WO2001030011A1 - An adaptive digital beamforming receiver to improve signal reception - Google Patents
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- An adaptive digital beamforming receiver to improve signal reception.
- the present invention is directed, in general, to antenna systems and signal receivers and, more specifically, to an apparatus and method for improving the reception of signals such as digital television signals, e.g., ATSC 8-VSB signals.
- signals such as digital television signals, e.g., ATSC 8-VSB signals.
- Many digital television receivers have internal antennas or are connected to indoor antennas. In such digital television receivers there can be problems in receiving a good quality signal due to the presence of multiple signal echoes created by obstacles in the room.
- the multiple signal echoes are interferer signals that arrive late at the antenna (i.e., multipath delays).
- the indoor antenna may be manually rotated or adjusted to maximize the main signal and minimize the unwanted interferer signals created by the multiple signal echoes of the main signal.
- the television receiver has an internal antenna that is not readily accessible, one must manually rotate or adjust the entire television receiver in order to make the desired adjustment.
- a primary object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for automatically adapting a television signal within a television receiver to minimize (or null) interferer signals of the television receiver that are caused by the presence of multiple signal echoes created by obstacles in the room in which the antenna of the television receiver is located.
- a typical digital television signal is an ATSC 8-VSB signal.
- ATSC refer to the Advanced Television Standards Committee.
- 8-VSB refer to a television signal modulation format in which the television signal has eight vestigial sidebands.
- a typical television signal carrier frequency is in the frequency range from 470 MHz to 800 MHz.
- the present invention provides an apparatus and method for electronically modifying a television signal that is impaired by the presence of signal echoes of the main signal in order to minimize the signal echoes (i.e., null the interferers).
- Such electronic modification of a signal is referred to as beamforming.
- the invention comprises a beamforming circuit and a decision feedback equalizer circuit.
- the beamforming circuit comprises (1) two circuit branches with each circuit branch having a radio frequency (RF) tuner capable of being coupled to an antenna, an intermediate frequency (IF) mixer, and a feedforward equalizer circuit and (2) a first adder circuit.
- the beamforming circuit modifies the input signals to electronically form a beam in the direction of the desired signal and to electronically form a null in the direction of the interfering signal.
- a first antenna receives a signal and sends the signal through a first radio frequency (RF) tuner, through a first intermediate frequency (IF) mixer, and through a first analog-to-digital converter to a first feedforward equalizer circuit.
- a second antenna receives a signal and sends the signal through a second RF tuner, through a second IF mixer, and through a second analog-to-digital converter to a second feedforward equalizer circuit.
- the output of the first feedforward equalizer circuit and the output of the second feedforward equalizer circuit are added together in a first adder circuit and are used as the input to the decision feedback equalizer circuit.
- the beamforming circuit comprises the first circuit branch from the first RF tuner to the first feedforward equalizer circuit together with the second circuit branch from the second RF tuner to the second feedforward equalizer circuit together with the first adder circuit.
- the decision feedback equalizer circuit comprises a second adder circuit, a decision device and a feedback equalizer circuit.
- the second adder circuit is the first element of the decision feedback equalizer circuit.
- the second adder circuit receives a signal from the first adder circuit of the beamforming circuit and combines that signal with a signal from the feedback equalizer circuit to create an input signal to the decision device.
- the feedback equalizer circuit is connected to the output of the decision device to sample the output signal that leaves the decision device.
- the feedback equalizer circuit feeds a modified form of that output signal back to the second adder circuit for use in creating an input signal to the decision device as described above.
- the decision device calculates the error in the received signal that is due to an interfering signal arising from an echo of the main signal.
- the decision device uses an adaptation algorithm to calculate corrections to the signal.
- the decision device applies those corrections to the signal to electronically form a beam in the direction of the desired signal and to electronically form a null in the direction of the interfering signal. The result is a significant improvement in the quality of signal reception.
- the decision device also has control lines that are coupled to the first feedforward equalizer circuit and to the second feedforward equalizer circuit and to the feedback equalizer circuit.
- the decision device can send control signals over the control lines to change the coefficients in any or all of these three equalizer circuits to modify the operating characteristics of the equalizer circuits.
- the present invention has been described in a form that utilizes two antennas, it is possible to use the present invention in a system that utilizes three or more antennas.
- the use of three or more antennas causes the system to be more complex and expensive than the two antenna system.
