Single channel full duplex wireless communication

• US 8,576,752 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc. (Aviat Networks Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Redline Communications Inc. (Aviat Networks Incorporated)
• Inventors: Sarca, Octavian
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARLEY, JASON A
• Application Number:
  US13/713,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20130155913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/277
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1461 Suppression of signals in the return path, i.e. bidirectional control circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

A single channel full duplex wireless communication system includes a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, a secondary transmission path, a combining element, a primary transmission feedback path and a secondary transmission feedback path. The transmitter transmits a transmission signal via a transmission path. The receiver receives a received signal via a reception path. The transmitter and the receiver utilize one channel to transmit and receive signals. The transmission signal causes self-interference. The processor estimates a first transfer function and feeds the secondary transmission path with the transmission signal adjusted by the first transfer function to reduce the transmission signal leaked to the reception path. The combining element combines the transmission signal with the adjusted secondary transmission path signal to remove the self-interference. The primary transmission feedback path output is modified by a second transfer function. The secondary transmission feedback path output is modified by a third transfer function.

Claims

1. A single channel full duplex wireless communication system, comprising:

a processor;

a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter transmitting a transmission signal via a transmission path;

a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver receiving a received signal via a reception path, wherein the transmitter and the receiver utilize one channel, at the same time, to transmit and receive said transmission and received signals with no separation between frequencies used for the transmitting and the receiving, wherein a portion of the transmission signal is leaked, said leakage causing self-interference in the received signal;

a secondary transmission path coupled to the processor; and

the processor estimating a first transfer function, wherein the first transfer function has an input comprising the transmission signal fed to the input of the transmission path, and an output comprising the input adjusted by the first transfer function in such a way so as to reduce the self-interference in the received signal, and feeding the input of the secondary transmission path with the output from the first transfer function;

a combining element connected to the input of the receiver and to the output of the secondary transmission path, to combine the received signal with the output from the secondary transmission path, thereby removing at least a fraction of the self-interference; and

a transmission feedback path and a secondary transmission feedback path, wherein the input to the transmission feedback path is connected to the output of the transmission path, and the input to the secondary transmission feedback path is connected to the output of the secondary transmission path, the transmission feedback path output being modified by a second transfer function and the secondary transmission feedback path output being modified by a third transfer function, such that combining of the modified transmission feedback path output and the modified secondary transmission feedback path output with the reception path output reduces the remaining fraction of the self-interference.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the combining of the modified transmission feedback path output and the modified secondary transmission feedback path output with the reception path output produces a recovered signal with an acceptable signal-to-interference ratio.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first, second and third transfer function is implemented within the processor.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein at least one of the first, second or third transfer functions is nonlinear.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the transmitter and the receiver utilize one antenna to transmit and receive signals, the antenna being coupled to both the transmitter and the receiver via a circulator-like device, said circulator-like device achieving a sufficient range of isolation through use of passive noise cancellation techniques, or active noise cancellation techniques, or any combination thereof.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first antenna is a transmission antenna coupled to the transmitter and the second antenna is a receiver antenna coupled to the receiver.

7. The system of claim 4, comprising multiple transmission paths and multiple reception paths.

8. A method of improving signal-to-interference ratio in a single channel full duplex wireless communication system, comprising:

transmitting a transmission signal via a transmission path;

receiving, by a receiver, a received signal via a reception path, the transmission path and the reception path utilizing one channel, at the same time, to transmit and receive transmission and received signals, with no separation between frequencies used for the transmitting and the receiving, wherein a portion of the transmission signal is leaked, said leakage causing self-interference in the received signal;

estimating, by a processor, a first transfer function, wherein the first transfer function has an input comprising the transmission signal fed to the input of the transmission path, and an output comprising the input adjusted by the first transfer function in such a way so as to reduce the self-interference in the received signal;

feeding, by the processor, the input of a secondary transmission path with the output from the first transfer function the secondary transmission path being coupled to the processor;

combining, by a combining element coupled to the input of the receiver and to the output of the secondary transmission path, the received signal with the output from the secondary transmission path thereby removing at least a fraction of the self-interference;

estimating, by the processor, a second transfer function and a third transfer function;

modifying, by the processor, a transmission feedback path output signal with the second transfer function and a secondary transmission feedback path output signal with the third transfer function, wherein the input to the transmission feedback path is connected to the output of the transmission path, and the input to the secondary transmission feedback path is connected to the output of the secondary transmission path; and

adding, by the processor, of the modified transmission feedback path output and the modified secondary transmission feedback path output to the reception path output, thereby reducing the remaining fraction of the self-interference.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the adding of the modified transmission feedback path output and the modified secondary transmission feedback path output to the reception path output produces a recovered signal with an acceptable signal-to-interference ratio;

wherein the first, second and third transfer functions are implemented within the processor; and

wherein at least one of the first, second or third transfer functions is nonlinear.

