Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for non-binary, low density parity check coding are disclosed. The inventive methods comprise encoding the signal with a low density parity check code, rotating a component of the coded signal, delaying the rotated component, and interleaving symbols associated with the rotated and delayed components of the signal.
Abstract:
A Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial/Handheld (DVB-T/H) receiver comprises a controller and a frequency interpolator for use in estimating channel state information (CSI) information of a received signal by frequency interpolation. The controller determines a multi-path delay (Tmax) for the received signal and adjusts the bandwidth of the frequency interpolator as a function of the determined multi-path delay. For example, when the multi- path delay is small, the bandwidth of the frequency interpolator is adjusted to be smaller than the bandwidth of the frequency interpolator when the multi-path delay is large. In addition, the controller may also change the coefficients of the frequency interpolator such that different word lengths are used for the coefficients as a function of the determined multi-path delay.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for channel estimation is described. The method (400) includes receiving (420) an OFDM signal containing pilot sub-carriers, calculating (440) a transmission channel response based on the pilot sub-carriers, deriving (450) a time delay characteristic based on the transmission channel response, and selecting (470) interpolation filter coefficients in response to determining the maximum delay due to the channel response. The apparatus (200) includes an extraction block (220) for separating sub-carriers containing reference data and for determining the effect of the transmission channel on the separated sub- carriers, an interpolation circuit (230) for outputting an estimate of the effect of the transmission channel, and a controller (250) for altering the characteristics of the interpolation circuit (230) in response to the effect of the transmission channel.
Abstract:
An encryption method comprises a multi-carrier modulation, and includes carrying out a permutation step in which an encrypting permutation operation is applied to input data according to an encryption key, and feeding the permuted data to an Inverse Fourier Transform (IFT) component (502) for performance of an IFT or part of an IFT associated with the multi-carrier modulation.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an interpolating method for an OFDM system, a channel estimation method and apparatus, in which each OFDM symbol has scattered pilots inserted, and the interpolating method comprising: the step (S602) of inserting at least one copy of the first scattered pilot in each OFDM symbol before the first scattered pilot as virtual pilots, and inserting at least one copy of the last scattered pilot in each OFDM symbol behind the last scattered pilot as virtual pilots, after obtaining the channel state information on the sub channels which propagate the scattered pilots in the OFDM symbols by linear filtering; and the step (S604) of performing interpolation by a FIR filter with the channel state information.
Abstract:
A time domain interpolation method for channel estimation under Doppler channels in a multi-carrier system comprises the steps of: dividing the received data into scattered pilots and non-scattered pilots to get the CSI of the scattered pilots; and implementing an interpolation to get the CSI of the non-scattered pilots. Implementing the interpolation comprises the steps of: sorting the non-scattered pilots into a first type pilots capable of being estimated by predicting; and a second type pilots capable of being estimated by filtering; estimating the CSI of the first type pilots by predicting; and estimating the CSI of the second type pilots by filtering. A time domain interpolation apparatus comprises a separation unit, a division unit, and an interpolation unit. The interpolation unit comprises a sorting unit, a predicting unit, and a filtering unit. This apparatus can achieve the balance between performance and hardware cost.
Abstract:
Modern coding and modulation techniques have greatly improved the transmission of signals. A method is described including receiving a stream of data bits, demultiplexing the stream into a first and second substream, encoding the first and second substream using a low density parity check coding process, and mapping the first substream to a first region of a symbol constellation map and the second substream to a second region. Also, an apparatus is described including a demultiplexer (210) that produces a first and second substream, a first encoder (220) that encodes the first substream using a low density parity check coding process at a first encoding rate, a second encoder (222) that encodes the second substream at a second rate, and a symbol mapper (240) that maps bits from the first substream to a first region of a symbol constellation map and maps bits from the second substream to a second region.
Abstract:
A method for detection of frame timing error in a system in which a pseudorandom number sequence has been added to a transmitted signal is set out. It is applicable to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing systems.
Abstract:
A concatenated coded modulation communication system and method combines Trellis Coded Modulation with non-Gray code constellation mapping, interleaving, and non-binary Low Density Parity Check coded channel modulation with Gray code constellation mapping to improve error performance.
Abstract:
Methods and receivers for cancelling impulsive noise in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) wireless communications networks. The energy parameters of the impulsive noise in the signal are determined, and if the parameters exceed a threshold, the noise is cancelled from the signal by zeroing the pulses that exceed the threshold. The energy parameters and cancelling are performed in the time domain.