JP5339102B2 - Peak suppression circuit and wireless transmitter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a peak suppression circuit that transmits orthogonal multiplexed signals, and more particularly to a peak suppression circuit that suppresses peaks of orthogonal multiplexed signals.

  OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) signals are used in wireless systems such as terrestrial digital television broadcasting, wireless LAN, and IEEE 802.16. An OFDM signal is a signal in which symbols are transmitted in parallel using a plurality of carriers having different center frequencies. In addition, the signals are transmitted orthogonal to each other so that adjacent carrier bands do not interfere with each other. In general, the OFDM signal has a problem that the maximum amplitude is larger than the average signal level, that is, the RMS value of the signal (the root mean square of the signal amplitude). The ratio of the maximum amplitude to the RMS value is called PAPR (Peak to Average Power Ratio). Since a circuit that handles a signal with a large PAPR needs to have a large dynamic range, it is particularly necessary to set the operating point of the wireless amplifier at the final stage of the transmission device to be low, and the power efficiency of the wireless amplifier at the final stage is deteriorated. . A similar problem exists in communication apparatuses using CDMA (Code Division Multiplexing). Therefore, a technique for reducing the maximum level of signal amplitude before amplifying a radio signal is known.

  According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, a peak of a transmission signal (a signal portion having a large amplitude) is detected, and a predetermined signal waveform having the same band as the transmission signal spectrum is reduced according to the peak of the transmission signal. Describes a technique for suppressing the peak of a transmission signal.

  Further, according to the technique described in Patent Document 2, a signal c obtained by detecting a peak of a transmission signal that exceeds a certain threshold and passing a pulse signal sequence p [m] generated based on the detected peak through a filter. A technique is described in which the peak of the transmission signal is suppressed by subtracting [m] from the transmission signal. Furthermore, in Patent Document 2, when a filter that inputs a pulse signal sequence p [m] is configured, the frequency characteristics and impulse response of the filter are expressed as the frequency component of the signal band of the transmission signal spectrum and the signal (frequency) band outside. A technique is also described in which the frequency component is configured to pass at a predetermined ratio, and the signal c [m] that has passed through the filter includes a frequency component within the signal frequency band and a frequency component outside the signal frequency band. ing.

JP 2003-124824 A US 2004/0218689

  In the conventional technique described above, a process for converting a transmission signal into a signal different from a signal to be originally transmitted is performed. Therefore, when a signal is received by the receiving device, there is a problem that the quality of the signal is deteriorated as compared with the case where the process of suppressing the peak of the transmission signal is not performed. An object of the present invention is to suppress a peak of an orthogonal multiplexed signal (for example, an OFDM signal) with little deterioration in signal quality with respect to a result of processing a received signal. An orthogonal multiplex signal is a signal for which orthogonality is guaranteed in symbol time units.

  In addition, when suppressing the peak of the transmission signal, if a waveform (cancellation waveform) used for suppressing the peak is generated without being synchronized with the timing of the symbol of the transmission signal, a waveform extending across the symbols of the transmission signal is generated. Generated. In this case, if the symbol of the received signal is cut out by the receiving device, the cancel waveform is divided, and the quality of the received signal is deteriorated. An object of the present invention is to generate a cancel waveform in synchronization with the timing of symbols of a transmission signal and suppress the peak of an orthogonal multiplex transmission signal with little deterioration in the quality of the reception signal.

A typical example of the present invention is as follows. That is, a peak suppression circuit that suppresses a peak of an orthogonal multiplexed signal in which orthogonality is guaranteed in a predetermined time unit, and detects a peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal, and obtains a symbol timing of the orthogonal multiplexed signal A symbol timing detection unit that generates a peak cancellation waveform based on the detected peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal and the acquired symbol timing, and the orthogonal multiplexing using the generated peak cancellation waveform A removal unit that removes a peak of the orthogonal multiplex signal from a signal, and the symbol timing detection unit detects a symbol timing that is a unit of time in which the orthogonality is guaranteed using the orthogonal multiplex signal, and The synthesis unit performs peak cancellation for each time unit of the orthogonal multiplexed signal detected by the symbol timing detection unit. Generating Le waveform.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, as a result of suppressing the peak of the transmission signal, it is possible to reduce deterioration in the quality of the reception signal processed by the reception apparatus.

