IP Library Granted Patent US 8,744,016
Granted Patent B2
US 8,744,016 · App. 13/442,572 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Receiving apparatus and receiving method

Inventors: Hiroaki Takagi (Yokohama, JP); Naoto Adachi (Yokohama, JP); Masataka Umeda (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignees: Fujitsu Limited; Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,744,016
App. No.
13/442,572
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receiving apparatus includes a symbol timing detection unit, a Fourier transform unit, a first symbol timing correction unit, and an interpolation synthesis unit. The symbol timing detection unit is configured to detect a Fourier transform start position from a received transmitting signal of a symbol unit, the Fourier transform unit is configured to perform a Fourier transform using the detected Fourier transform start position. The first symbol timing correction unit is configured to calculate and correct an amount of change between the Fourier transform start position of a reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position, and the interpolation synthesis unit is configured to perform an interpolation synthesis of a plurality of delay profiles corresponding to a plurality of symbols including the reference symbol and a symbol in which the amount of change is corrected.

Claims (44)

1. A receiving apparatus comprising:

a symbol timing detector configured to detect a Fourier transform start position from a received transmitting signal of a symbol unit;

a Fourier transformer configured to perform a Fourier transform using the detected Fourier transform start position;

a first symbol timing corrector configured to calculate and correct an amount of change between the Fourier transform start position of a reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position;

an interpolation synthesizer configured to perform an interpolation synthesis of a plurality of delay profiles corresponding to a plurality of symbols including the reference symbol and a symbol in which the amount of change is corrected; and

a symbol timing memory configured to hold Fourier transform start positions of the plurality of symbols with symbol numbers for the number of symbols subject to the interpolation synthesis.

2. The receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

with respect to a symbol, in which a Fourier transform start position of a different timing from the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol is detected, among the plurality of symbols, the first symbol timing corrector calculates the amount of change from the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol, and performs a time correction for the change of the delay profile.

3. The receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , the receiving apparatus further comprising:

a propagation path compensator configured to compensate a propagation path according to the delay profiles subjected to the interpolation synthesis.

4. The receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , the receiving apparatus further comprising:

a second symbol timing corrector configured to calculate an amount of change between the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position, and correct an amount of phase shift of a propagation path estimation value; and

a propagation path variation calculator configured to calculate a propagation path variation value using the corrected propagation path estimation value.

5. A receiving apparatus comprising:

a symbol timing detector configured to detect a Fourier transform start position from a received transmitting signal of a symbol unit;

a Fourier transformer configured to perform a Fourier transform using the detected Fourier transform start position;

a second symbol timing corrector configured to calculate an amount of variation between the Fourier transform start position of a reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position, and correct an amount of phase shift of a propagation path estimation value;

a propagation path variation calculator configured to calculate a propagation path variation value using the corrected propagation path estimation value; and

a symbol timing memory configured to hold Fourier transform start positions of the plurality of symbols with symbol numbers for the number of symbols subject to the interpolation synthesis.

6. The receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein

with respect to a symbol, in which a Fourier transform start position of a different timing from the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol is detected, among the plurality of symbols, the second symbol timing corrector corrects the amount of phase shift of the propagation path estimation value.

7. The receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , the receiving apparatus further comprising:

an inter-carrier interference canceller configured to cancel inter-carrier interference according to the calculated propagation path variation value.

8. A receiving method comprising:

detecting a Fourier transform start position from a received transmitting signal of a symbol unit;

performing a Fourier transform using the detected Fourier transform start position;

calculating and correcting an amount of change between the Fourier transform start position of a reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position;

holding Fourier transform start positions of a plurality of symbols with symbol numbers for the number of symbols subject to an interpolation synthesis; and

performing the interpolation synthesis of a plurality of delay profiles corresponding to the plurality of symbols including the reference symbol and a symbol in which the amount of change is corrected.

9. The receiving method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein

with respect to a symbol, in which a Fourier transform start position of a different timing from the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol is detected, among the plurality of symbols, the amount of change from the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol is calculated, and a time correction for the change of the delay profile is performed.

10. The receiving method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein

the amount of change between the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position is calculated, and an amount of phase shift of a propagation path estimation value is corrected, and

the receiving method further comprises calculating a propagation path variation value using the corrected propagation path estimation value.

11. A receiving method comprising:

detecting a Fourier transform start position from a received transmitting signal of a symbol unit;

performing a Fourier transform using the detected Fourier transform start position;

calculating an amount of change between the Fourier transform start position of a reference symbol and the detected Fourier transform start position, and correcting an amount of phase shift of a propagation path estimation value;

holding Fourier transform start positions of a plurality of symbols with symbol numbers for the number of symbols subject to an interpolation synthesis; and

calculating a propagation path variation value using the corrected propagation path estimation value.

12. The receiving method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein

the amount of phase shift of the propagation path estimation value is corrected with respect to a symbol, in which a Fourier transform start position of a different timing from the Fourier transform start position of the reference symbol is detected, among the plurality of symbols.

13. The receiving method as claimed in claim 11 , the receiving method further comprising:

cancelling inter-carrier interference according to the calculated propagation path variation value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2015
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: SOCIONEXT INC.
Reel/Frame 035498/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2012
From: TAKAGI, HIROAKI; ADACHI, NAOTO; UMEDA, MASATAKA
To: FUJITSU LIMITED; FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028017/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-120334 · May 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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