Disturbing signal detecting device for detecting a disturbing signal and OFDM receiver using the same
View Patent ↗A disturbing signal detecting device that detects a disturbing signal and improves error correcting capability for a signal including an interference, and an OFDM receiver that improves reception power for a signal including an interference are disclosed. The disturbing signal detecting device and OFDM receiver perform an IFFT computation for a transmission line characteristic calculated from pilot signals by an IFFT computing unit. A threshold processing part substitutes “0” for a value of a time-base signal obtained as an IFFT computation result, if the value exceeds a threshold. An FFT computing unit performs an FFT computation for a signal processed by the threshold processing part, to convert the signal to a frequency-base signal. An interference detector interpolates timewise and frequencywise the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, to calculate a disturbing signal added to the OFDM signal band.
1. A disturbing signal detecting device in which a plurality of carriers having frequencies orthogonal to each other in a transmission band are modulated with allocated information signal, the device receives an OFDM transmission signal with a known pilot signal periodically inserted for the plurality of carriers modulated with the information signal, and detects a disturbing signal included in the signal received, comprising:
an IFFT computing unit for performing an IFFT computation for a transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal;
a threshold processing part that compares a time-base signal obtained as a result of an IFFT computation by the IFFT computing unit, with a threshold, and if the time-base signal exceeds the threshold, substitutes zero for a value of the signal;
an FFT computing unit that performs an FFT computation for the signal processed by the threshold processing part and converts to a frequency-base signal;
an interference detector that interpolates timewise and frequencywise the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, and calculates a disturbing signal added to an OFDM signal band;
a windowing part that multiplies the transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal, by a window function; and
an inverse windowing part that multiplies the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, by an inverse number of the window function multiplied in the windowing part.
2. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the interference detector, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire signal band.
3. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the interference detector, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire signal band.
4. An OFDM receiver that includes:
a received signal FFT computing unit that converts a received signal to a frequency-domain signal;
a pilot extractor that extracts a pilot signal from the frequency-domain signal and calculates a transmission line characteristic of a carrier in which the pilot signal existed;
a transmission line characteristic estimating part that interpolates timewise and frequencywise the transmission line characteristic calculated by the pilot extractor, and calculates an estimate for a transmission line characteristic of all OFDM carriers;
a divider that divides the output from the received signal FFT computing unit, by the estimate for the transmission line characteristic;
a soft decision part that calculates likelihood based on a distance from a transmitted signal point to a received signal point; and
an error correcting part that performs error correction using the likelihood, further comprising the disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in one of claim 1 and claim 5 , wherein the OFDM receiver corrects the likelihood according to the disturbing signal calculated by the interference detector included in the disturbing signal detecting device.
5. A disturbing signal detecting device in which a plurality of carriers having frequencies orthogonal to each other in a transmission band are modulated with allocated information signal, the device receives an OFDM transmission signal with a known pilot signal periodically inserted for the plurality of carriers modulated with the information signal, and detects a disturbing signal included in the signal received, comprising:
an IFFT computing unit for performing an IFFT computation for a transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal;
a threshold processing part that compares a time-base signal obtained as a result of an IFFT computation by the IFFT computing unit, with a threshold, and if the time-base signal is smaller than the threshold, substitutes zero for a value of the signal;
an FFT computing unit that performs an FFT computation for the signal processed by the threshold processing part and converts to a frequency-base signal;
a subtraction processing part that subtracts the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, from a signal of the transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal;
an interference detector that interpolates timewise and frequencywise the frequency-base signal obtained from the subtraction processing part, and calculates a disturbing signal added to an OFDM signal band;
a windowing part that multiplies the transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal, by a window function; and
an inverse windowing part that multiplies the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, by an inverse number of the window function multiplied in the windowing part.
6. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the interference detector, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire band of a signal received.
7. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the interference detector, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire band of a signal received.
