WO2005109711A1 - Ofdm受信装置及びofdm受信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM).
- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for receiving a signal modulated and transmitted by a multiplexing method.
- OFDM is used as a transmission system for digital terrestrial broadcasting in Europe and Japan, wireless LAN, and the like.
- the OFDM system is a transmission system that modulates and demodulates data by allocating data to a plurality of orthogonal carriers.
- the transmitting side performs an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) process
- IFFT fast Fourier transform
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- An arbitrary modulation method can be used for each carrier, and a modulation method such as QPSK (Quaternary Phase Shift Keying) QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) can be selected.
- QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
- QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
- the position and direction of the antenna are optimized while observing the reception state of the reception device, that is, the signal quality value of the received signal.
- the signal quality value of the received signal is used for AGC (Automatic Gain Control) control for keeping the gain of the received signal selected by the tuner constant (see Patent Document 2 below).
- Patent Document 1 discloses an example of such a technique for detecting the signal quality value of a received signal.
- Patent Document 1 aims at detecting a signal quality value (SZN value) corresponding to the reception quality of the entire reception data even when there is frequency selective interference such as multinos interference. It describes that an SP (scattered pilot) signal inserted for every three carriers is used for SZN value detection.
- SP sintered pilot
- the frequency direction of the transmission path characteristics and Fluctuation in time direction It describes a method of using SZN for correction of SZN value. Furthermore, even when a specific carrier of the received signal is disturbed, an SZ corresponding to the reception quality of the entire received data is obtained.
- a method for correcting the SZN value according to the number of disturbed carriers is described for the purpose of detecting the N value.
- Patent Document 3 discloses an example of a circuit that detects a frequency change in transmission path characteristics.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2002-158631 A
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-102947
- Patent Document 3 JP 2002-118533 A
- the present invention provides an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division) comprising a plurality of carriers including a carrier transmitting a pilot signal inserted at a predetermined symbol interval.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division
- An OFDM receiving apparatus that receives and demodulates a multiplexing (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) signal, comprising: a high-speed Fourier transform unit that converts a received OFDM signal into a frequency-domain OFDM signal and outputs the OFDM signal; Transmitting the pilot signal from the signal.
- a channel characteristic calculating unit for determining channel characteristics for a carrier to be transmitted, and an interpolating unit for interpolating channel characteristics for a carrier transmitting the pilot signal and outputting an obtained result.
- a power calculator that calculates the square of the magnitude of the transmission path characteristic after interpolation obtained by the interpolation section as carrier power for each carrier corresponding to the transmission path characteristic, and a power calculator for the received OFDM signal.
- An interference calculation unit that calculates the degree of influence of interference as interference power for each carrier corresponding to the transmission path characteristic after the interpolation, the carrier power obtained by the power calculation unit, and the corresponding
- a carrier quality calculation unit that calculates a ratio with the interference power obtained by the interference calculation unit for each carrier.
- the degree of the influence of the interference on the received OFDM signal can be accurately determined for each carrier.
- the present invention it is possible to accurately estimate the degree of influence of interference on a received OFDM signal under various interference conditions while avoiding an increase in circuit scale and a decrease in development efficiency. Can be. Therefore, it is possible to accurately obtain the signal quality value of the received signal, appropriately perform gain control on the received signal, and improve the performance of demodulation and error correction.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an OFDM receiving apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a transmission format related to a carrier arrangement of an OFDM signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) in a frequency domain.
- FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are diagrams showing frequency characteristics of a received signal power and a determined carrier power CP ( ⁇ ), respectively, when multipath interference exists.
- FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are diagrams respectively showing frequency characteristics of received signal power and interference power IP ( ⁇ ) when Gaussian noise is superimposed on an OFDM signal in a transmission path. is there
- FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are diagrams showing frequency characteristics of received signal power and interference power IP ( ⁇ ), respectively, when interference exists for a specific carrier near frequency ⁇ . so is there.
- FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) show the received signal power and the OFDM signal of each carrier when both the multipath interference and the noise interference are simultaneously present in the received signal. It is a figure which shows each carrier quality value CSI ((omega)).
- FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) show the received signal power and the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ), respectively, when there is frequency selective interference for a specific carrier near frequency ⁇ ⁇ .
- FIG. 7 shows the received signal power and the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ), respectively, when there is frequency selective interference for a specific carrier near frequency ⁇ ⁇ .
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the interference calculation unit in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an OFDM receiving apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modified example of the noise power calculator of FIG. 9.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing another configuration of another variation of the noise power calculator in FIG. 9.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the power of the impulse response of the transmission path obtained by the power calculation unit 374 of FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of still another modified example of the noise power calculator of FIG. 9.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an OFDM receiving apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 15 (a), (b) and (c) show carrier powers CP ( ⁇ ) and LCP ( ⁇ ) and clipped carrier power CLCP ( ⁇ ) when multipath interference exists.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the frequency characteristics of the respective elements.
