Modem control using cross-polarization interference estimation

• US 20070116162A1
• Filed: 11/21/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amir Eliaz, Maxlinear Israel Ltd. (Maxlinear Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Provigent Ltd. (Maxlinear Incorporated)
• Inventors: Friedmann, Jonathan, Eliaz, Amir, Turgeman, Avi, Aharony, Ahikam
• Granted Patent: US 7,613,260 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/350
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/10 Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03057 with a recursive structure H04L25/03031 takes precedence

Abstract

A receiver includes an input circuit, which is coupled to at least one antenna so as to receive, process and digitize first and second signals, thus generating first and second streams of input samples. An interference cancellation circuit in the receiver includes first and second adaptive filters, which are respectively coupled to filter the first and second streams of input samples using respective first and second coefficients to generate respective first and second filter outputs. A phase rotator is adapted to apply a variable phase shift compensating for a phase deviation between the first and second signals, the phase rotator having at least one configuration parameter. A control module is operative to estimate signal characteristics of the interference cancellation circuit and to set the at least one configuration parameter of the phase rotator responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

Claims

1. A receiver, comprising:

an input circuit, which is coupled to at least one antenna so as to receive, process and digitize first and second signals, thus generating first and second streams of input samples; and

an interference cancellation circuit, comprising;

first and second adaptive filters, which are respectively coupled to filter the first and second streams of input samples using respective first and second coefficients to generate respective first and second filter outputs;

a phase rotator, which is adapted to apply a variable phase shift compensating for a phase deviation between the first and second signals, the phase rotator having at least one configuration parameter; and

a control module, which is operative to estimate signal characteristics of the interference cancellation circuit, and to set the at least one configuration parameter of the phase rotator responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

2. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first signal contains interference due to the second signal, and wherein the interference cancellation circuit is operative to produce responsively to the first and second streams of input samples a third stream of output samples representative of the first signal and having a reduced level of the interference.

3. The receiver according to claim 2, wherein the control module is operative to identify an increase of a level of the interference and to set the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the identified increase.

4. The receiver according to claim 3, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises a frequency setting of the PLL, and wherein the control module is operative, subsequent to identifying the increase of the level of the interference, to search over a predefined range of frequency settings for a best frequency setting determined responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, and to load the best frequency setting to the PLL.

5. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first and second signals are transmitted with respective first and second, mutually orthogonal polarizations, and wherein the interference cancellation circuit is operative to reduce cross-polarization interference coupled from the second signal to the first signal.

6. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL) and wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises at least one of a loop bandwidth and a loop gain of the PLL.

7. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the control module is operative to calculate the variable phase shift using at least one of a pilot-based and a batch-based phase estimation method.

8. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the signal characteristics comprise a level of a cross-coupling between the first and second signals.

9. The receiver according to claim 8, wherein the first and second coefficients are determined adaptively in response to conditions on a communication channel over which the first and second signals are received, and wherein the control module is operative to estimate the level of the cross-coupling by performing a calculation based on at least some of the first and second coefficients.

10. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the control module is operative to store two or more predefined control sets of the at least one configuration parameter, to evaluate a metric function responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, to choose a selected control set out of the two or more predefined control sets responsively to the evaluated metric function, and to load the chosen control set into the phase rotator.

11. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the control module is operative to adaptively calculate the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

12. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the second signal contains interference due to the first signal, and wherein the interference cancellation circuit is further operative to produce responsively to the first and second streams of input samples a fourth stream of output samples representative of the second signal and having a reduced level of the interference.

13. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a transmitter, which is operative to transmit first and second signals over the air; and

a receiver, which comprises;

an input circuit, which is coupled to at least one antenna so as to receive, process and digitize the first and second signals, thus generating first and second streams of input samples; and

an interference cancellation circuit, comprising;

first and second adaptive filters, which are respectively coupled to filter the first and second streams of input samples using respective first and second coefficients to generate respective first and second filter outputs;

a phase rotator, which is adapted to apply a variable phase shift compensating for a phase deviation between the first and second signals, the phase rotator having at least one configuration parameter; and

a control module, which is operative to estimate signal characteristics of the interference cancellation circuit, and to set the at least one configuration parameter of the phase rotator responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first signal contains interference due to the second signal, and wherein the interference cancellation circuit is operative to produce responsively to the first and second streams of input samples a third stream of output samples representative of the first signal and having a reduced level of the interference.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the control module is operative to identify an increase of a level of the interference and to set the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the identified increase.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises a frequency setting of the PLL, and wherein the control module is operative, subsequent to identifying the increase of the level of the interference, to search over a predefined range of frequency settings for a best frequency setting determined responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, and to load the best frequency setting to the PLL.

17. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first and second signals are transmitted with respective first and second, mutually orthogonal polarizations, and wherein the interference cancellation circuit is operative to reduce cross-polarization interference coupled from the second signal to the first signal.

18. The system according to claim 13, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL) and wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises at least one of a loop bandwidth and a loop gain of the PLL.

19. The system according to claim 13, wherein the control module is operative to calculate the variable phase shift using at least one of a pilot-based and a batch-based phase estimation method.

20. The system according to claim 13, wherein the signal characteristics comprise a level of a cross-coupling between the first and second signals.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the first and second coefficients are determined adaptively in response to conditions on a communication channel over which the first and second signals are received, and wherein the control module is operative to estimate the level of the cross-coupling by performing a calculation based on at least some of the first and second coefficients.

22. The system according to claim 13, wherein the control module is operative to store two or more predefined control sets of the at least one configuration parameter, to evaluate a metric function responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, to choose a selected control set out of the two or more predefined control sets responsively to the evaluated metric function, and to load the chosen control set into the phase rotator.