  In addition, when signal quality degradation comparable to that of the conventional technique is allowed, the amount of suppression of the peak of the transmission signal can be further increased. Therefore, the operating point of the wireless amplifier can be made higher and the power efficiency can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the transmitter of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the peak suppression process part of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a wave form diagram which shows the spectrum of the cancellation waveform used for the peak suppression process of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a wave form diagram which shows the waveform in the time domain of the cancellation waveform used for the peak suppression process of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the cyclic shift synthetic | combination part of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of operation | movement which cyclically shifts the cancellation waveform of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an operation | movement diagram which shows the process of the cyclic shift process of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an operation | movement figure which shows the process of CP addition part and the symbol window process part of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the transmitter of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the peak suppression process part of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the rotation synthesis IFFT process part of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a wave form diagram which shows the spectrum of the OFDM signal and cancellation waveform of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a wave form diagram which shows the waveform in the time domain of the cancellation waveform of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a wave form diagram which shows the spectrum of another OFDM signal and cancellation waveform of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a wave form diagram which shows the waveform in the time domain of another cancellation waveform of the 1st Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment 1>
First, the transmission apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a transmission apparatus according to the first embodiment of this invention.

  The transmission apparatus includes a baseband modulator 1 (1A, 1B, 1C) and a wireless transmission unit 2.

  The baseband modulator 1 modulates an input transmission data signal using the OFDM method and outputs the modulated data as an OFDM modulated signal. The baseband modulator 1 outputs a signal (symbol timing) synchronized with the symbol timing of the OFDM modulation signal. The output OFDM modulation signal and symbol timing are input to the peak suppression processing unit 3 of the wireless transmission unit 2.

  The wireless transmission unit 2 includes a peak suppression processing unit 3, an up converter 4, an amplifier 5, and an antenna 6.

  The peak suppression processing unit 3 combines the input OFDM modulated signal and symbol timing, and suppresses the peak of the combined signal (OFDM signal). The suppressed OFDM signal is input to the up-converter 4.

  The up-converter 4 converts (up-converts) the OFDM signal into a radio transmission frequency and inputs it to the amplifier 5.

  The amplifier 5 amplifies the power of the OFDM signal to a desired transmission power.

  The amplified OFDM signal is transmitted from the antenna 6 as a transmission signal.

  1 is configured with three baseband modulators, it may be configured with one baseband modulator. Further, the transmission apparatus may be configured by a plurality of baseband modulators other than 3.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the peak suppression processing unit 3 according to the first embodiment of this invention.

  The peak suppression processing unit 3 includes a frequency conversion unit 30 (30A, 30B, 30C), a signal synthesis unit 31, a cancel waveform generation unit 32, a frequency conversion unit 33 (33A, 33B, 33C), and a peak suppression unit 34 (34A, 34B). 34C) and a clipping processing unit 35.

  The frequency conversion unit 30 converts each input OFDM modulated signal into a frequency (f1 to f3) corresponding to the transmission frequency. The converted OFDM modulated signal is input to the signal synthesis unit 31.

  The signal synthesizer 31 synthesizes the input OFDM modulated signal and inputs the synthesized signal (OFDM signal) to the peak suppressor 34.

  The cancellation waveform generation unit 32 generates a basic waveform of the cancellation waveform in the time domain for suppressing the peak of the OFDM signal. The generated basic waveform is input to the frequency conversion unit 33. Note that the basic waveform generated by the cancel waveform generation unit 32 is a waveform that does not affect the OFDM signal after it is demodulated on the receiving side or has a slight effect.

  The frequency converter 33 converts the basic waveform into frequencies (f1 to f3) corresponding to the frequency of the OFDM modulation signal to be transmitted. The converted basic waveform is input to the peak suppressor 34.

  The peak suppressor 34 includes a peak detector 40, a cyclic shift combiner 41, a combiner 42, a 1 symbol delay processor 43, and an adder 44.

  The peak detector 40 detects a peak included in the OFDM signal. Information on the detected peak position, amplitude, and phase is input to the cyclic shift combining unit 41.

  The cyclic shift combining unit 41 generates a cancellation waveform in symbol units based on the symbol timing and the peak information of the OFDM signal, and inputs the generated cancellation waveform to the combining unit 42. Details of the cyclic shift combining unit 41 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The synthesizing unit 42 adds the cancel waveforms in symbol units, and synthesizes a cancel waveform including all frequency components f1 to f3. When the cancel waveforms of the frequency components f1 to f3 are synthesized, the cancel waveforms of the frequency components at the peak position of the OFDM signal have the same phase. Therefore, the cancel waveform is simply set to 1/3 (n In the case of combining individual frequency components, they may be combined with a gain of 1 / n). Further, when the transmission power of OFDM modulation signals including each frequency component is different, the cancel waveform is combined at a ratio corresponding to the ratio of the transmission power, and the gain of the amplitude level of the combined cancel waveform is 1. You may synthesize.

  The one symbol delay processing unit 43 delays the OFDM signal by one symbol.

