Abstract: A signal demodulation apparatus and method for a closed communication system are provided. An analog voltage comparator is configured to convert a modulated signal and output the digital signal. The modulated signal is a 2ASK, 2FSK or 2PSK modulated signal. A sampling decider is configured to sample the digital signal to obtain a sampled digital signal. The sampling decider includes a high-frequency clock sampling circuit and a feature extracting and deciding circuit. The high-frequency clock sampling circuit is configured to sample the digital signal and to sample at least two points for a high level of any pulse of the digital signal. The feature extracting and deciding circuit is configured to extract a feature of the sampled digital signal to obtain an extracted feature of the sampled digital signal, and compare the extracted feature with features of known digital modulated signals to acquire a value represented by the digital signal.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed in the detailed description include analog distributed antenna system (DAS) supporting distribution of digital communications signals interfaced from a digital signal source and analog radio frequency (RF) communications signals. Analog RF communications signals received from analog RF signal sources are distributed in the analog DAS without being digitized. The analog DAS is also configured to interface with digital signal sources and compatibly distribute digital communications signals. Hence, a digital signal interface in head-end equipment (HEE) is configured to convert downlink digital communications signals to downlink analog RF communications signals for distribution to a plurality of remote units. The digital signal interface is also configured to convert uplink analog RF communications signals to uplink digital communications signals for distribution to the digital signal source(s).

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an interface circuit for the transfer of data from a synchronous circuit to an asynchronous circuit. Data from the synchronous circuit is received into a memory in the interface circuit. The data in the memory is then sent to the asynchronous circuit based on an instruction in a circular buffer that is part of the interface circuit. Processing elements within the interface circuit execute instructions contained within the circular buffer. The circular buffer rotates to provide new instructions to the processing elements. Flow control paces the data from the synchronous circuit to the asynchronous circuit.

Abstract: In one example, a user equipment capable to establish a communication connection with a network entity, the user equipment comprising processing circuitry to receive, from a network entity, a primary synchronization signal (xPSS) and a beamforming reference signal (xBRS) transmitted using beamforming sweeping, identify at least one suitable transmission beamforming pattern from the network entity, transmit, to the network entity, an identifier associated with the at least one suitable beamforming pattern for a downlink signal, transmit, to the network entity, an uplink transmission of the physical random access channel (PRACH) transmitted using beamforming sweeping, receive, from the user equipment, a signal comprising an identifier associated with the at least one suitable beamforming pattern in the uplink transmission, and use the at least one suitable beamforming pattern in subsequent communication with the network equipment. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A transmission method includes encoding processing that generates an encoded block, modulation processing that generates symbols from the encoded block, phase change processing that changes the phase of the symbols, and transmission processing that arranges the symbols in data carriers and transmits the symbols. The transmission processing configures a frame by arranging symbol groups in order in the frequency direction and transmits the frame. The symbol groups each include a symbol generated from a first encoded block and a symbol generated from a second encoded block. The phase change processing includes changing the phase of symbols the same symbol group using the same phase change value.

Abstract: This document discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining N data symbols to be sent; determining N complex sequences to be used; processing the N data symbols using the N complex sequences respectively to generate N data symbol sequences; superimposing the N data symbol sequences to generate a superimposed data symbol sequence; and sending the superimposed data symbol sequence; where N is an integer number greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A clock and data recovery device includes a data analysis circuit, a loop filter circuit, and a phase adjust circuit. The data analysis circuit is configured to generate an error signal according to input data, a first clock signal, and a second clock signal. The loop filter circuit is configured to generate an adjust signal according to the error signal. A phase filter circuit is configured to generate a first control signal according to the error signal. A switching element of a first frequency filter circuit is configured to output a second control signal according to the error signal and a first switching signal that has a first period. A first adder is configured to generate the adjust signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal. The phase adjust circuit is configured to adjust the first clock signal and the second clock signal.

Abstract: A distributed antenna system (DAS) according to an aspect of the inventive concept includes a first node unit for receiving first digital data in accordance with a digital interface standard from a base station, converting the first digital data into second digital data in accordance with a DAS frame standard, and a second node unit for receiving the second digital data from the first node unit, and restoring the first digital data based on the second digital data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for I/Q mismatch calibration and compensation for wideband communication receivers may comprise receiving a plurality of radio frequency (RF) channels, downconverting the received plurality of received RF channels to baseband frequencies, determining and removing average in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) gain and phase mismatch of the downconverted channels, determining a phase and amplitude tilt of the downconverted channels with removed average I and Q gain and phase mismatch, and compensating for said phase and amplitude tilt I and Q gain and phase mismatch of the downconverted channels. The determined phase tilt may be compensated utilizing a phase tilt correction filter, which may comprise one or more all-pass filters. The average I and Q gain and phase mismatch may be determined utilizing a blind source separation (BSS) estimation algorithm.

Abstract: Methods are described allowing a vector signaling code to encode multi-level data without the significant alphabet size increase known to cause symbol dynamic range compression and thus increased noise susceptibility. By intentionally restricting the number of codewords used, good pin efficiency may be maintained along with improved system signal-to-noise ratio.

