WO2016056395A1 - 受信装置、受信方法、およびプログラム - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a program, and in particular, a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a receiving apparatus that can compensate for distortion of a received signal that does not include a known signal having the same signal point arrangement as a data section, and Regarding the program.
- PSK such as QPSK (Quadrature Phase Keying), 8PSK (Phase Shift Keying), which uses only phase information
- QPSK Quadrature Phase Keying
- 8PSK Phase Shift Keying
- APSK such as 16APSK (AmplitudeSPhase Shift Keying) and 32APSK, which uses amplitude information in addition to phase information, is about to be used.
- the signal points on the outer circle contain amplitude / phase distortion compared to the signal points on the inner circle, which is the carrier recovery. Cause cycle slip and deterioration of reception characteristics.
- ARIB STD-B44 is a transmission standard for advanced broadband satellite digital broadcasting (advanced BS), and corresponds to the successor of the BS digital broadcasting transmission standard (ARIB STD-B20) currently serviced in Japan.
- Non-Patent Document 1 In the transmission format in ARIB STD-B44, for the purpose of nonlinear distortion compensation for APSK signals, signals at all signal points having the same signal point arrangement as the data section are transmitted as known signals called transmission signal point arrangement signals. Therefore, the technique described in Explanation A of Non-Patent Document 1 averages transmission signal point arrangement signals after nonlinear distortion for each signal point, and uses the average point as a signal at each signal point for demodulation processing or FEC (Forward). Error (Correction) processing is performed to compensate for non-linear distortion. This technique improves reception performance.
- FEC Forward
- the signal having the same signal point arrangement as the data section is not transmitted as a known signal, and thus the above-described technique cannot be used.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to compensate for distortion of a received signal that does not include a known signal having the same signal point arrangement as that of a data section.
- a receiving apparatus modulates data after error correction of a received signal, generates a modulated signal, and performs error correction at the same time as the modulated signal for each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal
- the reception apparatus includes an averaging unit that generates distortion information representing distortion with respect to the modulation signal of each signal point arrangement by averaging the previous reception signal.
- the reception method and program according to one aspect of the present disclosure correspond to the reception apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure.
- data after error correction of a reception signal is modulated to generate a modulation signal, and the reception before error correction at the same time as the modulation signal for each signal point arrangement of the modulation signal
- distortion information representing distortion with respect to the modulation signal at each signal point arrangement is generated.
- a signal can be received. Also, according to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to compensate for distortion of a received signal that does not include a known signal having the same signal point arrangement as the data interval.
- FIG. 1 shows the example of the symbol of a transmission signal point arrangement
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a quadrature detection unit 312 in FIG. 15.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an equalization unit 313 in FIG. 15.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG. 15.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG. 15.
- 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a distortion information generation unit 316 in FIG. 15.
- 16 is a flowchart for describing a reception process of the reception device 112 in FIG. 15.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart for describing details of a distortion information generation process in step S ⁇ b> 106 of FIG. 20.
- FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the receiver in 2nd Embodiment of the transmission / reception system to which this indication is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the distortion information generation part 422 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the detail of the distortion information generation process of the distortion information generation part 422 of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware of a computer.
- FIG. 1 First Embodiment: Transmission / reception system (FIGS. 10 to 21) 2. Second Embodiment: Transmission / Reception System (FIGS. 22 to 24) 3. Third Embodiment: Computer (FIG. 25)
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the nonlinear influence of the satellite repeater.
- a satellite relay device 12 receives a satellite digital broadcast transmission signal 11 transmitted from a transmission device (not shown), performs amplification, and the like, and a signal obtained as a result Is transmitted as a received signal 13 to a receiving device (not shown). At this time, the transmission signal 11 is influenced by nonlinearity by the satellite relay device 12, so that nonlinear distortion occurs in the reception signal 13.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the satellite relay device 12 of FIG.
- IMUX Input ⁇ demultiplexer
- TWTA Travelling-Wave Amplifier
- OMUX Output multiplexer
- the IMUX filter 41 of the satellite relay device 12 performs a filtering process on the transmission signal 11 transmitted from a transmission device (not shown).
- the IMUX filter 41 supplies the filtered signal to the TWTA 42.
- TWTA 42 amplifies the filtered signal and supplies it to OMUX filter 43.
