Method and apparatus for estimation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol timing and carrier frequency offset
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1. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
- receiving a preamble including at least two adjacent short training symbols;
sampling said at least two adjacent short training symbols of said preamble at a first rate; and
correlating said at least two adjacent short training symbols to generate a correlation signal.
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Abstract
A system and method estimates symbol timing of long training symbols and coarse carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network. The system and method estimates the symbol timing and coarse carrier frequency offset during short training symbols of a preamble of a data packet. Fine carrier frequency offset is estimated during long training symbols. Channel estimates during a data portion of the data packet are adapted.
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1. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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receiving a preamble including at least two adjacent short training symbols; sampling said at least two adjacent short training symbols of said preamble at a first rate; and correlating said at least two adjacent short training symbols to generate a correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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receiving a preamble including a plurality of short training symbols; sampling said short training symbols of said preamble using a sampling window; and correlating samples from the short training symbols in a first half of said sampling window with samples from the short training symbols in a second half of said sampling window to generate a correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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receiving a preamble including a plurality of short training symbols; sampling said short training symbols of said preamble using a sampling window; correlating a first half of said sampling window with a second half of said sampling window to generate a correlation signal; normalizing said correlation signal to generate a normalized correlation signal; and wherein said normalizing step further comprises dividing said correlation signal by an energy of at least one of said first and second halves of said sampling window. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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sampling at least two adjacent short training symbols of a preamble of a data packet to generate a received signal; quantizing sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; and correlating said quantized sign bits to generate a correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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sampling short training symbols of a preamble of a data packet to generate a received signal; quantizing sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; generating a filtered sum of an absolute value of a real component of said correlation signal and an absolute value of an imaginary component of said correlation signal; identifying a local maximum value of said filtered sum during said short training symbols; and multiplying said local maximum value of said filtered sum by a threshold value to identify a right edge of a plateau wherein said threshold value is greater than zero and less than one. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A method for estimating carrier frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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sampling short and long training symbols of a preamble of a data packet to generate a received signal; quantizing sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; correlating said quantized sign bits of at least two adjacent short training symbols to generate a first correlation signal; generating a symbol timing estimate that is based on said first correlation signal and identifies a start time of first and second ones of said long training symbols correlating said first and second long training symbols to generate a second correlation signal; and calculating a fine carrier frequency offset from said second correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A method for adapting a carrier frequency offset estimate in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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generating channel estimates for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarrier as a function of subcarrier index values during a data portion of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing packet; generating a complex number by summing a product of frequency domain signals and said channel estimates for each of said subcarrier index values and dividing said sum by a sum of a squared absolute value of said channel estimate for each of said subcarrier index values; calculating an imaginary component of said complex number; and adapting the carrier frequency offset estimate based on said imaginary component.
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46. A method for adapting a carrier frequency offset estimate in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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generating channel estimates for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarrier as a function of subcarrier index values; generating a complex number by summing a product of frequency domain signals and said channel estimates for each of said subcarrier index values and dividing said sum by a sum of a squared absolute value of said channel estimate for each of said subcarrier index values; calculating an imaginary component of said complex number; multiplying said imaginary component by an adaptation parameter to generate a product; and adding said product to a prior carrier frequency offset estimate to produce an adapted carrier frequency offset estimate.
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47. A carrier frequency offset estimator for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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sampling means for sampling at least two adjacent short training symbols of a preamble of a data packet to generate a received signal; quantizing means for quantizing sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; and correlating means for correlating said quantized sign bits of at least two adjacent short training symbols to generate a correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A carrier frequency offset estimator for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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sampling means for sampling short and long training symbols of a preamble of a data packet to generate a received signal; quantizing means for quantizing sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; first correlating means for correlating said quantized sign bits of at least two adjacent short training symbols to generate a first correlation signal; symbol timing generating means for generating a symbol timing estimate that is based on said first correlation signal and identifies a start time of first and second ones of said long training correlating means for correlating said first and second long training symbols to generate a second correlation signal; and first calculating means for calculating a fine carrier frequency offset from said second correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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63. A carrier frequency offset estimate adaptor for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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channel estimate generating means for generating channel estimates for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarrier as a function of subcarrier index values during a data portion of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing packet; complex number generating means for generating a complex number by summing a product of frequency domain signals and said channel estimates for each of said subcarrier index values and dividing said sum by a sum of a squared absolute value of said channel estimate for each of said subcarrier index values; first calculating means for calculating an imaginary component of said complex number; adapting means for adapting the carrier frequency offset estimate based on said imaginary component.
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64. A carrier frequency offset estimate adaptor for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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channel estimate generating means for generating channel estimates for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarrier as a function of subcarrier index values; complex number generating means for generating a complex number by summing a product of frequency domain signals and said channel estimates for each of said subcarrier index values and dividing said sum by a sum of a squared absolute value of said channel estimate for each of said subcarrier index values; first calculating means for calculating an imaginary component of said complex number; and first multiplying means for multiplying said imaginary component by an adaptation parameter to generate a product. - View Dependent Claims (65)
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66. A carrier frequency offset estimator for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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a sampler that samples at least two adjacent short training symbols of a preamble of a data packet to generate a received signal; a quantizer that quantizes sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; and a correlator that correlates said quantized sign bits to generate a correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A carrier frequency offset estimator for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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a sampler that samples short and long training symbols of a preamble of a data packet and generates a received signal; a quantizer that quantizes sign bits of real and imaginary components of said received signal; a first correlator that correlates said quantized sign bits of at least two adjacent short training symbols to generate a first correlation signal; a symbol timing generator that produces a symbol timing estimate that is based on said first correlation signal and identifies a start time of first and second ones of said long training symbols; a second correlator that correlates said first and second long training symbols to generate a second correlation signal; and a first calculator that calculates a fine carrier frequency offset from said second correlation signal. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81)
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82. A carrier frequency offset estimate adaptor for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network, comprising:
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a channel estimator that generates channel estimates for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarrier as a function of subcarrier index values during a data portion of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing packet; a complex number generator that generates a complex number by summing a product of frequency domain signals and said channel estimates for each of said subcarrier index values and dividing said sum by a sum of a squared absolute value of said channel estimate for each of said subcarrier index values; a first calculator that calculates an imaginary component of said complex number; and an adaptor that adapts the carrier frequency offset estimate based on said imaginary component. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84)
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