Radio communication device, demodulation method, and frequency deflection correction circuit

• US 8,018,914 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2004
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Suemitsu, Taisei
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar; Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHAHEED, KHALID W
• Application Number:
  US11/578,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20080279172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,675 Days
• Field of Search: 370/322, 370/326, 370/328, 370/347, 370/350, 370/224, 370/249, 370/252, 370/503, 370/215, 370/516, 370/395.62, 370/324, 375/326, 375/350, 375/368, 375/344, 375/233, 375/252, 375/358, 375/294, 375/327, 375/376, 375/215, 375/221, 455/13.2, 455 20- 24, 455 42- 43, 455/63.8, 455/68, 455/69, 455/703, 455 70- 71, 455 75- 77, 455/87, 455112-113, 455/126, 455/139
• US Class Current: 370/347
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0014 Carrier regulation of chaotic carriers H04L27/001; for multicarrier receivers H04L27/2657
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2271 wherein the carrier recovery circuit uses only the demodulated signals

Abstract

A demodulation section 13 receives a TDMA-TDD based phase-modulated burst signal of mobile communications and demodulates the burst signal by a synchronous detection system (or a quasi-synchronous detection system). The demodulation section 13 includes a frequency deviation compensation section and a carrier recovery section each having a loop filter 14 with three or more stages of time constants. The time constants are switched by a selector switch 15 based on a control signal from a demodulation control section 16. This achieves quick pull-in and jitter after convergence is minimized, thereby allowing highly efficient performance of frequency deviation compensation, etc. that is required for synchronous detection (or quasi-synchronous detection) without increasing the size of circuit.

Claims

1. A radio communication apparatus, comprising:

a demodulation section that receives a phase-modulated burst signal, and demodulates the burst signal using one of a synchronous detection system and a quasi-synchronous detection system; and

a demodulation control section that generates a control signal to control demodulation of the burst signal in the demodulation section based on a reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section,

wherein the demodulation section includes,

a filter that filters a signal based on the burst signal using a set time constant, and

a time constant switching section that counts a number of burst signals received after a change in the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section and switches a time constant of the filter by the control signal based on a comparison of the number of burst signals received with a predetermined number.

2. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the filter is a loop filter in a frequency deviation compensation section that compensates deviation of a frequency of the burst signal.

3. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the filter is a loop filter in a carrier recovery section that recovers a carrier wave of the burst signal.

4. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the filter is a loop filter in a bit timing recovery section that recovers bit timing of the burst signal.

5. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the filter is a loop filter in a reception level conversion section that converts a reception level of the burst signal.

6. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the demodulation section further demodulates a burst signal phase-modulated based on a Time Division Multiple Access protocol.

7. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the demodulation control section further detects the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section to determine one of three states, a synchronous state, an asynchronous state, and an intermediate state between the synchronous state and the asynchronous state, and outputs the control signal based on the detected reception state, and

the time constant switching section further includes a time constant having a large value for the synchronous state, a time constant having an intermediate value for the intermediate state, and a time constant having a small value for the asynchronous state, and switches the time constants according to the control signal.

10. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the demodulation control section further detects the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section based on a signal-to-noise ratio, and outputs the control signal based on the detected reception state, and

the time constant switching section switches the time constant of the filter according to the control signal.

13. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the demodulation control section determines the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section to determine one of a synchronous state and an asynchronous state and generates a control signal to switch the time constant of the filter to a larger value when the demodulation control section determines a state transition of the demodulation section from the asynchronous state to the synchronous state, and

the time constant switching section, when the demodulation control section generates the control signal to switch the time constant of the filter to the larger value, switches the time constant of the filter to an intermediate value that is larger than the time constant of the filter at a time when the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section is the asynchronous state, begins counting a number of burst signals received after switching the time constant of the filter to the intermediate value, and, when the counted number of the burst signals reaches the predetermined number, switches the time constant of the filter to a larger value than the intermediate value.

14. The radio communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the demodulation control section determines the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section to determine one of a synchronous state and an asynchronous state and generates a control signal to switch the time constant of the filter to a smaller value when the demodulation control section determines a state transition of the demodulation section from the synchronous state to the asynchronous state, and

the time constant switching section, when the demodulation control section generates the control signal to switch the time constant of the filter to the smaller value, switches the time constant of the filter to an intermediate value that is smaller than the time constant of the filter at a time when the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section is the synchronous state, begins counting a number of burst signals received after switching the time constant of the filter to the intermediate value, and, when the counted number of the burst signals reaches the predetermined number, switches the time constant of the filter to a smaller value than the intermediate value.

