Embodiment
See also Fig. 1, the OFDM downlink communication system of dexterity of the present invention comprises at least: transmitting terminal and a plurality of receiving terminal, be simplicity of illustration, and only illustrate two receiving terminals among Fig. 1, promptly first receiving terminal and second receiving terminal so are not to exceed with this diagram.
Described transmitting terminal is used for sending to each user's communications information and carries out every processing to obtain broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal, and according to default carrier frequency the orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal is simulated in described broadband and carry out frequency translation to obtain radiofrequency signal, and with described radiofrequency signal and the described information that will send to each user the subcarrier allocation information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal is launched, wherein, every processing that the information that will be transmitted to each user is carried out comprises subcarrier mapping processing, default first inverse fourier transform of counting and carry out digital-to-analogue conversion according to default first sampling interval, described subcarrier allocation information comprises each user's frequency deviation positional information and subcarrier mapping ruler.
Described transmitting terminal mainly comprises: a channel coding module, a modulation module, a subcarrier mapping block, an inverse fourier transform module, a cyclic prefix adding module, a D/A converter module, a up-conversion module and a transmitter module.
Described channel coding module is used for the original bit information that will send to each user is encoded, and its coded system is known to those skilled in the art to be known, and is no longer given unnecessary details at this.
Described modulation module is used for the bit information through coding that will send to each user is carried out digital modulation, and its modulation system is known to those skilled in the art to be known, and is no longer given unnecessary details at this.
Described subcarrier mapping block is used for the described information symbol that will send to each user through ovennodulation mapped on each corresponding subcarrier by the mapped specific rule and transmits, because the subcarrier that does not take transmission zero, each information symbol of establishing through ovennodulation is
, it is output as parallel symbol data block { a after shining upon through subcarrier
k(m), m=0,1 ..., N-1} supposes through after the subcarrier mapping N of modulation
kThe OFDM symbol subcarrier sequence number collection that individual information symbol takies is Ω, and should group N
kThe frequency offset in all subcarriers of OFDM symbol of individual subcarrier is ε
kIndividual subcarrier is noted that, described mapped specific rule is known by those skilled in the art, does not repeat them here.
Described inverse fourier transform module is used for described each subcarrier is carried out described first inverse fourier transform of counting, for example, and to parallel symbol data block { a
k(m), m=0,1 ..., N-1} carries out forming corresponding data block sequence { b after the N point IFFT conversion
k(m), m=0,1 ..., N-1}, relation is each other obeyed
Here, { b
kAlso represent a number of elements, it is the same column vector of IFFT transform size N.
Described cyclic prefix adding module is used for adding prefix in the signal through inverse fourier transform according to default rule; usually the protection of adding a length-specific at the head of the parallel data block of IFFT conversion output at interval; be used to reduce interchannel interference (preferably, this protection length at interval should greater than channel maximum delay extension length).For example, the part of the data block afterbody of described IFFT conversion output is copied to its front end, forms the data block symbols of final band Cyclic Prefix, soon data sequence { b
k(n), n=0,1 ..., N-1} is transformed into complete OFDM symbol data sequence { c
k(n), n=-C ... ,-1,0,1 ..., N-1}, wherein, C is a circulating prefix-length, obviously,
n=-C,...,-1,0,1,...,N-1。
Described digital-to-analogue (D/A) modular converter is used for the signal of described cyclic prefix adding module output is carried out digital-to-analogue conversion to obtain analog signal with described first sampling interval, is about to discrete data sequence { c
k(n), n=-C ... ,-1,0,1 ..., N
k-1} carries out digital-to-analogue conversion with the first sampling interval T and obtains continuous OFDM symbol waveform s
k(t), and
T=[-CT, NT), Δ F is the OFDM symbol subcarrier spacing of base station.
Described up-conversion module is used for described analog signal is carried out frequency translation to obtain radiofrequency signal with default carrier frequency, is about to analog signal s
k(t) be transformed into radiofrequency signal
R wherein
eReal part, f are got in [] expression
cThe carrier frequency that transmits for described transmitting terminal.
Described transmitter module is used for sending described radiofrequency signal and the described information that will send to each user (supposes that herein the frequency deviation position is ε in the subcarrier allocation information of described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal
kIndividual subcarrier).Suppose herein k user the processing bandwidth for N
kThe occupied bandwidth of individual subcarrier, according to the difference of subcarrier mapping ruler, handling bandwidth can be greater than occupied bandwidth.
