KR101257015B1 - Methods of estimating timing offset using multi stage for timing synchronization and ofdm reciever - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a multi-step timing offset estimation method and an OFDM receiver for timing synchronization. In the timing offset estimation method, a first timing offset is estimated by using a first function that receives an OFDM received signal, and a second preamble signal and an OFDM received signal are input as a first interval calculated using the first timing offset. Calculating a second timing offset and a first timing metric using a function; and a third function as an input of an average and a first timing metric variance of the first timing metric in a second interval calculated based on the second timing offset. Calculating a third timing offset using the third timing offset. Therefore, the timing offset is robust to the randomness of signal path components.

Description

METHODS OF ESTIMATING TIMING OFFSET USING MULTI STAGE FOR TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION AND OFDM RECIEVER}

The present invention relates to a multi-step timing offset estimation method and timing receiver for timing synchronization, and more particularly, to a timing synchronization method and an apparatus using the method.

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation has a high data rate using multiple carriers and is stronger in frequency selective fading and time-domain impact noise than a single carrier. Since the received signal is distorted to the same magnitude within a narrow subcarrier spacing, only a relatively simple channel equalizer can compensate for the effects of multipath. Due to these advantages, the OFDM scheme is adopted in IEEE 802.11a, a high-speed wireless LAN standard. The IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN system is a random access network. Thus, the receiver does not know the exact beginning of the signal. The IEEE 802.11a system performs symbol timing synchronization to find the starting point of the fast fourier transform (FFT) window of the OFDM symbol along with signal detection. If the start point of the OFDM symbol is incorrectly determined, the phase shift of the received signal and the inter-symbol interference (ISI) are generated after the FFT.

Therefore, in packet-based communication, signal detection and symbol timing synchronization are very important because knowing the starting point of a packet greatly influences the performance of the system. Two algorithms are widely used for signal detection and symbol timing synchronization in an IEEE 802.11a system. The signal energy detection algorithm, which measures the signal's power to detect the signal and performs symbol timing synchronization, is robust to synchronous offsets including the carrier frequency offset of the signal, but can be detected even if it is not an IEEE 802.11a packet. It does not find the starting point of the exact symbol. The algorithm using correlation of short training symbols detects only IEEE 802.11a packets and can find the exact starting point of a symbol, but is very sensitive to carrier frequency offset. Short training symbols are included in a training symbol called a preamble. IEEE 802.11a performs signal detection and synchronization by using a prefix. The prefix is divided into 10 short training symbols and 2 long training symbols. Signal detection and symbol timing synchronization can be achieved through 7 short training symbols.

It is a first object of the present invention to provide a multi-step timing offset estimation method for timing synchronization.

It is also a second object of the present invention to provide an OFDM receiver for performing a multi-step timing offset estimation method for timing synchronization.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a timing offset estimation method using a first function for inputting an OFDM received signal to estimate a first timing offset, and calculating the first timing offset. Calculating a second timing offset and a first timing metric using a second function for inputting a preamble signal and the OFDM received signal in a first interval calculated using the second interval calculated based on the second timing offset The method may include calculating a third timing offset by using a third function that receives an average of the first timing metric and the first timing metric variance in an interval. The average of the first timing metric and the variance of the first timing metric may be measured by changing the section size of the second section from the initial sample section including no signal component to the section in which the signal component exists. The third function is expressed by Equation 1 below.

(Equation 1)

는 샘플 구간이고,

는 상기 제2 구간에서 상기 제1 타이밍 매트릭의 평균을 제곱한 값을 분산값으로 나눈 값임.)에 의해 산출될 수 있다. 상기 제3 타이밍 옵셋은 아래의 식 2(here,

Is the sample interval,

Is a value obtained by dividing a value obtained by dividing a mean square of the first timing metric by a variance value in the second period. The third timing offset is expressed by Equation 2 below.

(Equation 2)

은 제2 타이밍 옵셋,

는 Cyclic Prefix(CP)의 샘플수를 의미함.)를 통해 산출될 수 있다. 상기 프리앰블 신호는

(여기서,

은 자연수)개의 샘플이 시간 영역에서 두 번 반복되는 구조가 될 수 있다. (here,

Is the second timing offset,

May mean the number of samples of Cyclic Prefix (CP). The preamble signal is

(here,

May be a structure in which samples are repeated twice in the time domain.