- FIGS. 16 (a), (b) and (c) show interference powers IP ( ⁇ ), LIP ( ⁇ ) and clipped interference power CLIP ( ⁇ ) when analog co-channel interference is present.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the frequency characteristics of FIG.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the carrier quality calculation unit of FIG. 14.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the interference calculation unit of FIG. is there.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an OFDM receiving apparatus according to a modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an OFDM receiving apparatus according to another modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the OFDM receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the OFDM receiver in FIG. 1 includes a tuner 12, an AZD conversion unit 13, an AGC control unit 14 as a gain control unit, a quadrature detection unit 16, an FFT unit (fast Fourier transform unit) 18, a demodulation unit 20, , A soft decision unit 32, an error correction unit 34, an information source decoding unit 36, output units 37 and 38, a power calculation unit 42, an average calculation unit 44, an interference calculation unit 50, and a carrier quality calculation unit 60.
- a tuner 12 an AZD conversion unit 13
- AGC control unit 14 as a gain control unit
- a quadrature detection unit 16 an FFT unit (fast Fourier transform unit) 18, a demodulation unit 20,
- a soft decision unit 32 an error correction unit 34
- an information source decoding unit 36 output units 37 and 38
- a power calculation unit 42 an average calculation unit 44
- an interference calculation unit 50 and a carrier
- the antenna 11 receives an OFDM signal in an RF (radio frequency) band and outputs it to the tuner 12.
- Tuner 12, AG C control unit Selects an OFDM signal in the desired RF band from the OFDM signal in the RF band from the antenna 11 while performing gain control based on the AGC control signal, and converts the selected OFDM signal to IF (intermediate frequency).
- the signal is frequency-converted into an OFDM signal of a band and output to the A / D converter 13.
- the AZD conversion unit 13 samples an OFDM signal in an IF band, which is an analog signal, converts the OFDM signal into an OFDM signal in a digitally IF band, and outputs it to the AGC control unit 14 and the quadrature detection unit 16.
- the AGC control unit 14 generates an AGC control signal based on the average level of the input signal and outputs the AGC control signal to the tuner 12 so that the amplitude of the input signal becomes a predetermined level.
- the quadrature detection unit 16 converts the digitized OFDM signal in the IF band into a baseband OFDM signal, and outputs it to the FFT unit 18.
- the FFT unit 18 performs a Fourier transform on the baseband OFDM signal. That is, the OFDM signal in the time domain is converted into an OFDM signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) in the frequency domain and output to the demodulation unit 20.
- ⁇ is an integer indicating an index of a carrier constituting the OFDM signal in the frequency domain.
- the output of the FFT unit 18 indicates the phase and amplitude of each carrier of the OFDM signal, and is specifically expressed in the form of a complex signal (vector) having an i-axis component and a q-axis component independently. .
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission format related to a carrier arrangement of a frequency-domain OFDM signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ).
- Figure 2 shows an example of some of the terrestrial digital television broadcasting standards in Japan.
- white circles D indicate positions of data signals for transmitting information such as video and audio
- black circles indicate positions of pilot signals.
- These pilot signals are also called SP signals, and are inserted at equal intervals at a rate of one symbol for every four symbols in one carrier for every three carriers.
- the amplitude and phase of the pilot signal and the position where the pilot signal is inserted are known on the receiving side.
- Demodulation section 20 estimates frequency characteristics (hereinafter, referred to as transmission path characteristics) of the transmission path through which the received OFDM signal is transmitted. That is, the demodulation unit 20 calculates the channel characteristics He ( ⁇ ) for the entire carrier and performs waveform equalization on the OFDM signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) in the frequency domain based on the estimated channel characteristics He (co). !, The demodulated signal Xe ( ⁇ ) is obtained and output to the soft decision unit 32.
- the index of a carrier for transmitting a pilot signal hereinafter, referred to as a pilot carrier
- the demodulation unit 20 sets the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier to a frequency.
- the signal is calculated from the OFDM signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) in the area and output to the interference calculation unit 50, and the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) for the entire carrier is obtained and output to the power calculation unit 42.
- the soft decision unit 32 performs a soft decision on the input demodulated signal Xe ( ⁇ ) for each carrier, calculates soft decision metric data, and outputs it to the error correction unit 34.
- the soft-decision metric data indicates the likelihood of the data "0" or "1" transmitted by each carrier, that is, the degree of "0-likeness” or "1-likeness".
- the error correction unit 34 corrects an error generated on the transmission line by performing decoding processing on the soft-decision metric data by soft-decision Viterbi decoding and Reed-Solomon decoding!
- the TS Transport Stream
- the TS thus reproduced is reproduced and output to the information source decoding unit 36.
- the information source decoding unit 36 separates video, audio, or other data from the reproduced TS, and decodes the information as necessary when the video is compressed by MPEG. Then, the transmitted video, audio, and other data are obtained and output to the output unit 37 as received data RD.
- the output unit 37 has, for example, a monitor and a speaker. The output unit 37 displays an image on a monitor and outputs sound from a speaker based on the received data RD.
- the power calculator 42 calculates the square of the magnitude of the transmission path characteristic He (co) for each carrier, and outputs the result to the carrier quality calculator 60 as carrier power CP ( ⁇ ).
