurality of signals may include amplifying an input signal and generating a wideband signal from the amplified input signal. The method may further include bandpass filtering the generated wideband signal to generate a narrowband signal, and adjusting amplification of the input signal based on a narrowband received signal strength indication of the generated narrowband signal, and/or a wideband received signal strength indication of the generated wideband signal. The amplified input signal may be downconverted to generate the wideband signal. The amplified input signal may be downconverted to an intermediate frequency (IF) and/or to a baseband signal to generate the wideband signal. At least one blocker signal may be bandpass filtered from the amplified input signal.
Abstract:
A radio receiver includes a branching unit, a first gain-control system, a second-gain control system, and a signal processing unit. The branching unit branches a radio signal received by the radio receiver into two signals. The first-gain control system performs a gain control of a pilot signal in one of branched signals, and the second gain control system performs a gain control of a data signal in another of the branched signals. The signal processing unit synchronizes frames in the received radio signal. The signal processing unit outputs a gain signal to each of the first gain-control system and the second gain-control system. The first gain-control system and the second gain-control system perform the gain controls based on the gain signal.
Abstract:
A digital automatic gain control circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a selector, a scaler, a detector, a gain adjustor and a controller. In one exemplary aspect, the selector receives an input signal having two components, namely, the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components, in digital form. The selector then selects a subset of bits from each component based on a control signal provided by the controller. The two subsets are then forwarded to the scaler. The scaler then multiplies the two subsets respectively against a gain value to generate two multiplication results. A portion of each multiplication result is then provided as output by the scaler. The gain value and the subset selection are periodically adjusted in response to the scaler output. The adjustments with respect to the gain value and the subset selection are effectuated collectively by the detector, the gain adjustor and the controller.
Abstract:
In communication systems where the channel is expected to vary during a communication burst, gain adjustments during the communication burst can be implemented by automatic gain control (AGC) in the receiver, with minimal performance degradation. These gain adjustments are successfully accommodated by virtue of suitable information-sharing between an AGC unit and a digital baseband part. The digital baseband part can direct the AGC unit appropriately to ensure that gain adjustments are implemented during time intervals that do not carry substantive communication information (e.g., guard intervals). In receivers that perform channel estimation in the digital baseband part, the AGC unit supports channel estimation by informing the digital baseband part about the timing of the gain adjustment. The AGC unit can also support channel estimation by informing the digital baseband part about the size of the gain adjustment.
Abstract:
In order to compensate for performance degradation caused by inferior low-cost analog radio component tolerances of an analog radio, a future system architecture (FSA) wireless communication transceiver employs numerous digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to compensate for deficiencies of such analog components so that modern specifications may be relaxed. Automatic gain control (AGC) functions are provided in the digital domain, so as to provide enhanced phase and amplitude compensation, as well as many other radio frequency (RF) parameters.
Abstract:
In order to compensate for performance degradation caused by inferior low-cost analog radio component (105) tolerances of an analog radio (100), a future system architecture (FSA) wireless communication transceiver employs numerous digital signal processing techniques to compensate for deficiencies of such analog components so that modern specifications may be relaxed. Automatic gain control (110) functions are provided in the digital domain, so as to provide enhanced phase and amplitude compensation, as well as many other radio frequency parameters.
Abstract:
An automatic gain control circuit is provided for an input signal in the form of a dc reference level and a superposed amplitude modulated ac data signal. A feedforward AGC loop has a low pass filter for deriving the level of attenuation from the attenuated dc reference level. A multiplier value (G) is based on the reciprocal of the level of attenuation (α) and this multiplier enables an output signal to be generated comprising a constant multiple (DG) of the input signal.
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a method of receiving an input signal. The method, in various embodiments, includes detecting a peak of the input signal and detecting an envelope of the input signal. In various embodiments, the peak and envelope are used to identify out-of-band blocking signals and to adjust gain control. The method also includes comparing the peak to a first threshold Tp and comparing the envelope to a second threshold Te. In the method, if the peak is above the first threshold and the envelope is below the second threshold, then ignoring the input signal. If the envelope is above the second threshold, the method includes applying automatic gain control to decode information encoded in the input signal.