10. A single channel full duplex wireless communication system, comprising:

a processor;

a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter transmitting a transmission signal via a transmission path;

wherein a portion of the transmission signal is leaked;

a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver receiving a received signal, the received signal including the leakage from the transmission signal, the receiver including at least one combining element and at least one reception path,

wherein the transmitter and the receiver utilize one channel, at the same time, to transmit and receive said transmission and received signals with no separation between frequencies used for the transmitting and the receiving,

wherein the at least one combining element is coupled to an input of the receiver and wherein the at least one reception path is coupled to an output of the receiver,

wherein the receiver produces an output signal, the output signal including self-interference caused by the leakage from the transmission signal;

a secondary transmission path coupled to the processor and to the combining element; and

the processor estimating a first transfer function, wherein the first transfer function has an input comprising the transmission signal fed to the input of the transmission path, and wherein the output of the first transfer function is fed to an input of the secondary transmission path to produce a first intermediate signal at an output of the secondary transmission path,

wherein a first cancellation signal is obtained based upon the first intermediate signal, the first cancellation signal being subsequently combined with the received signal in the at least one combining element so as to reduce the self-interference in the output signal from the receiver;

a second cancellation signal being generated by modifying a second intermediate signal using a second transfer function, the second transfer function being estimated by the processor, the second intermediate signal being obtained based on at least one of the transmission signal or the first intermediate signal, the second cancellation signal being subsequently combined with the output signal from the receiver within the processor, thereby further reducing the self-interference in the output signal from the receiver.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the combining of the second cancellation signal with the output signal from the receiver produces a recovered signal with an acceptable signal-to-interference ratio.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a transmission feedback path coupled to the transmission path, wherein the input to the transmission feedback path is connected to the output of the transmission path;

a third cancellation signal, the third cancellation signal being generated from the transmission signal by directing a portion of the transmission signal output from the transmission path through the transmission feedback path and subsequently modifying the output of the transmission feedback path using a third transfer function, the processor estimating the third transfer function;

the third cancellation signal being subsequently combined with the output signal from the receiver within the processor, thereby further reducing the self-interference in the receiver output signal.

13. The method of claim 12, further wherein the second intermediate signal is obtained by passing a portion of the first intermediate signal through a secondary transmission feedback path, wherein the input of the secondary transmission feedback path is connected to the output of the secondary transmission path.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein

the at least one reception path comprises a plurality of stages;

there are multiple secondary transmission paths, each secondary transmission path coupled to the transmitter and to a corresponding combining element, each corresponding combining element coupled to a corresponding input of one of the plurality of stages;

wherein the output from the first transfer function is fed to an input of each secondary transmission path to produce a corresponding first intermediate signal at an output of each secondary transmission path, each corresponding first intermediate signal used to generate a corresponding first cancellation signal; and

each corresponding first cancellation signal combined with the received signal input to each stage of the at least one reception path in the corresponding combining element, so as to reduce the self-interference in the output signal from the receiver.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first, second or third transfer functions is nonlinear.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are coupled to one antenna to transmit and receive signals, the antenna being coupled to both the transmitter and the receiver via a circulator-like device that isolates the transmission signal from the received signal through use of passive noise cancellation techniques, or active noise cancellation techniques, or any combination thereof.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first antenna is a transmission antenna, the transmission antenna being coupled to the transmission path and wherein the second antenna is a receiver antenna, the receiver antenna being coupled to the receiver.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the nonlinear transfer function is implemented based on a weighted sum of terms derived from the input to the nonlinear transfer function by adding delays and applying a Taylor series expansion.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein

the transfer functions are linear,

the processor estimates said transfer functions based on an adaptive filtering technique, and

the adaptive filtering technique is based on a Wiener filter.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are coupled to one antenna to transmit and receive signals, the antenna being coupled to both the transmitter and the receiver via a circulator-like device that isolates the transmission signal from the received signal through use of passive noise cancellation techniques, or active noise cancellation techniques, or any combination thereof.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first antenna is a transmission antenna, the transmission antenna being coupled to the transmission path and wherein the second antenna is a receiver antenna, the receiver antenna being coupled to the receiver.

