Method and apparatus for despread data in wireless communication system
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a method for despreading spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: preprocessing spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol; processing Hie spreading chips to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each of the spreading chips; and converting and combining the group of cophase components and orthogonal components according to a preset selecting signal to derive a group of despreading chips. The present invention further provides an apparatus for carrying out the above-mentioned method, which significantly simplifies the design of a dispreading circuit and reduces the area of the dispreading circuit.
1. A method for despreading a spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising:
preprocessing the spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol;
processing the spreading chips to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each spreading chip; and
combining the group of cophase components and orthogonal components to derive a group of despreading chips based on a preset selecting signal, wherein a real component of despread data is obtained, without a multiplier, using only the orthogonal component with one of odd bits and even bits of a spreading sequence and only the cophase component with the other of the odd bits and even bits of the spreading sequence.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an imaginary component of despread data is obtained using only the orthogonal component with one of even bits and odd bits of the spreading sequence and only the cophase component with the other of the even bits and odd bits of the spreading sequence.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset selecting signal is the signal based on the known spreading sequence.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the combining process comprises negating the cophase component and orthogonal component to derive negated cophase component and negated orthogonal component.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the combining process further comprises performing a preset combining calculation on the cophase component, the negated cophase component, the orthogonal component and the negated orthogonal component.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the dispreading chips is selected from a group of expected results.
7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the wireless communication system is a TD-SCDMA system, and the value of each unit of the known spreading sequence is selected from the set {1, −1, j, −j}.
8. A method for despreading a spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising:
preprocessing the spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol;
processing the spreading chips to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each of the spreading chips;
converting and combining the group of cophase components and orthogonal components to derive a group of despreading chips based on a preset selecting signal;
wherein each of the despreading chips is selected from a group of expected results;
wherein the wireless communication system is a TD-SCDMA system; and the expected result is selected from the set {I+jQ, −I−Q, −Q+jI, Q−jI}, in which l is the cophase component, Q is the orthogonal component, −I is the negated cophase component, and −Q is the negated orthogonal component.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication system is a WCDMA system, and the value of each unit of the known spreading sequence select is selected from the set (1+j, 1−j, 1+j, −1−j}.
10. A method for despreading a spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising:
preprocessing the spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol;
processing the spreading chips to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each of the spreading chips;
converting and combining the group of cophase components and orthogonal components to derive a group of despreading chips based on a preset selecting signal;
wherein each of the despreading chips is selected from a group of expected results;
wherein the wireless communication system is a WCDMA system; and
the expected result is selected from the set (I−Q)+j(I+Q), (I+Q)+j(−I+Q), (−I−Q)+j(I−Q), (−I+Q)+j(−I−Q)}, in which I is the cophase component, Q is the orthogonal component, −I is the negated cophase component, and −Q is the negated orthogonal component.
11. An apparatus configured to despread a spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising:
a preprocessor configured to preprocess the spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol;
an extractor configured to process the spreading chip to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each spreading chip; and
a selector and processor configured to combine the group of cophase components and orthogonal components based on a preset selecting signal to derive a group of despreading chips, wherein a real component of despread data is configured to be obtained using only the orthogonal component with odd bits of a spreading sequence and only the cophase component with even bits of the spreading sequence.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein an imaginary component of despread data is configured to be obtained using only the orthogonal component with even bits of the spreading sequence and only the cophase component with odd bits of the spreading sequence.
13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the real component is configured to be obtained without a multiplier.
14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprises a preset means configured to set the preselecting signal based on a signal of a known spreading sequence.
15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the selecting and processing means comprises a negating means configured to negate the cophase component and the orthogonal component to derive the negated cophase component and the negated orthogonal component.
16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the selecting and processing means further comprises a combining means configured to perform preset combining calculation on the cophase components, the negated cophase components, the orthogonal components and the negated orthogonal components.
17. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein each of the dispreading chips is selected from a group of the expected results.
18. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the wireless communication system is a TD-SCDMA system, and the value of each unit of the known spreading sequence is selected from the set {1, −1, j, −j}.
19. An apparatus configured to despread spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising:
a preprocess means configured to preprocess spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol;
an extraction means configured to process the spreading chip to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each of the spreading chips;
a selecting and processing means configured to convert and combine the group of cophase components and orthogonal components based on a preset selecting signal to derive a group of despreading chips;
wherein each of the despreading chips is selected from a group of the expected results;
wherein the wireless communication system is a TD-SCDMA system; and
the expected result is selected from the set {I+jQ, −I−Q, −Q+jI, Q−jI}, in which I is the cophase component, Q is the orthogonal component, −I is the negated cophase component, and −Q is the negated orthogonal component.
20. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the wireless communication system is a WCDMA system; and the value of each unit of the known spreading sequence is selected from the set {1+j, 1−j, 1+j, −1−j}.
21. An apparatus configured to despread spread signal used in a receiver of a wireless communication system, comprising:
a preprocess means configured to preprocess spread signal to derive a group of spreading chips corresponding to a data symbol;
an extraction means configured to process the spreading chip to extract cophase components and orthogonal components of each of the spreading chips;
a selecting and processing means configured to convert and combine the group of cophase components and orthogonal components based on a preset selecting signal to derive a group of despreading chips;
wherein each of the despreading chips is selected from a group of the expected results;
wherein the wireless communication system is a WCDMA system; and
the expected result is selected from the set {(I−Q)+j(I+Q), (I+Q)+j(−1+Q), (−I−Q)+j (I−Q), (−I+Q)+j(−I−Q)}, in which I is the cophase component, Q is the orthogonal component, −I is the negated cophase component, and −Q is the negated orthogonal component.