- the terms “include” and “comprise” and derivatives thereof mean inclusion without limitation;
- the phrases “associated with” and “associated therewith,” as well as derivatives thereof, may mean to include, be included within, interconnect with, contain, be contained within, connect to or with, couple to or with, be communicable with, cooperate with, interleave, juxtapose, be proximate to, be bound to or with, have, have a property of, or the like;
- the term “controller” means any device, system or part thereof that controls at least one operation, such a device may be implemented in hardware, firmware, or software, or some combination of at least two of the same.
- FIGURE 1 is a block diagram of an adaptive digital beamforming receiver of the present invention
- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a high definition television signal receiver in which the present invention may be implemented
- FIGURE 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention in a signal receiver of a video device
- FIGURE 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the operation of an exemplary adaptive beamforming receiver in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGURES 1 through 4 discussed below, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the present invention in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the invention. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present invention may be implemented in any suitably arranged signal receiver.
- FIGURE 1 illustrates an adaptive digital beamforming receiver 100, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the invention comprises beamforming circuit 200 and decision feedback equalizer circuit 300.
- the beamforming circuit 200 comprises two branches.
- the first branch of beamforming circuit 200 comprises radio frequency (RF) tuner 222, which is capable of being coupled to antenna 220.
- RF tuner 222 is coupled to intermediate frequency (IF) mixer 224.
- IF mixer 224 is coupled to analog-to-digital converter 226, which converts the analog baseband to a digital baseband signal.
- Analog-to-digital converter 226 is coupled to feedforward equalizer circuit 228. Under control of decision device 330, feedforward equalizer circuit 228 modifies the input signal to form a beam in the direction of the desired signal and/or to form a null in the direction of the interfering signal.
- the second branch of beamforming circuit 200 comprises radio frequency (RF) tuner 242, which is capable of being coupled to antenna 240.
- RF tuner 242 is coupled to intermediate frequency (IF) mixer 244.
- IF mixer 244 is coupled to analog-to-digital converter 246.
- Analog-to-digital converter 246 is coupled to feedforward equalizer circuit 248.
- feedforward equalizer circuit 248 modifies the input signal to form a beam in the direction of the desired signal and to form a null in the direction of the interfering signal .
- the output signal from feedforward equalizer circuit 228 and the output signal from feedforward equalizer circuit 248 are coupled to first adder circuit 250.
- First adder circuit 250 adds together the output signals from feedforward equalizer circuits 228 and 248.
- the signal that results from the addition of the signals by first adder circuit 250 is an improved signal because it represents a combination of two separate signals, each of which has been modified to form a beam in the direction of the desired signal and modified to form a null in the direction of the interfering signal. Signal information that may have been missing from one of the signals (due to interference) may have been present in the other signal, and vice versa.
- the additive combination of the two signals creates an improved signal that is less susceptible to the effects of interferer signals caused by multipath delays.
- Antennas 220 and 240 may be vertical, single dipole, omni-directional antennas.
- the spacing of the antennas 220 and 240 may range from one-twentieth (1/20) of a wavelength of the received signal up to one (1) wavelength of the received signal.
- the maximum separation of antennas 220 and 240 would be approximately 0.63 meter or approximately 24.0 inches. Therefore, antennas 220 and 240 can be used as components of an internal antenna of a television receiver that uses the present invention.
- First feedforward equalizer circuit 228 receives from first analog-to-digital converter 226 a digital form of the signal received by antenna 220.
- First feedforward equalizer circuit 228 comprises circuitry (not shown) for compensating for the distortions in the amplitude and in the phase that a signal may acquire when that signal is transmitted through a dispersive channel. In this instance, the dispersive channel is the atmosphere.
- a number of different types of prior art feedforward equalizer circuits are available that may be used as the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228 of the present invention.
- One of the simplest types of equalizer circuits is the Linear Transversal Equalizer.
- the Linear Transversal Equalizer samples values of the input signal in a tapped delay line having N tap points and multiplies those sampled values by N numerical coefficients and then sums the resultant values to form a representation of the signal.
- the numerical coefficients are numbers that represent weight factors. The number of numerical coefficients can range from one coefficient up to, for example, one hundred coefficients or more.
- the resultant signal is represented mathematically as follows:
- y n is the output
- x ⁇ jn is the n sample of the input signal from the first antenna 220
- a ⁇ are the coefficients of the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228, and N is the number of coefficients in the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228.
