USRE45293E1 - Transmission system for OFDM-signals with optimized synchronization - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transmission method according to the preamble of claim 1 , to a transmission apparatus according to the preamble of claim 5 , a receiving method according to claim 9 , a receiving apparatus according to claim 13 and a transmission system according to claim 17 .
- a conventional transmission apparatus for transmitting OFDM-signals therefore comprises as basic elements modulation means for modulating said signal onto a plurality of subcarriers using a OFDM-modulation method, transformation means for transforming said modulated signals into the time domain, and transmission means for transmitting said signals.
- a transmission means for OFDM-signals extends a time domain signal after a transformation into the time domain (e. g.
- a corresponding OFDM-signal receiving apparatus can perform correlation utilizing the two identical wave form parts to obtain information on the timing of the OFDM-time bursts for further processing. Usually this timing information is used to optimally place the discrete Fourier transformation window in the receiving apparatus to be able to transform the modulated subcarriers into the frequency domain and to demodulate them there-after.
- the guard time or cyclic extension has to be as short as possible, namely slightly larger than the longest expected transmission path duration, which can result in poor cyclic extension based correlation properties in a receiving apparatus if the cyclic extension is very short (e. g. only a few samples).
- synchronization bursts are used, which contain only synchronization information. This reduces the transmission efficiency, since a special synchronization burst designed in the time domain does not contain information (in the frequency/subcarrier domain) to be transmitted.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a transmission method according to the preamble of claim 1 , a transmission apparatus according to the preamble of claim 5 , a receiving method according to claim 9 , and a receiving apparatus according to claim 13 , which provide optimized correlation possibilities.
- This object is achieved by a transmission method according to claim 1 , a transmission apparatus according to claim 5 , a receiving method according to claim 9 , and a receiving apparatus according to claim 13 . Also, this object is achieved by a transmission system according to claim 17 .
- the transmission method for transmitting OFDM-signals comprises the steps of modulating said signals onto a plurality of subcarriers using a OFDM-modulation method, transforming said modulated signals into the time domain, and transmitting said signals, characterized in that in said modulating step every M-th subcarrier is modulated with a signal, wherein M is an integer and M ⁇ 2.
- the transmission apparatus for transmitting OFDM-signals comprises modulation means for modulating said signals onto a plurality of subcarriers using a OFDM-modulation method, transformation means for transforming said modulated signal into the time domain, and transmission means for transmitting said signals, characterized in that in said modulation means every M-th subcarrier is modulated, wherein M is an integer and M ⁇ 2.
- the receiving method according to the present invention is adapted for receiving OFDM-signals comprising M identical or respectively mirrored wave forms within one OFDM-timeburst, wherein M is an integer and M ⁇ 2, and comprises the steps of receiving said OFDM-signals, correlating said wave forms to obtain time synchronization, transforming said signals into the frequency domain, and demodulating said signals.
- the receiving apparatus is adapted for receiving OFDM-signal comprising M identical or respectively mirrored wave forms within one OFDM-timeburst, wherein M is an integer and M ⁇ 2, and comprises receiving means for receiving said OFDM-signals, correlation means for correlating said wave forms to obtain time synchronization, transformation means for transforming said signals into the frequency domain, and demodulation means for demodulating said signals.
- every M-th subcarrier after the succeeding transformation of the signals into the time domain, e. g. by an inverse discrete Fourier transformation, results in a signal containing M identical or respectively mirrored wave forms, whereby the total duration of the OFDM-timeburst is still 1/f 0 (f 0 is the subcarrier spacing).
- the corresponding receiving apparatus can perform an optimized correlation in the time domain, e. g. to obtain time and frequency information and synchronization, respectively.
- information to be transmitted can be modulated onto every M-th subcarrier and the transmission of a special time-domain synchronization time burst usually not containing useful information in the frequency-subcarrier domain is not necessary.
- the present invention can be applied to every transmission system based on a multicarrier OFDM-modulation method, e. g. wireless and wired transmission systems.
- Possible and advantageous applications of the present invention in a wireless transmission system are for example the RACH (Random Access Channel), the BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel), and the IACH (Initial Acquisition Channel).
- the present invention is especially effective in scenarios where conventional algorithms to improve correlation based time synchronization, e. g. averaging over multiple time bursts is not possible.
- the present invention can be applied to any OFDM-system, particularly, when a robust time synchronization for further signal processing, e. g. discrete Fourier transformation, is required.
- an additional absolute value unit or inverter
- said modulation means comprises means for generating integer values from 0 to L ⁇ 1, wherein L is the number of available subcarriers, whereby said modulation means modulates every M-th signal onto said subcarriers on the basis of said integer values.
- the receiving apparatus it is further advantageous in the receiving apparatus according to the present invention to provide a peak detection means after said correlation means for providing time synchronization for the transformation of said signals into the frequency domain. It is further advantageous to provide a frequency offset detection means after said correlation means for providing frequency synchronization for the transformation of the signals into the frequency domain.
- the transmission system for transmitting OFDM-signals according to the present invention comprises a transmission apparatus according to the present invention and a receiving apparatus according to the present invention.
- This transmission system can be based on a wireless or wired transmission of signals.
- FIG. 1 shows an-embodiment of the transmission apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 shows the modulation unit of the transmission apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in more detail
- FIG. 3 shows an example of modulating every 4-th subcarrier with a signal in the frequency domain
- FIG. 4 shows an example for a signal comprising four identical wave forms in the time domain
- FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a receiving apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 6 shows the time/frequency synchronization means of the receiving apparatus shown in FIG. 5 in more detail and in a general form
- FIG. 7 shows the time/frequency synchronization means of the receiving apparatus shown in FIG. 5 for a signal comprising two identical wave forms
- FIG. 8 shows the time/frequency synchronization means of the receiving apparatus shown in FIG. 5 for a signal comprising four identical wave forms
- FIG. 9 shows the frequency offset detection means in more detail
- FIG. 10 shows a frequency spectrum for a conventional correlation performed on the basis of a cyclic extension of a time burst
- FIG. 11 shows a frequency spectrum for a correlation according to the present invention for a random access channel.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a transmission apparatus according to the present invention.
- data 1 are channel coded in a channel coding means 2 and interleaved in an interleaving means 3 .
- the signals carrying the data to be transmitted are modulated with an OFDM-modulation method.
- An OFDM-system is a multicarrier system with a plurality of subcarriers.
- the signals carrying the information to be transmitted are modulated on every M-th subcarrier, wherein M is an integer and M ⁇ 2.
- the modulated signals for example APM-signals, amplitude-phase-modulated signals, are transformed into the time domain in an inverse discrete Fourier transformation means 5 .
- the transformed signals are provided with a cyclic extension in a cyclic extension means 6 a and then shaped in a burst shaping means 6 b.
- This cyclic extension serves also to provide correlation (to achieve time and frequency synchronisation) in a corresponding receiving apparatus.
- the cyclic extension consists in a part of the signal being added to the end of the signal, so that the receiving apparatus can conduct calculations on the basis of the doubled signal parts to provide correlation.
- the burst shaping means 6 b does not have to be provided in the transmission apparatus according to the present invention, since the described correlation method (to achieve time and frequency synchronisation) is based on the cyclic extension only. The provision of the burst shaping means 6 b, however, improves the transmission spectrum (reduced out of band spurious emission).
- the signals are digital/analog-converted in a D/A-converter 7 and then RF-upconverted in a RF-upconversion means 8 to be transmitted by an antenna 9 .
- the transmission means 4 comprises a subcarrier number generator 10 for generating integer values 0,1 . . . L ⁇ 1 corresponding to the available subcarrier number L in one frequency slot in the OFDM-system.
- the integer values generated by the subcarrier number generator 10 are fed to a modulation unit 17 .
- the output of the modulo means 11 is fed to a compare means 12 , which compares the integer values provided by the modulo means 11 with integer values generated by a compare value generator 13 .
- the other subcarriers are not modulated in the modulation unit 17 , since the switch means 14 selects the zero terminal 15 at the time these subcarriers are fed to the modulation unit 17 .