  The adder 44 subtracts the cancellation waveform synthesized by the synthesis unit 42 from the OFDM signal delayed by one symbol. The OFDM signal with the cancel waveform reduced is output from the peak suppressor 34. The output OFDM signal is input to the clipping processing unit 35.

  It should be noted that the peak that could not be completely suppressed by the first peak suppressor 34 and the peak that newly occurred due to the side effect of the peak suppression process are suppressed in stages by repeatedly executing the process of suppressing the peak. . For example, after the peak suppressing unit 34A executes the process of suppressing the peak, the peak suppressing unit 34B and the peak suppressing unit 34C further repeat the process of suppressing the peak.

  The clipping processor 35 performs a saturation calculation process (clipping process) on a portion of the OFDM signal that exceeds a certain amplitude. Specifically, a signal portion exceeding a certain amplitude is removed. The OFDM signal that has been subjected to the clipping process is output from the peak suppression processing unit 34.

  The generated cancel waveform is transmitted from the antenna 6 as an error component with respect to the transmission signal. Therefore, considering the power density allowed in the frequency band of each OFDM modulated signal, the cancel waveform is constituted by the spectrum shown in FIG.

  The broken line in FIG. 3 indicates the spectrum of the transmission signal. The shaded area indicates the spectrum mask that the transmission signal needs to satisfy. The peak suppression signal (cancellation waveform) has a power density that satisfies a predetermined EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) within the signal band, and a high power density in the gap between the spectrum of the transmission signal existing in the frequency band and the spectrum mask. In addition, the outer band is set to have a low power density. The phase of the frequency of each signal is set to be the same phase at the timing of suppressing the peak.

  That is, when there is a peak at the beginning (time 0) of the symbol of the OFDM signal, the frequency phases of all the signals should be the same. Further, when designing so as to have a peak at the center of the symbol of the OFDM signal, the phases of the frequencies of adjacent signals may be different from each other by 180 degrees. The cancel waveform designed in this way is a waveform as shown in FIG. 4 in the time domain. That is, a waveform combining a damped oscillation over a relatively long time caused by a component (out-of-band component) of a gap between a spectrum of a transmission signal and a spectrum mask and a central peak waveform generated by a frequency component within the signal band, Become.

  When the symbol timings of the OFDM modulation signals in the respective frequency bands (f1 to f3) are the same, the peak suppression processing unit 34 is executed by executing the processing of the combining unit 42 in FIG. 2 before the cyclic shift combining unit 41. The cyclic shift combining unit can be configured as one. Furthermore, it is possible to share the processing of the synthesis unit 42 instead of executing the processing by each peak suppression processing unit 34. As a result, the processing results of the cancel waveform generation unit 32, the frequency conversion unit 33, and the synthesis unit 42 can be configured to be held in common as a cancel waveform.

  As described above, the cancel waveform is an error signal with respect to the transmission signal. For this reason, if the frequency component is included in the signal band, the signal quality deteriorates. Therefore, if only the component outside the signal band is included, the quality of the signal is not essentially deteriorated. However, if the cancel waveform is formed only from the component at the signal band edge, it does not include a prominent peak and becomes a damped oscillation over a relatively long time. In the case of such a waveform, it is difficult to effectively suppress the peak.

  In addition, when the center peak is used for peak suppression, many peak waveforms of the same level included in the cancel waveform are used to place a number of peaks in locations where no peaks existed before the peaks were suppressed. Then, it is necessary to execute more peak suppression processing.

  On the other hand, the cancellation waveform composed of the entire signal band includes a sharp peak and is suitable for peak suppression processing. However, the error component in the signal band means that the quality of the signal is directly deteriorated. When a large peak suppression level is ensured, the signal deterioration becomes large, so that it is difficult to realize a large suppression level. .

  The cancellation waveform shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 constitutes a high cancellation waveform by coordinating in a balanced manner both the components in and out of the frequency band, so that the error in the signal band is effectively suppressed while being low. Peaks can be suppressed.

