Receiving device, receiving method, program and wireless communication system

• US 8,250,422 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2009
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sawai, Ryo
• Primary Examiner(s): Chung, Phung M
• Application Number:
  US12/558,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20100095180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 714/746, 714/795, 714/799, 375/262, 375/341
• US Class Current: 714/746
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0048 in conjunction with detection of multiuser or interfering signals, e.g. iteration between CDMA or MIMO detector and FEC decoder for spatial equalizer H04L25/03286

Abstract

A receiving device is provided that includes a radio receiving unit to receive radio signals transmitted from multiple transmitting antennas by multiple receiving antennas and output received signals being digital signals, a frequency control unit to detect and correct a frequency error contained in the received signals, a channel estimation unit to estimate a channel matrix of which each element corresponds to respective pair of each transmitting antenna and each receiving antenna, an equalization unit to equalize the received signals by using the estimated channel matrix, a demodulation and decoding unit to demodulate and decode the equalized received signals, and an error estimation unit to estimate a channel variation component indicating temporal variation of characteristics of each channel and a phase error component remaining in the received signals based on the channel matrix, the received signals, and a decoding result or an equalization result.

Claims

1. A receiving device comprising:

a radio receiving unit configured to receive radio signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitting antennas using a plurality of receiving antennas and to output the received signals as digital signals;

a frequency control unit configured to detect a frequency error contained in the received signals and to correct the frequency error;

a channel estimation unit configured to estimate a channel matrix, of which each element corresponds to a respective pair of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna each being one of the pluralities of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas;

an equalization unit configured to equalize the error corrected received signals by using the channel matrix estimated by the channel estimation unit;

a demodulation and decoding unit configured to demodulate and decode the received signals equalized by the equalization unit; and

an error estimation unit configured to estimate a channel variation component indicating temporal variation of characteristics of each channel and a phase error component indicating phase error remaining in the received signals following frequency error correction by the frequency control unit, wherein

the estimation is based on a relational expression that includes the estimated channel matrix, the received signals, and a decoding result by the demodulation and decoding unit or an equalization result by the equalization unit.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the error estimation unit calculates the channel variation component and the phase error component by creating a sufficient number of relational expressions between the received signals and the decoding result or the equalization result for calculating the channel variation component and the phase error component with use of a plurality of receiving symbols and solving the created relational expressions.

3. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the error estimation unit calculates the channel variation component and the phase error component according to a recursive least square algorithm or a least mean square algorithm with use of the estimated channel matrix, the received signals, and the decoding result or the equalization result.

4. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the error estimation unit outputs weighted averages of the channel variation component and the phase error component calculated for a plurality of times.

5. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the equalization unit equalizes the received signals by further using the channel variation component estimated by the error estimation unit.

6. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the frequency control unit further corrects phases of the received signals by using the phase error component estimated by the error estimation unit.

7. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the frequency control unit further corrects an error of a phase due to clock deviation based on an amount of change between subcarriers in the phase error component estimated by the error estimation unit.

8. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the error estimation unit further estimates an amplitude error component of the received signals based on a relational expression that includes the channel matrix, the received signals, and the decoding result or the equalization result.

9. The receiving device according to claim 8, wherein

the demodulation and decoding unit corrects an amplitude of the equalization result by the equalization unit by using the amplitude error component estimated by the error estimation unit.

10. A method for receiving radio signals in a receiving device, comprising the steps of:

receiving radio signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitting antennas using a plurality of receiving antennas and outputting the received signals as digital signals;

detecting a frequency error contained in the received signals and correcting the frequency error;

estimating a channel matrix, of which each element corresponds to a respective pair of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna each being one of the pluralities of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas;

equalizing the error corrected received signals by using the estimated channel matrix estimated by the channel estimation unit;

demodulating and decoding the equalized received signals; and

estimating a channel variation component indicating temporal variation of characteristics of each channel and a phase error component indicating phase error remaining in the received signals following frequency error correction, wherein

the estimation is based on a relational expression that includes the estimated channel matrix, the received signals, and a decoding result or an equalization result.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that when executed by a processing circuit controlling a receiving device, the receiving device comprising:

a radio receiving unit configured to receive radio signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitting antennas using a plurality of receiving antennas and to output the received signals as digital signals;

a frequency control unit configured to detect a frequency error contained in the received signals and to correct the frequency error;

a channel estimation unit configured to estimate a channel matrix, of which each element corresponds to a respective pair of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna each being one of the pluralities of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas;

an equalization unit configured to equalize the error corrected received signals by using the channel matrix estimated by the channel estimation unit; and

a demodulation and decoding unit configured to demodulate and decode the received signals equalized by the equalization unit,

causes the processing circuit to function as an error estimation unit configured to estimate a channel variation component indicating temporal variation of characteristics of each channel and a phase error component indicating phase error remaining in the received signals following frequency error correction by the frequency control unit, wherein

the estimation is based on a relational expression that includes the estimated channel matrix, the received signals, and a decoding result by the demodulation and decoding unit or an equalization result by the equalization unit.

12. A wireless communication system comprising:

a transmitting device configured to transmit radio signals from a plurality of transmitting antennas; and

a receiving device including;

a radio receiving unit configured to receive the radio signals using a plurality of receiving antennas and to output the received signals as digital signals,

a frequency control unit configured to detect a frequency error contained in the received signals and to correct the frequency error,

a channel estimation unit configured to estimate a channel matrix, of which each element corresponds to a respective pair of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna each being one of the pluralities of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas,

an equalization unit configured to equalize the error corrected received signals by using the channel matrix estimated by the channel estimation unit,

a demodulation and decoding unit configured to demodulate and decode the received signals equalized by the equalization unit, and

an error estimation unit configured to estimate a channel variation component indicating temporal variation of characteristics of each channel and a phase error component indicating phase error remaining in the received signals following frequency error correction by the frequency control unit, wherein

the estimation is based on a relational expression that includes the estimated channel matrix, the received signals, and a decoding result by the demodulation and decoding unit or an equalization result by the equalization unit.