Communications in beacon-enabled networks
    62.
    发明授权
    Communications in beacon-enabled networks 有权
    信标启用网络中的通信

    公开(公告)号:US08964786B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-24

    申请号:US13435862

    申请日:2012-03-30

    IPC分类号: H04J4/00 H04B3/54 H04L5/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for designing, using, and/or implementing communications in beacon-enabled networks are described. In various implementations, these systems and methods may be applicable to power line communications (PLC). For example, a method may include identifying one of a plurality of orthogonal superframes. The identified superframe may include beacon slots and contention access period (CAP) slots. The beacon slots may follow a sequence of two or more frequency subbands, and the CAP slots may follow the same sequence of two or more frequency subbands. Also, the sequence of two or more frequency subbands may be distinct from other sequences of two or more frequency subbands followed by other beacon slots and CAP slots within others of the plurality of available superframes. The method may then include communicating with another device using the identified superframe.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在启用信标的网络中设计,使用和/或实现通信的系统和方法。 在各种实现中,这些系统和方法可以应用于电力线通信(PLC)。 例如,方法可以包括识别多个正交超帧中的一个。 所识别的超帧可以包括信标时隙和竞争接入时隙(CAP)时隙。 信标时隙可以遵循两个或更多个频率子带的序列,并且CAP时隙可以遵循两个或更多个频率子带的相同序列。 而且,两个或多个频率子带的序列可以与两个或多个频率子带的其他序列不同,后面是多个可用超帧中的其他信标时隙和CAP时隙。 该方法然后可以包括使用所识别的超帧与另一设备进行通信。

    Pilot Structure for Coherent Modulation
    63.
    发明申请
    Pilot Structure for Coherent Modulation 审中-公开
    相干调制的导频结构

    公开(公告)号:US20120082253A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-05

    申请号:US13175045

    申请日:2011-07-01

    IPC分类号: H04B15/00 H04L27/06 H04L27/28

    摘要: A system and method for communicating in a power line communications (PLC) network using Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Pilot tones are carried by the OFDM symbols according to a predetermined pattern. A receiving device identifies pilot tones on each frequency. A group of previously received pilot tones on a selected frequency are filtered to generate a channel estimate for a tone on the selected frequency in a new symbol. The channel estimates on two different frequencies within an OFDM symbol may be interpolated to determine a channel estimate for a third frequency with the OFDM symbol.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于使用正交频分复用(OFDM)符号在电力线通信(PLC)网络中进行通信的系统和方法。 导频音由根据预定模式的OFDM符号承载。 接收设备识别每个频率上的导频音。 对选定频率上的一组以前接收到的导频音进行滤波,以生成新符号中选定频率上的音调的信道估计。 可以内插OFDM符号内的两个不同频率的信道估计,以确定具有OFDM符号的第三频率的信道估计。

    Time-Domain Link Adaptation
    64.
    发明申请
    Time-Domain Link Adaptation 有权
    时域链接适配

    公开(公告)号:US20120033722A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-09

    申请号:US13179202

    申请日:2011-07-08

    IPC分类号: H04B3/46 H04L27/28 H04B17/00

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention provide time-domain link adaptation in power line communications. In one embodiment, the cyclic prefix length and position is adjusted with an OFDM symbol to overlap a periodic impulse noise pulse, thereby allowing the data carried in the symbol to be detected at a receiver. The cyclic prefix may be adjusted to provide a pattern that yields an integer number of OFDM symbols in one zero crossing period. The data rate used for the symbols overlapping the zero-crossing period may be zero or very low. A high data rate may be used for symbols outside the zero-crossing period because those symbols will not be affected by the periodic impulse noise.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例提供了电力线通信中的时域链路自适应。 在一个实施例中,循环前缀长度和位置用OFDM符号调整以与周期性脉冲噪声脉冲重叠,从而允许在接收器处检测符号中携带的数据。 可以调整循环前缀以提供在一个零交叉周期中产生整数个OFDM符号的模式。 用于与过零周期重叠的符号的数据速率可以为零或非常低。 由于这些符号不受周期脉冲噪声的影响,因此高数据速率可用于过零周期以外的符号。

    Preamble for a TFI-OFDM communications system
    65.
    发明授权
    Preamble for a TFI-OFDM communications system 有权
    用于TFI-OFDM通信系统的前缀

    公开(公告)号:US07634020B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-15

    申请号:US10782095

    申请日:2004-02-19

    IPC分类号: H04L27/00

    摘要: System and method for simplifying preamble detection and reducing power consumption in receivers. A preferred embodiment comprises a preamble made up of two sequences, a first sequence that is specified in the time domain and a second sequence that is specified in the frequency domain. The first sequence which comprises multiple copies of a time domain code sequence can allow easy detection of the preamble while the second sequence comprises multiple copies of a frequency domain code sequence and allows easy determination of the frequency response of the communications channel. A hierarchical sequence can be used to allow multi-stage correlation. This can result in a less complex correlator, hence lower power consumption. Piconets can use different code sequences to allow rapid determination of the source of a transmission without requiring the receiver to decode the entire transmission.

