IP Library Granted Patent US 8,559,572
Granted Patent B2
US 8,559,572 · App. 13/342,360 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Method for interference control by an ultra-wideband wireless communication system in a multi-user environment and a receiver for performing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,559,572
App. No.
13/342,360
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless communication system in a multi-user environment determines a threshold value to eliminate a signal pulse affected by a near-interference from among a plurality of signal pulses transmitted a number of times. A method for controlling an interference includes receiving the signal pulses, calculating a correlation value by applying a predetermined correlation mask to the signal pulses, determining a threshold value by referring to the number of times that the signal pulses are transmitted, a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio, and information about a ratio of a near-interference to a far-interference, and eliminating signal pulses having a correlation value greater than the threshold value. The correlation values that are not greater than the threshold value are summed to detect a bit corresponding to each pulse signal.

Claims (23)

1. A method for eliminating interference in an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of signal pulses that are each transmitted a number of times;

calculating a correlation value by applying a correlation mask to a signal pulse;

acquiring a threshold value based on a near/far interference ratio and a near-interference pulse ratio of signal pulses; and

eliminating the signal pulse when the correlation value is greater than the threshold value,

wherein the near/far interference ratio comprises a ratio of a near-interference amount to a far-interference amount, the near-interference amount and the far-interference amount being comprised in the plurality of signal pulses, and

wherein the near-interference pulse ratio comprises a value acquired by measuring a ratio of distorted signal pulses due to the near-interference among the signal pulses.

2. A method for receiving data in an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of signal pulses that are each transmitted a number of times;

calculating a plurality of correlation values by applying a correlation mask to each of the plurality of signal pulses;

summing the correlation values that have a value less than a threshold value; and

detecting a bit corresponding to each signal pulse based on a result of the summing,

wherein the threshold value is acquired based on a near/far interference ratio and a near-interference pulse ratio of signal pulses,

wherein the near/far interference ratio comprises a ratio of a near-interference amount to a far-interference amount, the near-interference amount and the far-interference amount being comprised in the plurality of signal pulses, and

wherein the near-interference pulse ratio comprises a value acquired by measuring a ratio of distorted signal pulses due to the near-interference among the signal pulses.

3. An apparatus for receiving data in an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver to receive a plurality of signal pulses that are each transmitted a number of times;

a correlation unit to calculate a plurality of correlation values by applying a correlation mask to each signal pulse of the plurality of signal pulses;

a threshold value determinator to acquire a threshold value based on a near/far interference ratio and a near-interference pulse ratio of signal pulses;

a near-interference eliminator to eliminate the near-interference from the plurality of correlation values, the near-interference being a correlation value of the plurality of correlation values having a value greater than the threshold value; and

a bit detector to sum the plurality of correlation values having a value that is not greater than the threshold value, and to detect a bit corresponding to each pulse signal,

wherein the near/far interference ratio comprises a ratio of a near-interference amount to a far-interference amount, the near-interference amount and the far-interference amount being comprised in the plurality of signal pulses, and

wherein the near-interference pulse ratio comprises a value acquired by measuring a ratio of distorted signal pulses due to the near-interference among the signal pulses.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2020
From: PANTECH INC.
To: PANTECH CORPORATION
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From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
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From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
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DE-MERGER Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: PANTECH CO., LTD.
To: PANTECH INC.
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