METHOD, RECEIVER AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION
First Claim
1. A method for signal synchronization, the method being applied in a receiver and comprising:
- obtaining a sequence to be analyzed y from a received time domain signal;
down-sampling the sequence to be analyzed y by a factor of α
to obtain a down-sampled sequence and performing an initial timing estimation based on the down-sampled sequence and n different predetermined Integral Frequency Offset (IFO) candidate values to determine an initial timing position Tcoarse, an IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and a Primary Synchronization Sequence (PSS) corresponding to the sequence to be analyzed y;
applying an initial frequency offset compensation to the sequence to be analyzed y based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and performing an initial frequency offset estimation based on the initial timing position Tcoarse and the determined PSS to obtain a Fractional Frequency Offset (FFO) estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)}f; and
applying a frequency offset compensation to the sequence to be analyzed y based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and the FFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)}f and performing a further timing estimation based on the initial timing position Tcoarse and the determined PSS to obtain a fine timing position Tfine,wherein n is a positive integer equal to or larger than 1.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In a method for time domain joint synchronization in downlink, a sequence to be analyzed is obtained from a received time domain signal; the sequence to be analyzed is down-sampled by a factor of α to obtain a down-sampled sequence; an initial timing estimation is performed based on the down-sampled sequence; a frequency offset compensation is applied to the sequence to be analyzed based on an Integral Frequency Offset (IFO) estimation value {circumflex over (ε)} obtained by the initial timing estimation; a Fractional Frequency Offset (FFO) estimation value {circumflex over (ε)}f is obtained; a frequency offset compensation is applied to the sequence to be analyzed based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε)} and the FFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε)}f; and a further timing estimation is performed based on a position interval estimated using an initial timing position and a Primary Synchronization Sequence (PSS) to obtain a fine timing position.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method for signal synchronization, the method being applied in a receiver and comprising:
-
obtaining a sequence to be analyzed y from a received time domain signal; down-sampling the sequence to be analyzed y by a factor of α
to obtain a down-sampled sequence and performing an initial timing estimation based on the down-sampled sequence and n different predetermined Integral Frequency Offset (IFO) candidate values to determine an initial timing position Tcoarse, an IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and a Primary Synchronization Sequence (PSS) corresponding to the sequence to be analyzed y;applying an initial frequency offset compensation to the sequence to be analyzed y based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and performing an initial frequency offset estimation based on the initial timing position Tcoarse and the determined PSS to obtain a Fractional Frequency Offset (FFO) estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)}f; andapplying a frequency offset compensation to the sequence to be analyzed y based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and the FFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)}f and performing a further timing estimation based on the initial timing position Tcoarse and the determined PSS to obtain a fine timing position Tfine,wherein n is a positive integer equal to or larger than 1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A receiver comprising:
-
a sequence obtaining module configured to obtain a sequence to be analyzed y from a received time domain signal; an initial timing estimation module configured to down-sample the sequence to be analyzed y as obtained by the sequence obtaining module by a factor of α
to obtain a down-sampled sequence and perform an initial timing estimation based on the down-sampled sequence and n different predetermined Integral Frequency Offset (IFO) candidate values to determine an initial timing position Tcoarse, an IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} and a Primary Synchronization Sequence (PSS) corresponding to the sequence to be analyzed y;an initial frequency offset estimation module configured to apply an initial frequency offset compensation to the sequence to be analyzed y as obtained by the sequence obtaining module based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} as determined by the initial timing estimation module and perform an initial frequency offset estimation based on the initial timing position Tcoarse as determined by the initial timing estimation module and the determined PSS to obtain a Fractional Frequency Offset (FFO) estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)}f; anda further timing estimation module configured to apply a frequency offset compensation to the sequence to be analyzed y as obtained by the sequence obtaining module based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)} as determined by the initial timing estimation module and the FFO estimation value {circumflex over (ε
)}f as determined by the initial frequency offset estimation module and perform a further timing estimation based on the initial timing position Tcoarse as determined by the initial timing estimation module and the determined PSS to obtain a fine timing position Tfine,wherein n is a positive integer equal to or larger than 1. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification