Method and apparatus for interference suppression in orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) wireless communication systems
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-004/00
H01Q-003/26
H01Q-001/24
H04L-027/26
H04B-007/08
H04W-016/24
출원번호
US-0269336
(2011-10-07)
등록번호
US-8934457
(2015-01-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Kapoor, Samir
Marchok, Daniel J.
출원인 / 주소
Tellabs Operations, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
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113
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A method and apparatus for interference suppression in wireless communication systems, especially Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) systems, is presented. The array apparatus includes a two-tier adaptive array system, which provides for both spatial diversity and beamforming at the up
A method and apparatus for interference suppression in wireless communication systems, especially Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) systems, is presented. The array apparatus includes a two-tier adaptive array system, which provides for both spatial diversity and beamforming at the uplink and includes sub-arrays spaced at a distance sufficient to provide spatial diversity and support beamforming or scanning. A Direction of Arrival (DOA) of signals impinging upon the array can be calculated by comparing signals from sub-array elements. Each sub-array can be filtered or beamformed to provide high gain to desired signals received from the DOA (which may be a multipath signal) while simultaneously dampening-out undesired signals, such as co-channel interference (CCI) in the frequency band of operation. The DOA is also used for allocating frequency bins for data signals, such as in an OFDM system, to provide weighted guidelines for bin allocation to maximize received signal power.
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1. An apparatus for processing signals received from a plurality of remote transceivers, the apparatus comprising: at least two beamformers, each beamformer being associated with a corresponding antenna sub-array having at least two antenna elements, and being configured to: receive at least two bas
1. An apparatus for processing signals received from a plurality of remote transceivers, the apparatus comprising: at least two beamformers, each beamformer being associated with a corresponding antenna sub-array having at least two antenna elements, and being configured to: receive at least two base signals associated with at least two carrier signals corresponding to a frequency bin allocated to a user, the at least two carrier signals being associated with the at least two antenna elements of the corresponding antenna sub-array; andgenerate an output signal as a weighted sum of the at least two base signals, associated with the at least two carrier signals, based on directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals; anda spatial diversity combiner configured to selectively combine at least two output signals, corresponding to the frequency bin allocated to the user, of the at least two beamformers. 2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 further comprising a direction of arrival estimator configured to estimate directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals. 3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the spatial diversity combiner is selected from a group consisting of: a maximal ratio combiner, a maximum signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) optimum combiner, and a switched diversity combiner. 4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least two beamformers and the spatial diversity combiner are implemented via a general purpose processor, an application-specific processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, general purpose processor executing application specific software, or a combination thereof. 5. An apparatus for processing signals received from a plurality of remote transceivers, the apparatus comprising: at least two beamformers, each beamformer being configured to adjust gains applied to at least two base signals, associated with at least two carrier signals, based on directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals, and to produce at least one output signal;a spatial diversity combiner configured to selectively combine at least two output signals of the at least two beamformers; anda processor configured to: monitor information related to a plurality of frequency bins; andassign signals associated with a remote transceiver to frequency bins according to at least the following criteria: (1) signals associated with a remote transceiver are assigned to frequency bins that are separated apart in the frequency domain and (2) signals assigned to neighboring frequency bins have substantially different directions of arrival. 6. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the criteria further include: assignment of signals to neighboring frequency bins is performed in a manner that reduces differences in power between the assigned signals. 7. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the criteria further include: assignment of signals to frequency bins being in a way to avoid having a co-channel interfering signal in a neighboring frequency bin. 8. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein neighboring frequency bins are one or more of the following: an adjacent frequency bin and an approximately adjacent frequency bin. 9. A method for processing signals received from a plurality of remote transceivers, the method comprising, in a receiver system including a spatial diversity combiner and at least two beamformers: receiving a plurality of base signals from at least two antenna sub-arrays each having at least two antenna elements, the plurality of base signals associated with at least two carrier signals corresponding to a frequency bin allocated to a user, the at least two carrier signals being associated with the at least two antenna elements of the corresponding antenna sub-array;receiving the plurality of base signals to one of the at least two antenna sub-arrays by an associated one of the at least two beamformers;receiving the plurality of base signals to another of the at least two antenna sub-arrays by an associated one of the at least two beamformers;generating, by each beamformer of the at least two beamformers, an output signal as a weighted sum of the at least two of the plurality of base signals based on directions of arrival of the at least two corresponding carrier signals; andspatial diversity combining the output signals, corresponding to the frequency bin allocated to the user, of the at least two beamformers. 10. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising estimating directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals. 11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein spatial diversity combining is selected from a group consisting of: maximal ratio combining, maximum signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) optimum combining, and switched diversity combining. 12. A method for processing signals received from a plurality of remote transceivers, the method comprising: forming signal beams using base signals, each signal beam being formed using at least two base signals, associated with at least two carrier signals, based on directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals;spatial diversity combining at least two of the formed signal beams;monitoring information related to a plurality of frequency bins; andassigning signals associated with a remote transceiver to frequency bins according to at least the following criteria: (1) signals associated with a remote transceiver are assigned frequency bins that are separated apart in the frequency domain and (2) signals assigned to neighboring frequency bins have substantially different directions of arrival. 13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the criteria further include: assignment of signals to neighboring frequency bins is performed in a manner that reduces differences in power between the assigned signals. 14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the criteria further include: assignment of signals to frequency bins is performed in a manner that avoids having a co-channel interfering signal in a neighboring frequency bin. 15. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein neighboring frequency bins are one or more of the following: an adjacent frequency bin and an approximately adjacent frequency bin. 16. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer software for processing signals received from a plurality of remote transceivers, the computer software when executed by a processor causes an apparatus to: receive at least two base signals associated with at least two carrier signals corresponding to a frequency bin allocated to a user, the at least two carrier signals being associated with at least two antenna elements of a corresponding antenna sub-array; andgenerate an output signal as a weighted sum of the at least two base signals, associated with the at least two carrier signals, based on directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals; andspatial diversity combine the output signals, corresponding to the frequency bin allocated to the user, of at least two beamformers. 17. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the computer software when executed by the processor further causes the apparatus to estimate directions of arrival of the at least two carrier signals. 18. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the computer software when executed by the processor further causes the apparatus to spatial diversity combine the output signals based on maximal ratio combining, maximum signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) optimum combining, or switched diversity combining. 19. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the computer software, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to: monitor information related to a plurality of frequency bins; andassign signals associated with a remote transceiver to frequency bins according to at least the following criteria: (1) signals associated with a remote transceiver are assigned frequency bins that are separated apart in the frequency domain and (2) signals assigned to neighboring frequency bins that have substantially different directions of arrival. 20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 19, wherein the criteria further include: assignment of signals to neighboring frequency bins is performed in a manner that reduces differences in power between the assigned signals.
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