JPH08228170A - Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a receiver with less number of required correlation devices. CONSTITUTION: A circuit capable of selectively inputting an inverse spread PN sequence PN-REF0 for a searching device and the inverse spread PN sequences PN-REF1-PN-REF3 for a rake finger, etc., to one correlation device 22 is formed by using shift registers 31-37, a latch 23 and a multiplexer bank 24, etc. Since the correlation device 22 is requested to perform a high-speed operation only at the time of a search, by constituting this receiver in such a manner, the search and rake reception is realized by one correlation device and as a result, the size of a hardware is reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus, for example, a CDMA system of Qualcomm.
The present invention relates to a receiver used in a spread spectrum communication system such as a (code division multiplexing) system (IS95 North American digital cellular telephone).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among receiving devices used in spread spectrum communication systems, devices used in systems such as IS95 North American digital cellular telephones scan a spread spectrum signal containing a received PN (pseudo noise) sequence. , A synchronization process of searching for a phase offset point (that is, a synchronization point) showing a high correlation between the received signal and the despreading duplication of the PN sequence, and demodulating the received N multipath signals,
A function for performing demodulation processing for adding demodulation results is required.

In the conventional receiver, blocks called a searcher and a rake receiver are provided independently for the synchronization process and the demodulation process.

[0004]

The synchronization process and the demodulation process are similar processes, both of which are performed by using a correlator. However, as described above, in the conventional receiving device,
Since a separate block is provided for each process, a plurality of correlators exist in the receiving device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a receiving apparatus in which the number of required correlators is reduced.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
(A) A received signal shift register for storing a received baseband signal over a predetermined number of chips, (b) a latch capable of storing a predetermined number of chips of data, and (c) a predetermined despreading PN sequence for exploration used for exploration. An exploration shift register that stores the number of chips, and (d) a plurality of rake finger shift registers that stores the despreading PN sequence for exploration and the phase-independent despreading PN sequence for rake fingers over a predetermined number of chips. ) Correlation means for outputting a correlation result between a predetermined number of chips of data stored in the reception signal shift register and the data stored in the latch, and (f) exploration shift register or a plurality of rake finger shift registers. Selective supply means for supplying the contents of any one of the shift registers to the latch.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, (a) a reception signal shift register for storing a reception baseband signal over a predetermined number of chips, (b) a latch capable of storing a predetermined number of chips of data, and (c) a search. For exploration and reverse diffusion P used for
Exploration shift register for storing N series over a predetermined number of chips, and (d) Plural rake finger shift registers for storing despread PN series for exploration and phase-independent RAKE finger despread PN series over a predetermined number of chips When,
(E) A plurality of multiplication result shift registers that store the results of multiplying the data stored in the plurality of Rake finger shift registers by one of the Walsh sequences, and (f) are stored in the received signal shift register. Correlation means for outputting a correlation result between a predetermined number of chips of data and the data stored in the latch, and (g) either an exploration shift register or a plurality of rake finger shift registers, a plurality of multiplication result shift registers Selective supply means for supplying the contents of one shift register to the latch.

That is, according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, a high-speed correlating means for exploration, which is an essential constituent element of a receiver used in a system such as an IS95 North American digital cellular telephone, is provided. By utilizing the fact that it is not necessary to maintain a high-speed operation in the steady state, the search and rake reception are realized by one correlating means.

[0009]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

The configuration and operation of a receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the receiving apparatus of the embodiment is characterized in that the correlator portion of the searcher and the correlator portion of the rake receiver, which have been conventionally prepared separately, are integrated. Therefore, in FIG. Only the configuration of the container part is shown.

As shown in the figure, the receiver of the embodiment has a shift register 21 which is an 8-bit shift register having 64 stages, a correlator 22 and a latch 23, and one set (set of 7 sets (14 bits)). 2 bits) a multiplexer bank 24 with 16 multiplexers for selecting information,
It is provided with three complex multipliers 25 to 27 and seven shift registers 31 to 37 which are 16-stage 2-bit shift registers.

Signals input to the illustrated circuit are a system clock signal (not shown) for clocking the shift register 21 and the latch 23, and seven other shifts at a cycle of 1/4 of the system clock signal. System clock signal (not shown) by which the registers 31 to 37 are clocked and a reception baseband signal (BB-SGNL)
, Clock enable signal (CLK-EN) and select signal (SEL
And ECT), and inversely spreading PN signal (PN-REF0~PN-REF3), a signal W ₁ to _W-3 containing Walsh code, each of these signals is generated by an external circuit (not shown).

The 8-bit reception baseband signal (BB-SGNL) of 4 bits for each of the in-phase channel and the quadrature channel is a complex baseband signal which is 4 times oversampled.
It is input to the 8-bit input terminal of the shift register 21, which is a 64-stage shift register. The clock enable signal (CLK-EN) is input to the clock enable terminal of the latch 23, and the operation timing of the latch 23 is controlled by this signal. The selection signal (SELECT) is 3
It is a bit signal and is a signal for controlling the multiplexer bank 24.

The despreading PN signal PN-REF0 is a signal containing a despreading PN sequence for the in-phase component (I) and the quadrature component (Q), and is supplied to the data input terminal of the shift register 31 and is used as a searcher. Used by.

