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Apparatus and method of eliminating vestigial sideband pilot tone in vestigial sideband/quadrature amplitude modulation system

  • US 6,944,241 B1
  • Filed: 08/24/2000
  • Issued: 09/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for eliminating a vestigial sideband (VSB) pilot tone in a vestigial sideband/quadrature amplitude modulation (VSB/QAM) shared receiving system including a VSB/QAM shared demodulator for demodulating a received VSB signal and outputting I-axis VSB symbols and Q-axis VSB symbols, the apparatus comprising:

  • an I-axis pilot tone eliminating unit for dividing the I-axis VSB symbols into a first plurality of groups according to the sign of an I-axis pilot tone which remains in each symbol, obtaining the value of the I-axis pilot tone by calculating the average of VSB symbols in each of the first plurality of groups, and eliminating the I-axis pilot tone by adding the value of the I-axis pilot tone to or subtracting the value of the I-axis pilot tone from the I-axis VSB symbols; and

    a Q-axis pilot tone eliminating unit for dividing the Q-axis VSB symbols into a second plurality of groups according to the sign of a Q-axis pilot tone which remains in each symbol, obtaining the value of the Q-axis pilot tone by calculating the average of VSB symbols in each of the second plurality of groups, and eliminating the Q-axis pilot tone by adding the value of the Q-axis pilot tone to or subtracting the value of the Q-axis pilot tone from the Q-axis VSB symbols.

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