In addition, an OFDM terminal according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the second object of the present invention is based on a plurality of timing offset estimation step of receiving an RF signal receiving the OFDM signal and the OFDM signal received from the RF unit The timing offset calculator may be configured to calculate timing offset information using an average and a standard deviation value of a predetermined correlation function. The timing offset estimator includes: a first timing offset estimator for estimating a first timing offset by using a first function that receives an OFDM received signal; a preamble signal and the OFDM in a first interval calculated by the first timing offset estimator; A second timing offset estimator for calculating a second timing offset and a first timing metric using a second function that receives a received signal; a preamble signal generator for generating a preamble to be input to the second timing offset estimator; The third timing offset estimator may include a third timing offset estimator configured to calculate a third timing offset using a third function as an input of an average and a variance of the first timing metric in a second period calculated based on a second timing offset. The average of the first timing metric and the variance of the first timing metric may be measured by changing the section size of the second section from the initial sample section without the signal component to the section where the signal component exists. The third function is expressed by Equation 3 below.

(Equation 3)

는 샘플 구간이고,

는 상기 제2 구간에서 상기 제1 타이밍 매트릭의 평균을 제곱한 값을 분산값으로 나눈 값임.)에 의해 산출될 수 있다. 상기 제3 타이밍 옵셋은 아래의 식 4(here,

Is the sample interval,

Is a value obtained by dividing a value obtained by dividing a mean square of the first timing metric by a variance value in the second period. The third timing offset is expressed by Equation 4 below.

(Equation 4)

은 제2 타이밍 옵셋,

는 Cyclic Prefix(CP)의 샘플 수를 의미함)를 통해 산출될 수 있다. 상기 프리앰블 신호는

(여기서,

은 자연수)개의 샘플이 시간 영역에서 두 번 반복되는 구조가 될 수 있다. OFDM 단말은 상기 타이밍 옵셋 산출부에서 산출된 타이밍 옵셋에 기초하여 FFT를 수행하는 제어부와 상기 타이밍 옵셋 및 상기 상관 함수에 관련된 정보를 저장하는 메모리를 더 포함할 수 있다. (here,

Is the second timing offset,

May mean the number of samples of a Cyclic Prefix (CP)). The preamble signal is

(here,

May be a structure in which samples are repeated twice in the time domain. The OFDM terminal may further include a controller that performs an FFT based on the timing offset calculated by the timing offset calculator, and a memory that stores information related to the timing offset and the correlation function.

As described above, according to the multi-stage timing offset estimation method and the OFDM receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention, the timing offset may be estimated using the average and the standard deviation of the samples. Therefore, in order to estimate the timing offset, which is robust to the randomness of each signal component, the variation by the first signal path component is maximized and the variation by other signal path components is suppressed to have the robustness in the randomness of the signal path component when estimating the timing offset. .

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a timing offset estimation method using a plurality of steps according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a timing offset estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of an OFDM terminal and a base station in an OFDM-based timing offset estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a timing offset calculator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

Hereinafter, a method for estimating a timing offset and an apparatus using the method according to an embodiment of the present invention are orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and single carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) as a multiple access scheme applied to a wireless communication system. It is assumed that various multiple access schemes based on OFDM technologies such as OFDM-FDMA, OFDM-TDMA, and OFDM-CDMA are used. In addition, the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission may use a time division duplex (TDD) scheme that is transmitted using different times, or may use a frequency division duplex (FDD) scheme that is transmitted using different frequencies. .

Hereinafter, a system using the multiple access scheme may be used as an OFDM system and a receiver for receiving the OFDM scheme as an OFDM receiver or an OFDM terminal.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a timing offset estimation method using a plurality of steps according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an OFDM terminal may estimate a timing offset of an input signal through a first estimating step 130 and a second estimating step 150 estimating timing points of a signal path having the largest power signal. .

In the first estimating step 130, an input signal which may be expressed by Equation 1 below may be received.

번째 시간 영역 샘플을 나타낸다. 여기에서

는 정수 타이밍 옵셋을 의미하고,

은 채널 길이,

의 다중 경로 페이딩 채널에서 샘플 지연

을 갖는 채널 경로의 임펄스 응답을,

는 평균 0의 복소(complex) AWGN(Additive White Gaussian Noise)를 의미한다.