- the interference calculation unit 50 receives the channel characteristics He ( ⁇ ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier as input, and superimposes the received OFDM signal on the received Gaussian noise (hereinafter simply referred to as “noise”) interference, The degree of influence of various types of interference such as frequency selective interference such as co-channel interference by analog broadcasting is estimated and calculated for each carrier. Interference calculation section 50 outputs the calculation result to carrier quality calculation section 60 as interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ).
- Carrier quality calculation section 60 calculates a ratio CP (co) ZlP (o) of carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) and corresponding interference power IP ( ⁇ ) for each carrier, and calculates the calculation result. It is output to the average calculation unit 44 as the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ).
- the carrier quality value CSI (co) indicates the quality value of each carrier of the OFDM signal, and when the interference is noise, the carrier power of each carrier It represents the noise-to-noise power ratio (, so-called CZN).
- the average calculator 44 calculates the input carrier quality value CSI (co) of each carrier over the frequency axis direction (carrier direction) or in the frequency axis direction and time axis direction (symbol direction). And outputs the calculated average value to the output unit 38 as a received signal quality value SQ indicating the quality of the received signal.
- the received signal quality value SQ is a value according to the degree of interference.
- the output unit 38 has a monitor, and displays the received signal quality value SQ on the monitor.
- the demodulation unit 20 in FIG. 1 includes a division unit 22, a transmission line characteristic calculation unit 24, and an interpolation unit 26.
- the transmission path characteristic calculator 24 receives the frequency domain OFDM signal Y ( ⁇ ) input from the FFT section 18 as input, performs division by a known pilot signal (SP signal), and obtains the transmission path characteristic He for each pilot carrier. (co p) is calculated and output to the interpolation unit 26. This transmission path characteristic He (co p) is obtained for every four symbols at the position of the black circle P in FIG. 2, that is, in the pilot carrier inserted every three carriers.
- the interpolation unit 26 receives the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ⁇ ) obtained by the transmission path characteristic calculation unit 24, and interpolates this in the time axis direction (symbol direction) and the frequency axis direction (carrier direction). By interpolating, the transmission path characteristics He (co) for the entire carrier are calculated and output to the divider 22 and the power calculator 42. The transmission path characteristics He ( ⁇ ) after the interpolation are obtained for the positions of the white circles D and black circles in FIG. 2 for each carrier.
- a memory is generally used when the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ⁇ ) is interpolated on the time axis.
- the primary interpolation linear interpolation
- He (co p) in the symbol direction
- the transmission path characteristics for the entire carrier can be obtained even when the transmission path characteristics have relatively large temporal variations, such as during mobile reception. ( ⁇ ) can be obtained with high estimation accuracy.
- the division unit 22 divides the frequency-domain OFDM signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) output from the FFT unit 18 by the carrier characteristic He ( ⁇ ) of the entire carrier output from the interpolation unit 26 for each carrier. Performs waveform equalization (demodulation) and outputs the obtained demodulated signal Xe ( ⁇ ) to the soft decision unit 32.
- the power calculation unit 42 receives the transmission path characteristic He (co) for the entire carrier as an input, and calculates the sum of the squares of each of the i-axis component and the q-axis component of the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ), which is a complex vector. That is, the square of the magnitude of the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) is obtained and output to the carrier quality calculation unit 60 as the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) of the OFDM signal.
- the power calculation unit 42 obtains a carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) corresponding to the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) for each carrier.
- the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) represents the frequency characteristics of the power of the received signal for each symbol.
- FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are diagrams showing frequency characteristics of the received signal power and the obtained carrier power CP (co), respectively, when multipath interference exists.
- the carrier power CP (co) indicates the state of the received signal power, that is, the carrier power of the OFDM signal, depending on the frequency.
- V or a certain pilot carrier in a certain symbol (symbol index is s)
- H (cop, s) is a transmission path characteristic acting on the pilot carrier having the carrier index ⁇
- ⁇ ( ⁇ , s) is a signal uncorrelated to the OFDM signal, such as noise superimposed on the pilot carrier. Disturbances, each represented in the form of a complex signal (vector).
- the difference between the four symbols of the channel characteristics that is, the difference between He ( ⁇ p, s) and He ( ⁇ p, s + 4) is ⁇ He ( ⁇ p, s )
- the magnitude of AHe (cop, s) has a high correlation with the magnitude of the interference vector uncorrelated with the OFDM signal, that is, the degree of the influence of the interference.
- the difference vector ⁇ He (cop, s) is changed according to the magnitude of the change, as is apparent from Equation (5). growing. Therefore, it can be seen from the magnitude of the difference vector ⁇ He (cop, S ) that the degree of influence such as interference or a temporal change in transmission path characteristics can be detected for each carrier.
- the interference calculation unit 50 in Fig. 1 will be described.
- the interference calculation unit 50 includes a difference calculation unit 52, an electric power calculation unit 54, and an interpolation unit 56.
- the difference calculation unit 52 receives the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier obtained by the transmission path characteristic calculation unit 24 as input, and obtains the latest transmission path characteristic and 1 A difference value A He (cop) between the transmission path characteristics before the cycle (4 symbols before) is calculated and output to power calculation section 54.
- the difference calculation unit 52 shares the memory used by the interpolation unit 26 of the demodulation unit 20 for interpolation in the time axis direction, and obtains, from this memory, the transmission path characteristics for the pilot carrier four symbols earlier. You can do it.
