Abstract:
A process for computing Log-Likelihood-ratios (LLR) in a detector of a wireless communication receiver, said LLR being used by a channel decoder. The process comprises the steps of: - receiving a signal from a telecom front end, said signal corresponding to data belonging to a finite set of constellation symbols, each constellation symbol being arranged in a lattice constellation impaired by an additive noise and also by a multiplicative channel; - computing a limited set of distances representative of the Euclidian distances between the received signal and a finite set of predetermined constellation symbols, possibly multiplied by the channel; - deriving a set of soft decisions or LLR from said computed set of distances under the constraint of a limited length of the list of distances, and - completing said derived LLR by clipping values read from a look-up table which is simultaneously addressed by the values of the SNR and the bit index. The invention is particularly suitable for embodying an OFDM receiver for a MIMO system.
Abstract:
A Process for achieving slot synchronization of the P-SCH sequence in a UMTS communication system, involving the step of - receiving (41) said signal including a synchronization sequence (PSCH); - performing a correlation (42) of each received sample with a known synchronization sequence (P-SCH) in order to generate a correlation profile; - determining (43) the level of noise and computing a first threshold; - suppressing (44) any peaks within said correlation profile having a magnitude inferior to said first threshold; - detecting (45) the persistent local maximum peaks over a period of N slots; - applying a predetermined mask positioned with respect to said persistent peaks and associated to at least one second threshold value distinctive from said first threshold.
Abstract:
A process for computing Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in a receiver for a spatial multiplexed Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system, said receiver including a non linear detector, said process involving the steps of: - estimating (10) a channel matrix H at the receiver; - computing (20) H H H ; - computing (30) Cholesky factor C , with C being a triangular matrix having diagonal elements c k,k and satisfying the following equation: H H H = C H C ; - computing (40) per stream Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SINR) by applying the formula: SINR k = c k , k 2 σ 2 , with σ 2 being the noise variance; - computing (50) per stream channel capacity C k by applying the formula: C k = l o g 2 1 + S I N R k ; - quantizing (60) the Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) according to the computed per stream channel capacity C k ; - reporting (70) the quantized CQI to the transmitter. The process is particularly adapted to non linear detection process based on the use of a Sphere Decoder.
Abstract translation:估计(10),一个信道 - :一种用于在一个接收器计算信道质量指示符(CQI)用于空间复用的多输入多输出(MIMO)无线通信系统,所述接收器包括一个非线性检测器,所述方法涉及以下步骤 在接收器矩阵H; - 计算(20)H H H; - 计算(30)的Cholesky因数C,其中C为具有对角单元c K,K三角矩阵,并满足下面的方程:H H H =] C H¢¢℃; - 每个流的信号与干扰比(SINR)计算(40)通过应用下式:SINR k = c ^ K,K 2 A 2 A 2是噪声方差; - 计算(50)由流信道容量Cķ通过应用公式:C K = L O,¢¢克¢2 1 + S¢¢我¢N r个K表; - 量化(60)的信道质量指示符(CQI)雅丁到每个流的信道容量C k中的计算机; - 报告(70)经量化的CQI给发射机。 该方法特别angepasst到基于使用一个球解码的非线性检测处理。
Abstract:
A WCDMA receiver including - an antenna (201) switch having a control lead (226); - a RF and front end circuit (202) coupled to said antenna switch and operating in at least one 2G mode and at least one 3G mode; - a RF transceiver (209) coupled to said RF front end and operating in at least a first 2G and a second 3G mode; - a baseband (210) communicating with a set of peripherals and external devices; The WCDMA receiver is characterized by the fact that it includes: - control means (221) for controlling said antenna switch (201) in a isolated mode; - an programmable adaptive filter controlled by said control means for the purpose of introducing at least one notch for eliminating one corresponding spur.
The WCDMA receiver preferably includes means (215) for performing, under control of said control means (221) a FFT computation for the purpose of elaborating a representation, in the time domain, of the different spurs and/or jammers spoiling the received signal when in isolated mode.
Abstract:
Method for estimating a signal to interference plus noise ratio, called SINR, of an incident signal on a time interval, comprising receiving samples of said incident signal during said time interval and determining said SINR (204, 405) from said received samples using an average calculation (202, 401) and a variance calculation (203, 404), The determining step comprises selecting (201, 402) a set of samples from said received samples and performing said average calculation and/or said variance calculation (202, 203, 401, 404) by using said selected set of samples only.
Abstract:
It is provided a method implemented by a receiver of a telecommunication device comprising receiving (S10) a signal ( y ) corresponding to an intended signal ( u ) sent turbo-encoded and bits-to-symbols converted ( s ) on a MIMO time-dispersive channel having a dispersion matrix ( H ), applying an interference-cleaning process (S30) on the initial signal ( Ŝ LIN ) comprising a spatial interference whitening (S310), a MIMO joint detection (S320), and then a turbo-decoding (S330), subtracting (S50) from the initial signal ( ŝ LIN ) a subtraction signal ( Ḣ IsI ŝ ) determined by performing an interference-extracting process (S40) on the result of the application of the interference-cleaning process (S30), determining an estimated signal ( û ) indicative of the intended signal ( u ) by performing the interference-cleaning process (S30) on the result of the subtracting (S50). The method improves the field of MIMO.