DECOUPLED DATA-AIDED CARRIER TRACKING LOOP AND SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY LOOP
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1. Apparatus for use in a receiver, the apparatus comprising:
- a staggered quadrature amplitude modulator for providing a staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal from a received signal;
an equalizer for equalizing a demodulated signal derived from the staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal; and
a data-aided symbol timing recovery loop for tracking symbol timing in the staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal, wherein the data-aided symbol timing recovery loop operates on the demodulated signal.
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Abstract
A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a staggered quadrature amplitude modulator for providing an staggered quadrature amplitude modulated (SQAM) signal from a received signal; an equalizer and a data-aided symbol timing recovery (STR) loop. The equalizer operates outside of the data-aided symbol timing recover loop.
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15 Claims
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1. Apparatus for use in a receiver, the apparatus comprising:
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a staggered quadrature amplitude modulator for providing a staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal from a received signal; an equalizer for equalizing a demodulated signal derived from the staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal; and a data-aided symbol timing recovery loop for tracking symbol timing in the staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal, wherein the data-aided symbol timing recovery loop operates on the demodulated signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for use in a receiver, the method comprising:
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staggered quadrature amplitude modulating a received signal for providing a staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal; equalizing a demodulated signal derived from the staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal; and tracking symbol timing in the staggered quadrature amplitude modulated signal by using the demodulated signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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