Methods and receiver for positioning of clock related spurious signals

1. A method in a mobile terminal of positioning a spurious signal for reducing an impact of the spurious signal on a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal, the method comprising:

determining, by controller circuitry operationally coupled to a first oscillator, a frequency of the spurious signal, wherein the spurious signal originates from a frequency signal of the first oscillator;

determining a frequency for a sub-carrier of the OFDM signal;

determining a frequency difference between the frequency of the sub-carrier and the frequency of the spurious signal;

adjusting the frequency of the first oscillator to decrease the frequency difference; and

adjusting, by the controller circuitry that is also operationally coupled to a second oscillator, a parameter related to a frequency of the second oscillator, wherein the parameter includes a control parameter for determining the frequency of the second oscillator.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the parameter includes adjusting the parameter so that the frequency of the second oscillator equals a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the parameter includes adjusting the frequency of the first oscillator prior to determining the frequency of the spurious signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein adjusting the parameter includes adjusting the parameter so that the frequency of the second oscillator is a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying a digital de-rotator to shift a baseband signal associated with the OFDM signal by a frequency amount corresponding to the frequency difference.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

setting the frequency amount of the digital de-rotator;

prior to the setting, removing a Direct Current component from the baseband signal.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising suppressing the spurious signal by at least one of:

zero-setting soft values of one or more selected sub-carriers; and

estimating and subtracting the spurious signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sub-carrier comprises a sub-carrier closest to the spurious signal.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the parameter includes adjusting the parameter so that the frequency of the spurious signal is equivalent to the frequency of the sub-carrier of the OFDM signal and the frequency of the second oscillator is equivalent to a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter includes a control parameter for determining the frequency of the second oscillator.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the frequency of the first oscillator adjusts the frequency of the spurious signal.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spurious signal is a harmonic of the frequency signal of the first oscillator and the first oscillator is a crystal oscillator (XO).

13. A system for positioning a spurious signal for reducing an impact of the spurious signal on a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal comprising:

controller circuitry operationally coupled to a first oscillator and a second oscillator, wherein the controller circuitry is configured to:

determine a frequency of the spurious signal, wherein the spurious signal originates from a frequency signal of the first oscillator;

determine a frequency for a subcarrier of the OFDM signal and determine a frequency difference between the frequency of the sub-carrier and the spurious signal;

adjust the frequency of the first oscillator to decrease the frequency difference; and

adjust a parameter related to a frequency of the second oscillator, wherein the parameter includes a control parameter for determining the frequency of the second oscillator.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller circuitry is further configured to:

adjust the parameter so that the frequency of the second oscillator is equivalent to a carrier frequency of the OFDM.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller circuitry is further configured to:

adjust the frequency of the first oscillator prior to determining the frequency of the spurious signal.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller circuitry is further configured to:

adjust the parameter so that the frequency of the second oscillator is a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

17. The system of claim 13 , further comprising:

a digital frequency de-rotator circuit configured to:

apply a frequency shift corresponding to the frequency difference to a baseband signal associated with the OFDM signal.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the digital frequency de-rotator circuit is further configured to:

remove a direct current (DC) component from the baseband signal; and

set the frequency amount of the digital de-rotator.

19. The system of claim 13 , further comprising:

a detector circuit configured to:

perform at least one of zero-setting soft values of one or more selected sub-carriers, and estimating and subtracting the spurious signal.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein the sub-carrier includes a sub-carrier closest to the spurious signal.

21. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller circuitry is further configured to:

adjust the parameter so that the frequency of the spurious signal is equivalent to the frequency of the sub-carrier of the OFDM signal and the frequency of the second oscillator is equivalent to a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

22. The system of claim 13 , wherein adjusting the frequency of the first oscillator adjusts the frequency of the spurious signal.

23. A method in a mobile terminal of positioning a spurious signal for reducing an impact of the spurious signal on a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal, the method comprising:

determining, by controller circuitry operationally coupled to a first oscillator, a frequency of the spurious signal, wherein the spurious signal originates from a frequency signal of the first oscillator;

determining a frequency for a sub-carrier of the OFDM signal;

determining a frequency difference between the frequency of the sub-carrier and the frequency of the spurious signal;

adjusting the frequency of the first oscillator to decrease the frequency difference; and

adjusting, by the controller circuitry that is also operationally coupled to a second oscillator, a parameter related to a frequency of the second oscillator so that the frequency of the second oscillator equals a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.

24. A system for positioning a spurious signal for reducing an impact of the spurious signal on a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal comprising:

controller circuitry operationally coupled to a first oscillator and a second oscillator, wherein the controller circuitry is configured to:

determine a frequency of the spurious signal, wherein the spurious signal originates from a frequency signal of the first oscillator;

determine a frequency for a subcarrier of the OFDM signal and determine a frequency difference between the frequency of the sub-carrier and the spurious signal;

adjust the frequency of the first oscillator to decrease the frequency difference; and

adjust a parameter related to a frequency of the second oscillator so that the frequency of the second oscillator equals a carrier frequency of the OFDM signal.