Physical layer header structure for decoding and synchronization
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1. A terminal to process a physical layer header for a received wireless signal, the terminal comprising:
- a receiver module for receiving the wireless signal transmitted via a satellite;
an A/D module, communicatively coupled with the receiver module, for processing the received wireless signal to generate a digitized stream of symbols comprising a physical layer signal; and
a header processing module, communicatively coupled with the A/D module,for searching the received wireless signal for a code block of a first physical layer header corresponding to a start of frame location;
for processing the code block to identify the start of frame location, wherein the code block further comprises signaling information attributable to the payload of the frame;
for utilizing the identified start of frame location to achieve frame synchronization and thereby identify a second physical layer header arriving after the first physical layer header; and
for decoding a code block of the second physical layer header to identify signaling information for a payload associated with the second physical layer header.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, processors, and methods are described which may be used for the reception of a wireless broadband signal at a user terminal from a gateway via a satellite. A wireless signal may include a series of physical layer frames, each frame including a physical layer header and payload. The received signal is digitized and processed using various novel physical layer headers and related techniques to synchronize the physical layer frames and recover data from physical layer headers for purposes of demodulation and decoding.
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1. A terminal to process a physical layer header for a received wireless signal, the terminal comprising:
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a receiver module for receiving the wireless signal transmitted via a satellite; an A/D module, communicatively coupled with the receiver module, for processing the received wireless signal to generate a digitized stream of symbols comprising a physical layer signal; and a header processing module, communicatively coupled with the A/D module, for searching the received wireless signal for a code block of a first physical layer header corresponding to a start of frame location; for processing the code block to identify the start of frame location, wherein the code block further comprises signaling information attributable to the payload of the frame;
for utilizing the identified start of frame location to achieve frame synchronization and thereby identify a second physical layer header arriving after the first physical layer header; and
for decoding a code block of the second physical layer header to identify signaling information for a payload associated with the second physical layer header. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of processing a wireless signal, the method comprising:
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processing the wireless signal to generate a digitized stream of symbols comprising a physical layer signal representative of the wireless signal; searching the digitized stream of symbols for a code block of a physical layer header corresponding to a start of frame location; processing a portion of the digitized stream comprising the code block to identify the start of frame location, wherein the code block further comprises signaling information attributable to a payload of the frame; utilizing the identified start of frame location to achieve frame synchronization and thereby identify a second physical layer header in the digitized stream arriving after the first physical layer header; and decoding a code block of the second physical layer header to identify signaling information for a payload associated with the second physical layer header. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for transmitting a wireless signal, the system comprising:
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a gateway for generating a code block comprising a physical layer header of a physical layer frame, the code block identifying signaling information for a payload of the frame and further formatted to be useable by a receiver to identify a start of the frame; and for transmitting the physical layer header and the payload appended thereto, the payload transmitted according to the signaling information; and a terminal, in wireless communication with the gateway via a satellite, for receiving and processing the wireless signal to generate a digitized stream of symbols comprising a physical layer signal representative of the wireless signal; for searching the digitized stream of symbols for the code block; for processing a portion of the digitized stream comprising the code block to identify a start of frame location;
for utilizing the identified start of frame location to achieve frame synchronization and thereby identify a second physical layer header in the digitized stream arriving after the first physical layer header; and
for decoding a code block of the second physical layer header to identify signaling information for a payload associated with the second physical layer header.
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