JP2006237964A - Device and method for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission device which can attain the detecting accuracy of proper symbol timing, capable of easily selecting or changing the subcarrier that is used as a synchronizing signal. <P>SOLUTION: On a transmission side, the device has the information on a first bandwidth that is smaller than a predetermined maximum value and inputs a predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier; with respect to a subcarrier contained in the first bandwidth, it outputs an assigned predetermined value; with respect to a subcarrier which is not contained, the device comprises a variable-weighting means which outputs zero, and an output means which performs discrete inverse-Fourier transform to the output of the variable weighting means, and outputs synchronized signals; and on the receiving side, replacing with the first bandwidth by the transmission side, the device comprises a matched filter means, corresponding to a synchronized signal output, when using a second bandwidth having overlapped part with the first bandwidth under a predetermined maximum value, and an output means for outputting a symbol timing reference signal, by detecting the peak of the output signal of the matched filter means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission apparatus, and more particularly to symbol timing detection in OFDM communication.

  The OFDM communication system is a system in which high multipath fading resistance can be obtained with a relatively simple device, and has recently been adopted in wireless LAN (Local Area Network), terrestrial digital television broadcasting, and the like. In the OFDM communication system, on the transmitting side, the information to be transmitted is divided into a plurality of parts, each subcarrier is made to correspond, and this is converted into a time domain signal by discrete Fourier inverse transform processing. Is generated. A fast algorithm represented by IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) is usually used for the inverse discrete Fourier transform processing. That is, in the OFDM communication system, transmission data is divided into a plurality of low-speed data, and each low-speed data is transmitted by a corresponding subcarrier. Similarly, on the receiving side, after sampling the received signal, the received signal is collectively converted into a frequency domain signal by a discrete Fourier transform process using a fast algorithm such as FFT (Fast Fourier Transform). Duplicate.

  In order to demodulate the OFDM signal, it is necessary to detect symbol timing on the receiving side and establish symbol timing synchronization. For this reason, the transmission side periodically transmits a synchronization signal for symbol timing detection called a synchronization symbol or synchronization preamble, and the reception side detects symbol timing from the synchronization signal (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1). .)

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram of synchronization signal generation according to the prior art described in Non-Patent Document 1. In FIG. 8, the pattern table 31 represents the synchronization signal in the frequency domain, and an example thereof is shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, the relative frequency indicates the number of subcarriers from the center frequency of the used band, the lower frequency side is represented by a negative value, and the higher frequency side is represented by a positive value. The value assigned to the carrier is shown.

  The inverse Fourier transformer 34 performs a discrete inverse Fourier transform process on the values in each frequency domain of the pattern table 31 and converts them into a synchronization signal that is a signal string in the time domain. This process is equivalent to individually modulating the subcarriers because the value of the pattern table 31 input to the inverse Fourier transformer 34 is multiplied by each subcarrier constituting the multicarrier.

  The multiplexer 35 alternately selects the input synchronization signal and data and outputs it as a transmission signal.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a synchronization circuit for symbol timing detection according to the prior art. The broadband matched filter 41 is configured such that its impulse response is a complex conjugate of the synchronization signal. Therefore, a matched pulse having a peak at the timing synchronized with the synchronization signal of the received signal is output from the broadband matched filter 41. The peak position of the matched pulse is detected by the peak detector 42 and used as a symbol timing reference.

Hira, Ishizu, Miyake, “Timing synchronization method of OFDM communication system in frequency selective fading environment”, IEICE Transactions B Vol. J84-B No. 7, pp. 1255-1264, July 2001

  In synchronization signal generation according to the prior art, the number of subcarriers to be transmitted cannot be changed, for example, an arbitrary subcarrier can be used. Even if the synchronization signal generated by the conventional method is band-limited to select a subcarrier to be used, the impulse response of the wideband matched filter 41 on the receiving side has a wideband frequency characteristic that is not band-limited. Therefore, the correlation value between the impulse response of the wideband matched filter 41 and the narrowband synchronization signal whose band is limited is reduced, and therefore the amplitude of the matched pulse is reduced. This is because a narrow-band synchronization signal whose bandwidth is limited cannot express a steep waveform variation of a wide-band impulse response. As a result of the amplitude of the matched pulse becoming small, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the matched pulse for the synchronization signal and the matched pulse for the noise or data portion, and there is a problem in that the detection accuracy deteriorates.

  Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus and method that can easily select or change a subcarrier used as a synchronization signal and can achieve good symbol timing detection accuracy.

According to the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus of the present invention,
The transmission side has information on the first bandwidth that is equal to or less than a predetermined maximum value, inputs a predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier, and assigns subcarriers included in the first bandwidth to A variable weighting unit that outputs a predetermined value and outputs 0 for subcarriers that are not included; an inverse Fourier transform unit that performs discrete inverse Fourier transform on the output of the variable weighting unit and outputs a synchronization signal; Is output on the receiving side, instead of the first bandwidth, on the receiving side, using a second bandwidth that is less than a predetermined maximum value and overlaps with the first bandwidth. It has a matched filter means corresponding to a synchronizing signal, and a peak detection means for detecting a peak of an output signal of the matched filter means and outputting a symbol timing reference signal.

According to another embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus of the present invention,
It is also preferable that a predetermined time series value and a Fourier transform unit that outputs the predetermined time series value by performing a discrete Fourier transform, and the predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier is preferably an output of the Fourier transform unit. .

According to another embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus of the present invention,
The change period of the predetermined time series value is longer than the reciprocal of the predetermined maximum value, and the impulse response of the matched filter means is preferably equal to the complex conjugate of the predetermined time series value.

Furthermore, according to another embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus of the present invention,
It is also preferable that memory means for storing and holding the output of the variable weighting means is provided, and the inverse Fourier transform means performs discrete inverse Fourier transform on the value stored and held in the memory means.

Furthermore, according to another embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus of the present invention,
It is also preferable to provide memory means for storing and holding the output of the inverse Fourier transform means, and to use the read output of the memory means as a synchronization signal.

According to the transmission / reception method by orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission in the present invention,
On the transmitting side, among the predetermined values assigned to each subcarrier, subcarriers not included in the first bandwidth that are equal to or smaller than the predetermined maximum value are changed to 0 and discrete inverse Fourier transform is performed. A synchronization signal is generated, and a transmission signal including the generated synchronization signal is transmitted. On the reception side, instead of the first bandwidth on the transmission side, the first bandwidth is less than a predetermined maximum value. The synchronization signal included in the received signal is input to the matched filter corresponding to the synchronization signal generated when the second bandwidth having the width and the overlapping portion is used, and the peak of the output signal of the matched filter is detected. A symbol timing reference signal is obtained.

According to another embodiment of the transmission / reception method by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission of the present invention,
The predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier is also preferably obtained by performing a discrete Fourier transform on a predetermined time series value.

Further, according to another embodiment of the transmission / reception method by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission of the present invention,
The change period of the predetermined time series value is longer than the reciprocal of the predetermined maximum value, and the impulse response of the matched filter is preferably equal to the complex conjugate of the predetermined time series value.

Furthermore, according to another embodiment of the transmission / reception method by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission of the present invention,
A value obtained by changing a value for a subcarrier not included in the first bandwidth to 0 from a predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier is stored and held, and a discrete inverse Fourier transform is performed on the stored value. It is also preferable to carry out.

Furthermore, according to another embodiment of the transmission / reception method by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission of the present invention,
It is also preferable that the synchronization signal generated by the discrete inverse Fourier transform is stored and held, and the value stored and held is used as the synchronization signal included in the transmission signal.

  The variable weighting means can be used to change the subcarrier to be used, and even if the number of subcarriers is reduced by using a matched filter that has an impulse response corresponding to a synchronization signal less than the predetermined maximum bandwidth, Is prevented from decreasing, and the deterioration of detection accuracy is suppressed.