는 전송 신호의

번째 시간 영역 샘플로서 아래의 수학식 2와 같이 표현될 수 있다. Equation 1 above is an OFDM received signal

The second time domain sample. From here

Means integer timing offset,

Is the channel length,

Delay in multipath fading channels

Impulse response of the channel path with

Means 0 complex AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise).

Of the transmission signal

It may be expressed as Equation 2 below as the first time domain sample.

은 역 고속 푸리에 변화(Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) 크기,

는 시간 영역에서 Cyclic Prefix(CP)의 샘플 수를 의미한다.

은 주파수 영역에서

번째 부반송파에 실리는 위상 편이 변조(Phase Shift Keying, PSK) 혹은 진폭 변조(Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, QAM) 데이터를 의미한다. 본 발명에서는 OFDM 수신신호의 타이밍 옵셋을 구하기 위해 임의로 생성된

개의 샘플이 시간영역에서 두 번 반복되는 구조의 프리엠블

를 사용하였다. 이 프리엠블 앞에 길이

의 CP를 덧붙여 시간영역의 기저대역 OFDM 프리엠블 신호

를 생성할 수 있다.

Is the magnitude of the Inverse Fast Fourier Transform,

Denotes the number of samples of the Cyclic Prefix (CP) in the time domain.

In the frequency domain

Mean Phase Shift Keying (PSK) or Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) data carried on the first subcarrier. In the present invention, randomly generated to obtain the timing offset of the OFDM received signal

Preamble with 2 samples repeated twice in the time domain

Were used. Length before this preamble

Baseband OFDM preamble signal in time domain with CP of

Lt; / RTI >

When the OFDM signal enters the receiver through a predetermined channel, in the first estimation step 130, coarse timing estimation is performed based on the following correlation function using the repetition structure of the preamble signal. Can be.

Hereinafter, in one embodiment of the present invention, the correlation function for the rough timing offset estimation is called a first function, and the timing offset calculated through the first function is called a first timing offset.

Equation 3 below may estimate the first timing offset which is a rough timing offset in the first estimation step.

는 신호 상관이 이루어지는 첫 번째 샘플의 타이밍 지점이며, 이는 곧 추정하고자 하는 정수 타이밍 옵셋

의 후보 타이밍 지점을 의미한다.

는 복소 공액 연산(complex conjugation)을 나타낸다.

가 갖는 상관 함수 첨두의 평탄한 부분을 제거하기 위하여 길이

의 윈도우를 씌워

값을 평균화 할 수 있다. 아래의 수학식 4는

의 윈도우를 이용해

값을 평균화한 것을 나타낸 것이다.here,

Is the timing point of the first sample where signal correlation occurs, which is the integer timing offset you want to estimate.

Means a candidate timing point.

Denotes complex conjugation.

The correlation function has a length to remove the flat part of the peak.

Over the window

The value can be averaged. Equation 4 below

Using windows

Averaged values are shown.

값이 최대값을 갖는 지점을 찾아 제1 타이밍 옵셋을 추정할 수 있다. 아래의 수학식 5는 제1 타이밍 옵셋 추정값을 산출하는 것을 나타낸 것이다. Calculated in Equation 4 above

The first timing offset may be estimated by finding a point having a maximum value. Equation 5 below shows calculating the first timing offset estimate.

이 얻어지면 보다 정밀한 타이밍 추정을 위하여 수신 신호와 수신기 내의 신호 생성기에서 생성된 프리엠블 레퍼런스 신호

와의 상호 상관을 실행한다. 이때, 계산 복잡도를 줄이기 위해, 위 식에서 구한 개략적인 타이밍 옵셋 추정값

을 이용하여

의 범위에서만 아래의 수학식 6을 기초로 상관을 실행할 수 있다. 이러한, 제1 타이밍 옵셋을 이용하여 산출된 구간을 제1 구간이라고 할 수 있다.

Is obtained, the preamble reference signal generated by the received signal and the signal generator in the receiver for more accurate timing estimation.

Cross-correlate with At this time, in order to reduce the computational complexity, the approximate timing offset estimate obtained from the above equation

Using

Correlation can be performed only based on Equation 6 below. The section calculated using the first timing offset may be referred to as a first section.

