US2009190675A1

Title

SYNCHRONIZATION IN A BROADCAST OFDM SYSTEM USING TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED PILOTS

Application Number:

US20070933231

Publication Date:

30-07-2009

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Application Date:

31-10-2007

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US

Priority Date:

31-08-2004

Title

SYNCHRONIZATION IN A BROADCAST OFDM SYSTEM USING TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED PILOTS

Application Number:

US20070933231

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

30-07-2009

Application Date:

31-10-2007

Priority Date:

31-08-2004

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

In an OFDM system, a transmitter broadcasts a first TDM pilot on a first set of subbands followed by a second TDM pilot on a second set of subbands in each frame. The subbands in each set are selected from among N total subbands such that (1) an OFDM symbol for the first TDM pilot contains at least S1 identical pilot-1 sequences of length L1 and (2) an OFDM symbol for the second TDM pilot contains at least S2 identical pilot-2 sequences of length L2, where L2>L1, S1.L1=N, and S2.L2=N. The transmitter may also broadcast an FDM pilot. A receiver processes the first TDM pilot to obtain frame timing (e.g., by performing correlation between different pilot-1 sequences) and further processes the second TDM pilot to obtain symbol timing (e.g., by detecting for the start of a channel impulse response estimate derived from the second TDM pilot).

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