Frequency offset correction

• US 5,732,339 A
• Filed: 10/20/1995
• Issued: 03/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alcatel Mobile Communication France (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel Mobile Communication France (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Auvray, Gerard, Perron, Olivier
• Primary Examiner(s): Faile, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Boccio, Vincent F.
• Application Number:
  US08/545,955
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 455/255, 455/257, 455/258, 455/265, 455/313, 455/318, 455/196.1, 455/197.1, 455/192.2, 331/12, 375/344
• US Class Current: 455/192.2
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 2200/005 Analog to digital conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 3/007 by converting the oscillations into two quadrature related signals H03D3/245 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 7/02 Automatic frequency control H03J7/18 takes precedence

Abstract

In a method and a device for correcting a frequency offset between a receive signal and a reference signal, the receive signal, being fed to a frequency converter which also receives a conversion signal in order to produce a transposed signal, the conversion signal is produced by a local oscillator in response to a control signal. The device initializes the control signal according to the reference signal. An estimator receives the transposed signal and the control signal and produces repetitively an estimate of the frequency offset comprising the sum of a correction value and an adjustment value respectively greater than and less than a predetermined correction threshold. The control signal is modified in response to the correction value. The transposed signal is connected using at least one of the successive estimates.

Claims

1. Device for correcting a frequency offset between a receive signal and a reference signal, said receive signal being fed to a frequency converter which also receives a conversion signal in order to produce a transposed signal, said conversion signal being produced by a local oscillator in response to a control signal, said device comprising:

means for initializing said control signal according to said reference signal;

estimator means which receive said transposed signal and said control signal to produce repetitively an estimate of said frequency offset, said estimate comprising the sum of a correction value and an adjustment value, said correction value being greater than or equal to a predetermined correction threshold and said adjustment value being less than said predetermined correction threshold;

means for modifying said control signal in response to said correction value; and

means for correcting said transposed signal by means of at least one of said successive estimates.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein, said conversion signal comprises discrete frequencies regularly spaced by an incremental value, said correction threshold being equal to said incremental value.

3. The device according to claim 2 wherein said correction value is a multiple of said incremental value.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said estimator means effects a first estimate using a first set of parameters dependent on the maximum offset between said reference signal and said receive signal and effects a subsequent estimate using a second set of parameters dependent on said correction threshold.

5. The device according to claim 4 wherein different frequencies of said receive signal are used for said first estimate and for said subsequent estimate.

6. The device according to claim 4 wherein, said receive signal is in the form of a succession of bursts each comprising a training sequence and a data sequence, one of said estimates being effected on said training sequence to correct said data sequence.

7. The device according to claim 1 wherein said estimates are obtained by means of the autocorrelation function of a known sequence of the transmit signal corresponding to said receive signal.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein said transposed signal comprises a plurality of digital samples, said means for correcting said transposed signal calculating corrected digital samples by applying a correction function to each of said digital samples, thereby effecting correction of the transposed signal.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said correction function adjusts the relative phase between two consecutive samples.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means for modifying said control signal effects coarse frequency adjustment, and said means for correcting said transposed signal effects fine frequency adjustment.

8. Method of correcting a frequency offset between a receive signal and a conversion signal comprising the following steps:

converting said receive signal by means of a conversion signal to produce a transposed signal;

a first estimate of said frequency offset;

modifying said conversion signal when said first estimate exceeds a predetermined correction threshold, said first estimate comprising a sum of a correction value which is a multiple of said predetermined correction threshold and an adjustment value which is less than said predetermined correction threshold, said modifying step including modifying said conversion signal based on said correction value;

producing an estimate of the residual frequency offset between said receive signal and said modified conversion signal; and

correcting said transposed signal by means of said residual offset.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein said transposed signal comprises a plurality of digital samples, the correcting step comprising calculating corrected digital samples by applying a correction function to each of said digital samples, thereby effecting correction of the transposed signal.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said correction function adjusts the relative phase between two consecutive samples.

14. A device for correcting a frequency offset between a receive signal and a reference signal, said receive signal being fed to a frequency converter which also receives a conversion signal in order to produce a transposed signal, said conversion signal being produced by a local oscillator in response to a control signal, said device comprising:

means for initializing said control signal according to said reference signal;

estimator means which receives said transposed signal and repetitively produces an estimate of said frequency offset;

means for modifying said control signal when said estimate exceeds a predetermined correction threshold, said estimate comprising a sum of a correction value which is a multiple of said predetermined correction threshold and an adjustment value which is less than said predetermined correction threshold, said means for modifying modifying said control signal based on said correction value; and

means for correcting said transposed signal produced by said frequency converter by calculating a corrected transposed signal from said transposed signal and from one of said estimate and said adjustment value.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein said transposed signal comprises a plurality of digital samples, said means for correcting said transposed signal calculating corrected digital samples by applying a correction function to each of said digital samples, thereby effecting correction of the transposed signal.

16. A method of correcting a frequency offset between a receive signal and a conversion signal comprising the steps of:

converting said receive signal by means of a conversion signal to produce a transposed signal;

producing an estimate of said frequency offset;

modifying said conversion signal when said estimate exceeds a predetermined correction threshold, said estimate comprising a sum of a correction value which is a multiple of said predetermined correction threshold and an adjustment value which is less than said predetermined correction threshold, said modifying step including modifying said control signal based on said correction value; and

calculating a corrected transposed signal from said transposed signal and from a function of said estimate.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein said transposed signal comprises a plurality of digital samples, said calculating step comprising calculating corrected digital samples by applying a correction function to each of said digital samples, thereby effecting correction of the transposed signal.