EP0729250A2
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OFDM transmission/reception system and transmitting/receiving apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1996-02-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-02-23
Abstract
Abstract This invention improves the frequency acquisition range and the resistance to multipath interference. In a digital signal transmission system using OFDM, on the transmission side, some or all of a plurality of equidistant carrier positions are treated as reference carrier positions. The actual transmitted carriers are arranged in a predetermined pattern non-equidistant to the frequency carrier positions to form an OFDM symbol. This OFDM symbol is periodically transmitted as frequency reference symbols. On the reception side, the carrier arrangement pattern of the frequency reference symbols is detected, a carrier frequency offset is detected from the detected pattern offset, and the carrier frequency is compensated based on the frequency offset.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi B-108 Toshiba Kamiooka-Ryo Seki
- 👤 Noboru 2F Koga-so Taga
- 👤 Shigeru 313-301 Hirato-cho Okita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 05:35
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/69; H04B1/713; H04B1/7143; H04L; H04L27/00; H04L27/26; H04L27/2601; H04L27/2647; H04L27/2655; H04L27/2657; H04L27/2602; H04L27/261; H04L27/2613; H04L27/2668; H04L27/2673; H04L27/2675; H04L27/2681; H04L27/2688; H04L27/26134
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission/reception system comprising a transmission side for: setting some or all of a plurality of equidistant carrier positions as reference carrier positions; assigning actual transmitted carriers on said reference carrier positions in a predetermined arrangement pattern to yield an OFDM symbol; and periodically transmitting said OFDM symbol as frequency reference symbols; and a reception side for: detecting said frequency reference symbols as a carrier reception pattern; detecting a carrier frequency offset based on a difference between said reception pattern and a transmission pattern; and compensating for frequencies of carriers in accordance with said frequency offset.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
31 words
The OFDM transmission/reception system according to claim 1, characterized in that an arrangement pattern of said transmitted carriers on said reference carrier positions is based on a pseudo noise (PN) sequence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The OFDM transmission/reception system according to claim 1, characterized in that said modulation of transmitted carriers on said reference carrier positions is a phase shift keying (PSK).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The OFDM transmission/reception system according to claim 1, characterized in that on said transmission side, independent data is PSK coded and is assigned to said transmitted carriers as said frequency reference symbols in transmission; and on said reception side, said frequency reference symbols are PSK decoded to restore said independent data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
67 words
The OFDM transmission/reception system according to claim 1, characterized in that on said transmission side, a plurality of carrier arrangement patterns of different phases are prepared as said frequency reference symbols, and independent data is assigned to said plurality of carrier arrangement patterns; and on said reception side, a pattern of said frequency reference symbols is detected, and said independent data is identified from said detected pattern.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
An OFDM transmitting apparatus comprising: reference symbol generating means (206, 1101, 1102, 1304, 1305) for generating data for frequency reference symbols corresponding to non-equidistant positions among carrier positions assigned at equidistances along a frequency axis; multiplexing means (207) for multiplexing at least data for said frequency reference symbols and data for a main information symbol; OFDM modulation means (208, 209) for performing OFDM modulation on a plurality of carriers with an output of said multiplexing means; and quadrature modulation means (210) for performing quadrature modulation on an output of said OFDM modulation means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The OFDM transmitting apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that said reference symbol generating means (206, 1101) generates data for said frequency reference symbols in a PN sequence pattern.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The OFDM transmitting apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that said reference symbol generating means generates PSK codes as data for said frequency reference symbols.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
The OFDM transmitting apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that said reference symbol generating means performs PSK coding on independent data different from data for said main information symbol to acquire PSK symbol data and arranges said PSK symbol data on a predetermined pattern non-equidistant along said frequency axis to thereby generate data for said frequency reference symbols.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The OFDM transmitting apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that said reference symbol generating means associates independent data different from data for said main information symbol with a predetermined pattern in a plurality of patterns using said plurality of carriers, and shares data for said frequency reference symbols and said independent data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
158 words
An OFDM receiving apparatus comprising: carrier generating means (312) for quadrature demodulation means; quadrature demodulation means (303) for receiving an OFDM modulation wave including a frequency reference symbol and performing quadrature demodulation of said OFDM modulation wave with the output of said carrier generating means; OFDM demodulation means (304) for performing OFDM demodulation using an output of said quadrature demodulation means; first frequency control means (310, 311) for detecting a carrier frequency offset using said output of said quadrature demodulation means and supplying a first carrier compensation signal based on said frequency offset to said carrier generating means; and second frequency control means (313) for detecting a carrier arrangement pattern of transmitted carries using an OFDM demodulation output of said frequency reference symbol, comparing said detected carrier arrangement pattern with a predetermined carrier arrangement pattern to detect a carrier frequency offset and supplying a second carrier compensation signal based on that frequency offset to said carrier generating means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
160 words
The OFDM receiving apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that said second frequency control means (313) includes: amplitude detection means (314) for detecting amplitudes of said frequency reference symbols; determining means (315) for detecting a reception pattern which is a carrier arrangement pattern of received frequency reference symbols using amplitude information output from said amplitude detection means; reference data generating means (317) for generating a reference pattern which is an ideal carrier arrangement pattern of said frequency reference symbols; correlation detection means (318) for detecting a correlation between said reception pattern from said determining means and said reference pattern from said reference data generating means; and offset detection means (319, 320) for detecting an offset amount between said reference pattern and said reception pattern in accordance with a timing at which a detection output of said correlation detection means becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined level and acquiring said carrier frequency offset based on said offset amount.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The OFDM receiving apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that said reference data generating means generates said reference pattern based on a predetermined PN sequence.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
57 words
The OFDM receiving apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that said frequency reference symbols of said OFDM modulation wave are transferred as PSK symbols using independent data different from data for a main information symbol; and further comprising means (1201, 1202) for performing PSK decoding of said frequency reference symbols demodulated to decode said independent data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
72 words
The OFDM receiving apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that said frequency reference symbols of said OFDM modulation wave are produced by associating independent data different from data for a main information symbol with a predetermined carrier arrangement pattern in a plurality of patterns obtainable by a plurality of carriers; and further comprising means (1404) for determining a carrier arrangement pattern of said frequency reference symbols to decode said independent data.
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