23. The system according to claim 13, wherein the control module is operative to adaptively calculate the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

24. The system according to claim 13, wherein the second signal contains interference due to the first signal, and wherein the interference cancellation circuit is further operative to produce responsively to the first and second streams of input samples a fourth stream of output samples representative of the second signal and having a reduced level of the interference.

25. An interference cancellation circuit for processing first and second streams of input samples representing respective first and second signals, the circuit comprising:

first and second adaptive filters, which are respectively coupled to filter the first and second streams of input samples using respective first and second coefficients to generate respective first and second filter outputs;

a phase rotator, which is adapted to apply a variable phase shift compensating for a phase deviation between the first and second signals, the phase rotator having at least one configuration parameter; and

a control module, which is operative to estimate signal characteristics of the interference cancellation circuit, and to set the at least one configuration parameter of the phase rotator responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

26. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the first signal contains interference due to the second signal, and wherein the circuit is operative to produce responsively to the first and second streams of input samples a third stream of output samples representative of the first signal and having a reduced level of the interference.

27. The circuit according to claim 26, wherein the control module is operative to identify an increase of a level of the interference and to set the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the identified increase.

28. The circuit according to claim 27, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises a frequency setting of the PLL, and wherein the control module is operative, subsequent to identifying the increase of the level of the interference, to search over a predefined range of frequency settings for a best frequency setting determined responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, and to load the best frequency setting to the PLL.

29. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the first and second signals are transmitted with respective first and second, mutually orthogonal polarizations, and wherein the circuit is operative to reduce cross-polarization interference coupled from the second signal to the first signal.

30. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL) and wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises at least one of a loop bandwidth and a loop gain of the PLL.

31. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the control module is operative to calculate the variable phase shift using at least one of a pilot-based and a batch-based phase estimation method.

32. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the signal characteristics comprise a level of a cross-coupling between the first and second signals.

33. The circuit according to claim 32, wherein the first and second coefficients are determined adaptively in response to conditions on a communication channel over which the first and second signals are received, and wherein the control module is operative to estimate the level of the cross-coupling by performing a calculation based on at least some of the first and second coefficients.

34. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the control module is operative to store two or more predefined control sets of the at least one configuration parameter, to evaluate a metric function responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, to choose a selected control set out of the two or more predefined control sets responsively to the evaluated metric function, and to load the chosen control set into the phase rotator.

35. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the control module is operative to adaptively calculate the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

36. The circuit according to claim 25, wherein the second signal contains interference due to the first signal, and wherein the circuit is further operative to produce responsively to the first and second streams of input samples a fourth stream of output samples representative of the second signal and having a reduced level of the interference.

37. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving, processing and digitizing first and second signals transmitted over the air so as to generate first and second streams of input samples;

filtering the first and second streams of input samples using respective first and second coefficients to generate respective first and second filtered outputs;

applying a variable phase shift to one of the first and second filtered outputs using a phase rotator having at least one configuration parameter so as to generate a phase-shifted output compensating for a phase deviation between the first and second signals;

summing the first and second filtered outputs so as to generate a third stream of output samples, which is representative of the first signal;

estimating signal characteristics of the interference cancellation circuit; and

setting the at least one configuration parameter of the phase rotator responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein the first signal contains interference due to the second signal, and wherein summing the first and second filtered outputs comprises reducing the interference due to the second signal in the third stream of output samples.

39. The method according to claim 38, wherein setting the at least one configuration parameter comprises identifying an increase of a level of the interference, and setting the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the identified increase.

40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the at least one configuration parameter comprises a frequency setting of the PLL, and wherein setting the at least one configuration parameter comprises, subsequent to identifying the increase of the level of the interference, searching over a predefined range of frequency settings for a best frequency setting determined responsively to the estimated signal characteristics, and loading the best frequency setting to the PLL.

41. The method according to claim 37, wherein receiving the first and second signals comprises receiving the signals transmitted with respective first and second, mutually orthogonal polarizations, and wherein summing the first filtered output with the phase-shifted output comprises reducing cross-polarization interference coupled from the second signal to the first signal.

42. The method according to claim 37, wherein the phase rotator comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL) and wherein setting the at least one configuration parameter comprises setting at least one of a loop bandwidth and a loop gain of the PLL.

43. The method according to claim 37, wherein applying the variable phase shift comprises calculating the variable phase shift using at least one of a pilot-based and a batch-based phase estimation method.

44. The method according to claim 37, wherein estimating the signal characteristics comprises estimating a level of a cross-coupling between the first and second signals.

45. The method according to claim 44, wherein the first and second coefficients are determined adaptively in response to conditions on a communication channel over which the first and second signals are received, and wherein estimating the level of the cross-coupling comprises performing a calculation based on at least some of the first and second coefficients.

46. The method according to claim 37, wherein setting the at least one configuration parameter comprises:

storing two or more predefined control sets of the at least one configuration parameter;

evaluating a metric function responsively to the estimated signal characteristics;

choosing a selected control set out of the two or more predefined control sets responsively to the evaluated metric function; and

loading the chosen control set into the phase rotator.

47. The method according to claim 37, wherein setting the at least one configuration parameter comprises adaptively calculating the at least one configuration parameter responsively to the estimated signal characteristics.

48. A method for estimating an interference level, comprising:

receiving, processing and digitizing first and second signals so as to generate first and second streams of input samples;

filtering the first and second streams of input samples using respective first and second coefficients to generate respective first and second filtered outputs;

estimating a level of interference contained in the first signal due to the second signal based on the first and second coefficients.

49. The method according to claim 48, wherein filtering the first and second streams of input samples comprises filtering the samples using respective first and second adaptive equalizers.