Abstract: A method for tracking carrier frequency and sampling frequency offsets in an OFDM wireless communication system comprises: (a) detecting data received from the transmitter using a first signal, and tracking a phase offset caused by the carrier frequency offset using the detected received data; (b) detecting the data received from the transmitter using the first signal, and tracking the phase offset caused by the sampling frequency offset using the detected received data; (c) compensating for the phase offset caused by the carrier frequency offset between the transmitter and the receiver according to the phase offset tracked in (a); and (d) compensating for the phase offset caused by the sampling frequency offset between the transmitter and the receiver according to the phase offset tracked in (b).

Abstract: A method for channel quality estimation and link adaptation for an OFDM wireless communication system includes: (a) estimating a channel gain and a noise power, and measuring an SNR in consideration of the estimated channel gain and noise power; (b) calculating a correlation value between an externally received preamble signal and a known preamble signal, and estimating a delay spread; (c) measuring the quality status of a channel in consideration of the measured SNR and the estimated delay spread; and (d) determining parameters including transmit power, data modulation mode, and data rate, according to the measured quality status of the channel, and performing a link adaptation using a protocol for acknowledging a normal signal transmission as well as using the SNR and the delay spread.

Abstract: A Viterbi detector includes circuitry for receiving an NRZ encoded received signal in an EEPR4 channel to decode the signal according to &lgr;k(i)=(zk−yk(i))2−&agr;(i), wherein &agr;(i) is m &agr;, &agr; is a positive constant, m is a number of transitions within the most current four symbol periods, &lgr;k(i) is a branch metric at time k for an ith Viterbi branch, k is a time period, zk is a received value at time k, &lgr;k(i) is a metric used to determine a next state of the Viterbi based upon a maximum likelihood evaluation for an ith branch, ak, ak−1, ak−2, ak−3 are received state values at respective time periods k, k−1, k−2, and k−3, and yk is an ideal sample associated with an ith branch. The detector is operated to decode a received data value by determining whether the received value is in a space containing first (90) and second (92) possible decode values.

Abstract: A Viterbi detector includes circuitry for receiving an NRZ encoded received signal in an EEPR4 channel to decode the signal according to &lgr;k(i)=(zk−yk(i))2−&agr;(i), wherein &agr;(i) is m &agr;, &agr; is a positive constant, m is a number of transitions within the most current four symbol periods, &lgr;k(i) is a branch metric at time k for an ith Viterbi branch, k is a time period, zk is a received value at time k, &lgr;k(i) is a metric used to determine a next state of the Viterbi based upon a maximum likelihood evaluation for an ith branch, ak, ak−1, ak−2, ak−3 are received state values at respective time periods k, k−1, k−2, and k−3, and yk is an ideal sample associated with an ith branch. The detector is operated to decode a received data value by determining whether the received value is in a space containing first (90) and second (92) possible decode values.

Abstract: A circuit for inserting a parity signal into a data stream, including a precoder circuit to precode the data stream to be written on a medium by generating a precoded data stream; a parity circuit to generate a parity signal based on said data stream at a predetermined time; and an insertion circuit to insert said parity signal into said precoded data stream.

Abstract: A circuit for inserting a parity signal into a data stream, including a precoder circuit to precode the data stream to be written on a medium by generating a precoded data stream; a parity circuit to generate a parity signal based on said data stream at a predetermined time; and an insertion circuit to insert said parity signal into said precoded data stream.