Abstract: Disclosed is a method for low voltage broadband power line carrier communication; when transmitting a physical layer protocol frame, short preambles are first transmitted to undergo automatic gain control, channel estimation, coarse-grained frequency offset compensation, and symbol synchronization; and then long preambles are transmitted to undergo automatic gain control, channel estimation, fine-grained frequency offset compensation, and symbol synchronization. Compared with the scheme of only transmitting long preambles, the present disclosure combines transmissions of short preambles and long preambles, which thus may quickly and accurately implement frequency offset compensation, automatic gain control, symbol synchronization, and channel estimation without sacrifice of precision, thereby achieving quick convergence, reducing resource overheads and time overheads, and enhancing system performance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for low voltage broadband power line carrier communication; when transmitting a physical layer protocol frame, short preambles are first transmitted to undergo automatic gain control, channel estimation, coarse-grained frequency offset compensation, and symbol synchronization; and then long preambles are transmitted to undergo automatic gain control, channel estimation, fine-grained frequency offset compensation, and symbol synchronization. Compared with the scheme of only transmitting long preambles, the present disclosure combines transmissions of short preambles and long preambles, which thus may quickly and accurately implement frequency offset compensation, automatic gain control, symbol synchronization, and channel estimation without sacrifice of precision, thereby achieving quick convergence, reducing resource overheads and time overheads, and enhancing system performance.

Abstract: A channel estimation method estimates a data channel of a data resource element of a physical resource block in a time-frequency domain. The method includes: utilizing a detection circuit to perform a first physical resource block bundling detection in a first direction of the time-frequency domain to detect if at least one neighboring physical resource block is allowed to be bundled with the physical resource block, and accordingly generating a first physical resource block bundling detection result; determining a physical resource block processing range according to at least the first physical resource block bundling detection result, wherein at least the physical resource block is included in the physical resource block processing range; obtaining a plurality of pilot channels for pilot resource elements in the physical resource block processing range; and estimating the data channel of the data resource element according to the pilot channels.

Abstract: A channel estimation method and an associated device for estimating a data channel of a data resource element are provided. The channel estimation method includes obtaining a plurality of pilot channels for pilot resource elements in a time-frequency domain, respectively; utilizing a processing circuit to apply a transformation matrix to the pilot channels, to obtain a plurality of transformed pilot channels corresponding to the pilot resource elements, respectively; and estimating the data channel of the data resource element by performing a plurality of one-dimensional channel estimations according to the transformed pilot channels.

Abstract: A channel estimation method and an associated device for estimating a data channel of a data resource element are provided. The channel estimation method includes obtaining a plurality of pilot channels for pilot resource elements in a time-frequency domain, respectively; utilizing a processing circuit to apply a transformation matrix to the pilot channels, to obtain a plurality of transformed pilot channels corresponding to the pilot resource elements, respectively; and estimating the data channel of the data resource element by performing a plurality of one-dimensional channel estimations according to the transformed pilot channels.

Abstract: A channel estimation method estimates a data channel of a data resource element of a physical resource block in a time-frequency domain. The method includes: utilizing a detection circuit to perform a first physical resource block bundling detection in a first direction of the time-frequency domain to detect if at least one neighboring physical resource block is allowed to be bundled with the physical resource block, and accordingly generating a first physical resource block bundling detection result; determining a physical resource block processing range according to at least the first physical resource block bundling detection result, wherein at least the physical resource block is included in the physical resource block processing range; obtaining a plurality of pilot channels for pilot resource elements in the physical resource block processing range; and estimating the data channel of the data resource element according to the pilot channels.

Abstract: Blind channel impulse response combining for noise mitigation in channel estimation in a TD-SCDMA receiver includes applying a correlation function to pairs of channel impulse response windows associated with non-desired user equipments, grouping all those channel impulse response windows having a correlation function above a predetermined threshold as identified with the same user equipment, and combining the channel estimation results from each identified user equipment in the group to mitigate noise.

Abstract: A TD-SCDMA receiver is provided that includes a joint detection (JD) block receiving a first input signal from a channel estimation block for signal detection. A short channel detection (SCD) block receives the first input signal and detecting the presence/absence of an AGWN-like channel based on the first input signal from the channel estimation block. The SCD block switches the JD block between 1× and 2× oversampling rates by sending to the JD block a second input signal.

Abstract: Blind channel impulse response combining for noise mitigation in channel estimation in a TD-SCDMA receiver includes applying a correlation function to pairs of channel impulse response windows associated with non-desired user equipments, grouping all those channel impulse response windows having a correlation function above a predetermined threshold as identified with the same user equipment, and combining the channel estimation results from each identified user equipment in the group to mitigate noise.

Abstract: A TD-SCDMA receiver is provided that includes a joint detection (JD) block receiving a first input signal from a channel estimation block for signal detection. A short channel detection (SCD) block receives the first input signal and detecting the presence/absence of an AGWN-like channel based on the first input signal from the channel estimation block. The SCD block switches the JD block between 1× and 2× oversampling rates by sending to the JD block a second input signal.

Abstract: A new DTX-MAC protocol is proposed for a cellular radio telecommunications system with many users. Several users are allowed to transmit packets within a time-slotted frame structure. Direct sequence spread spectrum technique is used to spread the packets, and all packets within the frame are spread using the same spreading sequence. The packets overlap, but each packet begins within a distinct slot of the frame. Each slot, or mini-slot, since it is much shorter than the packet, is dedicated to one of the mobile terminal users. Collisions between packets are prevented by appropriate selection of the duration of the mini-slot. Packets may be ARMs, user data, or both.