Subdimensional single-carrier modulation
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1. A method for modulating a sequence of data symbols such that the modulated sequence has spectral redundancy, the method comprising the operation of:
- inserting null symbols in the sequence of data symbols such that a specified pattern of K data symbols and N-K null symbols is formed in every period of N symbols in the modulated sequence, N and K being positive integers and K being smaller than N, wherein positions of the K data symbols within every period of N symbols are defined by an index set.
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Abstract
A method for modulating a sequence of data symbols such that the transmit signal exhibits spectral redundancy. Null symbols are inserted in the sequence of data symbols such that a specified pattern of K data symbols and N-K null symbols is formed in every period of N symbols in the modulated sequence, N and K being positive integers and K being smaller than N.
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1. A method for modulating a sequence of data symbols such that the modulated sequence has spectral redundancy, the method comprising the operation of:
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inserting null symbols in the sequence of data symbols such that a specified pattern of K data symbols and N-K null symbols is formed in every period of N symbols in the modulated sequence, N and K being positive integers and K being smaller than N, wherein positions of the K data symbols within every period of N symbols are defined by an index set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
filtering the modulated sequence to produce notches in spectrum of the modulated sequence at predetermined frequency bands, the notches having an aggregate bandwidth of less than or equal to ((N-K)/N)×
(1/T), where 1/T is the Nyquist bandwidth.
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11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the operation of:
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filtering the modulated sequence using a transmit filter to produce a transmit signal; and
transmitting the transmit signal over a transmission channel.
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12. The method of claim 11 wherein the transmit filter is a raised cosine filter.
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13. The method of claim 11 wherein the transmission channel has disturbances causing at least one notch in the spectrum of the transmit signal as received at a receiver.
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14. The method of claim 13 wherein an aggregate bandwidth of notches caused by disturbances in the transmission channel and of notches already existing in the spectrum of the transmit signal before transmission is less than or equal to ((N-K)/N)×
- (1/T), where 1/T is the Nyquist bandwidth.
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15. A method for processing a receive sequence, the receive sequence corresponding to a modulated sequence having a specified pattern of K data symbols and N-K null symbols within every period of N symbols, the positions of the K data symbols within every period of N symbols being defined by an index set, N and K being positive integers and K being smaller than N, the method comprising the operation of:
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equalizing the receive sequence using a time-varying equalizer having K sets of coefficients, each of the K sets of coefficients being used periodically and in accordance with the index set, to produce an equalized receive sequence. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
receiving at a receive filter a receive analog signal corresponding to said modulated sequence via a communication channel; and
sampling an output of the receive filter to produce the receive sequence.
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17. The method of claim 16 wherein the receive analog signal has spectral notches having an aggregate bandwidth of less than or equal to ((N-K)/N)×
- (1/T), where 1/T is the Nyquist bandwidth, and wherein the equalized receive sequence is substantially free of intersymbol interference.
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18. The method of claim 15 wherein the operation of equalizing comprises:
swapping each of the K sets of coefficients in and out of a plurality of buffers, in accordance with the index set, to be used periodically to equalize the receive sequence, the K sets of coefficients being stored in said plurality of buffers.
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19. A system for modulating a sequence of data symbols such that the modulated sequence has spectral redundancy, the system comprising:
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a modulator for inserting null symbols in the sequence of data symbols such that a specified pattern of K data symbols and N-K null symbols is formed in every period of N symbols in the modulated sequence, N and K being positive integers and K being smaller than N, wherein the positions of the K data symbols within every period of N symbols are defined by an index set; and
a transmit filter for filtering the modulated sequence to produce a transmit signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
a notch filter for filtering the modulated sequence to produce notches in spectrum of the modulated sequence at predetermined frequency bands, the notches having an aggregate bandwidth of less than or equal to ((N-K)/N)×
(1/T), where 1/T is the Nyquist bandwidth.
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29. The system of claim 19 wherein the transmit filter is coupled to a transmission channel to transmit the transmit signal.
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30. The system of claim 29 wherein the transmit filter is a raised cosine filter.
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31. The system of claim 29 wherein the transmission channel has disturbances causing at least one notch in the spectrum of the transmit signal as received at a receiver.
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32. The system of claim 31 wherein an aggregate bandwidth of notches caused by disturbances in the transmission channel and of notches already existing in the spectrum of the transmit signal before transmission is less than or equal to ((N-K)/N)×
- (1/T), where 1/T is the Nyquist bandwidth.
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33. A system for processing a receive sequence, the receive sequence corresponding to a modulated sequence having a specified pattern of K data symbols and N-K null symbols within every period of N symbols in the modulated sequence, positions of the K data symbols within every period of N symbols being defined by an index set, N and K being positive integers and K being smaller than N, the system comprising:
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a receive filter configured to receive an analog signal associated with the receive sequence; and
a time-varying equalizer having K sets of coefficients for equalizing the receive sequence, each of the K sets of coefficients being used periodically and in accordance with the index set. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
a sampler sampling an output of the receive filter and producing the receive sequence. -
35. The system of claim 34 wherein the receive analog signal has spectral notches having an aggregate bandwidth of less than or equal to ((N-K)/N)×
- (1/T), where 1/T is the Nyquist bandwidth, and wherein the time-varying equalizer produces an output substantially free of intersymbol interference.
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36. The system of claim 33 wherein the K sets of coefficients are stored in a plurality of buffers, each of the K sets of coefficients being swapped in and out of said plurality of buffers, in accordance with the index set, to be used periodically to equalize the receive sequence.
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