  The peak cancellation waveform effective when applied to the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to FIGS. 12, 13, 14, and 15. FIG. For example, a system having an OFDM transmission signal having a spectrum structure as shown in FIG. 12A and a spectrum mask is assumed. That is, out of 32 subcarriers, a total of 11 subcarriers located at both ends and one subcarrier located at the center frequency are not used, and the remaining 20 subcarriers are used. Of the 20, 4 are pilot subcarriers used as reference signals in demodulation at the receiver. The cancel waveform in this case is preferably configured as shown in FIG. That is, for the 20 subcarriers in which the transmission signal is arranged, the signal error level (EVM) due to the cancellation waveform is set to be equal to or less than an allowable value. For subcarriers in which no transmission signal is arranged, each frequency component of the cancel waveform is set so as to satisfy the spectrum mask. In such a cancellation waveform design, the cancellation waveform based only on the subcarrier in which the transmission signal is arranged is as shown in FIG. A prominent peak is obtained relative to the center, but the peak level is not so large due to the constraint that EVM is less than the allowable value. On the other hand, the cancel waveform using only subcarriers in which no signal is arranged has a plurality of similar peaks as shown in FIG. 13B, and the peak power is dispersed, but the frequency component does not affect the signal. Therefore, since it can be set to a large power, a peak larger than that in FIG. The cancellation waveform having the spectrum shown in FIG. 12 (b) composed of both of these frequency components has a significant peak at the center as shown in FIG. 13 (c). Can be canceled. In addition, since the subcarrier in which the pilot signal is arranged is a reference signal in demodulation, it is also desirable to reduce the influence on the reception characteristics by using a cancellation waveform having a lower power level than other subcarriers.

  As another example, a system having an OFDM transmission signal having a spectrum structure as shown in FIG. 14A and a spectrum mask is assumed. That is, out of 32 subcarriers, a total of 11 subcarriers located at both ends and one subcarrier located at the center frequency are not used. In addition, it is assumed that four subcarriers among the remaining 20 subcarriers are determined to arrange signals for suppressing PAPR. In this case, it is preferable to generate the peak cancel waveform collectively as shown in FIG. 14B by the peak suppression processing unit 3 without generating the subcarrier for PAPR reduction by the baseband modulator 1. In this way, even in a wireless transmission unit that collectively transmits OFDM signals of a plurality of frequency bands as shown in FIG. 1, peaks generated by combining OFDM signals of a plurality of frequency bands are All frequency components that can be used for cancellation can be adjusted at the same time, and peak suppression becomes more effective. FIG. 15 (a) and FIG. 15 (b) show a cancel waveform based only on subcarriers where transmission signals are arranged, a cancel waveform based only on subcarriers where transmission signals are not arranged, and cancel waveforms composed of both frequency components, respectively. FIG. 15 (c) shows the same tendency as in FIGS. 13 (a), (b), and (c).

  As described above, the cancel waveform is generally required to be a waveform having one outstanding peak within the orthogonal time unit of the transmission signal, and to be a waveform having a slight influence on the orthogonal transmission signal. Therefore, by assigning small power to the orthogonal component where the transmission signal is arranged, the influence on the signal is minimized, and a high peak is formed by assigning the maximum allowable power to the orthogonal component where the transmission signal is not arranged. It is effective. On the other hand, the generation of the cancel waveform is a processing unit of the received signal so that the large power allocated to the orthogonal component where the transmission signal is not arranged will cause the orthogonality to be lost and affect the signal in the process of the received signal processing. Perform in orthogonal time units.

  FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the cyclic shift combining unit 41 according to the first embodiment of this invention.

  The cyclic shift combining unit 41 includes a shift amount calculating unit 50, a complex multiplier 51, a cyclic shift unit 52, an adder 53, a memory 54, a CP adding unit 55, and a symbol window processing unit 56.

  The shift amount calculation unit 50 estimates the cancel waveform based on the peak information detected by the peak detection unit 40 and the symbol timing, and calculates the time shift amount. The time shift amount is a time necessary for making the timing of the cancel waveform coincide with the detected peak.

  The complex multiplier 51 adjusts the amplitude and phase of the cancellation waveform so as to match the amplitude and phase of the detected peak.

  The cyclic shift unit 52 performs a cyclic shift process on the cancel waveform based on the calculated time shift amount. The cyclic shift processing is to shift time by regarding the OFDM signal symbols before and after symbols as continuous repetitive signals. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the process of connecting the portion of the OFDM signal that protrudes from the symbol time as a result of shifting the cancellation waveform to the opposite side.

  The adder 53 adds the cancel waveform that has been subjected to the cyclic shift process and the cancel waveform that is stored in the memory. The memory 54 stores the result of the cancel waveform added by the adder 53. The stored cancel waveform is input to the adder 53 and the CP adding unit 55.

  FIG. 7 is an operation example of the cyclic shift processing according to the first embodiment of this invention.

  The top waveform in FIG. 7 is a combined signal (OFDM signal) of the OFDM modulated signal. The dotted line is a level that requires signal suppression. The middle waveform is a peak (peak detection output) that exceeds the target suppression level in the first symbol of the OFDM signal. The bottom waveform is a waveform obtained by performing cyclic shift processing on the cancel waveform generated for the peak detected in the first symbol. For example, a signal whose amplitude and phase are adjusted corresponding to the peak (1) of the peak detection output and subjected to cyclic shift processing in accordance with the timing is (1) of the bottom waveform. The four signals subjected to the cyclic shift processing corresponding to the peak detection outputs (1) to (4) are added by the adder 53 and the memory 54 to form a cancellation waveform of the symbol length of the OFDM signal.