The despreading PN signals PN-REF1 to PN-REF3 are also
It is a signal including a despreading PN sequence for the in-phase component (I) and the quadrature component (Q), and is used for fingers 1 to 3 of the three-finger rake receiver, respectively. P for each despreading
For the N signal, for example, PN-REF1 is the shift register 32
And the complex multiplier 25 are inputted to the shift register and the complex multiplier, respectively.

To the B input terminals of the complex multipliers 25 to 27
Is the Walsh Code W₁Through W ₃Has been entered
The outputs of the complex multipliers 25 to 27 are
It is input to the shift registers 33, 35 and 37. What
The de-spreading PN signals PN-REF1 to PN-REF3 are shown in the figure.
Not generated by an external device, Walsh Code
W ₁~ W₃Can also be inversely expanded by other external devices.
Generated in synchronization with the PN signal PN-REF1 to PN-REF3
Be done.

Thus, the shift registers 32, 34, 3
6, the despreading PN sequence is input, and the shift registers 33, 35, 37 are input with the despreading PN sequence multiplied by the Walsh sequence.

That is, the shift registers 32, 34, 3
6, a despreading PN pilot signal sequence is stored,
The shift registers 33, 35, and 37 store the despreading PN signal and the despreading data series calculated from the Walsh code, respectively. (In the down-link of the IS95 system, the pilot signal consists of a sequence of in-phase and quadrature components of length 2 ¹⁵ and the data signal is multiplied by the Walsh sequence, followed by the same in-phase component (I) and quadrature component. It is composed of data despread by the PN sequence of (Q).)

The outputs of the shift registers 31 to 37, which are 16-stage shift registers, are all input to the data input terminal of the multiplexer bank 24, and by supplying a predetermined selection signal to the multiplexer bank 24, each shift is performed. The i-th output of the register is the latch 23
The data can be input to the data input terminal of the i-th 2-bit register.

The Ai (i = 1 to 16) input terminal of the correlator 22 receives the output of the 4i-3th stage of the shift register 21 to which the received baseband signal (BB-SGNL) is input. The output of the i-th stage of the latch 23 (that is, the output of the shift register selected by the multiplexer bank 24) is input to the Bi input terminal.

As described above, since the received baseband signal is oversampled by a factor of 4, the 64-stage shift register 21 has 16 baseband bits (ie, Chip) is stored. Other shift registers 31 to 37
All have a length of 16 stages, and are clocked at a speed that is 1/4 of the clock speed at which the shift register 21 operates. Therefore, the shift register 31
Nos. 37 to 37 can also store a sequence having a length of 16 chips, and the correlator 22 outputs a correlation result over 16 chips.

During the initial system synchronization acquisition, only searcher correlation should be performed. This means that the output of the shift register 31 passes through the latch 23 and the correlator 22
By controlling the multiplexer bank 24 so that In this case, the despreading PN sequence generated by the external device with the required phase offset and clocked into the shift register 31.
PN-REF0 is stored in the latch 23 at a predetermined timing. Then, the clock enable signal is held at the low level for 16 chip periods, that is, 64 cycles of the system clock, so that the correlator 22 outputs 64 pairs of correlation results of the in-phase component (I) and the quadrature component (Q). _Will be output as I _OUT and Q _OUT .

These 64 pairs of correlation results are the correlation results of the received baseband signal and the despreading PN sequence when the phase is changed by 1/4 chip, and the 16 chip window is obtained by integrating the 16 chips. Therefore, it is possible to find the intensity correlation point with ¼ chip accuracy. And
Decoding the correlation results in multiple windows by an external device allows integration over the desired length (16K; K is an integer).

In the steady state, Rake correlation is performed in a time division manner together with the correlation processing by the searcher. In the Rake correlation, both the pilot signal and the data signal are correlated.

For example, the correlation process for finger 1 is performed as follows.

A despreading PN signal PN-REF1 having a phase offset for one of the received multipath signals, which is to be used for demodulation processing, is generated by an external device (device not shown in FIG. 1). Then, the Walsh sequence W ₁ is generated by another external device in synchronization with the despreading PN signal PN-REF1.

The despreading PN signal PN-REF1 is input to the shift register 32, and the data despreading signal generated by multiplying the Walsh sequence W ₁ and the despreading PN signal PN-REF1 is It is input to the shift register 33.

The multiplexer bank 24 is initialized by the selection signal so as to supply the output of the shift register 32 to the input terminal of the latch 23, and the clock enable signal is set to the high level for one clock period of the system clock. , PN series for despreading PN-REF
16 chips of 1 are stored in the latch 23. Then, the correlator 22 correlates the output of the latch 23 and the output of the shift register 21, and outputs the correlation result of the multipath pilot signal integrated over 16 chips.

After that, the selection signal is sent to the shift register 33.
The 16 chips generated by multiplying the Walsh sequence W ₁ by the despreading PN signal PN-REF 1 are stored in the latch 23. Then, by the correlator 22, the latch 23
And the output of the shift register 21 are correlated, and the correlation result of the multipath data signal integrated over 16 chips is output.

