Systems and methods for frequency independent analog self-interference cancellation

• US 9,455,756 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2015
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Choi, Jung-Il, Jain, Mayank, Shalizi, Joseph, Mehlman, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolourchi, Nader
• Application Number:
  US14/690,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20160043759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 375/346
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/12 Neutralising, balancing, or compensation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2691 involving interference determination or cancellation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/143 for modulated signals H04L5/1469 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1461 Suppression of signals in the return path, i.e. bidirectional control circuits

Abstract

A system and method for analog self-interference cancellation that includes receiving an RF transmit signal of a full-duplex radio; frequency downconverting the RF transmit signal to an IF transmit signal; transforming the IF transmit signal into an IF self-interference signal using an IF analog self-interference cancelling circuit; frequency upconverting the IF self-interference signal to an RF self-interference signal; and combining the RF self-interference signal with an RF receive signal of the full-duplex radio.

Claims

1. A system for analog self-interference cancellation comprising:

a transmit coupler, communicatively coupled to an RF transmit signal of a full-duplex wireless communication system, that samples the RF transmit signal to create a sampled RF transmit signal having a first RF carrier frequency;

a frequency downconverter that converts the sampled RF transmit signal to an IF transmit signal having an IF carrier frequency, wherein the IF carrier frequency is less than the first RF carrier frequency and greater than baseband;

an IF analog self-interference canceller that transforms, in the IF domain and without downconverting the IF transmit signal to a baseband transmit signal, the IF transmit signal to an IF self-interference signal;

a frequency upconverter that converts the IF self-interference signal to an RF self-interference signal having a second RF carrier frequency; and

a receive coupler, communicatively coupled to an RF receive signal of the full-duplex wireless communication system, that combines the RF self-interference signal with the RF receive signal.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a control circuit that sets a configuration state of the IF analog self-interference canceller in response to at least one of sampled signal data, full-duplex radio settings, full-duplex radio characteristics, and environmental data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the control circuit adapts the configuration state based on at least one of historical received data, RF transmit signal content, IF transmit signal content and a test signal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the IF analog self-interference canceller comprises a signal divider, a set of tunable filters, a set of scalers and delayers, and a signal combiner.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein each scaler of the set of scalers and delayers comprises an attenuator.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the IF analog self-interference canceller passes the IF transmit signal through the signal divider and the set of tunable filters to produce a set of IF transmit signal components comprising a plurality of frequency sub-bands;

wherein the IF analog self-interference canceller passes the set of IF transmit signal components through at least a subset of the set of scalers and delayers to create a set of IF self-interference signal components;

wherein the IF analog self-interference canceller passes the IF self-interference signal components through the signal combiner to produce the IF self-interference signal.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein at least two of the plurality of frequency sub-bands overlap.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a digital self-interference canceller that transforms a digital transmit signal of the full-duplex wireless communication system to a digital self-interference signal;

a digital self-interference signal converter that converts the digital self-interference signal to a digitally-sourced IF self-interference signal; and

an IF self-interference signal combiner that combines the digitally-sourced IF self-interference signal with the IF self-interference signal.

9. A method for analog self-interference cancellation comprising:

receiving an RF transmit signal of a full-duplex radio;

frequency downconverting the RF transmit signal to an IF transmit signal;

transforming the IF transmit signal into an IF self-interference signal using an IF analog self-interference cancelling circuit;

frequency upconverting the IF self-interference signal to an RF self-interference signal; and

after frequency upconverting the IF self-interference signal, combining the RF self-interference signal with an RF receive signal of the full-duplex radio.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein frequency downconverting the RF transmit signal comprises frequency downconverting the RF transmit signal to baseband.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising adapting transformation parameters to reduce self-interference contained within the RF receive signal;

wherein adapting comprises setting transformation states using an algorithm responsive to changes in the RF transmit signal.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein transforming the IF transmit signal comprises dividing the IF transmit signal into a set of IF transmit signal components, each of the set of IF transmit signal components contained within a frequency sub-band of an IF band;

scaling a first subset of the set of IF transmit signal components;

delaying a second subset of the set of IF transmit signal components; and

combining the set of IF transmit signal components into the IF self-interference signal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising adapting transformation parameters to reduce self-interference contained within the RF receive signal;

wherein adapting comprises setting transformation parameters using an algorithm responsive to changes in the RF transmit signal;

wherein transformation parameters comprise IF transmit signal division number, frequency sub-band center frequencies, frequency sub-band bandwidths, scaling factors, and delay magnitudes.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein adapting further comprises adapting the algorithm based on self-interference present in a known RF receive signal.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a digital transmit signal;

transforming the digital transmit signal into a digital self-interference signal;

converting the digital self-interference signal to a digitally-sourced IF self-interference signal; and

combining the digitally-sourced IF self-interference signal with the RF self-interference signal.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a digital transmit signal;

transforming the digital transmit signal into a digital self-interference signal;

converting the digital self-interference signal to a digitally-sourced IF self-interference signal; and

combining the digitally-sourced IF self-interference signal with the RF self-interference signal.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein adapting transformation parameters comprises adapting transformation parameters according to a gradient descent method.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein adapting further comprises adapting transformation parameters based on a known test signal present in an RF receive signal.