Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system using relay of communication signals which can attain high flexibility, low complexity, easy packaging and high processing capacity. SOLUTION: In the communication system, a first communication unit includes a receiving front end 201 which generates a time domain signal sample group of the signal received from a signal source communication unit. A noise processor 205 generates a noise indication of the sample group and a quantization level processor determines a quantization level so that a noise contribution formed by the quantization related to the noise indication can satisfy a criterion. The quantization processor generates a quantized signal sample group by quantizing the sample group using the quantization level group. A transmission unit transmits the quantized signal sample group to a second communication unit having a receiver for receiving the signal sample group. A receiving front end of the second communication unit generates a received signal sample group of the signal from the communication unit of the communication source, and a multi input multi output (MIMO) receiving processor receives multiple input and multiple output, that is, MIMO of the signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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:
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:
A wireless relay unit (105) comprises a receive front end (201, 203) generating time domain signal samples for a signal received from a source communication unit (101). A noise processor (205) generates a noise indication for the samples and a quantisation level processor (207) determines quantisation levels such that a noise contribution resulting from quantising relative to the noise indication meets a criterion. A quantisation processor (209) generates quantised signal samples by quantising the samples using the quantisation levels, which are then transmitted (211) to a mobile user unit (103). A receive front end (301, 303, 305, 309) of the mobile user unit (103) generates receive signal samples for the signal from the source communication unit (101) and a MIMO receive processor (311) performs a Multiple In Multiple Out, MIMO, reception of the signal using these samples and the quantised signal samples from the relay unit (105). By combining signals directly from a source unit with those passed through a relay unit, reception quality is improved.
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:
A method and system for link adaptation between a wireless multi-carrier access point (102) and a wireless multi-carrier communication device (104) is described. The wireless multi-carrier access point obtains a set of available LEP methods from the wireless multi-carrier communication device. The wireless multi-carrier access point selects an LEP method from the set of available LEP methods, based on at least one link parameter. The wireless multi-carrier access point then communicates the LEP method selected, to the wireless multi-carrier communication device. The selected LEP method is used during the transmission of information between the wireless multi-carrier access point and the wireless multi-carrier communication device.
Abstract:
An apparatus (201) comprises a quantizer (211) receiving first signals received by a first antenna array (209) from a plurality of remote stations (203). A first relay station (205) receives second signals from the remote stations (203) at a second antenna array (215) and performs a data reduction processing before forwarding the data to the apparatus (201). A spatial processor (401) performs a spatial separation joint processing of a combined set of signals comprising the first signals and the second signals to generate received data streams for a set of remote stations (203) of the plurality of remote stations (203). The processing provides a spatial separation for the received data streams from the set of remote stations (203) and is performed in response to a data rate parameter indicative of the data rate reduction processing performed at the first relay (205). The data rate reduction may include quantization and compression. Improved performance can be achieved by the combination of relaying and spatial separation.
Abstract:
A wireless relay unit (105) comprises a receive front end (201, 203) generating time domain signal samples for a signal received from a source communication unit (101). A noise processor (205) generates a noise indication for the samples and a quantisation level processor (207) determines quantisation levels such that a noise contribution resulting from quantising relative to the noise indication meets a criterion. A quantisation processor (209) generates quantised signal samples by quantising the samples using the quantisation levels, which are then transmitted (211) to a mobile user unit (103). A receive front end (301, 303, 305, 309) of the mobile user unit (103) generates receive signal samples for the signal from the source communication unit (101) and a MIMO receive processor (311) performs a Multiple In Multiple Out, MIMO, reception of the signal using these samples and the quantised signal samples from the relay unit (105). By combining signals directly from a source unit with those passed through a relay unit, reception quality is improved.
Abstract:
Un sistema de comunicaciones emplea retransmision de senales de comunicacion. Una primera unidad de comunicaciones (105) comprende un extremo frontal de recepcion (201, 203) que genera las muestras de senal del dominio de tiempo de una senal recibida de una unidad de comunicaciones fuente (101). Un procesador de ruido (205) genera una indicacion de ruido correspondiente a las muestras y un procesador de nivel de cuantificacion (207) determina los niveles de cuantificacion de manera que un primer aporte de ruido resultante de los niveles de cuantificacion relativos a la indicacion de ruido cumpla con un criterio. Un procesador de cuantificacion (209) genera muestras de senal cuantificadas cuantificando las muestras usando los niveles de cuantificacion. Una unidad de transmision (211) transmite las muestras de senal cuantificadas a una segunda unidad de comunicaciones (103) que comprende un receptor (309) para recibirlas. Un extremo frontal de recepcion (301, 303, 305, 309) de la segunda unidad de comunicaciones (103) genera muestras de senal de recepcion correspondientes a la senal de la unidad de comunicaciones fuente (101) y un procesador de recepcion MIMO (311) realiza una recepcion de multiples entradas multiples salidas, MIMO, de la senal usando estas muestras y las muestras de senal cuantificadas de la primera unidad de comunicaciones (105).