Abstract: A low PAPR sequence design method for a wireless communication system includes the following steps: setting relevant parameters of a designed sequence at first, then carrying out multiple iterations, generating multiple length-designated sequences having elements 0 and 1 and obeying the Bernoulli distribution of designated probability density parameters according to the parameters during primary iteration, screening the generated sequences according to the PAPRs of the sequences, updating the parameters of the next iteration based on the screened sequences, and finally mapping the sequence having the minimum PAPR to obtain a sequence with a low PAPR with elements of ?1 and 1 after terminating the iterations. Compared with the prior art, the present invention allows the design of a sequence with a low PAPR with an arbitrary length, and the sequence only contains +1 and ?1 as elements and has good autocorrelation performance.

Abstract: A receiver for receiving data in a broadcast system includes a broadcast receiver that receives, via the broadcast system, a receiver input data stream including plural channel symbols represented by constellation points in a constellation diagram. A demodulator demodulates the channel symbols into codewords and a decoder decodes the codewords into output data words. A broadband receiver obtains redundancy data via a broadband system, the redundancy data for a channel symbol including one or more least robust bits of the channel symbol or a constellation subset identifier indicating a subset of constellation points including the constellation point representing the channel symbol. The demodulator and/or the decoder is configured to use the redundancy data to demodulate the respective channel symbol and to decode the respective codeword, respectively.

Abstract: The present application provides a signal demodulation apparatus and method in a closed communication system. The signal demodulation apparatus includes: an analog voltage comparator, configured to convert a received modulated signal into a digital signal, and output the digital signal; and a sampling decider, configured to sample the received digital signal, and acquire a value represented by the digital signal according to a feature of a sampled digital signal to complete a signal demodulation. The present application improves signal-to-noise ratio of pressure detection, reduces power consumption and increases refresh rate. The apparatus and method according to the present application have the advantages of simple structure, easy to implement, small circuit area and low power consumption, and thus are suitable for a scenario imposing strict requirements on the power consumption and area, for example, a wearable device and the like.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to data communication networks. An example data communication apparatus includes physical (PHY) layer circuitry that includes transceiver circuitry, decoder circuitry, and a signal analysis unit. The transceiver circuitry receives encoded data symbols via a network link. The received encoded data symbols are encoded using trellis coded modulation (TCM). The decoder circuitry decodes the received encoded data symbols using maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding to map a received symbol sequence to an allowed symbol sequence using a trace-back depth. A trace-back depth value is a number of symbols in the received symbol sequence used by the ML decoding to identify the allowed symbol sequence from the received symbol sequence. The signal analysis unit determines one or more link statistics of the network link, and sets the trace-back depth value according to the one or more link statistics.

Abstract: A system for phased array signal beam tracking includes a phased array transmitter configurable for transmitting a signal beam at a selected transmit beam angle from a plurality of different transmit beam angles. The system also includes a beam gain angle coding assembly configured for modulation of a gain of the signal beam to produce a resulting gain profile of the signal beam. The resulting gain profile includes offset angle coding that indicates an offset incident angle of the signal beam at a receiving antenna.

Abstract: A low cost millimeter wave receiver and method for operating same is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving the first signal, converting the first signal of the first bandwidth into an intermediate frequency band, splitting the converted first signal into N of intermediate signals, each having a bandwidth less than the digital processor bandwidth, wherein N is an integer greater than one, downconverting each of the N intermediate signals to the second frequency band, processing the downconverted plurality of signals with the digital processor to generate N processed signals, upconverting each of the N processed signals to the intermediate frequency band, converting the upconverted signals to the third frequency band, and transmitting the converted signals.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals includes an encoder to encode service data, a mapper to map the encoded service data, and a time interleaver to interleave the mapped service data. The time interleaver includes a cell interleaver to interleave cells in a FEC block of the mapped service data, where the cell interleaver performs linearly writing the cells in the FEC block into a memory and randomly reading the cells in the FEC block according to a permutation sequence. The permutation sequence varies in every FEC block by using a shift value. The apparatus also includes a block interleaver to interleave the cell interleaved service data, where the block interleaver includes column-wise writing FEC blocks of the cell interleaved service data into a TI memory, and diagonal-wise reading the FEC blocks from the TI memory by skipping a part of cells included in the TI memory, and a convolutional interleaver to interleave the block interleaved service data.

Abstract: A method for generating a tone signal (TS) having a tone frequency, f, wherein the method comprises the following steps: supplying (S1) a binary bit stream (BBS) having a mark pattern with a supply bit rate, BR, to a signal filter unit; and filtering (S2) the supplied binary bit stream (BBS) by said signal filter unit to generate the tone signal (TS), wherein the mark pattern of the binary bit stream (BBS) supplied to said signal filter unit is adapted to minimize a ratio of the supply bit rate, BR, to the tone frequency, f, of the generated tone signal (TS).

Abstract: The present patent application relates to a transmission method and corresponding receiving methods. The transmission method comprises: selecting K number of data streams for transmission, wherein each data stream comprises one or more data messages; and independently for each data stream k=0, . . . , K?1: encoding and modulating data messages of the kth data stream using a Trellis Coded Modulation, TCM, scheme TCMk, interleaving the encoded and modulated data messages of the k-th data stream by using a stream specific interleaver ?k, scrambling the interleaved data messages of the k-th data stream by using a stream specific scrambling sequence; combining all scrambled data messages of the K number of data streams into at least one transmission signal s(l); and transmitting the at least one transmission signal s(l) over a radio channel of the wireless communication system.

Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for effectively eliminating the rotational and static phase skews between the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) clocks generated by phase interpolators in decision feedback equalizer based receivers. Embodiments of the systems and methods provide for (i) a ring oscillator that eliminates the rotational phase skews and (ii) a plurality of clock mixers that eliminate the static phase skews.