Abstract:
A method is provided for enhancing a legacy satellite digital radio audio service (SDARS) by overlaying a hierarchically modulated data stream on a base layer (legacy) data stream and improving the synchronization of the received signal in which an overlay layer frame is synchronized to a base layer frame. The base layer frame includes additional data that is used to synchronize the receivers to demodulate and decode the overlay layer and the base layer. The additional data is modulated using a technique that aids the receiver in synchronizing the received signal that is different from the overlay layer.
Abstract:
Transmitter apparatus to broadcast coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed (COFDM) radio-frequency carriers conveying low-density parity-check (LPDC) coding transmits the same coded DTV signals twice some time apart. The coded DTV signals of initial transmissions and of final transmissions are mapped to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) of the COFDM carriers according to first and second patterns, respectively. Bits that map to lattice points in the first mapping pattern more likely to experience error are mapped to lattice points in the second mapping pattern less likely to experience error. Bits that map to lattice points in the second mapping pattern more likely to experience error are mapped to lattice points in the first mapping pattern less likely to experience error. Receiver apparatus combines the earlier and later transmissions of twice-transmitted COFDM signals as part of iterative procedures for de-mapping QAM and decoding the LDPC coding of the DTV signals.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices are described for mitigating phase noise. An output of a decoder is utilized to generate an estimation of a plurality of transmitted symbols. One or more phase errors of a plurality of received symbols are generated. The one or more phase errors are based at least in part on the estimation of the plurality of transmitted symbols. The one or more phase errors are generated by comparing angles between the plurality of received symbols and the estimation of the plurality of transmitted symbols. The output of the decoder used to generate the estimation is a plurality of a posteriori log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) of a plurality of transmitted bits. The estimation is generated by performing hard decision decoding on the output of the decoder and remodulating the hard decision decoding according to the modulation used by a transmitter on the plurality of transmitted bits.
Abstract:
The present document discloses a method for stopping iteration in an iterative Turbo decoder and an iterative Turbo decoder. Hard decisions from the two convolutional decoders of the iterative Turbo decoder are used simultaneously to determining when to stop the iteration in the iterative Turbo decoder.
Abstract:
A method involves receiving at least one analog signal from a transmitter, converting the analog signal to digital waveform data representing the analog signal and storing the digital waveform data in a first memory storage area. The digital waveform data includes cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error-checking code and informational message data, and is modulated by an unknown frequency rate parameter. A chirp adjustment function is performed that includes multiplying the digital waveform data by a non-linear data array to correct for the unknown frequency rate parameter. An error-checking function is performed using the CRC error-checking code. If an error is found, the method involves iteratively performing the chirp adjustment function and the error-checking function. The method may be implemented in a receiver in a mobile communications system to correct for acceleration effects of the receiver.
Abstract:
Transmission quality is improved in an environment in which direct waves dominate in a transmission method for transmitting a plurality of modulated signals from a plurality of antennas at the same time. All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by hopping between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.
Abstract:
A wireless communications device includes a receiver, and a decoder coupled downstream from the receiver. The decoder is configured to alternatively decode a first signal using a first trellis state transition map including first valid transitions, the first signal having a first modulation order, and second signals using second trellis state transition maps including respective second valid transitions defined from the first valid transitions. The second signals have respective modulation orders less than the first modulation order.
Abstract:
A likelihood weighting circuit includes a weighting part assigning a weight to a first soft-decision likelihood for a subcarrier in a received signal based on a power value of the received signal or a modulation error ratio of the subcarrier, a first variance calculator calculating a variance of the power value, a second variance calculator calculating a variance of the modulation error ratio, a likelihood measurement part measuring a distribution of a second soft-decision likelihood obtained by assigning the weight to the first soft-decision likelihood, a controller computing a first relaxing level of the power value and a second relaxing level of the modulation error ratio based on the respective variances, and a value of the second soft-decision likelihood, a first normalization processor normalizing the power value based on the first relaxing level, and a second normalization processor normalizing the modulation error ratio based on the second relaxing level.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatus and computer program products provide highly reliable file delivery using a combination of packet-level FEC on source data packets which are arranged in matrices, where encoding is performed on both rows and columns or on rows, columns and diagonals.
Abstract:
The application provides a receiving method in cooperative communications. A signal-receiving node demodulates a first signal received from a local end to obtain a first log-likelihood ratio. The signal-receiving node further demodulates a second signal received from a relay node to obtain a second log-likelihood ratio. The second signal is a signal obtained by the relay node through network coding the first signal and a third signal received from a peer end. The signal-receiving node calculates a prior log-likelihood ratio according to the first log-likelihood ratio and the second log-likelihood ratio, and decodes the second signal by using the prior log-likelihood ratio to obtain the third signal.