Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for digital television demodulation, comprising using adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control (AGC) for the digital television demodulation, taking into account a total power as well as power of adjacent channels to control gain of a gain control amplifier.SOLUTION: An automatic gain control circuit 200 has two inputs. A first input is a power level 235 at an output of an ADC 215. A second input 240 is a power level of adjacent channels only. At 240, adjacent channel interference power rations are calculated.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an OFDM symbol timing recovery method and system for determining a trigger point optimal for a symbol timing recovery module of an OFDM receiver to perform a discrete Fourier transform in a manner that minimizes intersymbol interference. SOLUTION: The method includes the steps of: receiving from a communication channel, an OFDM symbol in which a guard interval of a length Tg is inserted between OFDM symbols; starting a discrete Fourier transform from a specific trigger point for N pieces of continuous samples and demodulating the OFDM symbol; calculating a channel frequency response; and adjusting the trigger point of the discrete Fourier transform. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system to determine a channel frequency response corresponding to a multi-carrier signal such as an OFDM signal. SOLUTION: A pilot signal or an OFDM signal having a pilot is received. A channel frequency response of a pilot carrier frequency is determined from the pilot. Band-pass-filtering/masking is performed on noise in the channel frequency in the time domain to convert the filtered/masked channel frequency response to the frequency domain, The filtered/masked channel frequency response is frequency-interpolated to generate a channel response for a remaining carrier frequency. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a data synchronization problem which is caused by data loss when a buffer reaches the maximum capacity. SOLUTION: The embodiment of a method for receiving and processing multiband signals in the wideband and narrowband environments is described herein. If data is lost when a buffer reaches the maximum capacity, a pseudo noise block is inserted into the lost location, and thereby data stream synchronization can be maintained. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Methods and systems to resolve cyclic ambiguity of a scattered-pilot based channel impulse response as a function of transmission parameter signalling (TPS), such as in a single frequency network, including to zero-pad a first orientation of the channel impulse response to an interval of an effective symbol duration of the multi-carrier signal, compute a channel frequency response from the zero-padded first orientation of the channel impulse response, and correlate components of the channel frequency response corresponding to frequencies of TPS carriers with raw channel frequency response data of obtained from the TPS carriers. Frequency response components of multiple zero-padded orientations of the channel impulse response may be correlated with the raw TPS carrier data to identify an optimum orientation of the channel impulse response. Frequency response components of subsequent zero-padded orientations may be iteratively computed from components of preceding orientations.
Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for digital television demodulation, comprising using adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control (AGC) for the digital television demodulation, wherein an AGC technique takes into account a total power as well as power of adjacent channels to control gain of a gain control amplifier.
Abstract:
Embodiments of systems and methods for the efficient implementation of tuners are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Abstract:
Methods and systems to compute likelihood measures of demodulated, complex-coordinate data points, to and dynamically scale the likelihood measures as a function of a channel statistic, and to decode the data points from the scaled likelihood measures. Likelihood measures may be computed relative to all points, or a subset of points of a reference constellation, such as a subset of one or more nearest constellation points. Likelihood measures may be scaled as a function of a channel frequency response variance amongst a plurality of carriers, such as carriers of an OFDM signal, and/or as a function of a channel impulse response variance.
Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods that employ conditional probabilities to calculate phase errors are disclosed. For a received signal, the embodiments may develop several phase error estimates relative to each point of a constellation, the number and location of points of the constellation depending on the modulation technique of the received signal. In addition to calculating the phase error estimates, the embodiments may also calculate weights, or probabilities, associated with each of the estimates. The embodiments may use the estimates and the weights to calculate a composite phase error estimate. The composite phase error estimate may be used to correct the received signal and eliminate or reduce the impact of the phase error.