Method and apparatus for symbol alignment in diversity...

Pulse or digital communications – Receivers – Interference or noise reduction

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C375S355000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07599454

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus taught herein provide for symbol alignment between diversity signals in a communication receiver. For example, in one embodiment, a method of symbol aligning diversity signals in a communication receiver comprises generating diversity sample sets for a received signal and hypothesizing two or more relative symbol alignments for the diversity sample sets. The method further includes jointly determining a preferred relative symbol alignment and a preferred synchronization position for the diversity sample sets by evaluating a function that is dependent on relative symbol alignment and synchronization position according to the hypothesized relative symbol alignments and a number of candidate synchronization positions. In one embodiment, a burst-type communication receiver uses Single-Antenna-Interference-Cancellation (SAIC) processing, and over-samples the received signal to obtain the diversity sample sets as sub-channels of the received signal. A diversity processor in the receiver jointly determines the best relative symbol alignment and synchronization position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6842421 (2005-01-01), Sarraf et al.
patent: 6944245 (2005-09-01), Stewart et al.
patent: 6944434 (2005-09-01), Mattellini et al.
patent: 7133457 (2006-11-01), Singh et al.
patent: 7522653 (2009-04-01), Griffin et al.
patent: 2004/0120387 (2004-06-01), Bultan et al.
patent: 2004/0170234 (2004-09-01), Pukkila et al.
patent: 2004/0192215 (2004-09-01), Onggosanusi et al.
patent: 2005/0095985 (2005-05-01), Hafeoz
patent: 2005/0152485 (2005-07-01), Pukkila et al.
patent: 2005/0232174 (2005-10-01), Onggosanusi et al.
patent: 2006/0056549 (2006-03-01), Arslan et al.
patent: 0430481 (1991-06-01), None
patent: 1 475 932 (2004-11-01), None
patent: 1530306 (2005-05-01), None
patent: 1 569 399 (2005-08-01), None
patent: WO 2005/041511 (2005-05-01), None
patent: 2006/136875 (2006-12-01), None
Makundi, M., Laakso, T. And Hjørugnes, A., “Generalized Symbol Synchronization Using Variable IIR and FIR Fractional-Delay Filters With Arbitrary Oversampling Ratios.”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'04), May 17-21, 2004, pp. 405-408, vol. 2.
Makundi, M., Laakso, T. And Hjørugnes, A., “Iterative Symbol Synchronization Using Variable IIR and FIR Fractional-Delay Filters with Arbitrary Oversampling Ratios.” 1stInternational Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, Sep. 20-22, 2004, pp. 105-109.
Hoeher, P. et. al., “Single-Antenna Co-Channel Interference Cancellation for TDMA Cellular Radio Systems.” IEEE Wireless Communications, Apr. 2005, pp. 30-37, vol. 12, No. 2.
Mostafa, A., “Single Antenna Interference Cancellation (SAIC) Method in GSM Network.” IEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004, 2 pages.
Astély, D., Jakobsson, A., and Swindlehurst, A., “Burst Synchronization On Unknown Frequency Selective Channels With Co-Channel Interference Using An Antenna Array.” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 1999, 3 pages.
3 Generation Partnership Project, TS 45.005. “Technical Specification Group GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network; Radio Transmission and Reception (Release 6).” Jun. 2005, 128 pages, V6.11.0.
Schon, M., “Oversampling Diversity in GERAN.” Master Thesis, Signals and Systems, 2001, 56 pages, Uppsala University.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Method and apparatus for symbol alignment in diversity... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method and apparatus for symbol alignment in diversity..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and apparatus for symbol alignment in diversity... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4052676

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.