  The CP adding unit 55 adds a cyclic prefix (CP) to the cancel waveform stored in the memory. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the CP adding unit 55 duplicates the last predetermined length portion (CP) of the cancel waveform and adds it to the head of the cancel waveform at the symbol time of the OFDM signal. .

  The symbol window processing unit 56 adjusts the level of both ends of the symbol (symbol window processing). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the symbol window processing unit 56 gains in such a form that the gain of the amplitude of the first and last portions of the cancellation waveform including the CP gradually attenuates during the symbol time of the OFDM signal. Symbol window) and smoothly connect to adjacent symbols.

  Note that CP addition and symbol window processing are the same as general OFDM transmission signal generation processing.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention, the cancel waveform used for suppressing the peak of the OFDM signal is generated in symbol units in synchronization with the symbol timing of the OFDM modulated signal. Therefore, when performing Fourier transform (FFT: Fast Fourier Transform) when demodulating an OFDM signal in the receiving apparatus, the cancellation waveform is not divided when the process of cutting out the symbol of the OFDM signal is executed.

  On the other hand, when the cancel waveform is generated without being synchronized with the symbol timing of the OFDM modulated signal, the cancel waveform may straddle the symbol delimiter of the OFDM signal. In particular, when a cancel waveform including a damped oscillation over a relatively long time period as shown in FIG. 4 is used, the waveform spans a plurality of OFDM signal symbols.

  When the receiving apparatus performs a process of cutting out a symbol of the OFDM signal with respect to such a signal, the cancel waveform is divided and becomes a spectrum different from the spectrum originally possessed by the cancel waveform. As a result, the cancel waveform having the spectrum shown in FIG. 3 has a frequency component with a high power density that exists in the gap between the signal band and the spectrum mask that does not adversely affect the signal band. Therefore, the quality of the received signal is deteriorated.

  In addition, since a cancel waveform that matches the timing for executing the process of cutting out OFDM signal symbols on the receiving side is used, out of the frequency components included in the cancel waveform, frequency components outside the signal frequency band are signals within the signal frequency band. And keep straightness. Further, it is possible to perform peak suppression processing with little deterioration in signal quality without deteriorating reception characteristics.

<Embodiment 2>
In the first embodiment described above, the symbol timing of the OFDM modulation signal is input from the baseband modulator 1 to the wireless transmission unit 2. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the symbol timing detection unit 7 included in the wireless transmission unit 2 inputs the symbol timing to the peak suppression processing unit 3.

  FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a transmission apparatus according to the second embodiment of this invention.

  The wireless transmission unit 2 is different from the first embodiment of the present invention in that it includes a symbol timing detection unit 7 (7A, 7B, 7C).

  The symbol timing detection unit 7 detects symbol timing from the OFDM modulated signal input from the baseband modulator 1 and inputs the detected symbol timing to the peak suppression processing unit 3. Note that the method for detecting the symbol timing may be the same as the method for the receiving apparatus to detect the symbol timing of the OFDM signal. Specifically, the symbol timing detection unit 7 detects the signal timing using a known signal (for example, a pilot signal) arranged at a predetermined location as a mark.

  Since the other configuration of the transmission apparatus is the same as that of the first embodiment of the present invention, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Embodiment 3>
In the first embodiment described above, the cancel waveform is processed with the waveform in the time domain. On the other hand, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the cancel waveform is processed with a waveform in the frequency domain.

  FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of the peak suppression processing unit 3 according to the third embodiment of this invention.

  The peak suppression processing unit 3 is provided with a rotation synthesis IFFT processing unit 45 instead of the first embodiment of the present invention and the cyclic shift synthesis unit 41 of FIG.

  The cancel waveform generated in the third embodiment of the present invention is a frequency domain signal having the same spectrum and waveform as those in FIG. 3 of the first embodiment of the present invention. That is, the cancel waveform generated in the first embodiment of the present invention has a relationship of Fourier transform and inverse Fourier transform (IFFT: Inversion Fast Fourier Transform).

  The frequency conversion unit 33 processes the generated cancel waveform in the frequency domain.

  The rotation synthesis IFFT processing unit 45 synthesizes a cancellation waveform corresponding to all the peaks included in the symbol of the OFDM modulation signal in the frequency domain, and outputs a cancellation waveform in the time domain by inverse Fourier transform (IFFT). .

  Since other configurations of the peak suppression processing unit 3 are the same as those in FIG. 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the description thereof is omitted.

