Communication method and receiving apparatus

• US 5,914,932 A
• Filed: 12/24/1997
• Issued: 06/22/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakoda, Kazuyuki, Suzuki, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau
• Assistant Examiner(s): VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N
• Application Number:
  US08/997,878
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370/204, 370/208, 370/515, 370/518, 370/206, 370/207, 370/503, 370/527, 375/202, 375/357, 375/362, 375/208, 375/260, 375/368
• US Class Current: 370/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2656 Frame synchronisation, e.g. packet synchronisation, time division duplex [TDD] switching point detection or subframe synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2657 Carrier synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2679 Decision-aided

Abstract

A reception method of a multicarrier system according to the present invention is one in which a phase-modulated data is transmitted by using each of a plurality of subcarriers, and includes a random data generating step of generating a phase shift data randomly changed, a multiplying step for multiplying each of received subcarriers with an output obtained in the random data generating step, and a state detection signal generating step for monitoring a state of an output obtained in the multiplying step and for generating a predetermined state detection signal when a predetermined state is detected. A frame period of a received signal is detected based on an output obtained in the state detection signal generating step.

Claims

1. A reception method of a multicarrier system in which phase-modulated data is transmitted by using each of a plurality of subcarriers, comprising:

a random data generating step of generating phase shift data that is randomly changed and supplying the randomly changed phase shift data as an output of said random data generating step;

a multiplying step for multiplying each of received subcarriers with respective ones of the output of said random data generating step and supplying a result of the multiplication as an output of said multiplying step;

a state detection signal generating step for monitoring a state of the output of said multiplying step and for generating as an output of said state detection generation step a predetermined state detection signal when a predetermined state is detected; and

a frame period detecting step for detecting a frame period by detecting a frame position in a received signal based on the output of said state detection signal generating step, wherein a frame period is a time elapsed between transitions between successive frames.

3. A reception method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of delaying each of said received subcarrier signals in said multiplying step by a predetermined time.

2. A reception method of a multicarrier system in which phase-modulated data is transmitted by using each of a plurality of subcarriers, comprising:

a random data generating step of generating phase shift data that is randomly changed and supplying the phase shift data as an output of said random data generating step;

a multiplying step for multiplying each of received subcarriers with respective ones of the output of said random data generating step and supplying a result of the multiplication as an output of said multiplying step;

a state detection signal generating step for monitoring a state of the output of said multiplying step and for generating as an output of said state detection signal generating step a predetermined state detection signal when a predetermined state is detected; and

a frame period detecting step for detecting a reference timing representing a position of a frame of a received signal based on the output of said state detection signal generating step, wherein a frame period is a time elapsed between transitions between successive frames.

4. A reception method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of delaying each of said received subcarrier signals in said multiplying step by a predetermined time.

5. A reception apparatus for a multicarrier system in which phase-modulated data is transmitted by using each of a plurality of subcarriers, comprising:

a demodulation unit for demodulating a received signal of a multicarrier system and supplying the demodulated signal as an output of said demodulation unit;

a random data generating unit for generating phase shift data that is randomly changed and supplying the phase shift data as an output of said random data generating unit;

a multiplying unit for multiplying the output from said demodulation unit with the output from said random data generating unit and supplying a result of the multiplication as an output of said multiplying unit;

a state detection signal generating unit for monitoring a state of the output from said multiplying unit and for generating a predetermined state detection signal when a predetermined state is detected; and

means for detecting a frame period by detecting a position of a frame in a received signal based on the output from said state detection signal generating unit, wherein a frame period is a time elapsed between transitions between successive frames.

7. A reception apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a signal delaying unit for delaying the output from said demodulation unit by a predetermined time and then supplying the delayed output to said multiplying unit.

6. A reception apparatus for a multicarrier system in which phase-modulated data is transmitted by using each of a plurality of subcarriers, comprising:

a demodulation unit for demodulating a received signal of a multicarrier system and supplying the demodulated signal as an output of said demodulation unit;

a random data generating unit for generating phase shift data that is randomly changed and supplying the phase shift data as an output of said random data generating unit;

a multiplying unit for multiplying the output from said demodulation unit with the output from said random data generating unit and supplying a result of the multiplication as an output of said multiplying unit;

a state detection signal generating unit for monitoring a state of the output from said multiplying unit and for generating a predetermined state detection signal as an output of said state detection signal generating unit when a predetermined state is detected; and

means for detecting a reference timing in a frame of a received signal based on the output from said state detection signal generating unit.

8. A reception apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a signal delaying unit for delaying the output from said demodulation unit by a predetermined time and then supplying the delayed output to said multiplying unit.