    摘要翻译: 用于简化前导码检测并降低接收机功耗的系统和方法。 优选实施例包括由两个序列组成的前导码,在时域中指定的第一序列和在频域中指定的第二序列。 包括时域码序列的多个副本的第一序列可以容易地检测前置码,而第二序列包括频域码序列的多个副本,并且允许容易地确定通信信道的频率响应。 可以使用分级序列来允许多级相关。 这可能导致较不复杂的相关器,从而降低功耗。 微微网可以使用不同的码序列来快速确定传输源,而不需要接收机对整个传输进行解码。

    Data signal demodulation in a communication system
    66.
    发明授权
    Data signal demodulation in a communication system 有权
    通信系统中的数据信号解调

    公开(公告)号:US07369523B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-06

    申请号:US10370991

    申请日:2003-02-20

    摘要: A method described evaluates the pilot-to-data power ratio based on the values of the demodulated data at the output of a receiver such as a conventional maximal ratio combiner or an equalizer receiver. Since the data are not scaled to their particular decision grid, their distribution and statistics deviate from the ones defined by the known decision grid. Measuring these deviations of the statistics, the pilot-to-data power ratio and the appropriate demodulated data scaling can be accurately determined. Subsequent data processing may then commence.

    摘要翻译: 所描述的方法基于诸如常规最大比组合器或均衡器接收器的接收器的输出处的解调数据的值来评估导频到数据功率比。 由于数据没有缩放到其特定的决策网格,它们的分布和统计数据与已知决策网格定义的数据不符。 测量统计的这些偏差,可以准确地确定导频到数据功率比和适当的解调数据缩放。 随后的数据处理可以开始。

    Image-rejecting channel estimator, method of image-rejection channel estimating and an OFDM receiver employing the same
    67.
    发明申请
    Image-rejecting channel estimator, method of image-rejection channel estimating and an OFDM receiver employing the same 审中-公开
    图像拒绝信道估计器,镜像抑制信道估计方法和采用该方法的OFDM接收机

    公开(公告)号:US20070076804A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-05

    申请号:US11240203

    申请日:2005-09-30

    IPC分类号: H04K1/10

    摘要: The present invention provides an image-rejecting channel estimator for use with an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) receiver employing scattered pilot channel estimates. In one embodiment, the image-rejecting channel estimator includes an estimation interpolator configured to provide channel estimates through time interpolation and frequency interpolation employing the scattered pilot channel estimates. The image-rejecting channel estimator also includes an image-rejection formatter coupled to the estimation interpolator and configured to provide image-rejection filtering to suppress an image in an output spectrum of the channel estimates from at least one of the time interpolation and frequency interpolation.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种与使用分散导频信道估计的正交频分复用(OFDM)接收机一起使用的图像拒绝信道估计器。 在一个实施例中,图像拒绝信道估计器包括估计内插器,被配置为通过使用分散导频信道估计的时间插值和频率插值来提供信道估计。 图像拒绝信道估计器还包括耦合到估计内插器的镜像拒绝格式器,并且被配置为提供镜像抑制滤波以从时间插值和频率插值中的至少一个抑制信道估计的输出频谱中的图像。

    INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION OF A NARROW BANK INTERFERER IN A WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    68.
    发明申请
    INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION OF A NARROW BANK INTERFERER IN A WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION DEVICE 审中-公开
    宽带通信设备中的窄带干扰器的干扰消除

    公开(公告)号:US20060215795A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-28

    申请号:US11382580

    申请日:2006-05-10

    IPC分类号: H03D1/04

    摘要: Interference cancellation/suppression by a wide band radio (100) includes the steps of searching for all narrow band interferer signals such as Bluetooth signals (502). Communicating with the detected Bluetooth piconets (504). Estimating when the Bluetooth signals will occur (506) using the information received during step (504) . And using a suppression technique in association with the estimations as to when/where the interfering signals will occur in order to counter the interfering signal(s). In an alternate embodiment, both the narrow band (304) and wide band (302) signals are stored (306). Then the one or more narrow band Bluetooth signal(s) (304) and decoded (308) and subtracted (308) from the wide band packet prior to it being decoded (312).

    摘要翻译: 通过宽带无线电(100)的干扰消除/抑制包括搜索诸如蓝牙信号(502)的所有窄带干扰信号的步骤。 与检测到的蓝牙微微网(504)进行通信。 使用在步骤(504)期间接收到的信息来估计何时发生蓝牙信号(506)。 并且使用抑制技术与关于何时/何处发生干扰信号以估计干扰信号的估计相关联。 在替代实施例中,窄带(304)和宽带(302)信号都被存储(306)。 然后,一个或多个窄带蓝牙信号(304)和解码(308)并在其被解码之前从宽带分组中减去(308)(312)。

    Block level space time transmit diversity in wireless communications
    70.
    发明申请
    Block level space time transmit diversity in wireless communications 有权
    无线通信中的块级空时传输分集

    公开(公告)号:US20050058216A9

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-17

    申请号:US09737070

    申请日:2000-12-14

    摘要: Space time transmit diversity (9, 14, 17, 19) is applied at the block level to an original block of bits (12) in order to reduce the effects of fading in wireless communication systems that use nonlinear modulation schemes (13, 33). At the receiving end, fading parameters (α1, α2) are estimated (αE1, αE2) and the properties of complex conjugates are utilized (28, 29, 201, 202) to produce a result (r1, r2) that is representative of the original block of bits.

    摘要翻译: 为了减少使用非线性调制方案(13,33)的无线通信系统中的衰落的影响,在块级将空时发射分集(9,14,17,19)应用于原始的比特位(12) 。 在接收端,估计衰落参数(α1,α2),并且使用复合共轭物的性质(28,29,201,202)来产生代表该结果的结果(r1,r2) 原始块位。