Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device by which carrier/clock frequency offsets can jointly and blindly be estimated on a channel by estimating items related to the carrier frequency offset and the sampling frequency offset by means of a specified joint maximum likelihood estimate. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a local oscillator, a demodulator, a first modulator, a second module and a third module. The first modulator removes the parasitic effect of a channel on a symbol R(k) and generates at least one block Y(k) of a component Ym(k). The second module removes a modulation effect from Y(k), generates at least a modulation effect from Y(k), generates at least one block Z(k) of a component Zm(k) and calculates V of a component Vm. It is set to be Vm=/Ym/. The third module estimates an item A and an item B, which are related to a carrier frequency offset /fc-fb/ and the sampling frequency offset /ft-fr/ by performing a joint maximum likelihood estimate by an expression.
Abstract:
An orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) transmitter (100 in Fig. 1) comprises a symbol generator (103) for generating a first OFDM symbol comprising user data and pilot data. The pilot data comprises a set of predetermined non-orthogonal pilot symbols. A weight generator (109) uses an ampliture estimator (107) for selecting a set of weights for the pilot data in response to a time domain amplitude variation characteristic of the first OFDM symbol. The peak to average power ratio may be determined. The set of weights are selected from a discrete alphabet of weights. A weight processor (113) determineds a second OFDM symbol by weightitng the pilo symbols by the set of weights. The second OFDM symbol is transmitted to a receiver without transmitting identification of the selected set of weights. The receiver may perform a blind detection of the applied weights and may compensate the received pilot symbols for the estimated weight.
Abstract:
A transmitter comprises a transmit processor (105), preamble inserters (107, 109) and transmit units (113, 117) which are operable to transmit sub-signals from the antennas (115, 119). A preamble set comprising an individual preamble for each antenna generated by a preamble generator (111). Each of the individual preambles comprise first and second sections. The first section comprises a first data sequence, different for each antenna, and is selected from a predetermined set of preamble sequences. The first data sequence may comprise only time domain symbols belonging to the alphabet [1,-1, i,-i,0]. The second section comprises repetitions of a predetermined second data sequence where each repetition is weighted by a coefficient that is different for each antenna. Weighting may be by coefficients of different rows of a Walsh Hadamard matrix. The second data sequence may comprise only frequency domain symbols belonging to the alphabet of [1,-1,0].
Abstract:
Apparatus for estimating carrier and clock frequency offsets in OFDM systems employs a maximun likelihood estimator operation on the demodulated signals. The invention has the benefit of low complexity and obviates the need for any requirement for a dedicated training channel.
Abstract:
Apparatus for estimating carrier and clock frequency offsets in OFDM systems employs a maximun likelihood estimator operation on the demodulated signals. The invention has the benefit of low complexity and obviates the need for any requirement for a dedicated training channel.
Abstract:
Apparatus for estimating carrier and clock frequency offsets in OFDM systems employs a maximun likelihood estimator operation on the demodulated signals. The invention has the benefit of low complexity and obviates the need for any requirement for a dedicated training channel.