- the power calculation unit 54 calculates the sum of the squares of the i-axis component and the q-axis component of ⁇ He ( ⁇ ⁇ ), which is the complex vector obtained by the difference calculation unit 52, Output to the interpolation unit 56 as power IP ( ⁇ ).
- This disturbance power IP ( ⁇ ) is obtained for the position of the black circle ⁇ in Fig. 2.
- Interpolation unit 56 receives interference power IP ( ⁇ ) as input, interpolates the interference power in the time axis direction (symbol direction), and also interpolates in the frequency axis direction (carrier direction). Output as power IP ( ⁇ ).
- Interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) is a value obtained by converting the degree of the influence of the interference on the OFDM signal into power, and is obtained for each carrier corresponding to the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) after interpolation obtained by the interpolation unit 26. .
- the interference power IP ( ⁇ ⁇ ) When the interference power IP ( ⁇ ⁇ ) is interpolated in the time axis direction, the interference power IP ( ⁇ ⁇ ) is integrated in the time axis direction for each pilot carrier, and the integrated value is used.
- the number of carriers into which pilot signals are inserted is 1Z3, which is the number of carriers in the entire band, memory for 1Z3 symbols is used for interpolation in the time axis direction.
- the interpolation may be performed by linear interpolation.
- FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) show the frequency characteristics of the received signal power and the interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) respectively when the Gaussian noise is superimposed on the OFDM signal on the transmission path.
- FIG. ⁇ The average power of the noise power superimposed per carrier of the FDM signal is Nd.
- the linear sum of the noise vector can be obtained as the difference vector ⁇ He ( ⁇ p).
- the power of the linear sum of the noise vectors is about twice the noise power superimposed on the transmission line. Therefore, the average value of the interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) for one carrier of the OFDM signal, obtained from the interference calculation unit 50, is about 2Nd as shown in FIG. 4 (b). In other words, if the value of the disturbance power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) is corrected by multiplying it by 1Z2, the approximate noise power can be detected appropriately.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating frequency characteristics of a received signal power and an interference power IP ( ⁇ ), respectively.
- the specific carrier interference is a signal that is uncorrelated to the OFDM signal
- the degree of influence according to the strength of the interference is converted into power, as in the case of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the frequency position of the disturbance is appropriately detected.
- the transmission path characteristics fluctuate with time, such as during mobile reception
- the difference between the four symbols of the transmission path characteristics He ( ⁇ ) is obtained
- the time variation of the transmission path characteristics becomes The corresponding difference vector ⁇ He ( ⁇ ) is obtained.
- the value of the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) for one carrier of the OFDM signal, obtained from the interference calculation unit 50 indicates the degree of influence on the received signal due to the temporal fluctuation of the channel characteristics.
- the carrier quality calculating section 60 in FIG. 1 includes logarithmic calculating sections 62 and 64 and a difference calculating section 66.
- the logarithmic calculation units 62 and 64 calculate the logarithmic value L of the carrier power CP (co) and the interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ).
- a value obtained by dividing the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) by the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) without converting it to a logarithm is used as the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ).
- a divider is required.
- the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ) is obtained from the difference between the logarithmic values of the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) and the interference power IP ( ⁇ ).
- FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) show that the received signal includes both multipath interference and noise interference at the same time.
- FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are diagrams showing received signal power and carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ), respectively, when there is frequency selective interference with respect to a specific carrier near frequency ⁇ . It is. As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the carrier quality value CSI (co) of the disturbed carrier decreases.
- the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) obtained by the power calculator 42 is also adjusted for each symbol. Therefore, the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ) for each carrier at each time (each symbol) can be appropriately calculated according to the power of the received signal.
- the carrier quality calculation unit 60 calculates IP ( ⁇ ) / CP ( ⁇ ) even if CP (co) ZlP (o) is obtained as the carrier quality value CSI (co). Even the essential difference! There is no.
- the interpolation unit 56 of the interference calculation unit 50 may omit the interpolation processing in the frequency axis direction.
- the interpolation unit 26 of the demodulation unit 20 omits the interpolation process in the frequency axis direction when calculating the transmission path characteristics for calculating the carrier power CP (co).
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the interference calculation unit 50 of FIG. 8 includes a distance detection unit 154, a hard decision unit 156, and an integration unit 158. 8 is used in place of the interference calculation unit 50 in the OFDM receiver of FIG.
- the hard decision unit 156 performs the processing for each carrier of the demodulated signal Xe (co) output from the division unit 22.
- the hard decision is performed on the signal point on the iq plane to determine the closest transmission signal point, and the result of the determination is output to distance calculating section 154 as a reference signal point.
- Distance calculation section 154 is on the iq plane between the signal point of each carrier of demodulated signal Xe ( ⁇ ) output from division section 22 and the corresponding reference signal point output from hard decision section 156.
- the square of the distance is calculated as a difference value and output to the integration section 158.
- Integrator 158 averages the difference values in the time axis direction for each carrier, and outputs the obtained value (dispersion value of demodulated signal Xe ( ⁇ )) to logarithmic calculator 64 as interference power IP ( ⁇ ). .