8. A disturbing signal detecting device in which a plurality of carriers having frequencies orthogonal to each other in a transmission band are modulated with allocated information signal, the device receives an OFDM transmission signal with a known pilot signal periodically inserted for the plurality of carriers modulated with the information signal, and detects a disturbing signal included in the signal received, comprising:
a transmission line estimating part that obtains a transmission line characteristic calculated from pilot signals, and interpolates timewise and frequencywise the transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal, based on an arrangement rule of the pilot signal;
an IFFT computing unit that performs an IFFT computation for a signal indicating a transmission line characteristic of all OFDM carriers obtained from the transmission line estimating part;
a threshold processing part that compares a time-base signal obtained as a result of an IFFT computation by the IFFT computing unit, with a threshold, and if the time-base signal exceeds the threshold, substitutes zero for a value of the signal;
an FFT computing unit that performs an FFT computation for the signal processed by the threshold processing part and converts to a frequency-base signal;
a windowing part that multiplies the transmission line characteristic derived by the transmission line estimating part, by a window function; and
an inverse windowing part that multiplies the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, by an inverse number of the window function multiplied in the windowing part.
9. An OFDM receiver that includes:
a received signal FFT computing unit that converts a received signal to a frequency-domain signal;
a pilot extractor that extracts a pilot signal from the frequency-domain signal and calculates a transmission line characteristic of a carrier in which the pilot signal existed;
a transmission line characteristic estimating part that interpolates timewise and frequencywise the transmission line characteristic calculated by the pilot extractor, and calculates an estimate for a transmission line characteristic of all OFDM carriers;
a divider that divides the output from the received signal FFT computing unit, by the estimate for the transmission line characteristic;
a soft decision part that calculates likelihood based on a distance from a transmitted signal point to a received signal point; and
an error correcting part that performs error correction using the likelihood, further comprising the disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the OFDM receiver corrects the likelihood according to the disturbing signal calculated by the FFT computing unit included in the disturbing signal detecting device.
10. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire band of a signal received.
11. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire band of a signal received.
12. A disturbing signal detecting device in which a plurality of carriers having frequencies orthogonal to each other in a transmission band are modulated with allocated information signal, the device receives an OFDM transmission signal with a known pilot signal periodically inserted for the plurality of carriers modulated with the information signal, and detects a disturbing signal included in the signal received, comprising:
a transmission line estimating part that obtains a transmission line characteristic calculated from pilot signals, and interpolates timewise and frequencywise the transmission line characteristic calculated from the pilot signal, based on an arrangement rule of the pilot signal;
an IFFT computing unit that performs an IFFT computation for a signal indicating a transmission line characteristic of all OFDM carriers obtained from the transmission line estimating part;
a threshold processing part that compares a time-base signal obtained as a result of an IFFT computation by the IFFT computing unit, with a threshold, and if the time-base signal is smaller than the threshold, substitutes zero for a value of the signal;
an FFT computing unit that performs an FFT computation for the signal processed by the threshold processing part and converts to a frequency-base signal; and
a subtraction processing part that subtracts the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, from a signal transmission line characteristic calculated from pilot signals;
a windowing part that multiplies the transmission line characteristic derived by the transmission line estimating part, by a window function; and
an inverse windowing part that multiplies the frequency-base signal obtained from the FFT computing unit, by an inverse number of the window function multiplied in the windowing part.
13. An OFDM receiver that includes:
a received signal FFT computing unit that converts a received signal to a frequency-domain signal;
a pilot extractor that extracts a pilot signal from the frequency-domain signal and calculates a transmission line characteristic of a carrier in which the pilot signal existed;
a transmission line characteristic estimating part that interpolates timewise and frequencywise the transmission line characteristic calculated by the pilot extractor, and calculates an estimate for a transmission line characteristic of all OFDM carriers;
a divider that divides an output from the received signal FFT computing unit, by the estimate for the transmission line characteristic;
a soft decision part that calculates likelihood based on a distance from a transmitted signal point to a received signal point; and
an error correcting part that performs error correction using the likelihood, further comprising the disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the OFDM receiver corrects the likelihood according to the disturbing signal calculated by the subtraction processing part included in the disturbing signal detecting device.
14. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the subtraction processing part, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire band of a signal received.
15. The disturbing signal detecting device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
a signal quality calculating part that calculates an average value of information on the frequencywise disturbing signal obtained from the subtraction processing part, as a level of a disturbing signal for an entire band of a signal received.