Receiver for differentially modulated multicarrier signals
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1. A receiver for receiving a differentially modulated multicarrier (DMM) signal from a communication channel, the DMM signal comprising a plurality of modulated subcarriers, the receiver comprising:
- a channel estimator for estimating an inter-symbol channel variation characteristic (ISCVC) based on the received DMM signal and a differentially decoded signal obtained from the received DMM signal;
a first smoothing filter for smoothing the inter-symbol channel variation characteristic in frequency or time and for producing a filtered ISCVC; and
,an equalizing differential detector (EDD) for generating the differentially decoded signal from the received DMM signal based on the filtered ISCVC so as to correct for channel-induced distortions of the received DMM signal.
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Abstract
The invention relates to receivers and methods for receiving multi-carrier differentially modulated signals utilizing iterative decision-directed differential detection. The receiver includes a decision feedback loop including a channel estimator for estimating inter-symbol channel variations, and a differential equalizer for correcting channel-induced errors in a differentially detected signal based on the estimated inter-symbol channel variations.
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1. A receiver for receiving a differentially modulated multicarrier (DMM) signal from a communication channel, the DMM signal comprising a plurality of modulated subcarriers, the receiver comprising:
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a channel estimator for estimating an inter-symbol channel variation characteristic (ISCVC) based on the received DMM signal and a differentially decoded signal obtained from the received DMM signal; a first smoothing filter for smoothing the inter-symbol channel variation characteristic in frequency or time and for producing a filtered ISCVC; and
,an equalizing differential detector (EDD) for generating the differentially decoded signal from the received DMM signal based on the filtered ISCVC so as to correct for channel-induced distortions of the received DMM signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A receiver for receiving a differentially modulated multicarrier (DMM) signal from a communication channel, the DMM signal comprising a plurality of modulated subcarriers, the receiver comprising:
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a channel estimator for estimating an inter-symbol channel variation characteristic (ISCVC) based on the received DMM signal and a differentially decoded signal obtained from the received DMM signal, wherein the channel estimator comprises; a channel gain estimator (CGE) for generating a channel gain estimate of the communication channel based on the received DMM signal and the differentially decoded signal; and
,an inter-symbol channel variation estimator (ISCVE) for estimating the ISCVC from the subcarrier gain estimates; a first smoothing filter for smoothing the inter-symbol channel variation characteristic in frequency or time and for producing a filtered ISCVC; and
,an equalizing differential detector (EDD) for generating the differentially decoded signal from the received DMM signal based on the filtered ISCVC so as to correct for channel-induced distortions of the received DMM signal; wherein the channel estimator further includes a second smoothing filter operatively connected between the CGE and the ISCVE for; smoothing the channel gain estimate in time if the first smoothing filter is for smoothing the differential channel characteristic in frequency, or smoothing the channel gain estimate in frequency if the first smoothing filter is for smoothing the differential channel characteristic in time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a wireless receiver, a method of decoding a differentially modulated multicarrier (DMM) signal comprising a plurality of modulated subcarriers, the method comprising:
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a) receiving the differentially modulated multicarrier (DMM) signal from a communication channel; b) storing the DMM signal in a computer-usable buffer memory; c) obtaining a decoded signal corresponding to the received DMM signal using a differential decoder; d) estimating channel gain values for the plurality of subcarriers based on the stored DMM signal and the decoded signal; e) estimating an inter-symbol channel variation characteristic (ISCVC) from the channel gain values; f) applying a smoothing filter for smoothing the ISCVC in frequency or time to obtain a filtered ISCVC; and
,g) updating the decoded signal using the filtered ISCVC so as to at least partially correct for channel-induced distortions thereof. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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