- the interference calculation unit 150 in FIG. 8 can also be used to control the effects of various types of interference such as noise interference occurring on the transmission path and frequency selective interference such as co-channel interference caused by analog broadcasting. Can be calculated for each carrier.
- the method of calculating the interference power in the interference calculation unit is not limited to the method described above, and may be any method as long as the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) can be calculated as the degree of interference for each carrier. .
- the OFDM receiving apparatus calculates the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) based on the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) based on the estimated pilot carrier power.
- the power of each carrier can be easily estimated even under the condition of the transmission line that changes every moment.
- the quality of each carrier is determined as a carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ) from the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) and the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) of each carrier, and a carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ).
- CSI carrier quality value
- the average value on the frequency axis and the time axis in () is taken as the received signal quality value SQ of the received signal. Therefore, even under various interference conditions, such as noise interference, multipath, frequency-selective interference with a specific carrier, and fluctuations in transmission line characteristics that occur when moving, a simple circuit configuration that does not require correction for each cause is required. The effect on the received signal can be accurately estimated, and the received signal quality value SQ of the received signal reflecting this effect can be detected.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the OFDM receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- This OFDM receiver detects noise power based on transmission path characteristics of a carrier transmitting a pilot signal.
- the OFDM receiver shown in FIG. 9 includes a tuner 12, an AZD conversion unit 13, an AGC control unit 214 as a gain control unit, a quadrature detection unit 16, an FFT unit 18, a demodulation unit 20, a soft decision unit 32 , An error correction unit 34, an information source decoding unit 36, and a noise power calculation unit 70. 9, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the AGC control section 214 receives a digitized OFDM signal in the IF band from the AZD conversion section 13.
- the AGC control unit 214 is based on the value of the noise power NP obtained by the noise power calculation unit 70, not only the average level of the input signal, so that the amplitude of the input signal becomes a predetermined level. Then, an AGC control signal for controlling the gain of the input signal is generated and output to the tuner 12.
- the noise power calculator 70 includes a difference calculator 52, a power calculator 54, and an average calculator 76.
- the difference calculator 52 and the power calculator 54 are the same as those described with reference to FIG.
- Noise power calculation section 70 detects the power of noise superimposed on the received signal based on transmission path characteristic He (cop) for a pilot carrier transmitting the SP signal.
- the average calculation unit 76 calculates the average of the interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier obtained by the power calculation unit 54 over the frequency axis direction or over both the frequency axis direction and the time axis direction. Then, the obtained result is output as noise power ⁇ ⁇ to be superimposed on the received OFDM signal. As described in the first embodiment, the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier indicates the interference superimposed on the pilot signal, that is, the noise power. Average calculating section 76 outputs noise power ⁇ to AGC control section 214.
- a band is limited by using a BPF (Band Pass Filter) to remove an unnecessary band signal.
- BPF Band Pass Filter
- the gain of the RF band signal is reduced, and then the signal is passed through the BPF, and the signal after being converted to the IF band.
- the gain of the signal it is possible to suppress the mixing of signals of adjacent channels into the OFDM demodulation unit.
- the AGC control unit 214 controls the AGC control signal so that the gain of the signal in the IF band becomes larger than the gain of the signal in the RF band in the tuner 12. Is output.
- the AGC control signal is output so that the gain of the signal in the IF band is smaller than the gain of the signal in the RF band in the tuner 12.
- the difference between the four symbols of the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ p) with respect to the pilot carrier is obtained. If the change in characteristics over time can be ignored, a linear sum of noise vectors is obtained as the difference vector ⁇ He ( ⁇ ⁇ ), and its power is about twice the noise power superimposed on the transmission line. Become. Therefore, by performing a correction by multiplying the value of the calculation result of the power calculation unit 54 or the calculation result of the average calculation unit 76 by 1 ⁇ 2, the approximate power of the noise disturbance can be appropriately detected.
- the noise power calculation unit 70 the power of the difference between the four symbols of the SP signal is used as the power of the noise.
- the noise power superimposed on the signal can be detected.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modified example of noise power calculating section 70 in FIG.
- the noise power calculator 270 in FIG. 10 includes a difference calculator 271, 272, 273, a power calculator 274, and an average And a calculation unit 276.
- Difference calculation section 271 receives as input the channel characteristics He ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier obtained in channel characteristics calculation section 24, and for the same pilot carrier, updates the latest channel characteristics and the time axis. Above, the difference value ⁇ He 1 ( ⁇ ⁇ ) from the transmission path characteristic one cycle before (four symbols before) is calculated and output to difference calculating section 273.
- Difference calculating section 272 receives as input the channel characteristic He ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier obtained in channel characteristic calculating section 24, and calculates the difference between the latest transmission path characteristic and the same pilot carrier.
- the difference calculation unit 273 receives the difference value AHel (cop) and the difference value AHe2 (cop), calculates the difference value ⁇ AHe (cop) of both, and outputs the difference value ⁇ AHe (cop) to the power calculation unit 274.
- the power calculation unit 274 receives the difference value ⁇ AHe ( ⁇ ) obtained by the difference calculation unit 273 as an input, and calculates the i-axis component and the q-axis component of the difference value ⁇ He ( ⁇ ) that is a complex vector. The sum of the respective squares is obtained, the SP signal is inserted, and the result is output to average calculation section 276 as interference power IP ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier.
