WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120321006A1
• Filed: 07/19/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: AKITA, Koji, NAKANISHI, Toshiyuki, SEKIGUCHI, Takahiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,971,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2657 Carrier synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2671 Time domain
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2675 Pilot or known symbols

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a wireless transceiver system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a first generator, a second generator, a third generator. The second generator generates fixed data item that has bit values corresponding to the clock signal. The third generator performs OFDM modulation for the fixed data item. The receiver includes a first detector, a second detector, a PLL, a controller. The first detector is configured to detect an envelope that indicates amplitude in a time waveform. The controller is configured to control to operate the PLL from a first time point when the head part is detected to a second time point when a first period is elapsed.

Claims

1. A wireless transceiver system comprising a transmitter and a receiver,

the transmitter comprising:

a first generator configured to generate a clock signal;

a second generator configured to generate fixed data item that has bit values corresponding to the clock signal; and

a third generator configured to perform orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation for the fixed data item to generate an OFDM packet,

the receiver comprising;

a first detector configured to detect an envelope that indicates amplitude in a time waveform of the OFDM packet to obtain an envelope signal;

a comparator configured to compare the envelope signal with a first threshold to generate a square wave signal;

a second detector configured to detect a head part of the OFDM packet;

a phase-locked loop (PLL) configured to extract a synchronized clock signal from a main frequency component of the square wave signal, the synchronized clock signal being a signal synchronized with the clock signal; and

a controller configured to control to operate the PLL from a first time point when the head part is detected to a second time point when a first period is elapsed, the first period being a period that receiving of at least one OFDM packet has finished.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls to operate the PLL from a third time point to a fourth time point, the third time point being a time point when a second period is elapsed since the head part is detected, the fourth time point being a time point when a third period in which the OFDM packet is continuously received is finished.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second generator generates the fixed data item which has bit values, by which the amplitude in the time waveform of the OFDM packet increases and decreases at a cycle, the cycle serving as a common divisor of a fourth period which indicates a cyclic prefix length, a fifth period which indicates an OFDM symbol length, and a sixth period which indicates transmission intervals of the OFDM packet, an OFDM symbol being included in the OFDM packet, and

the controller controls to operate the PLL only during a seventh period which indicates n times as long as the OFDM symbol length, the n is an integer.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the PLL comprises a filter which has a cutoff frequency that is not more than a frequency calculated from a reciprocal of the OFDM symbol length.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second detector detects the head part of the OFDM packet if a signal power of the envelope signal is not less than to a second threshold.

6. A wireless transceiver method comprising:

generating a clock signal;

generating fixed data item that has bit values corresponding to the clock signal;

performing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation for the fixed data item to generate an OFDM packet,

detecting an envelope that indicates amplitude in a time waveform of the OFDM packet to obtain an envelope signal;

comparing the envelope signal with a first threshold to generate a square wave signal;

detecting a head part of the OFDM packet;

extracting a synchronized clock signal from a main frequency component of the square wave signal, the synchronized clock signal being a signal synchronized with the clock signal; and

controlling to operate the PLL from a first time point when the head part is detected to a second time point when a first period is elapsed, the first period being a period that receiving of at least one OFDM packet has finished.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the controlling to operate the PLL controls to operate the PLL from a third time point to a fourth time point, the third time point being a time point when a second period is elapsed since the head part is detected, the fourth time point being a time point when a third period in which the OFDM packet is continuously received is finished.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the generating the fixed data item generates the fixed data item which has bit values, by which the amplitude in the time waveform of the OFDM packet increases and decreases at a cycle, the cycle serving as a common divisor of a fourth period which indicates a cyclic prefix length, a fifth period which indicates an OFDM symbol length, and a sixth period which indicates transmission intervals of the OFDM packet, an OFDM symbol being included in the OFDM packet, and

the controlling to operate the PLL controls to operate the PLL only during a seventh period which indicates n times as long as the OFDM symbol length, the n is an integer.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the PLL comprises a filter which has a cutoff frequency that is not more than a frequency calculated from a reciprocal of the OFDM symbol length.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the detecting the head part detects the head part of the OFDM packet if a signal power of the envelope signal is not less than to a second threshold.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

generating a clock signal;

generating fixed data item that has bit values corresponding to the clock signal;

performing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation for the fixed data item to generate an OFDM packet,

detecting an envelope that indicates amplitude in a time waveform of the OFDM packet to obtain an envelope signal;

comparing the envelope signal with a first threshold to generate a square wave signal;

detecting a head part of the OFDM packet;

extracting a synchronized clock signal from a main frequency component of the square wave signal, the synchronized clock signal being a signal synchronized with the clock signal; and

controlling to operate the PLL from a first time point when the head part is detected to a second time point when a first period is elapsed, the first period being a period that receiving of at least one OFDM packet has finished.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the controlling to operate the PLL controls to operate the PLL from a third time point to a fourth time point, the third time point being a time point when a second period is elapsed since the head part is detected, the fourth time point being a time point when a third period in which the OFDM packet is continuously received is finished.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the generating the fixed data item generates the fixed data item which has bit values, by which the amplitude in the time waveform of the OFDM packet increases and decreases at a cycle, the cycle serving as a common divisor of a fourth period which indicates a cyclic prefix length, a fifth period which indicates an OFDM symbol length, and a sixth period which indicates transmission intervals of the OFDM packet, an OFDM symbol being included in the OFDM packet, and

the controlling to operate the PLL controls to operate the PLL only during a seventh period which indicates n times as long as the OFDM symbol length, the n is an integer.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the PLL comprises a filter which has a cutoff frequency that is not more than a frequency calculated from a reciprocal of the OFDM symbol length.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the detecting the head part detects the head part of the OFDM packet if a signal power of the envelope signal is not less than to a second threshold.