摘要:
A Multi-Code (MC) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) receiver receives N (where N>1) encoded signal channels over multiple air signal paths. The MC-CDMA receiver receives and demodulates the N encoded signal channels into N signal samples and includes a common circuit for time-sharing an accumulator, for accumulating the N signal samples, among a plurality of second correlators. Each of the plurality of second correlator means utilizes the time-shared accumulator to accumulate samples from each of the N signals which are then decoded into an associated one of the N signal channels.
摘要:
A Multi-Code (MC) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) receiver receives N (where N.gtoreq.1) encoded signal channels over multiple air signal paths. The N signal channels are encoded using a properly chosen subset of Walsh codes based on a Walsh-Matrix, W.sup.M, where M is a power of two. In the disclosed MC-CDMA receiver, a timing correlator means recovers the timing and control signal for the N signal channels received over any particular signal path; a FWHT circuit together with a second correlator means decodes all of the N signal channels.
摘要:
A Multi-Code (MC) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) receiver receives N (where N>1) encoded signal channels over multiple air signal paths. In the MC-CDMA receiver, once a timing correlator means has recovered the timing and control signals for the data signal received over any particular signal path, those timing and control signals are utilized by each of the N data (second type) correlator means for decoding and despreading an associated one of the N data signal channels received over that path.
摘要:
A communications system includes a physical layer device (PLD) and a logical link device (LLD), each having respective send and receive interfaces being substantially identical to define symmetrical interfaces for the system. Accordingly, design and manufacturing is simplified compared to conventional systems. In addition, advantages are also provided in terms of loopback capability and packaging options. The PLD comprises a PLD send interface including PLD parallel information outputs, and a PLD receive interface including PLD parallel information inputs. Similarly, the LLD comprises an LLD receive interface including LLD parallel information inputs, and an LLD send interface including LLD parallel information outputs. Parallel communications channels connect the PLD information outputs to respective LLD information inputs, and connect the LLD information outputs to respective PLD information inputs. The PLD send interface and the LLD send interface are substantially identical, and the PLD receive interface and the LLD receive interface are substantially identical to thereby define the symmetrical interfaces for the system. In view of the symmetrical interfaces, the PLD and the LLD may operate in a push-push configuration. Deskewing features are also provided.
摘要:
A communications system includes a physical layer device (PLD) and a logical link device (LLD), each having respective send and receive interfaces being substantially identical to define symmetrical interfaces for the system. Accordingly, design and manufacturing is simplified compared to conventional systems. In addition, advantages are also provided in terms of loopback capability and packaging options. The PLD comprises a PLD send interface including PLD parallel information outputs, and a PLD receive interface including PLD parallel information inputs. Similarly, the LLD comprises an LLD receive interface including LLD parallel information inputs, and an LLD send interface including LLD parallel information outputs. Parallel communications channels connect the PLD information outputs to respective LLD information inputs, and connect the LLD information outputs to respective PLD information inputs. The PLD send interface and the LLD send interface are substantially identical, and the PLD receive interface and the LLD receive interface are substantially identical to thereby define the symmetrical interfaces for the system. In view of the symmetrical interfaces, the PLD and the LLD may operate in a push-push configuration. Deskewing features are also provided.
摘要:
A digital carrier recovery system includes at least two modes of operation, namely, an acquisition mode and a tracking mode. The bandwidth of the carrier recovery loop filter is different for the acquisition mode and the tracking mode. In the acquisition mode, the digital phase-locked loop seeks and locks to the long term frequency offset of the received carrier signal. In the tracking mode, the digital phase-locked loop tracks the instantaneous variations in the carrier phase. Switching between the acquisition mode and the tracking mode is realized digitally, and includes programmable hysteresis, resulting in optimal performance in the presence of signals having high levels of phase noise (jitter). More specifically, the carrier recovery loop filter “locks” to the pilot signal of an incoming signal, e.g., a vestigial side band (VSB) video signal, by employing a so-called digital vector tracking phase-locked loop that demodulates the VSB signal. The digital vector tracking phase-locked loop includes a complex filter, i.e., a so-called vector tracking filter, that very quickly locks to the pilot signal of the passband VSB signal and once locked to the pilot signal, switches to the tracking mode that provides significantly better tracking of phase noise. The demodulation is achieved by employing a complex multiplication of the incoming signal with a complex exponential sequence to obtain an in-phase (I-phase) component and a quadrature-phase (Q-phase) component. The complex exponential sequence is generated, in one embodiment, by employing a SIN/COS look up table that is driven by a phase difference signal generated by the digital vector tracking phase-locked loop. A residual direct current (dc) component in the I-phase component caused by the pilot signal is removed, resulting in a baseband I/Q signal. A technical advantage of this carrier recovery invention is that the bandwidth of the phase-locked loop filter can be different for the acquisition mode and the tracking mode. This allows for optimal performance in both the acquisition and tracking modes of operation.
摘要:
In response to communications from a first device to a second device, respective phase differences are estimated between a first clock of the first device and a second clock of the second device. A first average phase difference is computed within a percentile of a first subset of the respective phase differences. The percentile is less than 100. A second average phase difference is computed within the percentile of a second subset of the respective phase differences. The second subset is a modification of the first subset. The second average phase difference is computed in response to the first average phase difference and the modification.
摘要:
A communications system includes N parallel communications channels connecting first and second devices. The N channels may include N−1 channels for carrying information symbols, and an Nth channel for facilitating deskewing and word framing. The first device may include an alignment symbol generator for generating alignment symbols on the Nth channel, and a word framing code generator for generating word framing codes on the Nth channel. The second device may include a deskewer for aligning received information symbols based upon the alignment symbols, and a word framer for determining word framing based upon the word framing codes. The word frame code generator in the first device or transmitter, and the word framer in the second device or receiver provide the desired feature of knowledge of where each word starts or begins. The start of each word may be determined in terms of a time and a corresponding one of the N−1 channels where the word starts. The word framing code generator may generate word framing codes comprising at least one predetermined word framing code. Alternately, the word framing code generator may generate word framing codes including at least one changeable word framing code based upon information symbols.
摘要:
A communications system includes first and second devices connected by parallel communications channels. The first device preferably comprises a string-based framing coder for determining and appending a string-based framing code to each information symbol string of information symbol strings to be transmitted in parallel over respective parallel communications channels. Each string-based framing code is preferably based upon at least some of the information symbols in the respective information symbol string. In addition, the second device preferably includes a deskewer for aligning received parallel information symbol strings based upon the string-based framing codes. In other words, the string-based framing codes and their use to align received information symbol strings permit the information symbol to be transmitted at high rates and over relatively long distances and thereby be subject skew. The information symbols may be binary bits. The string-based coder may comprise a cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) coder for determining and appending CRC codes to respective information bit strings. Thus, the deskewer may comprise a CRC framer for framing the information bit strings based upon the CRC codes.
摘要:
In response to communications from a first device to a second device, respective phase differences are estimated between a first clock of the first device and a second clock of the second device. A first average phase difference is computed within a percentile of a first subset of the respective phase differences. The percentile is less than 100. A second average phase difference is computed within the percentile of a second subset of the respective phase differences. The second subset is a modification of the first subset. The second average phase difference is computed in response to the first average phase difference and the modification.