- Average calculation section 276 averages interference power IP ( ⁇ ) with respect to the pilot carrier over the frequency axis direction or over both the frequency axis direction and the time axis direction, and outputs the result to the received OFDM signal. Output to AGC control unit 214 as superimposed noise power ⁇ .
- AHe2 (op, s) H (cop, s + 8) + I, (cop, s + 8)
- the average calculation unit 76 or 276 calculates the average value of the output of the power calculation unit 54 or 274 by averaging over the frequency axis direction, the noise power of the noise power is early after the reception operation starts. A detection result can be obtained. If the average calculation unit 76 or 276 calculates the average of the output of the power calculation unit 54 or 274 by averaging not only in the frequency axis direction but also in the time axis direction, the frequency axis It is possible to obtain a more accurate noise power detection result than in the case of only the direction. For this reason, an optimal calculation method of the average value may be selected according to the situation.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another modification of noise power calculating section 70 in FIG.
- the noise power calculation section 370 in FIG. 11 includes an IFFT section 372, a power calculation section 374, and a conditional average calculation section 376.
- IFFT section 372 performs inverse Fourier transform (IFFT) on transmission path characteristics He ( ⁇ ⁇ ) for each pilot carrier for each symbol, and outputs a time-domain signal A loose response is obtained and output to power calculating section 374.
- This impulse response is also a complex signal.
- Power calculation section 374 calculates the sum of the square of each of the i-axis component and the q-axis component of the input impulse response as the power of the impulse response, and outputs the sum to conditional average calculation section 376.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the power of the impulse response of the transmission path obtained by power calculation section 374 of FIG.
- the impulse response in FIG. 12 shows a case where multipath interference and noise interference exist in the transmission path.
- the noise response of the transmission line has peaks indicating a main wave and a delayed wave, and a power noise component indicating that power is locally concentrated in both the main wave and the delayed wave. Is distributed to a substantially constant level regardless of time on the floor.
- Conditional average calculation section 376 regards power values below a predetermined threshold as shown in FIG. 12 as noise, averages them over predetermined symbols, and outputs the obtained average value as noise power NP. .
- This threshold may be a fixed value or a value having a predetermined ratio with respect to the peak value indicating the main wave of the OFDM signal component. However, the value is set to be sufficiently smaller than the level of the main wave and delayed wave of the received OFDM signal.
- the transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) may be multiplied by an appropriate window function on the frequency axis. In this case, the rising and falling of the waveform of the OFDM signal component becomes steep, and the detection accuracy of the noise power can be further improved.
- noise power calculation section 370 in FIG. 11 performs IFFT on transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ⁇ ) with respect to the determined pilot carrier for the received signal power on which noise is superimposed, and calculates the impulse response for each symbol. Then, the noise power is detected based on a component equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. For this reason, the detection accuracy of the noise power can be improved more than the noise power calculation unit 70 of FIG. 9 which is less susceptible to the influence of the time variation of the transmission path characteristics.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of still another modified example of noise power calculating section 70 in FIG.
- the noise power calculation section 470 of FIG. 13 includes noise power candidate calculation sections 80 and 380 and a minimum value selection section 478.
- the noise power candidate calculation units 80 and 380 are configured similarly to the noise power calculation unit 70 of FIG. 9 and the noise power calculation unit 370 of FIG. 11, respectively.
- the noise power candidate calculation unit 80 obtains the noise power N1 based on the difference between the four symbols of the channel characteristics He ( ⁇ ) with respect to the pilot carrier, and outputs the noise power N1 to the minimum value selection unit 478.
- Noise power candidate calculating section 380 obtains noise power ⁇ 2 based on the impulse response of transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) to the pilot carrier, and outputs the result to minimum value selecting section 478.
- the minimum value selection unit 478 selects the smaller one of the noise powers N1 and ⁇ 2, and outputs it as the noise power ⁇ .
- the noise power candidate calculation unit 80 attempts to detect noise power based on the power of the difference between the transmission path characteristics. However, in an environment where the transmission path characteristics fluctuate with time, such as during mobile reception. In the case of, the difference calculation result includes a change in the transmission path characteristics in addition to the noise component, so that the calculated noise power N1 becomes larger than the actual transmission path noise power. May be lost.
- noise power candidate calculation section 380 attempts to detect noise power based on the power of the impulse response of the transmission path, and includes a plurality of delayed waves whose power is smaller than the power main wave. In some cases, depending on the threshold value used to distinguish between noise and OFDM signals, the delayed wave component with small power is regarded as noise, and the value of the calculated noise power N2 becomes larger than the noise power of the actual transmission path. there is a possibility.
- the values of the noise powers Nl and N2 calculated by the noise power candidate calculation units 80 and 380 may be larger than the actual noise power values depending on the conditions of the transmission path.
- the noise power calculation unit 470 of FIG. 13 can improve the detection accuracy of the noise power more than the noise power calculation unit 70 of FIG. 9, which is less susceptible to the influence of the time variation of the transmission path characteristics.