  The synchronization signal becomes a waveform obtained by band-limiting the predetermined time series value by Fourier transform means for outputting the predetermined time series value by discrete Fourier transform. As a predetermined time series value, the ratio of the average power to the peak power is small, the main lobe width of the matched pulse is narrow, and the M series having a small side lobe of the matched pulse can be used to increase detection accuracy without increasing the peak power. Can be increased.

  In addition, by making the change period of the predetermined time series value larger than the reciprocal of the maximum bandwidth, the frequency components of the predetermined time series value are concentrated in a narrow band, and even when the band is limited, the waveform distortion is small, A matched filter having the characteristics of the original time series value can be used effectively. Also, since the matched filter has an impulse response that is a complex conjugate of a predetermined time series value itself, simple hardware can be obtained by using time series values that can be expressed numerically only by +1 and -1 as in the M series. It can be realized by configuration.

  By providing the memory means for storing and holding the output of the variable weighting means or the memory means for storing and holding the output of the inverse Fourier transform means, the processing by the variable weighting means and / or the inverse Fourier transform means is performed every time the synchronization signal is transmitted. This eliminates the need for signal processing.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of synchronization signal generation in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. According to FIG. 1, the synchronization signal is generated by a pattern table 11, a multiplier 12, a weight coefficient table 13, an inverse Fourier transformer 14, and a multiplexer 15.

  The pattern table 11 represents the synchronization signal in the frequency domain, and an example thereof is shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, the relative frequency indicates the number of subcarriers from the center frequency of the used band, the lower frequency side is represented by a negative value, and the higher frequency side is represented by a positive value. The value assigned to the carrier is shown.

  The weighting factor table 13 is a table indicating the bandwidth information to be used, that is, the use or non-use of each subcarrier, and FIG. 11 shows an example thereof. Each of column A and column B in FIG. 11 is used to generate a synchronization signal of 1, a value “1” means that the corresponding subcarrier is used, and a value “0” indicates that it is not used. ing.

  The multiplier 12 multiplies the value of each subcarrier in the pattern table 11 by the value of the corresponding subcarrier in the weight coefficient table 13 and outputs the result. The weighting coefficient table 13 and the multiplier 12 constitute variable weighting means.

  The inverse Fourier transformer 14 performs a discrete inverse Fourier transform process on the output of the multiplier 12, converts the output to a synchronization signal that is a signal sequence in the time domain, and outputs it to the multiplexer 15.

  The multiplexer 15 alternately selects an input synchronization signal and data and outputs a transmission signal.

  FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing the synchronization signal in the frequency domain. FIG. 3A shows a state when the value in the A column in FIG. 11 is used, and FIG. 3B shows a state when the value in the B column in FIG. Is shown. In (a), 26 subcarriers are selected and used from the positive side and the negative side of the center frequency, respectively, and in (b), only 10 subcarriers are used from the positive side and the negative side of the center frequency. In the following description, column A in FIG. 11 is the maximum bandwidth W2 to be used, column B is the minimum bandwidth W1 to be used, and maximum bandwidth W2 includes the minimum bandwidth W1.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a symbol timing detection synchronization circuit of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to the present invention. According to FIG. 2, the symbol timing detection synchronization circuit includes a matched filter 21 and a peak detector 22.

  The matched filter 21 is configured to correspond to the minimum bandwidth W1, that is, to be a complex conjugate of the synchronization signal when the column B in FIG. 11 is used. Since the maximum bandwidth W2 includes the minimum bandwidth W1, a matched pulse having a large amplitude can be obtained by using any synchronization signal having a bandwidth equal to or less than the maximum bandwidth W2 and including the minimum bandwidth W1. The signal components of subcarriers not included in the minimum bandwidth act as interference signals, but these are out-of-band components of the matched filter 21 and have a small influence.

  The peak detector 22 detects a peak position from the output of the matched pulse 21 and outputs a symbol timing reference signal.

