Apparatus and method for reducing peak to average power ratio in a signal

• US 10,880,144 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2019
• Issued: 12/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fontaine, Loic, Pesin, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Haider, Syed
• Application Number:
  US16/713,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20200119960A1
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2614 Peak power aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/3411 reducing the peak to average power ratio or the mean power of the constellation; Arrangements for increasing the shape gain of a signal set

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for processing a signal that is transmitted with a reduced peak to average power ratio are described. The processing includes applying (1650) a symbol constellation extension projection to at least one symbol in the constellation, the symbol constellation extension projection having an outward angular region from an original position for the at least one symbol in the constellation, the outward angular region defined by a value for an angle between a first boundary and a second boundary for the outward angular region, the value for the angle determined by a selection of the constellation used as part of the transmitted signal and a code rate used for encoding the stream of data.

Claims

1. A method for processing a stream of data converted into a plurality of symbols from a constellation as part of transmitting a signal, the method comprising:

applying a symbol constellation extension projection to at least one symbol

in the constellation, the symbol constellation extension projection having an outward angular region, the outward angular region defined by a value for an angle, the value for the angle determined by a selection of the constellation used as part of the transmitted signal and a code rate used for encoding the stream of data,

wherein the value for the angle based on the constellation and the code rate equals the values given in the following table;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the constellation is at least one of a 16 QAM non-square constellation, a 64-QAM non-square constellation, and a 256-QAM non-square constellation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the constellation is a non-uniform constellation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal complies with the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) version 3.0 standard.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a transform on the signal, including the at least one symbol having the symbol constellation extension projection, to produce a transform signal; and

modulating the transform signal to produce the transmitted signal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the applying further includes:

performing a transform on the stream of data to convert the stream of data to a transform domain signal;

limiting an amplitude of the transform domain signal to produce a clipped transform signal;

performing an inverse transform on the clipped transform signal to produce an inverse transform signal;

subtracting the stream of data from the inverse transform signal to produce a remainder signal;

adjusting a signal level of the remainder signal by a pre-determined gain factor to produce an adjusted remainder signal; and

adding the stream of data to the adjusted remainder signal to produce an error signal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is used as part of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein an indication of use of a two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in the transmitted signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication of use of the two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in an L1 signaling portion of the transmitted signal.

10. An apparatus for processing a stream of data converted into a plurality of symbols in a constellation as part of transmitting a signal, comprising:

a pre-encoder for applying a symbol constellation extension projection to at least one symbol in the constellation, the symbol constellation extension projection having an outward angular region, the outward angular region defined by a value for an angle, the value for the angle determined by a selection of the constellation used as part of the transmitted signal and a code rate used for encoding the stream of data,

wherein the value for the angle based on the constellation and the code rate equals the values given in the following table;

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the constellation is at least one of a 16 QAM non-square constellation, a 64-QAM non-square constellation, and a 256-QAM non-square constellation.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the constellation is a non-uniform constellation.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the signal complies with the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) version 3.0 standard.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pre-encoder is further configured to perform a transform on the signal, including the at least one symbol having the symbol constellation extension projection, to produce a transform signal, the apparatus further including:

a modulator for modulating the pre-encoded transform signal to produce the transmitted signal.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pre-encoder is further configured to:

perform a transform on the stream of data to convert the stream of data to a transform domain signal,

limit an amplitude of the transform domain signal to produce a clipped transform signal,

perform an inverse transform on the clipped transform signal to produce an inverse transform signal,

subtract the stream of data from the inverse transform signal to produce a remainder signal;

adjust a signal level of the remainder signal by a pre-determined gain factor to produce an adjusted remainder signal, and

add the stream of data to the adjusted remainder signal to produce an error signal.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is used as part of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein an indication of use of a two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in the transmitted signal.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the indication of use of the two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in an L1 signaling portion of the transmitted signal.

19. A method for processing a received signal transmitted as a constellation of symbols representing a data stream, the method comprising:

demodulating the received signal to provide an estimation of at least one symbol in a transmitted signal on an extended constellation, the extended constellation including at least one extended region formed as an outward angular region, the outward angular region defined by a value for an angle, the value for the angle determined by a selection of the constellation used as part of the transmitted signal and a code rate for the data stream in the transmitted signal,

wherein the value for the angle based on the constellation and the code rate equals the values given in the following table;

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the constellation is at least one of a 16 QAM non-square constellation, a 64-QAM non-square constellation, and a 256-QAM non-square constellation.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the constellation is a non-uniform constellation.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the signal complies with the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) version 3.0 standard.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein a signal modulation is orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein an indication of use of a two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in the received signal.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the indication of use of the two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in L1 signaling portion of the received signal.

26. An apparatus for processing a received signal transmitted as a constellation of symbols representing a data stream that has been encoded using a code rate, the apparatus comprising:

a demodulator for demodulating the received signal to provide an estimation of at least one symbol in a transmitted signal on an extended constellation, the extended constellation including at least one extended region formed as an outward angular region, the outward angular region defined by a value for an angle, the value for the angle determined by a selection of the constellation used as part of the transmitted signal and the code rate for the data stream in the transmitted signal,

wherein the value for the angle based on the constellation and the code rate equals the values given in the following table;

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the constellation is at least one of a 16 QAM non-square constellation, a 64-QAM non-square constellation, and a 256-QAM non-square constellation.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the constellation is a non-uniform constellation.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the signal complies with the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) version 3.0 standard.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein a signal modulation is orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.

31. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein an indication of use of a two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in the received signal.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the indication of use of the two dimensional active constellation extension for the signal is included in L1 signaling portion of the received signal.

33. A non-transitory device readable medium containing instructions for processing a received signal transmitted as a constellation of symbols representing a data stream, comprising:

demodulating the received signal to provide an estimation of at least one symbol in a transmitted signal on an extended constellation, the extended constellation including at least on extended region formed as an outward angular region, the outward angular region defined by a value for an angle, the value for the angle determined by a selection of the constellation used as part of the transmitted signal and the code rate for the data stream in the transmitted signal,

wherein the value for the angle based on the constellation and the code rate equals the values given in the following table;