- noise power calculation section 370 in FIG. 11 and noise power calculation section 470 in FIG. 13 IFFT is performed on transmission path characteristic He ( ⁇ ) for pilot carriers, and the impulse response is determined for each symbol. Before obtaining, the impulse response may be obtained for each symbol by IFFT after interpolating in the time axis direction (that is, after determining the channel characteristics for every three carriers on the frequency axis). . In this case, the influence of aliasing in the impulse response can be reduced.
- noise power calculation sections 370 and 470 IFFT is performed on transmission path characteristics He ( ⁇ ) for pilot carriers, and interpolation is performed before obtaining an innorth response for each symbol (interpolation in the time axis direction).
- the transmission path characteristics may be multiplied by an appropriate window function on the frequency axis, and then an INFT response may be obtained for each symbol by IFFT.
- the rising and falling of the waveform of the OFDM signal component becomes steep, and the detection accuracy of the noise power can be further improved.
- the reliability of each demodulated carrier is estimated, and the information may be used to make a soft decision (demapping) on the demodulated signal. Even if frequency selective interference such as multipath interference or specific carrier interference occurs in the transmission path, the position of these disturbed carriers and the degree of the influence of the interference are determined by the reliability of these carriers. By appropriately detecting the demodulation signal and performing soft decision on the demodulated signal based on the information, the ability of error correction in a disturbing environment is greatly improved.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the OFDM receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the OFDM receiving apparatus of FIG. 14 is different from the OFDM receiving apparatus of FIG. 1 in that a soft decision section 532 is provided instead of the soft decision section 32, and the average calculation section 44 is not provided.
- the carrier quality calculation unit 60 in FIG. 14 calculates the logarithmic values of the carrier power CP (co) and the interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) as LCP ( ⁇ ) and LIP ( ⁇ ), respectively, and calculates the difference between the two. , And outputs the calculation result to soft decision section 532 as carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ).
- FIGS. 15A and 15B are diagrams respectively showing frequency characteristics of carrier powers CP (co) and LCP (co) when multipath interference exists.
- FIG. 15 (a) it is assumed that there is a drop in the carrier power CP (co) due to multipath interference near the frequencies coa, cob, and coc, and the degrees of these drops are different.
- Fig. 15 (b) the degree of drop of the carrier power LCP (co), which is the logarithmic value, is clearer in the vicinity of the deepest frequency cob than in Fig. 15 (a).
- the degree of the drop is small, it becomes unclear as compared with Fig. 15 (a).
- FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b) are diagrams respectively showing frequency characteristics of interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) and LIP (co) when analog co-channel interference is present.
- FIG. 16 (a) it is assumed that there is a peak of interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ) due to analog co-channel interference near frequencies coa, cob, and coc.
- the peak of the logarithmic interference power LIP ( ⁇ ) becomes clear even in the presence of small peaks that are difficult to distinguish in Fig. 16 (a).
- the difference between the peaks near the frequencies coa, cob, and ⁇ c which are greatly illustrated in FIG.
- the difference calculation section 66 obtains a difference value between the carrier power LCP (co) and the interference power LIP (co) and outputs it as a carrier quality value CSI (co). Therefore, the quality value of a carrier that is particularly affected by multinos interference, and the quality value of a carrier that is affected by specific carrier interference, such as analog co-channel interference, are expressed as follows: It is possible to calculate more clearly.
- Soft decision section 532 performs soft decision for each carrier on demodulated signal Xe (co) output from demodulation section 20 based on carrier quality value CSI (co) obtained in carrier quality calculation section 60. Is performed, and soft decision metric data is calculated and output to the error correction unit 34.
- the soft decision unit 532 outputs, for example, a value (likelihood (likelihood (()) indicating that the carrier has extremely high reliability as soft decision metric data as “0 ⁇ U ⁇ ” or “1 ⁇ ⁇ ”. likelihood)), and for the carrier with extremely low reliability, a value representing the middle point between "0" and "1" is calculated as soft decision metric data.
- the value is calculated according to the distance between the received signal point and the ideal signal point and the value of the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ). In this way, the OFDM receiver in FIG. 14 reduces the likelihood of “0 likelihood” and “1 likelihood” for the metric data of the carrier that has suffered frequency selective interference, and Reduce the effect of error correction on the entire received signal. Can be enhanced.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modified example of carrier quality calculating section 60 in FIG.
- the carrier quality calculating section 560 in FIG. 17 includes logarithmic calculating sections 62 and 64, clipping sections 563 and 565, and a difference calculating section 566.
- the logarithmic calculation units 62 and 64 calculate the logarithmic values of the carrier power CP ( ⁇ ) and the disturbing power IP ( ⁇ ) as LCP ( ⁇ ) and LIP ( ⁇ ), respectively, and output them to the clipping units 563 and 565, respectively.
- Clipping section 563 also subtracts a predetermined clip value from carrier power LCP ( ⁇ ) force, which is a logarithmic value, and outputs 0 when the result of the subtraction is positive, and outputs 0 when the result of the subtraction is negative. Clipping is performed to output the subtraction result, and the clipped carrier power CLCP ( ⁇ ) is output to the difference calculation unit 566.
