OFDM RECEIVER HAVING MEMORY CAPABLE OF ACTING IN A SINGLE-CHIP MODE AND A DIVERSITY MODE
First Claim
1. An OFDM receiver for receiving signals transmitted at radio frequency and having a storage device to be shared by an equalizer and a diversity combiner module, comprising:
- a (FFT) receiving a time-domain symbol and transforming the time-domain symbol into an OFDM symbol;
the storage device, capable of operating in a diversity mode or a single chip mode, storing a first set of OFDM symbols when operated in the single chip mode, and storing a second set of OFDM symbols when operated in the diversity mode;
the equalizer, coupled to the storage device, for retrieving and equalizing the OFDM symbols from at least one of the storage device and the FFT module; and
the diversity combiner module, coupled to the storage device, for receiving an alignment signal and data symbols from a diversity OFDM receiver.wherein the first set of OFDM symbols is different from the second set of OFDM symbols and the first set of OFDM symbols comprises more the OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module than the second set of OFDM symbols,whereby the storage device is capable of storing more OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module to generate a better estimation result from the equalizer in the single chip mode and the storage device is capable of storing less OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module for having a extra space to store the OFDM symbols received from the diversity OFDM receiver in the diversity mode.
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Abstract
An OFDM receiver is provided. The OFDM receiver comprises a Fourier transform (FFT) module, a storage device, an equalizer, and a diversity combiner module. The Fourier transform module transforms a time-domain symbol into an OFDM symbol. The storage device stores OFDM symbols. When operated in a single chip mode, the storage device stores more OFDM symbols outputted from FFT module than operated in a diversity mode. The equalizer retrieves the OFDM symbols from the storage device or the FFT module, estimates the channel frequency response of a transmission channel, and equalizes the OFDM symbol according to the channel frequency response. When operated in the diversity mode, the diversity combiner module receives the OFDM symbols and an alignment signal from a diversity OFDM receiver.
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19 Claims
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1. An OFDM receiver for receiving signals transmitted at radio frequency and having a storage device to be shared by an equalizer and a diversity combiner module, comprising:
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a (FFT) receiving a time-domain symbol and transforming the time-domain symbol into an OFDM symbol; the storage device, capable of operating in a diversity mode or a single chip mode, storing a first set of OFDM symbols when operated in the single chip mode, and storing a second set of OFDM symbols when operated in the diversity mode; the equalizer, coupled to the storage device, for retrieving and equalizing the OFDM symbols from at least one of the storage device and the FFT module; and the diversity combiner module, coupled to the storage device, for receiving an alignment signal and data symbols from a diversity OFDM receiver. wherein the first set of OFDM symbols is different from the second set of OFDM symbols and the first set of OFDM symbols comprises more the OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module than the second set of OFDM symbols, whereby the storage device is capable of storing more OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module to generate a better estimation result from the equalizer in the single chip mode and the storage device is capable of storing less OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module for having a extra space to store the OFDM symbols received from the diversity OFDM receiver in the diversity mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An OFDM receiver for receiving signals transmitted at radio frequency, comprising:
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a Fourier transform (FFT) module receiving a time-domain symbol and transforming the time-domain symbol into an OFDM symbol 1; a storage device, capable of operating in a non-MPEFEC mode or a MPEFEC mode, storing a first set of OFDM symbols when operated in the non-MPEFEC mode, and storing a second set of OFDM symbols when operated in the MPEFEC mode; an equalizer for retrieving OFDM symbols from the storage device or the FFT module, estimating the channel frequency response of a transmission channel according to pilot sub-carriers in the OFDM symbols, and equalizing the OFDM symbols according to the channel frequency response; an error control code decoder decoding the equalized OFDM symbols to generate transport streams; and an MPEFEC module operating in either the MPEFEC mode or the non-MPEFEC mode, when operated in the MPEFEC mode, the MPEFEC module forwards the MPEFEC information and the OFDM symbols from the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for receiving signals transmitted at radio frequency and having a storage device to be shared by an equalizer and a diversity combiner module, comprising:
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providing a Fourier transformer (FFT) module for receiving a time-domain symbol and transforming the time-domain symbol into an OFDM symbol; storing a first set of OFDM symbols in the storage device when operated in the single chip mode, and storing a second set of OFDM symbols when operated in the diversity mode; retrieving and equalizing the OFDM symbols, wherein the OFDM symbols are retrieved from the storage device or directly from the FFT module; and receiving an alignment signal and data symbols from a diversity OFDM receiver; wherein the first set of OFDM symbols is different from the second set of OFDM symbols and the first set of OFDM symbols comprises more the OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module than the second set of OFDM symbols, whereby more OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module are stored to generate a better estimation result while the storage device acts under the single chip mode and less OFDM symbols outputted from the FFT module are stored so that there are extra spaces in the storage device to store the OFDM symbols received from the diversity OFDM receiver while the storage device acts under the diversity mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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