Method of and generator for generating preamble sequences in communication systems

• US 8,619,902 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2012
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Zheng, Yan-Xiu, Hsiao, Chang-Lung, Feng, Wen-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Lihong
• Application Number:
  US13/672,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20130064316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 375/260
• US Class Current: 375/295
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70701 featuring pilot assisted reception
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/107 by concatenation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2605 Symbol extensions, e.g. Zero Tail, Unique Word [UW]

Abstract

A method forms a preamble sequence in a wireless communication system. The method comprises determining a value K related to a time-domain characteristic of the wireless communication system so that a time-domain preamble sequence includes a number of K waveforms similar in shape to one another having a linear phase shift, identifying a first preamble sequence for a first band, the first preamble sequence having a first length not dividable by K, identifying at least one second preamble sequence each for a second band, the at least one second preamble sequence having at least one second length, identifying the length of a third preamble sequence, the length of the third preamble sequence equal to a sum of the first length and the at least one second length, determining whether the time-domain characteristic is maintained when the one or more of the at least one second preamble sequence is concatenated with the first preamble sequence, modifying one or more of the at least one second preamble sequence if the time-domain characteristic is not maintained when concatenated, and forming the third preamble sequence by concatenating the first preamble sequence and the at least one second preamble sequence having one or more second preamble sequence modified.

Claims

1. A generator for forming a preamble sequence in a wireless communication system, the generator comprising a hardware processor configured to implement a number of modules, the modules comprising:

an identifying module configured to;

determine a value K >

1 related to a time-domain characteristic of the wireless communication system, the time-domain characteristic being that a time-domain preamble sequence includes a number of K waveforms similar in shape to one another having a linear phase shift;

identify a first preamble sequence for a first frequency band, the first preamble sequence in a frequency domain having a plurality of tones defining a first length that is not an integer multiple of K, the first preamble sequence maintaining the time-domain characteristic;

identify at least one second preamble sequence each for a second, different frequency band, the at least one second preamble sequence in the frequency domain having at least one plurality of tones defining at least one second length, the at least one second preamble sequence maintaining the time-domain characteristic as maintained by the first preamble sequence; and

identify the length of a third preamble sequence, the length of the third preamble sequence equal to a sum of the first length and the at least one second length; and

a concatenating module configured to generate the third preamble sequence by concatenating the first preamble sequence and the at least one second preamble sequence in a frequency domain;

wherein the first preamble sequence and third preamble sequence both maintain a time-domain characteristic as maintained by the first and at least one second preamble sequences.

2. The generator of claim 1, wherein the modules further comprise an adjusting module configured to adjust the third preamble sequence from the concatenating module by multiplying an i-th one of the at least one second preamble sequence concatenated with the first preamble sequence in the third preamble sequence by a constant phase e^jφ

, where φ

is constant for each of the at least one second preamble sequence.

3. The generator of claim 1, wherein the modules further comprise an adjusting module configured to adjust the third preamble sequence from the concatenating module by multiplying an i-th one of the at least one second preamble sequence concatenated with the first preamble sequence in the third preamble sequence by a linear phase e^jφ

, φ

=2π

[ik/N], i=0 to N−

1, k being an ordinal number related to the position of a non-zero tone in the one of the at least one second preamble sequence, and N being the length of the one of the at least one second preamble sequence.

4. The generator of claim 1, wherein the modules further comprise an adjusting module configured to adjust the third preamble sequence from the concatenating module by multiplying the at least one second preamble sequence concatenated with the first preamble sequence in the third preamble sequence by a predetermined sequence.

5. The generator of claim 4, wherein the predetermined sequence includes Wash codes, a generalized chirp-like (GCL) sequence, a pseudo random sequence or Reed-Muller codes.

6. The generator of claim 1, wherein the modules further comprise an adjusting module configured to adjust the third preamble sequence from the concatenating module by replacing non-zero tones at predetermined positions in the third preamble sequence with zero tones.

7. The generator of claim 1, wherein one or more of the at least one second preamble sequence is a duplicate of the first preamble sequence.

8. The generator of claim 7, wherein the modules further comprise an adjusting module configured to adjust the third preamble sequence from the concatenating module by multiplying the at least one second preamble sequence by a linear phase

9. The generator of claim 1, wherein the modules further comprise:

a modifying module configured to modify one or more of the at least one second preamble sequence in an instance in which the time-domain characteristic is not maintained in an instance in which the first preamble sequence and the least one second preamble sequence are concatenated,

wherein in the instance in which the time-domain characteristic is not maintained, the concatenating module is configured to concatenate the first preamble sequence and the at least one second preamble sequence having one or more second preamble sequence modified.

10. The generator of claim 9, wherein the modifying module is configured to modify the one or more of the at least one second preamble sequence by cyclic-shifting the one or more of the at least one second preamble sequence in tone position.