The above processing for the finger 1 is performed four times every 64 clock cycles of the system clock, and the in-phase component (I) and the quadrature component (I) for the correlation result of the pilot signal and the data signal obtained by these processings are obtained. Q) Correlation over 64 chips is performed by accumulating the values of the outputs. (64 chips is one data symbol in the IS95 system.)

The correlation processing for the fingers 2 and 3 is the same as that for the finger 1, and is performed in a time division manner. For example, the 16-chip correlation of finger 2 is
It can be performed immediately after the 16-chip correlation of finger 1 is completed, and the 16-chip correlation of finger 3 can be executed subsequently. Then, when the correlation processing for each finger is not executed, the searcher correlation processing is executed.

That is, in the steady state, the latch 2
From 3, the contents of each shift register are output according to the procedure shown in FIG. In this figure, the data stored in the latch 23 is represented by "SR31" and "SR".
For example, "32" is used to represent each shift register in FIG.

As is clear from the figure, the selection cycle is 1
It has 6 chips. This is necessary for RAKE finger data demodulation. This is because, in order to prevent the bit error rate from being reduced, correlation must be continuously taken in the rake receiver where data is not transmitted in bursts. Correlation occurs every 16 chips because each correlation produces a 16 chip correlation result.

The contents of the shift register are stored in the latch for one chip period, and the output of the latch does not change during this period. However, the output of the shift register 21 is
Since it is oversampled four times, it changes four times. Therefore, four correlation values will be output from the correlator. The regular one of these four outputs is extracted by using the information from the 1/4 chip decision search near the multipath clock point corresponding to the shift register 32. Such processing is performed by the shift register 3
It is repeated for the contents of 3 to 38.

If the data stored in the latch is the contents of the shift register 31, its output is latched for 10 chip periods. Therefore, the result of correlation with the output of the shift register 21 is 1/4 with 1/4 chip precision.
A time division 16 chip correlation signal over a 0 chip window will be included.

As described above, in the receiving apparatus of the embodiment, the correlator portion of the rake receiver is integrated into the correlation block of the searcher, and the size of hardware is reduced.

The structure of the embodiment can be variously modified. For example, each finger may despread the pilot signal sequence over the correlation window with half chips added or subtracted near the center of the multipath in the same manner that the searcher used to correlate over the 16 chip window. It is also possible to use a so-called delay locked loop pilot signal if it is correlated with.
These results can be derived from the time division output,
Allows rake fingers to perform lazy locking.

When the half-chip delay lock loop operation is required for the correlation value of the delay lock loop, the shift registers 32, 34 and 36 have the in-phase component (I) and the quadrature component (Q) of the correlation output. , Each shift register 32, 3
It must have an output latched in latch 23 to span the window containing the ± half-chip points for 4, 36 and the exact lock point. Then, each desired correlation result from the window will be obtained for each of the three shift registers.

In addition, it is natural that each unit must be operated at correct timing, but if necessary, a mechanism for delaying the output of each complex multiplier by about one chip is introduced. May be.

[0040]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the correlator portion of the rake receiver is integrated into the correlation block of the searcher, the receiving device with reduced hardware size is provided. Can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a correlator portion of a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a time change of the content of data stored in a latch when the receiving device of the embodiment is in a steady state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 64-stage shift register 22 16-stage correlator 23 latch 24 multiplexer bank 25-27 complex multiplier 31-37 16-stage shift register

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A reception signal shift register for storing a reception baseband signal over a predetermined number of chips, a latch capable of storing data for the predetermined number of chips, and a search despreading PN sequence used for search over a predetermined number of chips. A search shift register for storing, a plurality of rake finger shift registers for storing a rake finger despreading PN sequence that is phase independent of the search despreading PN sequence over a predetermined number of chips, and the received signal shift register. Correlation means for outputting a correlation result between the stored data of the predetermined number of chips and the data stored in the latch, and any one shift of the search shift register or the plurality of rake finger shift registers Selection supplying means for supplying the contents of the register to the latch. The receiving device. 2. A received signal shift register for storing a received baseband signal over a predetermined number of chips, a latch capable of storing data for the predetermined number of chips, and a search despreading PN sequence used for search over a predetermined number of chips. Exploring shift register for storing, a plurality of rake finger shift registers for storing the despreading PN sequence for rake fingers, which is phase independent of the exploratory despreading PN sequence, over a predetermined number of chips, and a shift for these rake fingers A plurality of multiplication result shift registers each of which stores the result of multiplying the data stored in the register by one of the Walsh sequences; a predetermined number of chips of data stored in the reception signal shift register; and the storage in the latch Correlation means for outputting a correlation result between the acquired data, and the search shift register Or a selection supply means for supplying the contents of any one shift register of the plurality of multiplication result shift registers to the latch. 3. The shift register for reception signal can store the reception baseband signal oversampled L times for a predetermined number of chips, and the correlating means stores data for every L pieces of the shift register for reception signal. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, which is used for calculating a correlation. 4. The received signal shift register comprises 64
4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the receiving device is a 8-stage shift register, the other shift register is a 16-stage 2-bit shift register, and L is 4.