Inter-symbol and inter-carrier interference canceller for multi-carrier modulation receivers
First Claim
1. A method of receiving multi-carrier data, the method comprising:
- receiving a sequence of blocks of frequency domain data comprising N elements, each representing the modulation onto a certain sub-carrier;
selecting a first subset U among the N elements and performing frequency-domain equalization for each element u in U; and
selecting a second subset A among the N elements performing both frequency-domain equalization and interference cancellation for each element a in A.
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Abstract
A MCM (multi-carrier modulation) receiver that utilizes a plurality tones to transmit information. Identify a first subset of tones that have negligible ISI (inter-symbol interference) and ICI (inter-carrier interference), and a second subset of tones that ISI/ICI cancellation is needed to improve the performance. For tones in the first subset, conventional FEQ (frequency-domain equalization) is performed to obtained soft decisions from the raw decisions. For those tones in the second subset, perform FEQ along with ICI/ISI cancellation. For tones in the second subset, identify a third subset (one for each of the tones in the second subset) to perform ICI cancellation and a series of fourth subsets (one for each of the tones in the second subset) to perform ISI cancellation. The selection of the first subset, the second subset, the third subset (for each of the tone in the second subset), and the fourth subset (for each of the tone in the second subset) are based on examining the frequency response of the communication channel.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of receiving multi-carrier data, the method comprising:
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receiving a sequence of blocks of frequency domain data comprising N elements, each representing the modulation onto a certain sub-carrier;
selecting a first subset U among the N elements and performing frequency-domain equalization for each element u in U; and
selecting a second subset A among the N elements performing both frequency-domain equalization and interference cancellation for each element a in A. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device comprising:
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a receiver including a frequency domain equalizer/interference canceller, the frequency domain equalizer/interference canceller including an input, a tone selector, and an output;
the input adapted to receive a discrete multi-tone signal including a plurality of tones;
the tone selector adapted to generate a first subset of tones that have negligible inter-carrier interference and negligible inter-symbol interference, and a second subset of tones that have significant inter-carrier interference and significant inter-symbol interference;
and the output adapted to provide a soft decision for each of a first subset of the plurality of tones and a soft decision for each of a second subset of the plurality of tones. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising
a transmitter adapted to generate a multi-carrier modulation signal, the signal including a plurality of tones utilized to transmit information; -
a communication channel having a frequency response coupled to the transmitter, the communication channel adapted to transmit the multi-carrier modulation signal generated by the transmitter;
a receiver including a frequency domain equalizer/interference canceller;
wherein the frequency domain equalizer/interference canceller is adapted to receive a first set of frequency domain samples, and to determine from the plurality of tones a first subset of tones that are close to being orthogonal to one another under the influence of the communication channel and a second subset of tones that are far from being orthogonal to one another under the influence of the communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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