OFDM signal collision position detection apparatus and OFDM reception device

An OFDM reception apparatus that receives and demodulates an OFDM signal, comprising:

• a known signal measuring section that measures reception power of a known signal;
• a data signal measuring section that measures reception power of a data signal,
• a data signal prediction section that predicts reception power of the data signal based on the measured reception power of the known signal;
• a power comparison section that compares the reception power of the data signal predicted by said data signal prediction section with the reception power of the data signal measured by said data signal measuring section for each subcarrier;
• a collision position detection section that detects positions of data symbols colliding with each other between a plurality of cells by detecting positions where there is a large variation of said measured reception power of the data signal with respect to said predicted reception power of the data signal based on the comparison result obtained by said power comparison section;
• an error correcting decoding section that applies error correcting decoding processing to the received OFDM signal by reducing likelihood of data symbols at positions at which said collision position detection section has detected the collision;
• an error rate calculation section that calculates an error rate of decoded data obtained by said error correcting decoding section;
• and
• a threshold control section that changes a threshold at said collision position detection section according to the error rate calculation result, wherein:
• said collision position detection section uses said threshold for detecting a position where said variation is large.

An OFDM signal collision position detection method that detects collision positions of OFDM signals transmitted from a plurality of cells, the method comprising:

• a step of measuring, by a signal power measurer, reception power of a known signal;
• a step of measuring reception power of a data signal;
• a step of predicting reception power of the data signal based on the measured reception power of the known signal;
• a step of comparing the predicted reception power of the data signal with the measured reception power of the data signal for each subcarrier;
• and
• a step of detecting positions of data symbols colliding with each other between a plurality of cells by detecting positions where there is a large variation of the measured reception power of the data signal with respect to the predicted reception power of the data signal based on the comparison result,
• wherein detecting a collision when the measured reception power of the data signal is greater than a first threshold in a positive direction with respect to the predicted reception power of the data signal or smaller than a second threshold in a negative direction.

An OFDM reception method, comprising:

• a step of measuring, by a signal power measurer, reception power of a known signal;
• a step of measuring reception power of a data signal;
• a step of predicting reception power of the data signal based on the measured reception power of the known signal;
• a step of comparing the predicted reception power of the data signal with the measured reception power of the data signal for each subcarrier;
• a step of detecting positions of data symbols colliding with each other between a plurality of cells by detecting positions where there is a large variation of the measured reception power of the data signal with respect to the predicted reception power of the data signal based on the comparison result, by using a threshold for detecting a position where the variation is large;
• a step of applying error correcting decoding processing by reducing likelihood of data symbols at positions where the collision is detected;
• a step of calculating an error rate of the decoded data;
• and
• a step of changing the threshold according to the error rate calculation result.