22. A method of reducing self-interference caused by one or more transmission signals in a single channel full duplex wireless communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

transmitting one or more transmission signals using a transmitter, the transmitting occurring via one or more transmission paths coupled to the transmitter, wherein one or more portions of the one or more transmission signals are leaked;

receiving one or more received signals using a receiver, the one or more received signals including leakage from the one or more transmission signals, the receiver comprising one or more combining elements and one or more reception paths,

wherein at least one combining element is coupled to an input of the receiver,

wherein the receiver produces one or more output signals, the one or more output signals including self-interference, the self-interference being caused by the leakage from the one or more transmission signals;

wherein the transmitter and the receiver utilize one channel, at the same time, to transmit and receive said transmission and received signals with no separation between frequencies used for the transmitting and the receiving;

generating one or more first cancellation signals;

the generating of one or more first cancellation signals further including;

estimating, by a processor, a first transfer function, wherein the first transfer function has one or more inputs comprising one or more transmission signals fed to the inputs of the one or more transmission paths,

feeding, by the processor, one or more secondary transmission paths with the one or more outputs from the first transfer function to produce one or more first intermediate signals at one or more outputs of the one or more secondary transmission paths, each one of the one or more secondary transmission paths being connected to the processor and to the one or more combining elements of the receiver;

obtaining the one or more first cancellation signals from the one or more first intermediate signals;

combining, using the one or more combining elements within the receiver, the one or more received signals with the one or more first cancellation signals in the one or more combining elements of the receiver, thereby reducing the self-interference in the one or more output signals;

generating one or more second cancellation signals;

the generating of one or more second cancellation signals further including;

estimating a second transfer function, the second transfer function being estimated by a processor;

generating one or more second intermediate signals using one or more secondary transmission feedback path output signals, wherein inputs to the one or more secondary transmission feedback paths are connected to the outputs of the one or more secondary transmission paths; and

modifying the one or more second intermediate signals with the second transfer function to obtain the one or more second cancellation signals;

combining, in the processor, the one or more second cancellation signals with the one or more output signals from the receiver, thereby further reducing the self-interference in the one or more output signals; and

wherein the first and second transfer functions are matrices of transfer functions.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising

generating one or more third cancellation signals, the generating of the one or more third cancellation signals further comprising:

estimating a third transfer function;

the third transfer function being estimated by the processor, wherein the third transfer function is a matrix of transfer functions;

modifying one or more transmission feedback path output signals with the third transfer function;

wherein inputs to the one or more transmission feedback paths are coupled to the outputs of the one or more transmission paths; and

adding the one or more third cancellation signals to the one or more second cancellations signals and the one or more output signals from the receiver, thereby further reducing the self-interference caused by the leakage from the one or more transmission signals.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the adding of the one or more third cancellation signals to the one or more second cancellations signals and the one or more output signals from the receiver produces a recovered signal with an acceptable signal-to-interference ratio.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the one or more reception paths includes a plurality of stages, wherein the inputs to at least some of the stages are coupled to combining elements, and for each stage input coupled to a combining element, combining the input signal to the stage with a corresponding first cancellation signal in the combining element, thereby reducing the self-interference in the receiver output signal caused by the leakage from the one or more transmission signals.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the first, second or third transfer functions is non-linear.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the nonlinear transfer function is implemented based on a weighted sum of terms derived from the input to the nonlinear transfer function by adding delays and applying a Taylor series expansion.

28. The method of claim 27, including only one transmission path and only one reception path, the transmitter and the receiver utilizing only one antenna to transmit and receive signals, the antenna being coupled to both the transmitter and the receiver via a circulator-like device isolating the transmit signals from the receive signals through use of passive noise cancellation techniques, or active noise cancellation techniques, or any combination thereof.

29. The method of claim 27, further comprising one or more first antennas and one or more second antennas, wherein the one or more first antennas are transmission antennas, the transmission antennas being coupled to the one or more transmission paths and wherein the one or more second antennas are receiver antennas, the receiver antennas being coupled to the receiver.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein

the transfer functions are linear,

the processor estimates said transfer functions based on an adaptive filtering technique, and

the adaptive filtering technique is based on a Wiener filter.