Abstract: Method and apparatus for OFDM synchronization and channel estimation. In a temporal embodiment, received embedded system pilot symbols are inverse Fourier transformed at expected index locations and correlated with computed complex conjugates of inverse Fourier transforms of pilot symbols for providing a correlation function for the channel impulse response. In a frequency domain embodiment, embedded system pilot symbols are augmented with pilot-spaced inferred guard band symbols, multiplied by scaled complex conjugates of computed pilot systems, and inverse Fourier transformed into the channel impulse response. Time and frequency are synchronized in feedback loops from information in the channel impulse response. The channel impulse response is filtered, interpolated, and then Fourier transformed for determining channel estimates for equalization.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for OFDM synchronization and channel estimation. In a temporal embodiment, received embedded system pilot symbols are inverse Fourier transformed at expected index locations and correlated with computed complex conjugates of inverse Fourier transforms of pilot symbols for providing a correlation function for the channel impulse response. In a frequency domain embodiment, embedded system pilot symbols are augmented with pilot-spaced inferred guard band symbols, multiplied by scaled complex conjugates of computed pilot systems, and inverse Fourier transformed into the channel impulse response. Time and frequency are synchronized in feedback loops from information in the channel impulse response. The channel impulse response is filtered, interpolated, and then Fourier transformed for determining channel estimates for equalization.

Abstract: A spatial diversity receiver and method for determining a multichannel combined symbol timing marker that identifies an energy concentration for a combination of channel delay spreads in order to reduce the complexity of equalization. The receiver includes two or more receiver chains having spatially diverse antennas; a multichannel combined timer; and a multichannel combined equalizer for receiving wireless signals through two or more signal channels. The multichannel combined timer combines energies corresponding to the channel impulse response coefficients for all the channels for determining a series of multichannel combined metrics having associated index cursors, and then determines the multichannel combined symbol timing marker from the index cursor for the largest of the metrics. The symbol timing marker synchronizes the received symbols issued to the equalizer jointly to the energy concentration for the delay spreads combined for all the channels.

Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving an incoming signal having spatial and temporal diversity. The receiver uses noise-based prescaling of multiple receiver chain signals for optimally combining the receiver chain signals in a composite equalized signal and uses noise-based time-varying postscaling the equalized signal. The receiver determines noise-based scale factors by comparing signal symbols to dispersed replica symbols of a training sequence for the incoming signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a versatile system for optimizing pilot pattern diversity in a digital communications system—particularly in multiple antenna OFDM communications systems. According to the present invention, a receiving device within a communications system may receive transmissions from a first transmitting device (202) and a second transmitting device (204), on a single tone (214, 216) within a given time segment (206-212). The first transmitting device transmits a first pilot pattern to the receiving device on the tone. A differentiation scheme (200) is provided and utilized to transform a second pilot pattern from the second transmitting device, and the transformed second pilot pattern is transmitted to the receiving device on the tone.

Abstract: A spatial diversity receiver and method for determining a multichannel combined symbol timing marker that identifies an energy concentration for a combination of channel delay spreads in order to reduce the complexity of equalization. The receiver includes two or more receiver chains having spatially diverse antennas; a multichannel combined timer; and a multichannel combined equalizer for receiving wireless signals through two or more signal channels. The multichannel combined timer combines energies corresponding to the channel impulse response coefficients for all the channels for determining a series of multichannel combined metrics having associated index cursors, and then determines the multichannel combined symbol timing marker from the index cursor for the largest of the metrics. The symbol timing marker synchronizes the received symbols issued to the equalizer jointly to the energy concentration for the delay spreads combined for all the channels.

Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving an incoming signal having spatial and temporal diversity. The receiver uses noise-based prescaling of multiple receiver chain signals for optimally combining the receiver chain signals in a composite equalized signal and uses noise-based time-varying postscaling the equalized signal. The receiver determines noise-based scale factors by comparing signal symbols to dispersed replica symbols of a training sequence for the incoming signal.

Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving an incoming signal having spatial and temporal diversity. The receiver uses noise-based prescaling of multiple receiver chain signals for optimally combining the receiver chain signals in a composite equalized signal and uses noise-based time-varying postscaling the equalized signal. The receiver determines noise-based scale factors by comparing signal symbols to dispersed replica symbols of a training sequence for the incoming signal.

Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving an incoming signal having spatial and temporal diversity. The receiver uses noise-based prescaling of multiple receiver chain signals for optimally combining the receiver chain signals in a composite equalized signal and uses noise-based time-varying postscaling the equalized signal. The receiver determines noise-based scale factors by comparing signal symbols to dispersed replica symbols of a training sequence for the incoming signal.

Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving an incoming signal having spatial and temporal diversity. The receiver uses noise-based prescaling of multiple receiver chain signals for optimally combining the receiver chain signals in a composite equalized signal and uses noise-based time-varying postscaling the equalized signal. The receiver determines noise-based scale factors by comparing signal symbols to dispersed replica symbols of a training sequence for the incoming signal.

Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving an incoming signal having spatial and temporal diversity. The receiver uses noise-based prescaling of multiple receiver chain signals for optimally combining the receiver chain signals in a composite equalized signal and uses noise-based time-varying postscaling the equalized signal. The receiver determines noise-based scale factors by comparing signal symbols to dispersed replica symbols of a training sequence for the incoming signal.