  When the symbol timings of the OFDM modulation signals in the respective frequency bands (f1 to f3) are the same, the peak suppression processing unit is executed by executing the processing of the combining unit 42 in FIG. 10 before the rotation combining IFFT processing unit 45. 34 rotation synthesis IFFT processing units 45 can be constituted by one. Furthermore, it is possible to share the processing of the synthesis unit 42 instead of executing the processing by each peak suppression processing unit 34. As a result, a configuration in which the processing results of the cancel waveform generation unit 32, the frequency conversion unit 33, and the synthesis unit 42 are commonly held as a cancel waveform is possible.

  FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of the rotation synthesis IFFT processing unit 45 according to the third embodiment of this invention.

  The rotation synthesis IFFT processing unit 45 is obtained by replacing the processing of the cyclic shift synthesis unit 41 shown in FIG. 5 of the first embodiment of the present invention with processing in the frequency domain. That is, the process of shifting the time corresponds to a calculation for rotating the phase in the frequency domain.

  The rotation synthesis IFFT processing unit 45 includes a shift amount calculation unit 50, a complex multiplier 51, a phase rotation unit 57, an adder 53, a memory 54, an IFFT processing unit 58, a CP addition unit 55, and a symbol window processing unit 56.

  The shift amount calculation unit 50, complex multiplier 51, adder 53, memory 54, CP addition unit 55, and symbol window processing unit 56 are the same as those in FIG. 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and are therefore omitted. To do.

  The phase rotation unit 57 complex-expands the cancellation waveform by exp (−j2π · f · t0), where t0 is the time shift amount and f is the frequency of the frequency component that rotates the phase.

  The IFFT processing unit 58 performs inverse Fourier transform on the cancel waveform stored in the memory, and converts the cancel waveform into a time domain waveform.

  According to the third embodiment of the present invention, by using a cancel waveform including frequency components both inside and outside the signal frequency band, it is effective even when the error power in the signal frequency band is small. It is possible to suppress the peak of the OFDM modulation signal. In addition, by executing the process of generating the cancel waveform in symbol units in synchronization with the timing of the OFDM signal to be transmitted, the error frequency component added outside the signal frequency band is used when the received signal is processed. It is possible not to affect the signal inside. As a result, it is possible to realize peak suppression processing that achieves both high peak suppression capability and high signal quality.

  Further, the process of rotating the phase does not require complex multiplication for the portion of the spectrum having the cancel waveform having a phase of zero. That is, since complex multiplication only needs to be performed on the spectrum portion of the cancel waveform, complex multiplication other than the spectrum in the symbol can be omitted. Therefore, when there are a large number of detected peaks, the amount of calculation can be reduced, and the amount of calculation can be reduced.

  The following are typical examples of aspects of the present invention other than those described in the claims.

  (1) A peak suppression method for suppressing a peak of an orthogonal multiplexed signal in which orthogonality is guaranteed in a predetermined time unit, the first step of detecting the peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal, and the detected orthogonal multiplexing A second step of generating a peak cancellation waveform based on a signal peak; and a third step of removing the peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal from the orthogonal multiplexed signal using the generated peak cancellation waveform; In the second step, a peak cancellation waveform is generated for each time unit of the orthogonal multiplexed signal.

  (2) In (1), in the second step, the shift amount at which the peak of the basic waveform of the peak cancellation waveform having one peak in the orthogonal time unit coincides with the peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal. And the peak cancellation waveform is generated by cyclically shifting the peak cancellation waveform within the time unit based on the calculated shift amount.

  (3) In (1), in the second step, a shift amount in which a peak of a peak cancellation waveform coincides with a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal is calculated, and the shift amount is calculated based on the calculated shift amount. A peak suppression method, wherein the peak cancellation waveform is generated by changing the phase of each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform and performing inverse Fourier transform on each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform whose phase has been changed.

  (4) In (2) or (3), in step 2, the cyclic prefix is added to the generated peak cancellation waveform, and the amplitudes at both ends of the peak cancellation waveform to which the cyclic prefix is added A peak suppression method characterized by generating the peak cancellation waveform by attenuating.

  (5) In any one of (1) to (4), the orthogonal multiplexing signal is an OFDM signal, and the peak cancellation waveform is a frequency component and a signal frequency band within a signal frequency band of the OFDM signal. A peak suppression method comprising an external frequency component.

  (6) The peak suppression method according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the orthogonal multiplexed signal is obtained by combining orthogonal multiplexed modulated signals of a plurality of frequency bands.

