Apparatus and Method for Performing a Scan Procedure and Mobile Station Comprising the Same
First Claim
1. An apparatus for performing a scan procedure according to an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signal, comprising:
- a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) input buffer for contiguously gathering a first predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a first period corresponding to a downlink subframe;
a second FFT input buffer for gathering a second predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a second period corresponding to the downlink subframe;
an FFT core module for contiguously applying FFT to the first predetermined number of OFDMA samples during the first period and for applying FFT to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples during a third period corresponding to an uplink subframe, the uplink subframe occurring later than the downlink subframe;
a post-FFT processing module for measuring a frame boundary of a serving base station (SBS) of the apparatus during the first period and for measuring a refined frame boundary of at least one neighboring base station (NBS) of the apparatus according to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples and the frame boundary during the third period; and
a channel interference and noise ratio (CINR) measurement module for calculating a CINR value of the at least one NBS based on the refined frame boundary.
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing a scan procedure according to an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signal and a mobile station comprising the same are provided. The characteristic of the apparatus is that it comprises two FIT input buffers. In a first period of a downlink subframe, the first FFT input buffer is used for data transmission. In a second period of the downlink subframe, the second FFT input buffer is used for storing more than one OFDMA sample in advance for further processing. In a third period of an uplink subframe, the stored OFDMA samples can be used to generate a refined frame boundary and calculates a CINR value of each of a plurality of neighboring base stations. Therefore, the apparatus and the MS can perform the scan procedure without downgrading the network efficiency.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for performing a scan procedure according to an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signal, comprising:
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a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) input buffer for contiguously gathering a first predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a first period corresponding to a downlink subframe; a second FFT input buffer for gathering a second predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a second period corresponding to the downlink subframe; an FFT core module for contiguously applying FFT to the first predetermined number of OFDMA samples during the first period and for applying FFT to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples during a third period corresponding to an uplink subframe, the uplink subframe occurring later than the downlink subframe; a post-FFT processing module for measuring a frame boundary of a serving base station (SBS) of the apparatus during the first period and for measuring a refined frame boundary of at least one neighboring base station (NBS) of the apparatus according to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples and the frame boundary during the third period; and a channel interference and noise ratio (CINR) measurement module for calculating a CINR value of the at least one NBS based on the refined frame boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A mobile station (MS), comprising:
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an antenna for receiving an OFDM signal; and a processing module for performing a scan procedure according to the OFDMA signal, comprising; a first FFT input buffer for contiguously gathering a first predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a first period corresponding to a downlink subframe; a second FFT input buffer for gathering a second predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a second period corresponding to the downlink subframe; an FFT core module for contiguously applying FFT to the first predetermined number of OFDMA samples during the first period and for applying FFT to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples during a third period corresponding to an uplink subframe, the uplink subframe occurring later than the downlink subframe; a post-FFT processing module for measuring a frame boundary of an SBS of the MS during the first period and for measuring a refined frame boundary of at least one NBS of the MS according to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples and the frame boundary during the third period; and a CINR measurement module for calculating a CINR value of the at least one NBS based on the refined frame boundary. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for performing a scan procedure according to an OFDMA signal, comprising the steps of:
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gathering a first predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal contiguously during a first period corresponding to a downlink subframe; gathering a second predetermined number of OFDMA samples related to the OFDMA signal during a second period corresponding to the downlink subframe; applying FFT to the first predetermined number of OFDMA samples contiguously during the first period; applying FFT to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples during a third period corresponding to an uplink subframe occurring later than the downlink subframe; measuring a frame boundary of an SBS during the first period; measuring a refined frame boundary of at least one NBS according to the second predetermined number of OFDMA samples and the frame boundary during the third period; and calculating a CINR value of the at least one NBS based on the refined frame boundary. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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