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Up-link SDMA receiver for WiMAX

US8199845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2009
Grant dateJun 12, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/0224
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, a system and a receiver device provide timing and frequency correction in a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) system. A timing and frequency correction (TFC) logic/utility obtains a timing error estimate by using pilot symbols on a slot of six tiles. The TFC logic estimates the timing error based on pilot phase differences between unique pairs of tiles when the frequency separation of the tiles is less than a threshold value. When none of the unique pairs of tiles satisfies the threshold value, the TFC logic estimates timing error based on an exhaustive search for each candidate phase error value. The TFC logic performs timing error correction via a timing error estimate based on pilots from the symbols received on each antenna. The TFC logic performs inexplicit frequency error correction according to phase differences based on relative symbol indices.

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