Adaptive digital predistortion method and apparatus for wireless transmitter

• US 20030104794A1
• Filed: 01/13/2003
• Published: 06/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yan, Honghui, Yang, Zhengjun
• Granted Patent: US 7,136,628 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/118
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/3247 using feedback acting on predistortion circuits H03F1/3264 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/368 adaptive predistortion

Abstract

An adaptive digital predistortion apparatus and method for transmitting broadband digital signals from a wireless transmitter to a transmitting channel are provided. In the adaptive digital predistortion process, a non-linearity conversion opposite to the transmitting channel characteristic is performed by a digital predistorter for input baseband signals. The predistorted signals are amplified by a power amplifier via an up conversion channel. A part of the signals outputted from the power amplifier are fed back to an adaptive controller via a coupler. The feedback signals are processed by the adaptive controller to obtain out-of-band emission energy of the feedback signals. Using the out-of-band emission energy as a target function, the predistortion parameters are updated by employing a multi-parameter optimum seeking module. Accordingly, broadband signals to be transmitted are predistorted by the digital predistortion system to cancel out the non-linear characteristic of the transmitting channels, and to suppress the out-of-band emission energy of the outputting signals. Meanwhile, by using a multi-parameter optimization seeking module, the predistortion parameters are adjusted adaptively by the digital predistortion system based on the slow variation of non-linearity of the transmitting channels.

Claims

1. An adaptive digital predistortion apparatus for transmitting broadband digital signals from a wireless transmitter to a transmitting channel, comprising:

a modulator for modulating broadband digital signals;

a predistorter coupled to the modulator for receiving and predistorting modulated signals;

a digital to analogue (D/A) converter coupled to the predistorter for receiving and converting predistorted signals from the predistorter;

an up converter coupled to the D/A converter for receiving and converting converted signals from the D/A converter;

a power amplifier coupled to the up converter for receiving and amplifying up converted signals from the up converter;

an antenna coupled to the power amplifier for receiving and transmitting amplified signals from the power amplifier;

a down converter coupled to the power amplifier for receiving and feeding back a part of the amplified signals from the power amplifier;

a local oscillator coupled between the up converter and the down converter for providing oscillation signals to the up converter and the down converter;

an analogue to digital (A/D) converter coupled to the down converter for receiving and converting converted feedback signals from the down converter;

a predistortion parameter adaptive controller coupled to the A/D converter and to the predistorter for receiving the converted feedback signals from the A/D converter and adaptively adjusted predistortion parameters of the predistorter and sending the adjusted predistortion parameters to the predistorter;

wherein the broadband digital signals to be transmitted are input to the digital predistorter and processed by the digital predistorter, then converted by the D/A converter and the up converter, then amplified by the power amplifier and transmitted by the antenna; and

meanwhile, a part of the amplified signals outputted from the power amplifier are fed back to a feedback loop, in which the feedback signals are down converted by the down converter and converted by the A/D converter, and processed by the predistortion parameter adaptive controller;

wherein out-of-band energy emission of the feedback signals are used as a target function, and the predistortion parameters are adjusted adaptively by employing a multi-parameter optimization process to allow the transmitting channel to maintain a linear transfer characteristic.

2. The adaptive digital predistortion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predistortion parameter adaptive controller comprises a power spectrum estimation module and an adaptive method module, the signals outputted from the A/D converter are sent to the power spectrum estimation module to estimate power spectrum, and to the adaptive method module to perform adaptive adjustment of predistortion parameters to be sent to the predistorter.

3. An adaptive digital predistortion method for transmitting broadband digital signals from a wireless transmitter to a transmitting channel, comprising the steps of:

a) performing a non-linearity conversion opposite to non-linearity characteristic of the transmitting channel by a digital predistorter for the broadband digital signals, the digital predistorter having a set of predistortion parameters;

b) amplifying predistorted signals by a power amplifier via an up conversion channel;

c) feeding back a part of amplified signals outputted from the power amplifier to an adaptive controller via a coupler;

d) processing the feedback signals by the adaptive controller to obtain out-of-band emission energy of the feedback signals; and

e) updating the predistortion parameters by employing a multi-parameter optimum seeking module using the out-of-band emission energy as a target function.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the using of out-of-band emission energy as the target function in step e) includes using the out-of-band emission energy of the feedback signals as the target function of a predistortion parameter optimization adaptive process.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of updating includes using the predistortion parameters of the digital predistorter as factors of the target function, when value of the target function is a minimum value, values of the respective factors are optimum values of the predistortion parameters.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of employing the multi-parameter optimum seeking module to update the predistortion parameters in step e) comprises the steps of:

1) selecting optionally N+1 initial points in N-dimension, of which coordinates are used as N parameters of the digital predistorter, when the N parameters are processed by the predistorter, the out-of-band emission energy of the corresponding feedback signals are measured, respectively;

2) determining an optimum point, a worst point, and a second worse point among N+1 points based on measured values of the out-of-band emission energy;

3) referencing all of the points except the worst point as reflection points of the worst point;

4) measuring a target function value corresponding to each of the reflection points, if the target function value corresponding to one of the reflection points is larger than the target function value corresponding to the second worse point, then turning back and compressing the one of the reflection points from an original reflection direction;

5) determining whether the target function value of the compressed reflection point is still lager than the target function value corresponding to the second worse point, if so, decreasing distances between the optimum point and all of the points except the optimum point by one half; and

6) proceeding step

     2) to adjust the predistortion parameters continuously.