는 올바른 동기화 지점에 임펄스 (impulse) 형태의 주 첨두값을 갖고, 수신 프리엠블 신호의 반복 구조로 인해 올바른 동기화 지점을 중심으로

샘플 떨어진 지점에 부 첨두값들을 가진다. 이러한 부 첨두값들은 올바른 동기화 지점을 찾는 것을 방해하므로 그 크기를 줄여주기 위한 간단한 방법으로

에

을 곱하여 필터처럼 이용한다. 아래의 수학식 7은 필터링 결과를 나타낸 것이다. 전술한 수학식 6은 제2 함수라는 용어로 동일한 의미로 사용될 수 있다. In the absence of channels and noise

Has a main peak value in the form of an impulse at the correct synchronization point, and is centered on the correct synchronization point due to the repetitive structure of the received preamble signal.

It has negative peaks at the point away from the sample. These sub-peak values interfere with finding the right sync point, so it's a simple way to reduce their size.

on

Multiply by to use like a filter. Equation 7 below shows the filtering result. Equation 6 described above may be used in the same sense as the second function.

는

에 의해 매우 작아진 부 첨두값들을 갖는다(이하, 본 발명의 실시예에서는

를 제1 타이밍 매트릭이라는 용어로 동일한 의미로 사용함).

를 제1 타이밍 메트릭으로 이용하여, 최대값을 갖는 타이밍 지점을 찾아 아래의 수학식 8을 이용해 정밀한 타이밍 옵셋 추정값

을 구할 수 있다. 새롭게 산출된 타이밍 옵셋 추정값

을 제2 타이밍 옵셋이라는 용어로 동일한 의미로 사용할 수 있다. 또한 제2 타이밍 옵셋을 산출하기 위한 수학식 6과 같은 함수를 제2 함수라는 용어로 사용할 수 있다.

The

Have very small negative peaks (below, in the embodiment of the present invention,

In the same term as the first timing metric).

Is used as the first timing metric, finds a timing point having the maximum value, and uses the following Equation 8 to obtain a precise timing offset estimate.

Can be obtained. Newly calculated timing offset estimate

May be used in the same meaning as the second timing offset. In addition, a function such as Equation 6 for calculating the second timing offset may be used as a term.

은 가장 큰 전력을 갖는 신호 경로의 타이밍 지점 추정값이다.In a multipath fading channel environment

Is the timing point estimate of the signal path with the highest power.

Since the power of each channel path component is randomly distributed, the probability that the point where the magnitude of the correlation value exceeds the threshold for the first time is the point of the first signal path is sensitively dependent on the randomness of the first path component. As a result, when the transmission signal is distributed over multiple paths or the attenuation is so severe that the instantaneous power of the first signal path component is weakened, the correct timing point cannot be found. Therefore, in the timing offset estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the timing offset may be estimated by using a multi-step estimation technique that estimates the timing sample using the correlation function sample variance and the average value of all possible signal path components. .

와 타이밍 옵셋 추정값

을 이용한다. 이때,

임을 이용하여

의 범위 내에서 올바른 타이밍 동기 지점의 추정값

를 추정할 수 있다.The final timing metric obtained in the first estimation step 130 to find the timing point of the first path component of the OFDM received signal.

And timing offset estimates

. At this time,

By using

Estimate of the correct timing sync point within the range of

Can be estimated.

의 샘플 평균 및 샘플 분산을 계산한다. 이때,

에 남아있는 부 첨두 부분이 샘플구간에 포함되지 않도록

을 이용해

의 초기 샘플구간을

로 설정하여 초기 샘플구간에 어떠한 신호성분도 포함되지 않도록 설정한다.

값에 따라 샘플 구간의 크기를 늘려가면서 샘플 평균 및 분산을 구한 뒤 아래의 수학식 9와 같은 함수를 얻을 수 있다. In order to know the change of correlation function due to signal path component,

Calculate the sample mean and sample variance. At this time,

Do not include subpeaks remaining in the sample interval.

Using

The initial sample interval of

Set to so that no signal component is included in the initial sample interval.

The sample average and the variance are obtained while increasing the size of the sample interval according to the value, and then a function shown in Equation 9 below can be obtained.

