OFDM channel estimation in the presence of interference
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsVincent K. Jones, Jonathan Leary, James M. Gardner
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Abstract
Systems and methods for estimating channel response in the presence of interference. Interference and/or noise present on received training symbols is estimated. Based on the measured noise and/or interference, a weighting among training symbols is developed. Channel response is then estimated based on a weighted least squares procedure.
Claims10
In a digital communication system, a method for estimating a channel response, said method comprising:
- receiving a time domain OFDM burst;
- converting said time domain OFDM burst to a frequency domain OFDM burst;
- extracting a vector of training symbols having known transmitted frequency domain values from said frequency domain OFDM burst;
- determining weights for said frequency domain training symbols based on measured noise and/or interference as statistically characterized over time, such that the respective weights are indicative of the corruption by interference and/or noise that respective frequency domain training symbols experience;
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- using said weights and said training symbols to estimate said channel response for different frequency locations of the frequency domain OFDM burst, such that training symbols experiencing greater corruption by interference and/or noise have less influence on the channel response estimate than training symbols experiencing less corruption by interference and/or noise.
In a digital communication system, apparatus for estimating a channel response, said apparatus comprising:
- a receiver system that receives a time domain OFDM burst;
- a converter that converts said time domain OFDM burst to a frequency domain OFDM burst;
- an extraction block that extracts a vector of training symbols having known transmitted frequency domain values from said frequency domain OFDM burst;
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- a channel estimation block that determines weights for said training symbols based on measured noise and/or interference as statistically characterized over time and uses said weights and said training symbols to estimate said channel response, such that the respective weights are indicative of the corruption by interference and/or noise that respective frequency domain training symbols experience, and further such that training symbols experiencing greater corruption by interference and/or noise have less influence on the channel response estimate than training symbols experiencing less corruption by interference and/or noise.
In a digital communication system, apparatus for estimating a channel response, said apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a time domain OFDM burst;
- means for converting said time domain OFDM burst to a frequency domain OFDM burst;
- means for extracting a vector of training symbols having known transmitted frequency domain values from said frequency domain OFDM burst;
- means for determining weights for said frequency domain training symbols based on measured noise and/or interference as statistically characterized over time, such that the respective weights are indicative of the corruption by interference and/or noise that respective frequency domain training symbols experience;
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- means for using said weights and said training symbols to estimate said channel response for different frequency locations of the frequency domain OFDM burst, such that training symbols experiencing greater corruption by interference and/or noise have less influence on the channel response estimate than training symbols experiencing less corruption by interference and/or noise.
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