- the clip unit 565 subtracts a predetermined clip value from the disturbing power LIP (co), which is a logarithmic value, and outputs 0 if the result of the subtraction is negative, and subtracts if the result of the subtraction is positive.
- the result is clipped, and the clipped interference power CLIP ( ⁇ ) is output to the difference calculation unit 566.
- the difference calculation unit 566 obtains a difference value between the output of the clipping unit 563 and the output of the clipping unit 565, and outputs the calculation result to the soft decision unit 532 as a carrier quality value CSI (co).
- FIG. 15 (c) is a diagram illustrating frequency characteristics of clipped carrier power CLCP (co) when multipath interference exists.
- the clip unit 563 clips the carrier power LCP (co) of FIG. 15B with the clip value of THC.
- the resulting carrier power CLCP (co) as shown in Fig. 15 (c), clearly shows the situation near the frequency cob, which fell most deeply, as compared to Fig. 15 (b). However, the decline in other parts is hardly shown.
- Fig. 16 (c) shows the clipped signal when analog co-channel interference is present. It is a figure which shows the frequency characteristic of interference power CLIP (co).
- the clip unit 565 clips the disturbing power LIP (co) shown in FIG. 16 (b) with the clip value set to THI.
- the resulting interference power CLIP (co) can be distinguished only for peaks having a certain level or higher, and most other peaks are shown. There is nothing.
- the difference calculation section 566 calculates a difference value (CLCP ( ⁇ ) -CLIP ( ⁇ )) between the clipped carrier power CLCP (co) and the interference power CLIP (co), and obtains the carrier quality value CSI ( ⁇ ). For this reason, the quality value of a carrier that is particularly affected by interference when multipath interference exists, and the carrier affected by interference when specific carrier interference such as analog co-channel interference exists. Quality value can be calculated more appropriately.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the interference calculation unit 50 of FIG.
- the interference calculation unit 650 in FIG. 18 includes difference calculation units 271, 272, 273, a power calculation unit 274, and an interpolation unit 656.
- the difference calculation units 271 to 273 and the power calculation unit 274 are the same as those described with reference to FIG.
- the interpolating unit 656 interpolates the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) for the pilot carrier obtained by the power calculation unit 274 in the time axis direction and the frequency axis direction to obtain and output the interference power ⁇ ( ⁇ ).
- the interference calculation unit 650 even if the transmission line characteristics fluctuate over time, if the change can be regarded as uniform, the detection accuracy of the interference power IP ( ⁇ ) is shown in FIG. It is improved compared to the configuration that has been used.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an OFDM receiving apparatus according to a modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the OFDM receiver in FIG. 19 is the same as the OFDM receiver in FIG. This is further provided with the average calculation unit 44 of FIG.
- average calculation section 44 uses carrier quality value CSI (co) determined for soft decision, interference calculation is performed to determine received signal quality value SQ. It is not necessary to further include the unit 50 and the carrier quality calculation unit 60. Therefore, in addition to performing the soft decision in consideration of the degree of the influence of the interference, it is possible to prevent an increase in the circuit scale when obtaining the reception signal quality value SQ.
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an OFDM receiver according to another modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the OFDM receiving apparatus in FIG. 20 includes a carrier quality calculating section 660 and a soft determining section 632 instead of the carrier quality calculating section 60 and the soft determining section 532 in the OFDM receiving apparatus in FIG. .
- the carrier quality calculation section 660 in FIG. 20 is obtained by removing the difference calculation section 565 from the carrier quality calculation section 560 shown in FIG.
- the carrier quality calculation section 660 outputs the clipped carrier power CLCP ( ⁇ ) and the clipped interference power CLCP ( ⁇ ) obtained from the clip sections 563 and 565 to the soft decision section 632, respectively.
- the soft decision unit 632 outputs the demodulated signal output from the demodulation unit 20 based on the clipped carrier power CLCP ( ⁇ ) and / or the clipped interference power CLCP (co). Soft decision is performed for Xe (co) for each carrier, soft decision metric data is calculated and output to error correction section 34.
- carrier quality calculating section 660 outputs carrier power CLCP ( ⁇ ) and interference power CLIP (co) separately, and soft decision section 632 generates carrier power CLCP ( ⁇ ).
- the soft decision is made using both or the interference power CLIP ( ⁇ ) and / or the deviation.
- the soft decision unit 632 can calculate the likelihood by assigning different weights to the carrier power CLCP (co) and the interference power C LIP ( ⁇ ). More flexible soft decision processing can be performed, and the error correction capability can be improved.
- the OFDM receiving apparatus uses, for each carrier of a received OFDM signal, a carrier value based on the quality value obtained for each carrier from the carrier power and the interference power indicating the degree of interference.
- a soft decision is made. For this reason, the degree of interference effect on each carrier is accurately estimated, and an effective soft decision is made using this information. This makes it possible to enhance the demodulation and error correction capabilities.
- interference calculation section 150 may be provided instead of interference calculation section 50.
- interference calculating section 650 of FIG. 18 may be provided instead of interference calculating section 50.
- the signal quality value of a received signal that reflects the influence of interference on a received OFDM signal with a simple circuit configuration and with high accuracy even under various interference conditions.
- the value of the noise power can be detected.
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