- second feedforward equalizer circuit 248 receives from second analog-to-digital converter 246 a digital form of the signal received by antenna 240.
- Second feedforward equalizer circuit 248 may be identical in structure and function to the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228.
- the output signal of the second feedforward equalizer circuit 248 is represented mathematically as follows:
- the decision feedback equalizer circuit 300 of the invention comprises a second adder circuit 320, a decision device 330, and a feedback equalizer circuit 340.
- the second adder circuit 320 of decision feedback equalizer circuit 300 is coupled to the first adder circuit 250 of beamforming circuit 200.
- the second adder circuit 320 receives from the first adder circuit 250 a signal that is the sum of the output signal from feedforward equalizer circuit 228 and the output signal from the feedforward equalizer circuit 248.
- second adder circuit 320 also receives an input signal from feedback equalizer circuit 340.
- Second adder circuit 320 is coupled to a decision device 330.
- Decision device 330 may be a digital signal processor (DSP) or other similar type of electronic controller device.
- Decision device 330 receives a signal from second adder circuit 320.
- Decision device 330 performs two operations. The first operation is to make a decision as to which valid symbol the input symbol is closest to (in this case, the eight levels of the 8-VSB signal). This could be called a splicer. It is this valid symbol (i.e., the decision output) that is passed to the feedback equalizer circuit 340.
- the second operation of decision device 330 is based on the difference of the decision device input and the decision device output (i.e., the symbol error).
- the symbol error is used in a decision directed adaptation algorithm (e.g., Least Mean Squares Algorithm) or in a blind adaptation algorithm (e.g., Constant Modulus Algorithm) to update the equalizer coefficients so that the Mean Square Error (MSE) at the decision device input is reduced.
- a decision directed adaptation algorithm e.g., Least Mean Squares Algorithm
- a blind adaptation algorithm e.g., Constant Modulus Algorithm
- Decision device 330 may use any one of a number of equalizer adaptation algorithms well known in the prior art.
- the equalizer adaptation algorithm used is the Least Mean Squares (LMS) method. It is referred to as the LMS algorithm.
- Another equalizer adaptation algorithm available for use utilizes the Recursive Least Squares (RLS) method. It is referred to as the RLS algorithm.
- RLS Recursive Least Squares
- Other similar algorithms are also available for use.
- the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention is not intended to limit the type of algorithm that may be used in accordance with the concept of the invention.
- the adaptation algorithm calculates the amount of error in the amplitude and phase of the signal.
- the adaptation algorithm then calculates the amount of correction needed to correct the errors.
- the decision device 330 then changes the values of the coefficients in first feedforward equalizer 228, second feedforward equalizer 248, and feedback equalizer
- decision device 330 modifies the signal to create an improved signal by electronically forming a beam in the direction of the desired signal and by electronically forming a null in the direction of the interfering signal.
- Feedback equalizer circuit 340 is coupled to the output of decision device 330 for sampling the output signal of decision device 330.
- Feedback equalizer circuit 340 also has an output coupled to an input of second adder circuit 320. This allows second adder circuit 320 to access the output signal of feedback equalizer circuit 340. Second adder circuit 320 subtracts the output signal of feedback equalizer circuit 340 from the signal that is the sum of
- Feedback equalizer circuit 340 may also have the same form and structure of the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228 and the second feedforward equalizer circuit 248.
- the output signal of feedback equalizer circuit 340 is represented mathematically as follows:
- y n is the estimated output
- xi ,n is the VI th sample of the input signal from first antenna 5 220
- x >n is the n ⁇ sample of the input signal from second antenna 240
- y n . k is the input signal from the decision device 330.
- the values a ⁇ are the coefficients of the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228, the values a 2j are the coefficients of the second feedforward equalizer circuit 248, and b k are the coefficients of the feedback equalizer circuit 340.
- N is the number of coefficients in the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228 and in the second feedforward 30 equalizer circuit 248, and M is the number of coefficients in the feedback equalizer circuit 340.
- Decision device 330 utilizes the above described input value for y n to sequentially set up and solve a set of linear equations to determine corrected values for the coefficients of each of the three equalizer circuits, that is, for the first feedforward equalizer circuit 228, and for the second feedforward equalizer circuit 248, and for the feedback equalizer circuit 340.
