Apparatus and method for generating preamble sequence in a BWA communication system using OFDM
A preamble sequence generating apparatus and method in a BWA communication system using OFDM. An ARM code generator generates at least one ARM code of a different length. A sub-carrier selection and frequency mask unit maps a second number of ARM code components to a second number of sub-carriers among a third number of OFDM sub-carriers distributed equally in a frequency band and maps null components to sub-carriers excluding from the second number of sub-carriers. Here, the second number being the number of (the components of the ARM code) minus (a DC component and a first number of ARM code components set to prevent adjacent channel interference). Then, an IFFT generates a preamble sequence by inverse-fast-Fourier-transforming the sub-carriers received from the sub-carrier and frequency mask unit.
1. A preamble sequence generating method in a BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) communication system using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) for frequency synchronization and channel estimation, comprising the steps of:
generating at least one ARM (Aperiodic Recursive Multiplex) code by outputting a third sequence by multiplying a first sequence having a first length and a second sequence having the first length containing alternating +1s and −1s, outputting a fourth sequence by time-multiplexing the first sequence and the third sequence, and resetting the fourth sequence as the first sequence until an intended length of the ARM code is achieved;
mapping the samples of the ARM code to sub-carriers equally distributed in a frequency band; and
generating a preamble sequence by performing IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) on sub-carriers containing ARM code samples remaining from deleting a predetermined number of ARM code samples from the ARM code samples, a reference component representing a DC component, and null components inserted between the remaining ARM code samples and the reference component,
wherein the preamble sequence is used for frequency synchronization and channel estimation.
2. The preamble sequence generating method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined ARM code samples are deleted to prevent adjacent channel interference.
3. The preamble sequence generating method of claim 1 , wherein the DC component is mapped to a sub-carrier having a minimum frequency among the sub-carriers.
4. A preamble sequence generating apparatus in a BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) communication system using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), comprising:
an ARM (Aperiodic Recursive Multiplex) code generator for generating at least one ARM code by outputting a third sequence by multiplying a first sequence having a first length and a second sequence having the first length containing alternating +1s and −1s, outputting a fourth sequence by time-multiplexing the first sequence and the third sequence, and resetting the fourth sequence as the first sequence until an intended length of the ARM code is achieved;
a sub-carrier selection and frequency mask unit for mapping the samples of the ARM code to sub-carriers equally distributed in a frequency band; and
an IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transformer) for generating a preamble sequence by inverse-fast-Fourier-transforming sub-carriers containing ARM code samples remaining from deleting a predetermined number of ARM code samples from the ARM code samples, a reference component representing a DC component, and null components inserted between the remaining ARM code samples and the reference component.
5. The preamble sequence generating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined ARM code samples are deleted to prevent adjacent channel interference.
6. The preamble sequence generating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the DC component is mapped to a sub-carrier having a minimum frequency among the sub-carriers.
7. A preamble sequence generating apparatus in a BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) communication system using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), comprising:
an ARM (Aperiodic Recursive Multiplex) code generator for generating at least one ARM code by outputting a third sequence by multiplying a first sequence having a first length and a second sequence having the first length containing alternating +1s is and −1s, outputting a fourth sequence by time-multiplexing the first sequence and the third sequence, and resetting the fourth sequence as the first sequence until an intended length of the ARM code is achieved;
a sub-carrier selection and frequency mask unit for one-to-one mapping a second number of ARM code components to a second number of sub-carriers among a third number of sub-carriers equally distributed in a frequency band, the second number being the number of the components of the ARM code, minus, a DC component and a first number of ARM code components set to prevent adjacent channel interference, and mapping null components to sub-carriers excluding from the second number of sub-carriers; and
an IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transformer) for generating a preamble sequence by inverse-fast-Fourier-transforming the sub-carriers received from the sub-carrier selection and frequency mask unit.
8. The preamble sequence generating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first number of ARM code components are mapped to outermost sub-carriers in the frequency band.
9. The preamble sequence generating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the DC component is mapped to a sub-carrier having a minimum frequency among the sub-carriers.
10. The preamble sequence generating apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a preamble assembler for generating a different preamble sequence by using preamble sequences output from the IFFT individually or in combination.
11. A preamble sequence generating method in a BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) communication system using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) for frequency synchronization and channel estimation, comprising the steps of:
generating at least one ARM (Aperiodic Recursive Multiplex) code by outputting a third sequence by multiplying a first sequence having a first length and a second sequence having the first length containing alternating +1s and −1s, outputting a fourth sequence by time-multiplexing the first sequence and the third sequence, and resetting the fourth sequence as the first sequence until an intended length of the ARM code is achieved;
one-to-one mapping a second number of ARM code components to a second number of sub-carriers among a third number of sub-carriers equally distributed in a frequency band, the second number being the number of the components of the ARM code, minus, a DC component and a first number of ARM code components set to prevent adjacent channel interference, and mapping null components to sub-carriers excluding from the second number of sub-carriers; and
generating a preamble sequence by inverse-fast-Fourier-transforming the sub-carriers mapped to the second number of ARM code components and the null components,
wherein the preamble sequence is used for frequency synchronization and channel estimation.
12. The preamble sequence generating method of claim 11 , wherein the first number of ARM code components are mapped to outermost sub-carriers in the frequency band.
13. The preamble sequence generating method of claim 11 , wherein the DC component is mapped to a sub-carrier having a minimum frequency among the sub-carriers.
14. The preamble sequence generating method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of generating a different preamble sequence by using preamble sequences output from the IFFT individually or in combination.