  The subcarrier to be used can be changed by changing the weighting coefficient table 13 within the range including the minimum bandwidth W1 within the maximum bandwidth W2 and corresponding to the synchronization signal with the minimum bandwidth W1 to be used. By using a matched filter having an impulse response, it is possible to prevent the amplitude of the matched pulse from being reduced and to suppress deterioration in detection accuracy.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of synchronization signal generation in the second embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a pattern table 16 and a Fourier transformer 17 are provided instead of the pattern table 11 of FIG.

  The pattern table 16 represents a time series value of the synchronization signal, that is, each sampling time and a value at that time, and an example is shown in FIG. FIG. 12 shows an M sequence having a sequence length of 15 (sequence: 1,1,1,1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,1, -1, -1,1, -1). Each value is represented by four sample values (60 samples in total), and four zeros are added at the end. The sampling time corresponds to the reciprocal of the total bandwidth in FIG. 10, that is, the relative frequency −32 to +31.

  The Fourier transformer 17 performs a discrete Fourier transform process on the time series values of the pattern table 16 and converts them into a frequency-domain signal sequence. Thereafter, the same processing as in FIG. 1 is performed. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an output of the Fourier transformer 17 when the pattern table of FIG. 12 is input.

  By using a value obtained by sampling the M series four times as input, the main lobe where most of the signal power is concentrated is equivalent to 16 subcarriers. Therefore, even if the multiplier 12 multiplies the weighting factors shown in the B column of FIG. 11 to limit the band, the main lobe is not lost, and the waveform distortion due to the band limitation is minimized.

  The symbol timing detection synchronization circuit for the synchronization signal generated in the configuration of FIG. 4 is the same as that of FIG. 2, but the matched filter 21 is set so that its impulse response is a complex conjugate of the pattern table 16. . When the pattern table in FIG. 12 is used, each value in FIG. 12 is a real number, and thus the value in FIG. 12 itself is obtained.

  With the above configuration, the synchronization signal has a waveform obtained by band-limiting a predetermined time series value. Therefore, the ratio of the average power to the peak power is small, the main lobe width of the matched pulse is narrow, and the M sequence with a small side lobe of the matched pulse is used as the predetermined time series value without increasing the peak power. Accuracy can be increased. Further, by making the change period of the predetermined time series value longer than the reciprocal of the maximum bandwidth W2, the frequency distortion of the predetermined time series value is concentrated in a narrow band, and the waveform distortion is reduced even when the band is limited. Thus, a matched filter having the characteristics of the original time series value can be used effectively. In addition, since the matched filter is a complex conjugate of the time series value itself, it can be realized with a simple hardware configuration by using time series values that can be expressed numerically with only +1 and −1 like the M series.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram of synchronization signal generation in the third embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a memory 18 is inserted between the multiplier 12 and the inverse Fourier transformer 14 of the second embodiment. The memory 18 stores and holds the frequency domain signal sequence input from the multiplier 12. The contents of the memory 18 are updated at initialization and when the weighting coefficient table 13 is changed.

  With the above configuration, it is not necessary to perform the processing in the Fourier transformer 17 and the multiplier 12 every time the synchronization signal is transmitted, and the amount of signal processing can be suppressed.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram of synchronization signal generation in the fourth embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a memory 18 is inserted between the inverse Fourier transformer 14 and the multiplexer 15 of the second embodiment. The memory 18 stores and holds the time-domain signal sequence input from the inverse Fourier transformer 14. The contents of the memory 18 are updated at initialization and when the weighting coefficient table 13 is changed.

  With the above configuration, it is not necessary to perform the processing in the Fourier transformer 17, the multiplier 12, and the inverse Fourier transformer 14 each time the synchronization signal is transmitted, and the amount of signal processing can be suppressed.

  In the above embodiment, the synchronization signal and the data are switched by the multiplexer 15 at the subsequent stage of the inverse Fourier transformer 14. However, the synchronization signal and the data can be switched at the preceding stage of the inverse Fourier transformer 14. Instead of the multiplication process in the multiplier 12, a configuration in which a switch is used to set to 0 is also possible. In addition, the impulse response of the matched filter has been described in the case of corresponding to the synchronization signal of the minimum bandwidth, but any synchronization signal that is larger than the minimum bandwidth and narrower than the maximum bandwidth as long as there is an overlap with the synchronization signal to be used. You may make it correspond. In this case, as the band of the matched filter becomes wider, the detection accuracy gradually deteriorates according to the overlapping portion with the bandwidth of the input synchronization signal, but it corresponds to the synchronization signal of the maximum bandwidth. The symbol timing can be detected with better characteristics than the conventional method using a matched filter.