  (7) A peak suppression circuit that suppresses a peak of an orthogonal multiplexed signal for which orthogonality is guaranteed in a predetermined time unit, the detection unit detecting the peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal, and the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal A combining unit that generates a peak cancellation waveform based on a peak; and a removal unit that removes a peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal from the orthogonal multiplexed signal using the generated peak cancellation waveform, and the combining unit includes: A peak suppression circuit that generates a peak cancellation waveform for each time unit of an orthogonal multiplexed signal.

  (8) In (7), the synthesizer calculates a shift amount at which the peak of the basic waveform of the peak cancellation waveform having one peak within the orthogonal time unit matches the peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal. And a cyclic shift unit that cyclically shifts the peak cancellation waveform within the time unit based on the calculated shift amount.

  (9) In (7), the synthesizing unit calculates a shift amount that calculates a shift amount at which a peak of a peak cancellation waveform and a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal coincide with each other, and calculates the shift amount to the calculated shift amount. A phase rotation unit that changes the phase of each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform based on the IFFT processing unit that performs an inverse Fourier transform on each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform whose phase has been changed. The peak suppression circuit according to claim 7.

  (10) In (8) or (9), the synthesizing unit includes a CP adding unit that adds a cyclic prefix to the generated peak cancellation waveform, and a peak cancellation waveform to which the cyclic prefix is added. And a symbol window processing unit for attenuating the amplitudes at both ends.

  (11) In any one of (7) to (10), the orthogonal multiplexed signal is an OFDM signal, and the peak cancellation waveform includes a frequency component and a signal frequency band within a signal frequency band of the OFDM signal. A peak suppression circuit including an external frequency component.

  (12) The peak suppression circuit according to any one of (7) to (11), wherein the orthogonal multiplexed signal is obtained by combining orthogonal multiplexed modulated signals of a plurality of frequency bands.

  (13) A baseband modulator that modulates data to be transmitted into an orthogonal multiplex modulation signal in which orthogonality is guaranteed in a predetermined time unit; A peak suppression processing unit that suppresses the frequency, a frequency converter that converts the suppressed orthogonal multiplex signal into a radio transmission frequency, and an amplifier that amplifies the power of the orthogonal multiplex signal converted into the radio transmission frequency. The transmitter, wherein the peak suppression processing unit is configured to detect a peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal, a combining unit that generates a peak cancellation waveform based on the detected peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal, and the generation A removal unit that removes the peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal from the orthogonal multiplexed signal using the peak cancellation waveform that has been generated, and the combining unit Radio transmitter and generates the peak cancellation waveform between every unit.

  (14) In (13), the synthesizing unit calculates a shift amount in which a peak of a basic waveform of a peak cancellation waveform having one peak in the orthogonal time unit coincides with a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal. And a cyclic shift unit that cyclically shifts the peak cancellation waveform within the time unit based on the calculated shift amount.

  (15) In (13), the synthesizer calculates a shift amount that calculates a shift amount in which a peak of a peak cancellation waveform and a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal coincide with each other, and calculates the shift amount to the calculated shift amount. A phase rotation unit that changes the phase of each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform based on the IFFT processing unit that performs an inverse Fourier transform on each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform whose phase has been changed. Wireless transmitter.

  (16) In (13) or (14), the synthesizing unit includes a CP adding unit that adds a cyclic prefix to the generated peak cancellation waveform, and a peak cancellation waveform in which the cyclic prefix is added. A radio transmitter comprising: a symbol window processing unit that adjusts amplitudes at both ends.

  (17) In any one of (13) to (16), the orthogonal multiplexed signal is an OFDM signal, and the peak cancellation waveform includes a frequency component and a signal frequency band within a signal frequency band of the OFDM signal. A radio transmitter comprising an external frequency component.

  (18) The radio transmitter according to any one of (13) to (17), wherein the orthogonal multiplexed signal is obtained by combining orthogonal multiplexed modulated signals of a plurality of frequency bands.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Baseband modulator 2 Wireless transmission part 3 Peak suppression process part 4 Up converter 5 Amplifier 6 Antenna 30 Frequency conversion part 31 Signal synthesis part 32 Cancel waveform generation part 33 Frequency conversion part 34 Peak suppression process part 35 Clipping process part 40 Peak detection Unit 41 cyclic shift combining unit 42 combining unit 43 1 symbol delay processing unit 44 adder 45 rotation combining IFFT processing unit 50 shift amount calculating unit 51 complex multiplier 52 cyclic shift unit 53 adder 54 memory 55 CP adding unit 56 symbol window processing Unit 57 phase rotation unit 58 IFFT processing unit

Claims (10)