- the coefficients (also referred to as tap weights) of an equalizer can be adjusted to minimize the Mean Square Error (MSE), ⁇ k , according to:
- I k the k th information symbol transmitted and I k is the estimate of the k ⁇ symbol at the output of the equalizer.
- the estimated symbol I k is expressed as:
- a set of linear equations can be set up based on the orthogonality principle in mean-square estimation.
- the equalizer coefficients, d j5 are chosen such that the Mean Square Error (MSE), ⁇ k , is orthogonal to the complex conjugate of the transmitted symbol sequence, X , according to:
- d j are the equalizer coefficients
- x are the equalizer inputs
- x,* is the complex conjugate
- ⁇ (X) is the expected value
- y k is the estimated output of the equalizer.
- LMS Least Mean Square
- MSE Mean Square Error
- the LMS algorithm does not require knowledge of the signal's statistics or of the noise.
- the new equalizer coefficient is deduced from the previous value of the coefficient minus an error function. The greater ⁇ is, the faster the convergence, and the smaller ⁇ is, the slower the convergence.
- the LMS algorithm is easy to implement but slow to converge.
- decision device 300 After decision device 330 has calculated the new equalizer coefficients for the equalizer circuits, decision device 300 sends a new equalizer coefficient to first feedforward equalizer circuit 228 via control line 333. Decision device 300 also sends new equalizer coefficients to second feedforward equalizer circuit 248 via control line 335, and feedback equalizer 340 via control line 337. The iterative process continues until the mean square error is minimized. In this manner the decision device 330 creates an improved signal for signal receiver 400. In order to clearly show how the present invention works in a video device, a video device will be briefly described. For purposes of illustration, the video device that will be described is a high resolution television signal receiver.
- the invention is not limited to use in a television signal receiver but may be used in any type of video device, including, without limitation, personal computer monitors, laptop computer monitors, handheld computer monitors, handheld video devices, and any type of device having the ability to display a video signal.
- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a high definition television signal receiver 500 in which the present invention may be implemented.
- the television signal is received by antenna 520 and sent to a RF tuner 522 and then to an IF mixer 524.
- the signal is then sent to a demodulator and channel decoder circuit 526.
- the signal is then sent to a transport demultiplexer and decryption circuit 530 where the audio, video and data portions of the signal are separated from each other.
- the video portion of the signal is sent to a video decoder 540.
- the audio portion of the signal is sent to an audio decoder 542.
- the data portion of the signal is sent to a data decoder 544.
- the video portion of the signal is sent to a video display circuit 550 and the audio portion of the signal is sent to an audio speaker unit 552.
- FIGURE 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention in a video device 600.
- the video device 600 is a television signal receiver having a first antenna 520 and a second antenna 521.
- the RF tuner 522 and the IF mixer 524 of the television signal receiver 500 are replaced with the beamforming circuit 200 and with the decision feedback equalizer circuit 300 of the present invention.
- the video device 600 shown in FIGURE 3 is an exemplary adaptive digital beamforming receiver of the present invention.
- the decision feedback equalizer circuit 300 sends the improved signal of the present invention to an MPEG-2 decoder 620.
- the MPEG-2 decoder 620 is of a type well known in the prior art.
- the video portion of the signal is sent to a video display unit 630.
- the audio portion of the signal is sent to an audio speaker 640.
- FIGURE 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the operation of an exemplary adaptive digital beamforming receiver in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Step 700 comprises the step of demodulating a first analog signal from a first antenna.
- Step 702 comprises the step of converting the first analog signal to a digital signal.
- Step 704 comprises the step of modifying the first signal in a first feedforward equalizer to correct distortions in the first signal.
- step 706 comprises the step of demodulating a second analog signal from a second antenna.
- step 708 comprises the step of converting the second analog signal to a digital signal.
- step 710 comprises the step of modifying the second signal in a second feedforward equalizer circuit to correct distortions in the second signal.
- Step 712 comprises the step of adding the modified first signal and the modified second signal.
- Step 714 comprises the step of adding to the sum of the modified first signal and the modified second signal a feedback signal from a feedback equalizer circuit to create an improved signal.
- Step 716 comprises the step of modifying the improved signal in a decision device having an adaptive algorithm by adjusting the coefficients of the first feedforward equalizer circuit, and by adjusting the coefficients of the second feedforward equalizer circuit, and by adjusting the coefficients of the feedback equalizer circuit.
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