및

는 각각

의 샘플구간에서

의 샘플 평균 및 분산을 의미한다. AWGN이 존재하지 않는 환경에서

는 OFDM 신호성분이 존재하지 않는 타이밍 지점에서는 상관값이 거의 존재하지 않고, 각 다중경로 신호성분에 해당하는 타이밍 지점에서 채널경로 성분의 수만큼 임펄스 형태의 주 첨두값들을 갖는다. 따라서 첫 번째 신호 경로 성분이 포함되는 샘플 구간을 기준으로

샘플 평균 및 분산이 크게 변화하게 된다.In Equation (9)

And

Respectively

In the sample interval of

Means the sample mean and variance. In an environment where no AWGN exists

In the timing point where the OFDM signal component does not exist, almost no correlation value exists, and the main peak values of the impulse type are equal to the number of channel path components at the timing point corresponding to each multipath signal component. Therefore, based on the sample interval that contains the first signal path component

The sample mean and variance will vary greatly.

는 신호 성분이 포함되지 않은 초기 샘플 구간에서는 상관값이 거의 존재하지 않아 큰 값을 가지고, 신호 경로 성분이 포함되는 샘플 구간에서는 랜덤한 전력을 갖는 각 신호성분의 상관값에 따라 작은 값을 가진다. 따라서 본 발명에서는 각 신호성분의 랜덤성에 강인한 타이밍 옵셋 추정을 위해 첫 번째 신호 경로 성분에 의한 변화량을 극대화하고 다른 신호경로성분에 의한 변화량을 억제하기 위해서 아래의 수학식 10과 같이

의 변화에 따른

의 감소량을 타이밍 메트릭으로 이용할 수 있다.

The correlation value is large in the initial sample period in which the signal component is not included and has a large value, and has a small value in accordance with the correlation value of each signal component having random power in the sample interval including the signal path component. Therefore, in the present invention, in order to maximize the amount of change caused by the first signal path component and to suppress the amount of change caused by other signal path components for the timing offset estimation robust to the randomness of each signal component, as shown in Equation 10 below.

According to the change of

The amount of decrease can be used as a timing metric.

가 최소가 되는 지점을 찾아 아래의 수학식 11을 기초로 첫 번째 신호 경로 성분의 타이밍 지점

를 추정한다.Based on Equation 10 above

Find the point where is minimized, the timing point of the first signal path component based on Equation 11 below

.

를 제3 타이밍 옵셋이라는 용어로 동일한 의미로 사용할 수 있고 제3 타이밍 옵셋

을 산출하기 위한

를 제3 함수라는 용어로 사용할 수 있다.Hereinafter, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the timing point of the first signal path component based on Equation 11

May be used interchangeably with the term third timing offset, and the third timing offset

To calculate

Can be used as the third function.

를 통해 수신 신호를 기초로 타이밍 동기화를 수행할 수 있다.
Third timing offset, which is a timing point of the first signal path component estimated based on Equation 11 above

Through the timing synchronization may be performed based on the received signal.

That is, in the method and apparatus for estimating timing offset according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first timing offset is estimated by using a first function for inputting an OFDM received signal, and in the first interval calculated using the first timing offset. A second timing offset and a first timing metric are calculated using a second function that takes a preamble signal and an OFDM received signal as inputs, and the average and variance of the first timing metric are input in a second interval calculated based on the second timing offset. The third timing offset may be calculated by using a third function of.

In the timing offset estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the timing offset estimation step is classified into a first estimation step and a second estimation step for convenience of explanation, but the first estimation step and The second estimating step may be performed in one step or divided into at least two plurality of steps.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a timing offset estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a first timing offset is estimated (step S200).

Based on the received OFDM signal, the first timing offset may be calculated using the correlation functions of the above-described Equations 3 to 5, that is, the first function. The rough timing may be estimated by estimating the first timing offset.

A preamble signal is generated (step S210).

와 같은 프리앰블 신호를 생성하여 제2 타이밍 옵셋을 추정하는 데에 사용할 수 있다.According to an embodiment of the present invention, the receiver may generate a preamble signal and estimate the second timing offset using the input OFDM signal together. Therefore, in the receiver,

A preamble signal can be generated and used to estimate the second timing offset.

A second timing offset is estimated (step S220).