- FIG. 3 a frequency domain representation for the modulation of every 4-th subcarrier is shown.
- Each 4-th subcarrier 18 (subcarrier number 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20) is modulated with a signal, wherein the spacing between adjacent subcarriers is f 0 .
- guard subcarriers to perform a power-of-2 DFT, here 32-point DFT
- samples 4 . . . 27 are the used subcarrier samples (here we assumed one frequency slot consists of 24 subcarriers).
- FIG. 4 shows the corresponding time domain wave forms for the example shown in FIG. 3 , wherein every 4-th subcarrier is modulated.
- the modulation of every 4-th subcarrier leads to time domain signals containing 4 identical wave forms, since only subcarriers with even indices (compare FIG. 3 ) have been modulated.
- FIG. 4A the IN-part (in-phase part), and in FIG. 4B , the QUAD-part (quadrature part) of a wave form signal in the time domain, in which every 4-th subcarrier has been modulated in the frequency domain, is shown.
- the wave form signals contain 4 identical wave forms, since in the frequency domain only subcarriers with even indices have been modulated. The modulation of subcarriers with only odd indices leads to wave forms which are slightly different to the wave forms shown in FIG. 4 .
- the modulation of subcarriers with only odd indices leads after the transformation in the time domain to wave form signals with respectively mirrored wave forms.
- FIG. 5 an embodiment of a receiving apparatus according to the present invention is shown.
- Data transmitted e. g. from a transmission apparatus as shown in FIG. 1 , are received in an antenna 19 and RF-downconverted in a RF-downconversion means 20 .
- the signals are analog to digital converted in an A/D-converter 21 and fed to a time/frequency synchronization means 22 .
- the received signals are correlated and synchronized, so that a proper transformation to the frequency domain in a succeeding discrete Fourier transformation means 23 can be executed.
- the transformed signals are then demodulated in a demodulation means 24 .
- the demodulated signals are de-interleaved in de-interleaving means 25 and then channel-decoded in a channel-decoding means 26 .
- the channel-decoding means 26 outputs data signals 27 to be further processed.
- the time/frequency synchronization means 22 of the receiving apparatus shown in FIG. 5 is shown having a general structure.
- the time-/frequency synchronization means 22 consists generally of a correlation means with one or more correlator parts 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 and a moving average means 40 .
- an absolute value means 45 is provided after the moving average means 40 .
- a peak detection means 46 can be provided after the absolute value means 45 .
- the output of the peak detection means 46 and the output of the moving average means 40 can be fed to an also optionally provided frequency offset detection means 47 .
- the time/frequency synchronization means 22 comprises (M ⁇ 1) correlator parts. If, for example, every 4-th subcarrier is modulated, the time-/frequency synchronization means 22 comprises 3 correlator parts, as is shown in more detail in FIG. 8 .
- the output of the A/D-converter 21 is fed to a first correlator part 28 comprising a delay means 32 and a multiplier 35 .
- the output of the A/D-converter is fed to the delay means 32 , which delays the signal with a factor z ⁇ L1 .
- the output of the delay means and the output of the A/D-converter 21 are multiplied in the multiplier 35 .
- the output of the delay means 32 is further fed to a delay means 33 and a multiplier 36 of a second correlator part 29 .
- the delay means 33 delays the output of the delay means 32 with a factor z ⁇ L1 .
- the output of the delay means 33 is multiplied in the multiplier 36 with the output of the delay means 32 .
- the outputs of the multiplier 35 and the multiplier 36 are added in an adder 38 .
- Successive correlator parts and adders are symbolized by a block 30 .
- the (M ⁇ 1)th correlator part 31 delays the output of the delay means of the preceding correlator part in a delay means 34 by a factor z ⁇ L1 and multiplies the output of the delay means 34 .
- the output of the delay means 34 is multiplied in a multiplier 37 with the output of the preceding delay means.
- the output of the multiplier 37 is added in an adder 39 to the output of a preceding adder.
- the output of the last adder 39 is fed to the moving average means 40 .
