Abstract: Communication device for processing outgoing and incoming packets. The device includes a plurality of signal processing units connected in sequence, each signal processing unit being clocked by a common clock signal. The device further includes a mode line connected to each signal processing unit for switching each signal processing unit between a transmit mode and a receive mode. The device further includes a control line to which each signal processing unit is connected. The control line communicating flow control information either in the transmit mode to at least one of the preceding signal processing units or in the receive mode to at least one of the following signal processing units.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for adjusting gain setting, receiver clock frequency, and symbol timing in an OFDM radio receiver. The method is based on the reception of a preamble with known periodic training sequences transmitted prior to user data over the radio channel. By computing a periodicity metric, an inner receiver detects the presence of periodic signals in the received data sequence, provides means to set the Variable Gain Amplifier VGA gain in the radio frontend, and estimates frequency offsets between the transmit and receive clock. Matched filters are used to determine the symbol timing. A finite-state-machine schedules various tasks during the receiver startup.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for adjusting gain setting, receiver clock frequency, and symbol timing in an OFDM radio receiver. The method is based on the reception of a preamble with known periodic training sequences transmitted prior to user data over the radio channel. By computing a periodicity metric, an inner receiver detects the presence of periodic signals in the received data sequence, provides means to set the Variable Gain Amplifier VGA gain in the radio frontend, and estimates frequency offsets between the transmit and receive clock. Matched filters are used to determine the symbol timing. A finite-state-machine schedules various tasks during the receiver startup.

Abstract: Communication device for processing outgoing and incoming packets. The device includes a plurality of signal processing units connected in sequence, each signal processing unit being clocked by a common clock signal. The device further includes a mode line connected to each signal processing unit for switching each signal processing unit between a transmit mode and a receive mode. The device further includes a control line to which each signal processing unit is connected. The control line communicating flow control information either in the transmit mode to at least one of the preceding signal processing units or in the receive mode to at least one of the following signal processing units.

Abstract: The present application makes use of a novel adaptive noise-predictive partial-response equalization scheme for channels (30) exhibiting spectral nulls and/or near nulls. The noise-predictive partial-response (PR) equalizer employed in the different embodiments of the present invention consists of a linear PR equalizer (32) which shapes the channel response to a predetermined partial-response function, followed by a linear predictor. This scheme modifies the output sequence of said linear partial-response equalizer (32) by whitening the total distortion, i.e. by whitening the noise components and the residual interference components at said linear PR equalizer output, thereby achieving the best possible signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) before detection.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed which, for obtaining the quotient of division operations in a data processing apparatus, generate as an auxiliary value the inverse square root g of the divisor w. The auxiliary value g is then multiplied by the divident v, and the intermediate result again multiplied by the auxiliary value g. An improvement in operation of the data processing apparatus is obtained despite introduction of the auxiliary value because the range covered by the auxiliary value is significantly smaller than that of the direct inverse of the divisor. A preferred application is the area of signal processing in communications.