Abstract:
A complex intermediate frequency mixer (IFM) for frequency translating a received complex intermediate frequency, IF, signal, wherein the received complex IF signal comprises at least two frequency bands located at upper-side and lower-side of 0Hz, is provided. The complex intermediate frequency mixer comprises a first, second, third and fourth mixer (M1, M2, M3, M4). The complex intermediate frequency mixer further comprises a first, second, third and fourth gain adjusting component (α1, α2, δ2, δ1), connected to a first, second, third and fourth mixer output (M1-out, M2-out, M3-out, M4-out), respectively. Moreover, a first summing unit (S1), connected to a first gain output (α1-out), a fourth gain output (δ1-out) and a third mixer output (M3-out) negated, and second summing unit (S2), connected to the second gain output (α2-out), the third gain output (δ2-out) and the fourth mixer output (M4-out), are configured to output a first baseband complex signal of the received complex IF signal.
Abstract:
RF impairment parameters, including frequency- dependent IQ imbalance, are estimated in a wideband received signal on a per- sub-band (or per sub-band pair) basis. In one embodiment, block- type pilot signals are received, such as on SCH, and IQ imbalance and carrier frequency offset are estimated from the block- type pilot signals. Data and comb- type pilot signals are then received on all sub-bands. Phase noise and channel coefficients are estimated for the first sub-band, based on the IQ imbalance and carrier frequency offset estimates. IQ imbalance is then successively estimated, on a per- sub- band (or per sub-band pair) basis, based on the comb- type pilot signals, the previously estimated carrier frequency offset estimate, and the phase noise and IQ imbalance estimates from prior sub-bands (or pairs). This may comprise iterative estimation based on decision feedback.
Abstract:
A communication device has a controller operatively connected to at least a first transceiver and a second transceiver, wherein the first transceiver receives signals on one or more channels within a first frequency band and the second transceiver transmits signals on one or more channels within a second frequency band, wherein the first and second frequency bands are adjacent one another so that each of the first and second frequency bands has an adjacent border and a nonadjacent border. Coexistence between the first and second transceivers is achieved by adjusting receive and/or transmit filters associated with the transceivers to create a guard band that is located more in the first frequency band if the second transceiver is using frequencies close to its adjacent border, and a guard band that is more in the second frequency band if the second transceiver is not using frequencies close to its adjacent border.
Abstract:
A method for initial scanning of frequencies at start-up of a multi-band cellular communication apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises determining (100) whether there is any interfering signal from any other communication system transmitting at a frequency in vicinity of frequencies of frequency bands of which the multi-band cellular communication apparatus is supposed to establish contact with a base station in at least one of the frequencies within the frequency bands. If the determination (100) gives a result of no interfering signal (102), a first scan procedure (104) is applied comprising plain scanning of the frequencies of the frequency bands of which the multi-band cellular communication apparatus is supposed to establish contact with a base station in at least one of the frequencies within the frequency bands, or if the determination gives a result of an interfering signal (102), a second scan procedure (106) is applied, taking into account the determined interfering signal. A frequency scanning apparatus (206) for initial scanning, and a radio access circuitry for such initial scanning is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A communication device has a first transceiver (Bluetooth) that operates in a first communication system in the presence of or collocated with a second transceiver (e.g. LTE, WIMAX) that operates in a second communication system that is unrelated to the first communication system. A scheduler of packets for transmission by the first transceiver uses information about when the second communication system will be transmitting a signal that will interfere with reception by the first transceiver, and schedules data for which re-transmission is not essential in those time slots in which an implicit NACK is expected due to the second transceiver's operation. The first transceiver support a first type of link having a QoS requirement requiring retransmission and a second type of link having a QoS requirement which permits but does not require retransmission.
Abstract:
A gain control circuit adjusts the signal level of a received signal responsive to the bandwidth a received signal and/or the delay spread of the channel in which the signal has propagated. The bandwidth and delay spread are evaluated to estimate the amount of signal variation that is expected due to fast fading. Adjustments to the signal level are then made to avoid clipping while at the same time ensuring that the dynamic range of a receiver component is efficiently utilized.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for adjusting the gain of an amplifier (202) in a communication receiver comprising: estimating the power of a time domain signal (307); estimating the power distribution on one or more sub-carriers of a frequency domain signal (309) transformed from the time domain signal; and generating a gain control signal for the amplifier based on the estimated power of the time domain signal and the power distribution on sub-carriers of the frequency domain signal (311).
Abstract:
A method, and associated apparatus and system, for simultaneous cell group and cyclic prefix (CP) detection, having the steps of determining primary synchronization signal (P-SyS) timing τ using the P-SyS; based on τ, determine a secondary synchronization signal (S-SyS) timing; placing a single Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) window; FFT processing the signal to obtain the frequency domain S-SyS symbols; equalizing the frequency domain S-SyS signal; phase correcting the S-SyS signal; and detecting the cell group and CP length by the correlation giving maximum energy.
Abstract:
Ascertaining a signal power of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal involves ascertaining a plurality of channel estimates from the OFDM signal. Compensating phase shift values for phase aligning the plurality of channel estimates are estimated and used to generate phase corrected channel estimates. The phase corrected channel estimates are coherently combined, thereby ascertaining the signal power of the OFDM signal. The compensating phase shift values may be based on a channel characteristic (e.g., delay spread) or may alternatively be hypothesized.
Abstract:
Inter-carrier interference (ICI) cancellation is performed on a received signal comprising signals transmitted by a transmitter to a plurality of users. ICI cancellation is performed for a given user by identifying the signals transmitted to other users that cause the largest ICI to signals transmitted to the receiving user, and selectively removing the ICI contribution from these transmissions. This may be acc omplished by calculating the ICI terms based on an es timate of the transmitted signal calculated as the received signal divided by an estimate of the channel. Alternatively, the transmissions causing the ICI may be selectively demodulated and decoded, and the improved estimates of the transmitted signal used for ICI estimation and cancellation. Which transmissions cause the largest ICI on others depends on the relative strength of the corresponding data and pilot symbols and how much orthogonality is lost.