IP Library Granted Patent US 7,817,751
Granted Patent B2
US 7,817,751 · App. 11/580,384 · Granted Oct 19, 2010

Digital multimedia broadcasting receiver having improved reception capability and channel estimation method of the same

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Patent No.
US 7,817,751
App. No.
11/580,384
Granted
Oct 19, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) receiver is provided, including: an equalizing unit compensating for distortion in CDM (code division multiplexing) channel signals in DMB based on a tap factor; and a channel estimation unit comparing version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal, and, if the version information match each other, using the CDM channel control data as a channel estimation sequence to perform a channel estimation process in a segment having no pilot symbol, and updating the tap factor of the equalizing unit according to a result of the channel estimation.

Claims (18)

1. A DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) receiver comprising:

an equalizing unit to compensate for distortion in CDM (code division multiplexing) channel signals in DMB based on a tap factor; and

a channel estimation unit to compare version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal, and, if the version information match each other, to use the CDM channel control data as a channel estimation sequence to perform a channel estimation process in a segment having no pilot symbol, and to update the tap factor of the equalizing unit according to a result of the channel estimation.

2. The DMB receiver of claim 1 , wherein the channel estimation unit uses the pilot symbol as a channel estimation sequence to perform a channel estimation process in a segment having the pilot symbol.

3. The DMB receiver of claim 2 , wherein the channel estimation unit compares version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal, and, if the version information does not match each other, uses the pilot symbol as a channel estimation sequence to perform a channel estimation process.

4. The DMB receiver of claim 1 , wherein the channel estimation unit checks a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error on a received pilot channel signal, and, if no error is detected, compares version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal.

5. The DMB receiver of claim 2 , wherein the channel estimation unit checks a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error on a received pilot channel signal, and, if no error is detected, compares version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal.

6. The DMB receiver of claim 3 , wherein the channel estimation unit checks a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error on a received pilot channel signal, and, if no error is detected, compares version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal.

7. A channel estimation method of a DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) receiver, comprising:

reading version information contained in individual CDM (code division multiplexing) channel control data in a pilot channel signal in DMB;

comparing the version information contained in the individual CDM channel control data with version information contained in individual CDM channel control data in a previous pilot channel signal;

performing a channel estimation process in a segment having no pilot symbol by using the CDM channel control data as a channel estimation sequence if the version information match each other; and

updating a tap factor of an equalizing unit according to a result of the channel estimation.

8. The channel estimation method of claim 7 , wherein the step of performing a channel estimation process comprising performing the channel estimation process in a segment having the pilot symbol by using the pilot symbol as a channel estimation sequence.

9. The channel estimation method of claim 8 , wherein the step of performing a channel estimation process comprising performing the channel estimation process by using the pilot symbol as a channel estimation sequence if the version information does not match each other.

10. The channel estimation method of claim 7 , further comprising checking a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error on a pilot channel signal, and, if no error is detected, performing the step of reading version information.

11. The channel estimation method of claim 8 , further comprising checking a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error on a pilot channel signal, and, if no error is detected, performing the step of reading version information.

12. The channel estimation method of claim 9 , further comprising checking a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error on a pilot channel signal, and, if no error is detected, performing the step of reading version information.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2020
From: PANTECH INC.
To: PANTECH CORPORATION
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To: PANTECH INC.
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