Abstract:
A method for reducing noise caused by fading in FM radio systems . The algorithm described operates on a sequence of complex samples received at the input of the discriminator (501) from the output of the IF filter of a digitally implemented radio. After determination of magnitude (502), which yields the raw envelope of the received signal, the raw envelope information is processed via parallel paths to determine characteristics indicative of shape, amplitude and time of occurrence of noise pulses. The output signal from the discriminator (501) is processed (508) to determine noise pulse direction. A pulse generator (510) produces counter pulses based upon the previously determined characteristcs, and the counter pulses are combined (513) with the discriminator output to substantially cancel the noise pulses.
Abstract:
In a digital communication system in which pulse-shape filtered sync (202), pilot (203), and data symbols (201), arranged in successive time slots, modulate sub-channel carriers (309) via sub-channel mixers (308) to form sub-channel symbol streams for combination into a composite signal for transmission, deterministic portions of each time slot are rendered identical by determining phase difference of sub-channel carriers and rotating the phase of each sub-channel symbol stream by an amount equal to the phase difference, but with opposite sign.
Abstract:
In the following manner, a receiver (300) that receives quadrature modulated signals (r) may determine desired components of the quadrature modulated signals by minimizing effects of transmitted distortion produced by gain, phase, or gain-phase imbalance. A quadrature modulated signal (r) that includes a desired component, a fading component, and a transmitter distortion component is received by the receiver, wherein the transmitter distortion component includes a conjugate component and an imbalance component. The receiver (300) estimates the fading component (311), the conjugate component (312), and the imbalance component (314) and determines the desired component (315) based on these estimates and the quadrature modulated signal (r).
Abstract:
A method is disclosed for determining when a frequency-modulated expected information signal resides at a predetermined channel. The method is based on determining a value (17) based on the frequency deviation of the received signal (15) and then comparing the value (18) with a threshold (19) based on the expected information signal. The method is particularly well-suited for use as a squelch detector in digital FM radios.
Abstract:
A receiver that receives (203) a stream of information symbols (101) may detect that usability of the stream of information symbols received as follows. Upon receiving the stream of information symbols (101), the receiver (203) separates the stream of information symbols into a desired portion and an undesired portion wherein the desired portion is the originally transmitted stream of information symbols and the undesired portion is interference and noise (204). From the undesired portion and the desired portion, the usability can be determined based on a ratio of the two portions.
Abstract:
A digital receiver (100) for GPS C/A-code signals. The GPS receiver (100) of the present invention provides reception and tracking a plurality of satellites simultaneously, using four separate receiver channels. The GPS receiver (100) of the present invention includes an analog front-end (104) for selecting and frequency translating the received GPS signal. The GPS receiver (100) further includes a highspeed digital signal processor (110) for recovering the despread data of the GPS signal. The baseband signal is further processed by a general purpose digital signal processor (112) for signal search, tracking, and data recovery operations, and a microprocessor (114) provides overall receiver control, and interface with the operator of the GPS receiver (100).
Abstract translation:一种用于GPS C / A码信号的数字接收机(100)。 本发明的GPS接收机(100)使用四个独立的接收机信道同时提供对多个卫星的接收和跟踪。 本发明的GPS接收机(100)包括用于选择和频率转换接收到的GPS信号的模拟前端(104)。 GPS接收机(100)还包括用于恢复GPS信号的解扩数据的高速数字信号处理器(110)。 基带信号由用于信号搜索,跟踪和数据恢复操作的通用数字信号处理器(112)进一步处理,并且微处理器(114)提供总体接收器控制,并且与GPS接收器(100)的操作者接口, 。
Abstract:
A receiver (202) may reduce the effects of distortion when determining signal usability in the following manner. Upon receiving a signal (201), the receiver (202) separates a desired component, an undesired component, and a distortion component, wherein the desired component includes the signal that was originally transmitted and the undesired component includes interference and noise. Hving isolated the distortion component, it can be mitigated such that the usability of the signal received can be determined based on a ratio between the desired and undesired components.
Abstract:
A method and system (300) for encoding data comprising a variable rate trellis coder (302) which receives a plurality of discrete data elements - e.g., input bits - and trellis encodes the information pursuant to a known set of coding rules, producing a plurality of trellis encoded symbols (303). Further, another variable input is used by the trellis coder (302) to determine the coding rate - i.e., symbols (303) are encoded and outputted to a dimensional formatter (306) at a rate which is determined by a rate control signal (305) as output by the variable rate controller (304). The dimensional formatter (306) acts in response to input from the variable rate controller (304), providing formatted symbols (308) to a modulator (310). The modulator (310), which in a preferred embodiment is a QAM modulator, is used to modulate the information signal onto a carrier signal for transmission over the communication channel.
Abstract:
The digital receiver (100) contemplates a digital radio receiver which operates on a received analog signal which has been converted to a digital form after preselection at the output of the antenna. The digital receiver (100) of the present invention comprises a preselector (106), a high-speed analog-to-digital (A/D) converter (108), a digitally implemented itermediate-frequency (IF) selectively section (110) having an output signal at substantially baseband frequencies, and digital signalprocessor (DSP) circuit (120) performing demodulation and audio filtering. The radio architecture of the present invention is programmably adaptable to virtually every known modulation scheme and is particularly suitable for implementation on integrated circuits.