Apparatus and methods for compensating for signal imbalance in a receiver
First Claim
1. A method for compensating for an imbalance between a first component of a data signal and a second component of the data signal, the data signal having a positive-valued frequency and being modulated by a carrier signal having a frequency error, the method comprising:
- receiving the data and carrier signals;
selecting a value for a time domain parameter such that a frequency domain energy corresponding to a negative-valued frequency is minimized;
modifying in the time domain at least one of the components based on the value,estimating a carrier signal frequency corresponding to the carrier signal;
estimating a residual carrier frequency error; and
modifying an estimate of the carrier frequency based on the residual carrier frequency error;
wherein the modifying in the time domain comprises;
identifying a first value corresponding to a signal amplitude multiplier for the component; and
identifying a second value corresponding to a phase shift for the component.
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Abstract
Apparatus, methods and systems for compensating for an I/Q imbalance may include compensating for an imbalance between a first component of a data signal and a second component of the data signal. The data signal may be modulated by a carrier signal having a frequency error. The first component may be characterized by at least one parameter. The method may include receiving the data and carrier signals; selecting a value for the parameter such that the frequency domain energy at negative frequencies is reduced; and modifying at least one of the components based on the value.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for compensating for an imbalance between a first component of a data signal and a second component of the data signal, the data signal having a positive-valued frequency and being modulated by a carrier signal having a frequency error, the method comprising:
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receiving the data and carrier signals; selecting a value for a time domain parameter such that a frequency domain energy corresponding to a negative-valued frequency is minimized; modifying in the time domain at least one of the components based on the value, estimating a carrier signal frequency corresponding to the carrier signal; estimating a residual carrier frequency error; and modifying an estimate of the carrier frequency based on the residual carrier frequency error; wherein the modifying in the time domain comprises; identifying a first value corresponding to a signal amplitude multiplier for the component; and identifying a second value corresponding to a phase shift for the component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system operative to record complex parameters corresponding to frequency components of a received signal, the signal carrying at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, the parameters corresponding to:
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a carrier frequency having a frequency error; a first tone; and a second tone, the system configured to estimate a frequency bin corresponding to each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; wherein there are first and second complex parameters corresponding to each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone, the system is further operative to; estimate a second frequency bin corresponding to each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; and record the first and second complex parameters for each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; the system further operative to record both of the complex parameters for each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone based upon an estimated value for each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; wherein all of the estimated values correspond to a single OFDM symbol. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method using one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor on a computer system, instruct the method to record complex parameters during a MoCA Probe2 burst reception, the parameters corresponding to frequency components of a received signal, the signal carrying at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, the parameters corresponding to:
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a carrier frequency having a frequency error; a first tone; and a second tone; the method further operative to estimate values of each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone for each of the OFDM symbols when the received signal during the MoCA Probe2 burst reception carries a plurality of OFDM symbols; wherein there are first and second complex parameters corresponding to each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone, the method is further operative to; estimate a second frequency bin corresponding to each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; and record the first and second complex parameters for each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; method further operative to record both of the complex parameters for each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone based upon an estimated value for each of the carrier frequency, the first tone and the second tone; wherein all of the estimated values correspond to a single OFDM symbol. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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