Described a plurality of receiving terminal, be respectively applied for the reception radiofrequency signal that described transmitting terminal was sent to and each user's the subcarrier allocation information (it comprise each user's frequency deviation positional information and subcarrier mapping ruler) of information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal, and the radiofrequency signal that receives carried out every processing so that each receiving terminal obtains the discrete baseband signal in each self-corresponding user arrowband, after the more discrete baseband signal in described user arrowband being carried out default separately second Fourier transform of counting, then according to corresponding each user communications signals of described subcarrier allocation information extraction, at last by after the channel equalization, obtain corresponding each telex network information, every processing that the radiofrequency signal of described reception is carried out comprises information the subcarrier allocation information in broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex singal of each receiving terminal according to each user who receives, default processing bandwidth and default carrier frequency carry out frequency translation, filtering and analog-to-digital conversion etc.Be noted that, second of the Fourier transform that described a plurality of receiving terminal adopts is separately counted and is less than or equal to first of inverse fourier transform that described transmitting terminal adopts respectively and counts, if second the counting and be respectively N of the Fourier transform that described a plurality of receiving terminals adopt separately
1, N
2... N
n, second sampling interval of Cai Yonging is respectively T separately
1, T
2... T
n, first of the inverse fourier transform that described transmitting terminal adopts is counted and is N, and its first sampling interval of adopting is T, then satisfies condition: N
kT
k=NTK=1,2...n
If described a plurality of receiving terminals all adopt the structure of described first receiving terminal, then each receiving terminal comprises at least: one first receiver module, first down conversion module, first low-pass filtering module, first analog-to-digital conversion module, first prefix removal module, first Fourier transform module, first subcarrier are separated mapping block and one first channel equalization module.
Described first receiver module is used to receive the radiofrequency signal that is sent to and carries out message pick-up by antenna usually, frequency deviation positional information and the subcarrier mapping ruler information of described each user's information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal can be in system be transmitted and is received by minimal configuration user's the specific signaling channel of receiving ability design, this technology is known to those skilled in the art to be known, and does not repeat them here.
Described first down conversion module is used in the frequency deviation positional information of broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal the described radiofrequency signal that receives being carried out the correspondent frequency conversion to obtain should having mutually the first wideband analog signal of frequency deviation according to the information of the relative users of presetting carrier frequency and receiving, wherein, the negative value of the frequency deviation of the information that the described centre frequency that the first wideband analog signal of frequency deviation arranged is a respective user in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal, establishing described carrier frequency is f
c, its carrier frequency with described transmitting terminal is identical, and the frequency deviation positional information of described user's information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal represents with the carrier shift amount that usually for example k receiving terminal particular carrier wave side-play amount is made as Δ f
k, it is receiving terminal OFDM modulated sub-carriers integral multiple at interval, i.e. Δ f
k=ε
kΔ F, described down conversion module is with the radiofrequency signal that receives
Shift frequency-(f
c+ Δ f
k), make it be transformed to the first wideband analog signal r of frequency deviation
k(t), if supposition signal that k receiving terminal received is for passing through the signal that the quasistatic multipath channel is sent to, so signal is in the time range of this Channel Transmission, and the equivalent base band impulse response of this channel can be expressed as
N=0 ..., τ
Max-1, wherein L is the channel path sum, α
lBe the multiple decay factor of l paths, τ
lBe the time delay expansion of l paths, τ
MaxFor the expansion of the maximum delay in all paths, easy for analyzing, if further hypothesis receiving terminal ideal synchronisation, and omit noise item, then k user has the first wideband analog signal r of frequency deviation
k(t) can be expressed as
Described first low-pass filtering module is used for having the first wideband analog signal of frequency deviation to carry out analogue low pass filtering to obtain corresponding user arrowband analog baseband signal according to the processing bandwidth of default relative users with described, k user is had the first wideband analog signal r of frequency deviation
k(t) but carry out the outer interference signal of band of low-pass filtering filtering received signal, suppose low-pass filtering filtering out of band signal fully, then k user arrowband analog baseband signal can be expressed as:
Ω is the sub-carrier set that comprises useful signal.
Described first modulus (A/D) modular converter is used for according to the processing bandwidth of default relative users described user arrowband analog baseband signal being carried out analog-to-digital conversion to obtain the discrete baseband signal in described user arrowband, to k user arrowband analog baseband signal with second sampling interval
Sample with the second sampling interval Tk, if set through A/D converting users arrowband analog baseband signal
Be transformed to discrete baseband signal { d
k(n) }, then at nT
kSampled value constantly can be expressed as:
Accordingly, the discrete baseband signal in k user arrowband of A/D conversion output can be expressed as:
Wherein
Be sampling interval T
kThe time delay expansion of normalized l paths, ε
kBe receiving terminal OFDM demodulation subcarrier spacing normalized k portable terminal particular carrier wave side-play amount, i.e. ε
k=Δ f
k/ Δ F, and ε
kBe integer.
Described first prefix removal module is used for removing according to default rule the prefix of the discrete baseband signal in described user arrowband, for example, and with k user arrowband discrete signal sequence { d of A/D conversion output
k(n) } preceding C sampled value in cast out, and N the sampled value formation length of getting thereafter is N
kParallel data sequence { e
k(n), n=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1}, and e
k(n)=d
k(n+C+1), n=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1.
Described first Fourier transform module is used for the discrete baseband signal in the user arrowband of removing prefix is carried out second Fourier transform of counting, promptly to parallel data sequence { e
k(n), n=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1} carries out Nk point FFT conversion, and through the FFT conversion, parallel data sequence is transformed into corresponding parallel data sequence { g
k(m), m=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1}, relation is each other obeyed
In fact,
0≤m≤N
k-1,m+ε
k∈Ω
Wherein,
Be k the channel frequency response on the individual subcarrier of receiving terminal m '.It should be noted that, for the subcarrier bandwidth that guarantees each receiving terminal demodulating ofdm symbol identical with the subcarrier bandwidth of OFDM symbols transmitted, the duration of the OFDM symbol live part (not comprising Cyclic Prefix) that each receiving terminal receives must be identical with the duration of the live part of the OFDM symbol of base station, that is N
kT
k=NT, wherein, T
kBe second sampling interval of the A/D modular converter employing of k receiving terminal, N
kBe second the counting of FFT conversion in the FFT conversion module of k receiving terminal, N is first the counting of IFFT conversion in the transmitting terminal IFFT conversion module, and T is first sampling interval of D/A conversion in the transmitting terminal D/A modular converter.
Described first subcarrier is separated mapping block and is used for extracting the signal of communication of each user on respective sub according to receiving subcarrier allocation information from the signal through Fourier transform, by the output signal g of Fourier transform
k(m)=H
k(m+ ε
k) a
k(m+ ε
k), 0≤m≤N
k-1, m+ ε
k∈ Ω as seen, m the signal of communication that subcarrier is separated mapping output for the signal of transmission at m+ ε
kIndividual subcarrier is uploaded defeated data symbol.
The described first channel equalization module is used for that described subcarrier is separated on the respective sub of mapping output transmission communication signal carries out frequency domain equalization and handles, and for ZF (ZF) equilibrium, and adopts ideal communication channel to estimate, the signal phasor of setting output is { y
k(m) }, then
y
k(m)=g
k(m)/H
k(m+ ε
k), m=0 ..., N
k-1, m+ ε
k∈ Ω, wherein H
k(m+ ε
k) be that k user is at m+ ε
kChannel frequency response on the individual subcarrier.
If described a plurality of receiving terminals all adopt the structure of described second receiving terminal, then each receiving terminal comprises at least: second receiver module, second down conversion module, second analog-to-digital conversion module, frequency spectrum shift module, second low-pass filtering module, down sample module, second prefix removal module, second Fourier transform module, second subcarrier are separated mapping block and second channel balance module.
Described second receiver module is used to receive the communication information that is sent to, described second down conversion module is used for according to default carrier frequency the described radiofrequency signal that receives being carried out the correspondent frequency conversion to obtain the second wideband analog signal, wherein, the centre frequency of the described second wideband analog signal is 0, described second analog-to-digital conversion module is used for first sampling interval described second wideband analog signal being carried out analog-to-digital conversion to obtain the discrete baseband signal in first broadband according to each default user processing bandwidth, described frequency spectrum shift module is used in the frequency deviation positional information of described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal the discrete baseband signal in described first broadband being carried out corresponding frequency spectrum according to the information of the relative users that receives and moves to obtain should have mutually the discrete baseband signal in second broadband of frequency deviation, wherein, the centre frequency of the discrete baseband signal in described second broadband that frequency deviation arranged is the negative value of the frequency deviation of information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal of respective user, described second low-pass filtering module is used for having the discrete baseband signal in second broadband of frequency deviation to carry out corresponding low-pass filtering with the discrete baseband signal in the arrowband that obtains over-sampling according to the processing bandwidth of default relative users to described, the described module that adopts down is used for according to the bandwidth of default broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal and the processing bandwidth of relative users the discrete baseband signal in the arrowband of described over-sampling being carried out corresponding down-sampling with the discrete baseband signal in the user arrowband that obtains threshold sampling, described second prefix removal module is used for removing according to default rule the prefix of the discrete baseband signal in described user arrowband, described second Fourier transform module is used for carrying out second Fourier transform of counting according to the user arrowband that the processing bandwidth of default relative users will the be removed prefix baseband signal that disperses, described second carrier wave is separated mapping block and is used for extracting the signal of communication of each user on respective sub from the signal through Fourier transform, described second channel balance module is used for that described subcarrier is separated the signal of communication that shines upon output and carries out the frequency domain equalization processing, wherein, described first count the product with described first sampling interval equals described second product of counting with described second sampling interval, from the above, the structure of the structure of second receiving terminal and first receiving terminal is different only to be that it finishes the frequency spectrum shift and the low-pass filtering of radiofrequency signal in discrete domain, so no longer the internal structure of its each module is described in detail at this.
