IP Library Granted Patent US 9,209,847
Granted Patent B2
US 9,209,847 · App. 14/396,480 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Method and device for achieving CMMB diversity reception

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Patent No.
US 9,209,847
App. No.
14/396,480
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for achieving China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) diversity reception are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring respective Analogue-to-Digital Converter (ADC) data of two antennas; respectively conducting a synchronization and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation on the ADC data of the two antennas, acquiring delay information about the two antennas, and according to an operation result, selecting a signal to noise ratio (SNR) configuration parameter; according to the delay information, conducting delay compensation on the operated data; and according to the selected SNR configuration parameter, merging the data of the two antennas on which the delay compensation is conducted, and outputting the data. The method and apparatus are able to acquire a signal with extremely small interference and acquire a higher mobile performance.

Claims (40)

1. A method for achieving China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) diversity reception, comprising:

acquiring respective Analogue-to-Digital Converter (ADC) data of two antennas;

respectively conducting a synchronization and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation on the ADC data of the two antennas to acquire delay information about the two antennas, and selecting a signal to noise ratio (SNR) configuration parameter according to an operation result;

according to the delay information, conducting delay compensation on the operated data; and

according to the selected SNR configuration parameter, merging the data of the two antennas on which the delay compensation is conducted, and outputting the merged data;

wherein the step of respectively conducting a synchronization and FFT operation on the ADC data of the two antennas to acquire delay information about the two antennas comprises:

respectively conducting a mixing process on the ADC data of the two antennas according to a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configuration;

conducting a coarse synchronization operation on the data on which the mixing process is conducted according to a signal feature of the ADC data;

conducting a FFT operation on the data on which the coarse synchronization operation is conducted;

conducting a fine synchronization operation on the data on which the FFT operation is conducted to acquire offset values of the two antennas with respect to a predetermined clock; and

acquiring the delay information about the two antennas according to the offset values.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, before the step of conducting the FFT operation on the data on which the coarse synchronization operation is conducted, the method further comprises:

intercepting 2K data from the data on which the coarse synchronization operation is conducted, for the FFT operation.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, the step of selecting a SNR configuration parameter according to an operation result comprises:

conducting a masking process on related subcarriers according to 2K subcarriers acquired after the FFT operation is conducted;

multiplying the data on which the masking process is conducted with a synchronous serial number and then conducting a saturation and normalization process on the data; and

accumulating power values of the 256 th -767 th subcarriers from a position of a first path of the fine synchronization, and reporting the accumulated power values to the CPU so that the CUP calculates a noise power and selects the SNR configuration parameter.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the FFT operation is a 2048-point FFT.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, the FFT operation is a 2048-point FFT.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the FFT operation is a 2048-point FFT.

7. An apparatus for achieving China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) diversity reception, comprising:

an acquisition module, configured to acquire respective Analogue-to-Digital Converter (ADC) data of two antennas;

an operation and selection module, configured to respectively conduct a synchronization and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation on the ADC data of the two antennas to acquire delay information about the two antennas, and select a signal to noise ratio (SNR) configuration parameter according to an operation result;

a delay compensation module, configured to conduct delay compensation on the operated data according to the delay information; and

a merging and outputting module, configured to merge the data of the two antennas on which the delay compensation is conducted according to the selected SNR configuration parameter and output the merged data;

wherein the operation and selection module comprises:

a mixing process unit, configured to respectively conduct a mixing process on the ADC data of the two antennas according to a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configuration;

a coarse synchronization operation unit, configured to conduct a coarse synchronization operation on the data on which the mixing process is conducted according to a signal feature of the ADC data;

a FFT operation unit, configured to conduct a FFT operation on the data on which the coarse synchronization operation is conducted;

a fine synchronization operation unit, configured to conduct a fine synchronization operation on the data on which the FFT operation is conducted to acquire offset values of the two antennas with respect to a predetermined clock; and

an acquisition unit, configured to acquire the delay information about the two antennas according to the offset values.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein, the operation and selection module further comprises:

an interception unit, configured to be connected between the coarse synchronization operation unit and the FFT operation unit, to intercept 2K data from the data on which the coarse synchronization operation is conducted, for the FFT operation.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, the operation and selection module further comprises:

a masking process unit, configured to conduct a masking process on related subcarriers according to 2K subcarriers acquired after the FFT operation is conducted;

a normalization process unit, configured to multiply the data on which the masking process is conducted with a synchronous serial number and then conduct a saturation and normalization process on the data; and

an accumulation and selection unit, configured to accumulate power values of the 256 th -767 th subcarriers from a position of a first path of the fine synchronization, and report the accumulated power values to the CPU so that the CPU calculates a noise power and selects the SNR configuration parameter.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein, the FFT operation is a 2048-point FFT.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, the FFT operation is a 2048-point FFT.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein, the FFT operation is a 2048-point FFT.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2017
From: ZTE MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
To: SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042389/0938 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2015
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: ZTE MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 036841/0746 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: HUANG, ZHI; CHEN, LI; WANG, SHANGYUAN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036154/0782 →