- the moving average means 49 the incoming signal is delayed in a delay means 41 by a factor z ⁇ L2 .
- an adder 42 the output of the delay means 41 is subtracted from the incoming signal.
- the output of the adder 42 is fed to an adder 43 , which is backfed with its own output delayed by factor z ⁇ 1 in a delay means 44 .
- the moving average means thus performs the function
- the moving average value L 2 is L 2 ⁇ S/M, so that a signal fed to the moving average means 40 is delayed over L 2 ⁇ S/M samples.
- S is the total number of samples in one OFDM-timeburst.
- L 2 should be close to 8 samples (e. g. 6, 7 or 8 samples).
- correlation in the time domain to obtain time synchronization information for further processing of the incoming signals is performed.
- the output of the moving average means 40 is then fed to an absolute value means 45 .
- the output of the absolute value means 45 is fed to a peak detection means 46 , which identifies the best correlation result for an optimum estimate of the window position of the discrete Fourier transformation in the discrete Fourier transformation means 23 .
- the imaginary part of the correlated signal is zero.
- the imaginary part of the correlated signal is not zero, so that a frequency offset detection has to be performed in a frequency offset detection means 47 .
- the frequency offset detection range is limited to ⁇ f 0 /2 . . . +f 0 /2, whereby f 0 is the subcarrier spacing.
- the frequency offset detection range in the frequency offset detection means 47 is extended to M ⁇ ( ⁇ f 0 /2) . . . M ⁇ (+f 0 /2), wherein f 0 is the subcarrier spacing. Therefore, the frequency offset detection range is advantageously extended according to the present invention.
- the output of the frequency offset detection means 47 and the peak detection means 46 are used for time-/frequency synchronization in the succeeding discrete Fourier transformation means 23 .
- an additional absolute block means (or sign inverter) can be used in the receiving apparatus to achieve a positive correlation result.
- This additional absolute block means can, for example, be provided between the last correlation part and the moving average means 40 .
- this additional absolute block means is required.
- the correlations means consists only of one correlator part 28 .
- the correlation delay value L 2 is S/ 2 and the moving average parameter L 2 is smaller or equal S/ 2 , whereby the best performance is achieved if L 2 is close to S/ 2 .
- L 1 S/ 4 and L 2 ⁇ S/ 4 .
- the frequency offset detection means 47 shown in FIGS. 6 , 7 and 8 is shown in more detail. As stated above, the frequency offset detection range is advantageously extended according to the present invention. The structure of the frequency offset detection means 47 shown in FIG. 9 provides this extended frequency offset detection range.
- the frequency offset detection means 47 comprises a split means 48 , a calculation means 49 and a multiplier 50 .
- the split means 48 the complex output of the MAV means 40 is separated in an “in” and a “quad” component, when the split means 48 receives a peak detection signal from the peak detection means 46 .
- the peak detection means produces a peak detection signal every time it detects a peak.
- the “in” and “quad” component from the split means 48 are then fed to the calculation means 49 .
- the calculation means 49 calculates the mathematical expression of (1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ ) ⁇ arctan(q/i), which can be done in a look-up table (hardware implementation) or calculated in a processor.
- the calculation result from the calculation means 49 is supplied to the multiplier 50 .
- the multiplier 50 multiplies the calculation result from the calculating means 49 with M(number of repeated wave forms in one OFDM time burst).
- the detected frequency offset is used in the synchronisation unit 22 of the receiving apparatus to obtain the frequency synchronisation.
- FIG. 10 a frequency spectrum of a conventionally correlated signal (cyclic extension) is shown and compared with a frequency spectrum shown in FIG. 11 for a signal correlated according to the present invention.
- the present invention provides for very good peak detection compared to the conventional correlation.
- the four bursts in the signal stream can be clearly identified.
- the detected frequency offset values are: 0,3004; 0,3081, 0,3117 and 0,3151 which is very accurate (error ⁇ 5%).
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which means y(m)=x(m)+x(m−1)+. . . +x(m−L2) if the input signal of the MAV means 40 is defined as x(m) and its output signal is defined as y(m).
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