8. A radio communication apparatus, comprising:

a demodulation section that receives a phase-modulated burst signal, and demodulates the burst signal using one of a synchronous detection system and a quasi-synchronous detection system; and

a demodulation control section that generates a control signal to control demodulation of the burst signal in the demodulation section based on a reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section, wherein

the demodulation section includes

a filter that filters a signal based on the burst signal using a set time constant, and

a time constant switching section that switches a time constant of the filter by the control signal based on a comparison of a number of burst signals received with a predetermined number,

the demodulation control section detects the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section to determine one of three states, a synchronous state, an asynchronous state, and an intermediate state between the synchronous state and the asynchronous state, and outputs the control signal indicating a detected reception state,

the switching section includes a time constant having a large value for the synchronous state, a time constant having an intermediate value for the intermediate state, and a time constant having a small value for the asynchronous state, and switches the time constants according to the reception state indicated by the control signal, and

the demodulation control section determines as the intermediate state a reception state of a predetermined number of frames or slots of the burst signal at the demodulation section in transition from the asynchronous state to the synchronous state.

9. A radio communication apparatus, comprising:

a demodulation section that receives a phase-modulated burst signal, and demodulates the burst signal using one of a synchronous detection system and a quasi-synchronous detection system; and

a demodulation control section that generates a control signal to control demodulation of the burst signal in the demodulation section based on a reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section, wherein

the demodulation section includes

a filter that filters a signal based on the burst signal using a set time constant, and

a time constant switching section that switches a time constant of the filter by the control signal based on a comparison of a number of burst signals received with a predetermined number,

the demodulation control section detects the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section to determine one of three states, a synchronous state, an asynchronous state, and an intermediate state between the synchronous state and the asynchronous state, and outputs the control signal indicating a detected reception state,

the switching section includes a time constant having a large value for the synchronous state, a time constant having an intermediate value for the intermediate state, and a time constant having a small value for the asynchronous state, and switches the time constants according to the reception state indicated by the control signal, and

the demodulation control section determines as the intermediate state a reception state of a predetermined number of frames or slots of the burst signal at the demodulation section in transition from the synchronous state to the asynchronous state.

11. A demodulation method in a radio communication apparatus including a demodulation section that receives a burst signal and demodulates the signal by a synchronous detection system using a filter, and a demodulation control section that controls the demodulation section, the method comprising:

the demodulation section;

receiving a digitally phase-modulated burst signal by a time division multiple access system;

the demodulation control section;

detecting the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section;

determining one of three states, a synchronous state, an asynchronous state, and an intermediate state between the synchronous state and the asynchronous state based on the detected reception state, the determining of the intermediate state based on a reception state of a predetermined number of frames or slots of the burst signal at the demodulation section in transition from the asynchronous state to the synchronous state or a reception state of a predetermined number of frames or slots of the burst signal at the demodulation section in transition from the synchronous state to the asynchronous state;

generating a control signal to control a time constant of the filter in the demodulation section based on a reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section, the reception state indicating whether the burst signal is synchronous or asynchronous; and

the demodulation section;

switching the time constant of the filter based on the control signal and filtering a signal based on the burst signal, wherein the switching includes switching the time constant to a large value for the synchronous state, a small value for the asynchronous state, and an intermediate value for the intermediate state.

12. A radio communication apparatus, comprising:

a time constant switching section that counts a number of burst signals received after a change in a reception state of the burst signal at a demodulation section and selects a time constant based on a comparison of the number of burst signals received with a predetermined number, and

a loop filter that filters a signal based on the burst signal by using the time constant selected by the time constant switching section.

15. A demodulation method in a radio communication apparatus including a demodulation section that receives a burst signal and demodulates the signal by a synchronous detection system using a filter, and a demodulation control section that controls the demodulation section, the method comprising:

the demodulation section;

receiving a digitally phase-modulated burst signal by a time division multiple access system;

the demodulation control section;

detecting the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section;

determining one of three states, a synchronous state, an asynchronous state, and an intermediate state between the synchronous state and the asynchronous state based on the detected reception state, the determining of the intermediate state based on a reception state of a predetermined number of frames or slots of the burst signal at the demodulation section in transition from the asynchronous state to the synchronous state;

generating a control signal to control a time constant of the filter in the demodulation section based on a reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section, the reception state indicating whether the burst signal is synchronous or asynchronous; and

the demodulation section;

switching the time constant of the filter based on the control signal and filtering a signal based on the burst signal, wherein the switching includes switching the time constant to a large value for the synchronous state, a small value for the asynchronous state, and an intermediate value for the intermediate state.

16. A demodulation method in a radio communication apparatus including a demodulation section that receives a burst signal and demodulates the signal by a synchronous detection system using a filter, and a demodulation control section that controls the demodulation section, the method comprising:

the demodulation section;

receiving a digitally phase-modulated burst signal by a time division multiple access system;

the demodulation control section;

detecting the reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section;

determining one of three states, a synchronous state, an asynchronous state, and an intermediate state between the synchronous state and the asynchronous state based on the detected reception state, the determining of the intermediate state based on a reception state of a predetermined number of frames or slots of the burst signal at the demodulation section in transition from the synchronous state to the asynchronous state;

generating a control signal to control a time constant of the filter in the demodulation section based on a reception state of the burst signal at the demodulation section, the reception state indicating whether the burst signal is synchronous or asynchronous; and

the demodulation section;

switching the time constant of the filter based on the control signal and filtering a signal based on the burst signal, wherein the switching includes switching the time constant to a large value for the synchronous state, a small value for the asynchronous state, and an intermediate value for the intermediate state.