In addition, described a plurality of receiving terminals also can adopt different structures, and for example, a part of receiving terminal adopts the structure of first receiving terminal, and another part receiving terminal adopts the structure of second receiving terminal, does not repeat them here.
The OFDM downlink communication means of dexterity of the present invention mainly may further comprise the steps:
1) will send to each user's communications information and after preliminary treatment, carry out the respective sub mapping.
2) will preset first inverse fourier transform of counting through the communication information of subcarrier mapping, wherein, described preliminary treatment comprises the chnnel coding of signal of communication and digital modulation etc., those skilled in the art also can carry out different preliminary treatment to signal of communication according to actual needs, and each information of establishing through ovennodulation is parallel symbol data block { a
k(m), m=0,1 ..., N-1}, it carries out forming corresponding data block sequence { b after the N point IFFT conversion
k(m), m=0,1 ..., N-1}, relation is each other obeyed:
3) add prefix in sending to each user's communications information according to preset rules through the described of described inverse fourier transform, normally will be copied to its front end through the symbol of the afterbody certain-length of resulting signal behind the inverse fourier transform and form Cyclic Prefix, for example the part with the data block afterbody of described IFFT conversion output is copied to its front end, form the data block symbols of final band Cyclic Prefix, be about to data sequence { b
k(n), n=0,1 ..., N-1} is transformed into complete OFDM symbol data sequence { c
k(n), n=-C ... ,-1,0,1 ..., N-1}, wherein, C is a circulating prefix-length, obviously,
n=-C,...,-1,0,1,...,N-1。
4) information of adding prefix is carried out digital-to-analogue conversion to form broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal, for example with discrete data sequence { c with the first default sampling interval
k(n), n=-C ... ,-1,0,1 ..., N
k-1} carries out digital-to-analogue conversion with the first sampling interval T and obtains continuous OFDM symbol waveform s
k(t), then:
T=[-CT, NT), Δ F is the OFDM symbol subcarrier spacing of base station.
5) according to default carrier frequency described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal is carried out frequency-conversion processing to obtain radiofrequency signal, in the present embodiment, default carrier frequency is f
c, be about to analog signal s
k(t) be transformed into radiofrequency signal
R wherein
eReal part, f are got in [] expression
cThe carrier frequency that transmits for described transmitting terminal.
6) send described radiofrequency signal and the described subcarrier allocation information of information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal that will send to each user, wherein, described subcarrier allocation information comprises each user's frequency deviation positional information and subcarrier mapping ruler information.
7) receive radiofrequency signal and the described subcarrier allocation information (be each user's frequency deviation positional information and subcarrier mapping ruler information) of information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal that will send to each user that is sent to, and according to described each user's frequency deviation positional information with handle bandwidth and described default carrier frequency is converted to the discrete baseband signal in each user arrowband with described radiofrequency signal, if at analog domain described radiofrequency signal is carried out frequency conversion process, then described step 7) further comprises step:
(1) described radiofrequency signal is converted to the first wideband analog signal that frequency deviation is respectively arranged according to described each user's frequency deviation positional information and default carrier frequency, wherein, the negative value of the frequency deviation of the information that the described centre frequency that the first wideband analog signal of frequency deviation respectively arranged is a respective user in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal, for example, for K receiving terminal, its radiofrequency signal to receiving
Shift frequency-(f
c+ Δ f
k), make it be transformed to the wideband analog signal r of frequency deviation
k(t), under the situation of desirable synchronous regime and omission noise item, k the wideband analog signal r that frequency deviation is arranged
k(t) can be expressed as
(2) the processing bandwidth according to each default user respectively has the first wideband analog signal process analogue low pass filtering of frequency deviation to obtain each corresponding user arrowband analog baseband signal with described respectively, for example, to k the first wideband analog signal r that frequency deviation is arranged
k(t) but carry out the outer interference signal of band of low-pass filtering filtering received signal, suppose low-pass filtering filtering out of band signal fully, then K user arrowband analog baseband signal can be expressed as:
Ω is the sub-carrier set that comprises useful signal.