It is a block diagram of the synchronous signal generation in 1st Embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram of the synchronous circuit for symbol timing detection of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus by this invention. It is the figure which represented the synchronizing signal in the frequency domain. It is a block diagram of the synchronous signal generation in 2nd Embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows the output of a Fourier-transformer. It is a block diagram of the synchronous signal generation in 3rd Embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram of the synchronous signal generation in 4th Embodiment of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram of the synchronous signal generation by a prior art. It is a block diagram of the synchronous circuit for the symbol timing detection by a prior art. It is a figure which shows the pattern table of a frequency domain. It is a figure which shows a weighting coefficient table. It is a figure which shows the pattern table of a time domain.

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11, 16, 31 Pattern table 12 Multiplier 13 Weight coefficient table 14, 34 Inverse Fourier transformer 15, 35 Multiplexer 17 Fourier transformer 18 Memory 21 Matched filter 41 Broadband matched filter 22, 42 Peak detector

Claims (10)

On the sending side,
The first bandwidth information that is equal to or less than a predetermined maximum value is input, and a predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier is input. For the subcarriers included in the first bandwidth, the assigned predetermined value Variable weighting means for outputting 0 for subcarriers not included, and
Inverse Fourier transform means for performing discrete inverse Fourier transform on the output of the variable weighting means and outputting a synchronization signal;
Have
On the receiving side,
Matched filter means corresponding to a synchronization signal output when a second bandwidth having an overlapping portion with the first bandwidth that is less than a predetermined maximum value is used instead of the first bandwidth on the transmission side When,
Peak detection means for detecting a peak of the output signal of the matched filter means and outputting a symbol timing reference signal;
An orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus comprising: A predetermined time series value,
Fourier transform means for performing discrete Fourier transform and outputting a predetermined time series value;
Have
2. The orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier is an output of Fourier transform means. The change period of the predetermined time series value is longer than the reciprocal of the predetermined maximum value,
3. The orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an impulse response of the matched filter means is equal to a complex conjugate of the predetermined time series value. Memory means for storing and holding the output of the variable weighting means;
4. The orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inverse Fourier transform means performs discrete inverse Fourier transform on the value stored and held in the memory means.   4. The orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising memory means for storing and holding the output of the inverse Fourier transform means, wherein the read output of the memory means is a synchronization signal. A transmission / reception method in an orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission apparatus,
On the sending side,
Among the predetermined values assigned to the subcarriers, for the subcarriers not included in the first bandwidth that is equal to or smaller than the predetermined maximum value, the value is changed to 0, and a discrete inverse Fourier transform is performed to perform a synchronization signal. Produces
Send the transmission signal including the generated synchronization signal,
On the receiving side,
A matched filter corresponding to a synchronization signal generated when a second bandwidth that is less than a predetermined maximum value and has an overlapping portion with the first bandwidth is used instead of the first bandwidth on the transmission side Input the synchronization signal included in the received signal,
A method for obtaining a symbol timing reference signal by detecting a peak of an output signal of a matched filter.   The method according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier is obtained by performing a discrete Fourier transform on a predetermined time series value. The change period of the predetermined time series value is longer than the reciprocal of the predetermined maximum value,
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein an impulse response of the matched filter is equal to a complex conjugate of the predetermined time series value. Storing and holding a value obtained by changing a value for a subcarrier not included in the first bandwidth to 0 from a predetermined value assigned to each subcarrier;
The method according to claim 6, wherein a discrete inverse Fourier transform is performed on the stored value. Storing and holding the synchronization signal generated by the discrete inverse Fourier transform;
The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the stored value is used as a synchronization signal included in a transmission signal.

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