The second timing offset value may be estimated through rough timing estimation using the iterative structure of the received OFDM signal and the preamble. The second timing offset value is a rough timing offset value calculated using the correlation function described above in Equations 6 to 7 and may be calculated using a point at which the correlation function is maximized. A first timing metric as shown in Equation 7 is calculated and calculated using the second function as shown in Equation 6 in the newly set range first section based on the first timing offset value calculated in step S200. The second timing offset may be estimated using the metric.

A sample average and a sample variance are calculated according to the size of the sample interval based on the second timing offset using the first timing metric and the second timing offset (step S230).

Based on the second timing offset calculated as in Equation 9, the average and standard deviation of the first timing metric may be calculated while increasing the size of the sample interval in the second interval range, which is a predetermined interval.

The third timing offset is estimated using the third function (step S240).

As shown in Equation 9, a new function using the mean and the standard deviation of the first timing metric may be defined and a third function as shown in Equation 10 may be calculated. After calculating the third function, the third timing offset may be calculated by finding a point where the third function is maximized.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of an OFDM terminal 300 and a base station 370 in an OFDM-based timing offset estimation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The OFDM terminal 300 may be fixed or mobile and may be called by other terms such as mobile station (MS), user terminal (UT), subscriber station (SS), mobile terminal (MT), and wireless device (Wireless Device). have. The base station 350 refers to a fixed station communicating with the OFDM terminal 300, and includes a base station (BS), a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point, an femto base station (Femto BS), It may be called other terms such as pico base station (Pico BS), relay (relay).

Referring to FIG. 3, the OFDM terminal 300 includes an RF unit 310, a memory 320, and a processor 330. The OFDM terminal 300 transmits and receives data through the RF unit 310.

The memory 320 stores information necessary for performing communication on the system. For example, the memory may store information related to the calculated timing offset and correlation function, or may store system information such as RACH configuration information, PRACH configuration information, and the like regarding information on a measurement limit received from the base station 370.

The processor 330 may implement the functions proposed in the present invention described above and may be connected to the RF unit 310 and the memory 320 to control them. The processor 330 includes a measuring unit 340 and a control unit 350.

The measurement unit 340 may measure channel quality such as a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR), and the like. The measurement unit 340 may perform measurement in a predetermined subframe according to the measurement limit from the base station 370.

In addition, the measurement unit 340 includes a timing offset calculator 345 to measure the timing offset based on the received signal.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a timing offset calculator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the timing offset calculator 400 includes a first timing offset estimator 410, a preamble signal generator 420, a second timing offset estimator 430, and a third timing offset estimator 440. ) May be included.

The first timing offset estimator 410 may calculate the first timing offset through a rough timing estimation using a first function, which is a predetermined correlation function such as a correlation function of Schmidl, based on the input signal. Using the correlation function described above in Equation 4, a timing offset estimation value at which the correlation function is a maximum value may be calculated. That is, the first timing offset estimator 410 may estimate the first timing offset using a first function that receives an OFDM received signal.

The preamble signal generator 420 may generate a preamble reference signal. The generated preamble reference signal may be input to the second timing offset estimator 430 and used to estimate the second timing offset. That is, the preamble signal generator 420 may generate a preamble to be input to the two timing offset estimator.

The second timing offset estimator 430 may calculate a second timing offset using a preamble signal generator and a correlation function using the input OFDM signal. The section for calculating the second timing offset may be a section based on the first timing offset calculated by the first timing offset estimator 410. The second timing offset estimator 430 may calculate a second timing offset based on the process of Equations 6 to 8 described above. That is, the second timing offset estimator 430 uses the second function that inputs the preamble signal and the OFDM received signal in the first section calculated by the first timing offset estimator to perform the second timing offset and the first timing metric. Can be calculated.

The third timing offset estimator 440 may calculate a third timing offset based on the first timing metric and the second timing offset value input from the second timing offset estimator 430. The third timing offset estimator 440 calculates a new second timing metric using the first timing metric calculated by the second timing offset estimator 430 through the processes of Equations 9 to 11 described above. The third timing offset may be estimated within a predetermined range using the second timing offset estimation value. That is, the third timing offset estimator 440 calculates a third timing offset by using a third function that inputs the variance and the average value of the first timing metric in a second section calculated based on the second timing offset. can do. The third timing offset measured by the third timing offset estimator 440 may be transmitted to the controller 350.