(3) with the second default sampling interval described each user arrowband analog baseband signal is carried out analog-to-digital conversion to obtain user arrowband discrete baseband signal, for example analog baseband signal r according to each default user processing bandwidth
k(t) carrying out back k the user arrowband discrete signal of exporting of A/D conversion can be expressed as:
Wherein
Be sampling interval T
kThe time delay expansion of normalized l paths, ε
kBe receiving terminal OFDM demodulation subcarrier spacing normalized k portable terminal particular carrier wave side-play amount, i.e. ε
k=Δ f
k/ Δ F, and ε
kBe integer.
And if in discrete domain described radiofrequency signal is carried out frequency spectrum shift, then described step 7) comprises step:
(1) according to default carrier frequency described radiofrequency signal is converted to the second wideband analog signal, the centre frequency of the described second wideband analog signal is zero;
(2) with first sampling interval described second wideband analog signal is carried out analog-to-digital conversion to obtain the discrete baseband signal in first broadband according to default broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal bandwidth;
(3) according to each user's of receiving the frequency deviation positional information of information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal the discrete baseband signal in described first broadband is carried out corresponding frequency spectrum and move obtaining to have the discrete baseband signal in second broadband of frequency deviation, the centre frequency of the described discrete baseband signal in second broadband that frequency deviation arranged is the negative value of each user's the frequency deviation of information in described broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal;
(4) the processing bandwidth according to each default user has the discrete baseband signal in second broadband of frequency deviation to carry out the corresponding digital low-pass filtering with the discrete baseband signal in the arrowband that obtains over-sampling to described;
(5) according to the bandwidth of default broadband simulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplex base band signal and each user's processing bandwidth the discrete baseband signal in the arrowband of described user's over-sampling is carried out corresponding down-sampling with the discrete baseband signal in the user arrowband that obtains threshold sampling.
8) according to the prefix of the discrete baseband signal in described each the user arrowband of preset rules removal, usually the Cyclic Prefix of the discrete baseband signal in described each user arrowband is removed, for example with k user arrowband discrete signal sequence { d
k(n) } preceding C sampled value in cast out, and N the sampled value formation length of getting thereafter is N
kParallel data sequence { e
k(n), n=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1}, then e
k(n)=d
k(n+C+1), n=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1
9) the discrete baseband signal in each user arrowband that will remove prefix is carried out corresponding each default second Fourier transform of counting to obtain corresponding communication information according to each default user processing bandwidth, certainly for obtaining corresponding communication information, also need the signal through Fourier transform is carried out frequency domain equalization processing etc., this technology of knowing known to those skilled in the art, no longer described in detail at this, for example, to parallel data sequence { e
k(n), n=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1} carries out Nk point FFT conversion and obtains corresponding parallel data sequence { g
k(m), m=0,1,2 ..., N
k-1}, then:
0≤m≤N
k-1,m+ε
k∈Ω
Wherein,
Be k the channel frequency response on the individual subcarrier of receiving terminal m '.
10) in the process signal of Fourier transform, extract the signal of communication of each user on respective sub according to receiving subcarrier allocation information.
11) described subcarrier being separated on the respective sub of mapping output transmission communication signal carries out frequency domain equalization and handles.Only be noted that, for the subcarrier bandwidth that guarantees each receiving terminal demodulating ofdm symbol identical with the subcarrier bandwidth of OFDM symbols transmitted, the duration of the OFDM symbol live part (not comprising Cyclic Prefix) that each receiving terminal receives must be identical with the duration of the live part of the OFDM symbol of base station, that is N
kT
k=NT, wherein, T
kBe second sampling interval of the A/D modular converter employing of k receiving terminal, N
kBe second the counting of FFT conversion in the FFT conversion module of k receiving terminal, N is first the counting of IFFT conversion in the transmitting terminal IFFT conversion module, T is first sampling interval of D/A conversion in the transmitting terminal D/A modular converter, this shows that second of Fourier transform in the OFDM downlink communication means of described dexterity is counted to be less than or equal to first of inverse fourier transform and to count.
In sum, the OFDM downlink communication system of dexterity of the present invention and communication means are by adopting higher sample frequency and the IFFT conversion of counting more greatly at transmitting terminal, form the wideband OFDM a-signal, at each receiving terminal then by frequency translation and filtering to obtain each user's narrowband baseband signal, and employing demodulates each user's information symbol than the FFT conversion of small point, the Radio Resource that can make wide-band communication system is adaptive multi-user's different business demand and terminal processing capacity deftly, and then reduces the implementation complexity and the power consumption of portable terminal.