Method and apparatus for processing radio signals to identify an active system in a coexisting radio network

• US 8,010,069 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yu, Chung-Kai, Chen, Kwang-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierre; Peguy Jean
• Application Number:
  US12/338,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20090258597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 455/162.2, 455/226.1, 455/67.14, 455/150.1, 455/156.1, 455/164.1
• US Class Current: 455/161.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method of multiple systems sensing for coexisting radio networks, including: performing energy detection and carrier locking; detecting the fundamental frequencies; and identifying the corresponding active systems from the detected fundamental frequencies and the evaluation of the estimated power spectrum density vector or the estimated trispectrum matrix. Based on the method, an apparatus capable of multiple systems sensing is presented. Furthermore, the present invention also provides an apparatus of multiple systems sensing for coexisting radio networks.

Claims

1. A method for processing a plurality of radio signals to identify an active status of a target system among a plurality of communication systems in a coexisting radio network, comprising the steps of:

squaring the radio signals to produce a plurality of squared signals;

filtering the squared signals to produce filtered signals containing a plurality of fundamental frequencies of the communication systems in the coexisting radio network;

identifying the target system in the communication systems by detecting the frequency locations of peak energy corresponding to the fundamental frequencies in the filtered signals;

estimating a power spectrum density of the target system; and

identifying an active status of the target system by performing spectrum analysis.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the spectrum analysis is performed by a matrix operation.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the matrix operation is a Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) operation.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the matrix operation includes an Eigen Values Decomposition (EVD) of the trispectrum matrix operation and a Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) operation.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the filtered signals is produced by a narrowband filter.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein one of the systems in the coexisting radio network is 802.11 system, Bluetooth system, UWB system, or Microwave Oven system.

7. An apparatus for processing a plurality of radio signals to identify an active status of a target system among a plurality of communication systems in a coexisting radio network, comprising:

an antenna for receiving the radio signals;

a squarer coupled to the antenna for squaring the radio signals to produce a plurality of squared radio signals;

a filter coupled to the squarer for filtering the squared radio signals to produce filtered signals containing a plurality of fundamental frequencies of the communication systems in the coexisting radio network;

a system detecting unit coupled to the filter for identifying the target system in the communication systems by detecting the frequency locations of peak energy corresponding to the fundamental frequencies in the filtered signals;

an estimator coupled to the receiver for estimating a power spectrum density of the target system; and

a multiple systems monitoring unit coupled to the estimator and the system detecting unit for identifying an active status of the target system by performing spectrum analysis.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the spectrum analysis is performed by a matrix operation.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the matrix operation is a Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) operation.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the matrix operation includes an Eigen Values Decomposition (EVD) of the trispectrum matrix operation and a Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) operation.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the filter is a narrowband filter.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein one of the systems in the coexisting radio network is 802.11 system, Bluetooth system, UWB system, or Microwave Oven system.

13. An apparatus for processing a plurality of radio signals to identify an active status of a target system among a plurality of communication systems in a coexisting radio network, comprising:

an antenna for receiving the radio signals;

a squarer coupled to the antenna for squaring the radio signals to produce a plurality of squared radio signals;

a filter coupled to the squarer for filtering the squared radio signals to produce a plurality of filtered signals containing a plurality of fundamental frequencies of the communication systems in the coexisting radio network; and

a multiple systems sensing unit coupled to the filter and the antenna for identifying an active status of the target system.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the multiple systems sensing unit comprising:

a spectrum estimator coupled to the filter for estimating the power spectrum density of a target system in the communication systems;

a computing unit coupled to the spectrum estimator for performing Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) operation of the estimated power spectrum density to produce a first information corresponding to the status of the target system;

a system detector coupled to the computing unit for detecting the fundamental frequencies in the filtered signals and producing the second information corresponding to the systems; and

a determining unit coupled to the system detector for identifying the status of the target system according to the first information and the second information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the multiple systems sensing unit comprising:

a spectrum estimator coupled to the filter for estimating the power spectrum density of a target system;

a computing unit coupled to the spectrum estimator for performing Eigen Values Decomposition (EVD) operation of the trispectrum matrix and Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) operation to produce a first information corresponding to the status of the target system;

a system detector coupled to the computing unit for detecting the frequency locations of peak energy corresponding to the fundamental frequencies in the filtered signals and producing the second information corresponding to the systems; and

a determining unit coupled to the system detector for identifying the status of the target system according to the first information and the second information.