The timing offset calculator according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described as a structure including a plurality of estimators such as a first timing offset estimator, a second timing offset estimator, and a third timing offset estimator for convenience of description. The timing offset estimation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a form in which a plurality of components are implemented as one component, or a component expressed as one is divided into a plurality of components.

The controller 350 may perform an FFT based on the timing offset calculated by the measurement unit 340. In addition, the controller 350 may perform a necessary procedure such as random access by applying the setting of the system information received from the base station 370.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be possible.

Claims (12)

Estimating a first timing offset using a first function which is a correlation function for timing estimation in which an OFDM received signal having a preamble signal having the same sample repeated twice in a time domain is input;
Calculating a second timing offset and a first timing metric using a second function filtered by the first function using a preamble signal and the OFDM received signal as inputs in a first interval calculated using the first timing offset ; And
Calculating a third timing offset by using a third function that takes an average of the first timing metric and the first timing metric variance as inputs in a second section calculated based on the second timing offset,
The first function is the following equation 1, the first timing offset to the maximum value of the equation (1)

Is a function of estimating
&Quot; (1) "

<Equation 1-1>

<Equation 1-2>

In Equation 1

Is a value calculated by Equation 1-1, and r (K) is an OFDM received signal calculated by Equation 1-2.

Time zone sample,

Is an integer timing offset,

Silver channel length

Delay in multipath fading channels

Impulse response of a channel path with

Is an average of 0 complex AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise),

Of the transmission signal

Time zone sample,

Is the timing point of the first sample where signal correlation occurs,

Is the magnitude of the Inverse Fast Fourier Transform,

Is the number of samples of the Cyclic Prefix (CP) in the time domain)
The second function is the following Equation 2 and the first timing metric based on Equation 2-1 below by filtering the second function to the first function.

And the first timing metric

The second timing offset that is the timing point with this maximum value

Is a function that yields
&Quot; (2) &quot;

<Equation 2-1>

(here,

Is the preamble reference signal)
The third function is expressed by Equation 3 below,

The third timing offset is a point that is maximized by a function of Equation 3-1 below.

Function to determine
<Equation 3>

<Equation 3-1>

(Equation 3-1

And

Respectively

In the sample interval of

Sample mean and variance of
Timing offset estimation method. delete delete delete delete RF unit for receiving an OFDM signal; And
A timing offset calculator configured to receive an OFDM signal received from the RF unit and calculate a third timing offset using an average and a standard deviation value of a predetermined correlation function based on a plurality of timing offset estimation steps,
The third timing offset estimates a first timing offset using a first function, which is a correlation function for timing estimation in which an OFDM received signal having a preamble signal having the same sample repeated twice in a time domain is input. A second timing offset and a first timing metric are calculated using the second function filtered by the first function that receives the preamble signal and the OFDM received signal as inputs in the first interval calculated using the timing offset, and the second timing. It is calculated using a third function that takes as an input the average of the first timing metric and the first timing metric variance in a second interval calculated based on an offset,
The first function is the following equation 1, the first timing offset to the maximum value of the equation (1)

Is a function of estimating
&Quot; (1) &quot;

<Equation 1-1>

<Equation 1-2>

In Equation 1

Is a value calculated by Equation 1-1, and r (K) is an OFDM received signal calculated by Equation 1-2.

Time domain sample,

Is an integer timing offset,

Silver channel length

Delay in multipath fading channels

Impulse response of a channel path with

Is an average of 0 complex AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise),

Of the transmission signal

Time domain sample,

Is the timing point of the first sample where signal correlation occurs,

Is the magnitude of the Inverse Fast Fourier Transform,

Is the number of samples of the Cyclic Prefix (CP) in the time domain)
The second function is the following Equation 2 and the first timing metric based on Equation 2-1 below by filtering the second function to the first function.

And the first timing metric

The second timing offset that is the timing point with this maximum value

Is a function that yields
&Quot; (2) &quot;

<Equation 2-1>

(here,

Is the preamble reference signal)
The third function is expressed by Equation 3 below,

The third timing offset is a point that is maximized by a function of Equation 3-1 below.

Function to determine
<Equation 3>

<Equation 3-1>

(Equation 3-1

And

Respectively

In the sample interval of

Sample average and variance of the OFDM terminal. delete delete delete delete delete delete

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