A peak suppression circuit that suppresses a peak of an orthogonal multiplexed signal in which orthogonality is guaranteed in a predetermined time unit,
A detector for detecting a peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal;
A symbol timing detector for acquiring symbol timing of the orthogonal multiplexed signal;
A synthesizing unit that generates a peak cancellation waveform based on the detected peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal and the acquired symbol timing;
A removal unit that removes the peak of the orthogonal multiplex signal from the orthogonal multiplex signal using the generated peak cancellation waveform, and
The symbol timing detection unit detects symbol timing, which is a unit of time in which the orthogonality is guaranteed, using the orthogonal multiplexed signal,
The peak suppressor circuit, wherein the synthesizer generates a peak cancellation waveform for each time unit of the orthogonal multiplexed signal detected by the symbol timing detector . The synthesis unit is
A shift amount in which a peak of a basic waveform of a peak cancellation waveform having one peak within the predetermined time unit in which orthogonality of the orthogonal multiplexed signal is guaranteed coincides with a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal is calculated. A shift amount calculation unit;
The peak suppression circuit according to claim 1, further comprising: a cyclic shift unit that cyclically shifts the peak cancellation waveform within the time unit based on the calculated shift amount. The synthesis unit is
A shift amount calculation unit for calculating a shift amount in which a peak of a peak cancellation waveform and a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal coincide;
A phase rotation unit that changes the phase of each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform based on the calculated shift amount;
The peak suppression circuit according to claim 1, further comprising: an IFFT processing unit that performs inverse Fourier transform on each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform whose phase has been changed. The synthesis unit is
A CP adding unit for adding a cyclic prefix to the generated peak cancellation waveform;
4. The peak suppression circuit according to claim 1, further comprising: a symbol window processing unit that attenuates amplitudes at both ends of the peak cancellation waveform to which the cyclic prefix is added. 5. The orthogonal multiplexed signal is an OFDM signal,
The peak cancellation waveform is located at the end of the signal frequency band of the OFDM signal and the frequency component where the transmission signal is not arranged, the frequency component located at the center of the signal frequency band and where the transmission signal is not arranged, The peak suppression circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a frequency component in which a transmission signal in a signal frequency band is arranged. A baseband modulator that modulates data to be transmitted into an orthogonal multiplex modulation signal in which orthogonality is guaranteed in a predetermined time unit;
A peak suppression processing unit configured to combine the orthogonal multiplex modulation signal into an orthogonal multiplex signal and suppress a peak of the orthogonal multiplex signal;
A frequency converter that converts the suppressed orthogonal multiplexed signal into a radio transmission frequency;
An amplifier that amplifies the power of the orthogonal multiplexed signal converted into the radio transmission frequency,
The peak suppression processing unit
A detector for detecting a peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal;
A symbol timing detector for acquiring symbol timing of the orthogonal multiplexed signal;
A synthesizing unit that generates a peak cancellation waveform based on the detected peak of the orthogonal multiplexed signal and the acquired symbol timing;
A removal unit that removes the peak of the orthogonal multiplex signal from the orthogonal multiplex signal using the generated peak cancellation waveform, and
The symbol timing detection unit detects symbol timing using the orthogonal multiplexing signal, which is a time unit in which the orthogonality is guaranteed,
The radio transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the synthesis unit generates the peak cancellation waveform for each time unit of the orthogonal multiplexed signal detected by the symbol timing detection unit . The synthesis unit is
A shift amount in which a peak of a basic waveform of a peak cancellation waveform having one peak within the predetermined time unit in which orthogonality of the orthogonal multiplexed signal is guaranteed coincides with a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal is calculated. A shift amount calculation unit;
The wireless transmitter according to claim 6, further comprising: a cyclic shift unit that cyclically shifts the peak cancellation waveform within the time unit based on the calculated shift amount. The synthesis unit is
A shift amount calculation unit for calculating a shift amount in which a peak of a peak cancellation waveform and a peak of the detected orthogonal multiplexed signal coincide;
A phase rotation unit that changes the phase of each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform based on the calculated shift amount;
The radio transmitter according to claim 6, further comprising: an IFFT processing unit that performs inverse Fourier transform on each frequency component of the peak cancellation waveform whose phase has been changed. The synthesis unit is
A CP adding unit for adding a cyclic prefix to the generated peak cancellation waveform;
The radio transmitter according to claim 6, further comprising: a symbol window processing unit that adjusts amplitudes at both ends of the peak cancellation waveform to which the cyclic prefix is added. The orthogonal multiplexed signal is an OFDM signal,
The peak cancellation waveform is located at the end of the signal frequency band of the OFDM signal and the frequency component where the transmission signal is not arranged, the frequency component located at the center of the signal frequency band and where the transmission signal is not arranged, The radio transmitter according to claim 6, further comprising a frequency component in which a transmission signal in a signal frequency band is arranged.