- the OMUX filter 43 performs a filtering process on the amplified signal supplied from the TWTA 42 and generates the reception signal 13.
- the reception signal 13 is transmitted to a reception device (not shown).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of output characteristics of the TWTA 42 of FIG.
- the horizontal axis represents the amplitude of the TWTA 42 input signal
- the vertical axis represents the amplitude or phase of the output signal.
- the solid line represents the relationship between the amplitude of the input signal and the amplitude of the output signal
- the dotted line represents the relationship between the amplitude of the input signal and the phase of the output signal.
- the amplitude of the output signal increases substantially in proportion to the amplitude of the input signal as the amplitude of the input signal increases, but the amplitude value of the input signal increases to a predetermined value. After that, it becomes saturated gradually.
- the phase of the output signal gradually increases as the amplitude of the input signal increases, and increases rapidly after the amplitude value of the input signal increases to a predetermined value. Then, after the value of the amplitude of the input signal further increases to a predetermined value, the phase of the output signal is saturated.
- the output characteristics of the TWTA 42 exhibit nonlinearity.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinate positions (signal point arrangement) on the IQ plane of each signal point of the transmission signal 11 when the transmission signal 11 is an 8PSK signal, a 16APSK signal, and a 32APSK signal.
- the horizontal axis is the I axis and the vertical axis is the Q axis
- white circles in the figure represent signal points.
- the distance (radius) from the center point in the figure where the IQ coordinate is (0, 0) to the white circle representing the signal point represents the amplitude of the signal point, and the horizontal axis represents the center point and the signal point.
- the angle ⁇ with the line connecting the white circles represents the phase of the signal point.
- the transmission signal 11 is an 8PSK signal
- eight types of symbols are transmitted by eight signal points having the same amplitude and different phases.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating coordinate positions on the IQ plane of each signal point of the signal amplified by the TWTA 42 when the transmission signal 11 is an 8PSK signal.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the coordinate position on the IQ plane of each signal point of the signal amplified by the TWTA 42 when the transmission signal 11 is a 32APSK signal.
- the crosses indicate signal points of the signal before amplification by the TWTA 42, and the pluses indicate signal points of the signal after amplification by the TWTA 42.
- the amplitude of the signal point is one type, so the amplitude reduction rate and the phase rotation amount by the TWTA 42 are the same at all signal points.
- the distance from the center point of the coordinate position on the IQ plane of each signal point of the signal after amplification by TWTA 42 is smaller by a certain amount than each signal point of the signal before amplification.
- the coordinate position of each signal point of the signal after amplification by the TWTA 42 on the IQ plane is a position obtained by rotating the coordinate position of each signal point of the signal before amplification by a certain amount in the counterclockwise direction.
- nonlinear distortion due to the TWTA 42 can be corrected by rotating the clock signal by a certain amount in the clockwise direction and adjusting the amplitude, so that a determination error does not occur in the receiver.
- the reception performance does not deteriorate.
- the distance from the center point of the coordinate position on the IQ plane of each signal point of the signal after amplification by TWTA 42 is smaller than the signal point of the signal before amplification by an amount corresponding to the distance.
- the reduction rate of the distance from the center point increases as the signal point has a greater distance from the center point. That is, as the distance from the center point increases, the position of the signal point of the signal amplified by the TWTA 42 is further suppressed to the inner side.
- each signal point of the signal after amplification by the TWTA 42 on the IQ plane is counterclockwise with the position of each signal point of the signal before amplification by an amount corresponding to the distance from the center point of the signal point. This is the position rotated. In the example of FIG. 6, the amount of phase rotation increases as the signal point has a greater distance from the center point.
- the transmission signal 11 is an APSK signal
- nonlinear distortion occurs due to the TWTA 42. Therefore, when the reception device performs reception processing based on the transmission signal at each signal point defined by the satellite digital broadcasting standard. A determination error occurs and reception performance deteriorates.
- a transmission signal point arrangement signal including signal points having the same signal point arrangement as the data section in a predetermined order is included in the transmission signal. Embedded.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a transmission signal for one frame of the transmission format of the ARIB STD-B44 standard.
- the transmission signal for one frame of the ARIB STD-B44 standard transmission format is composed of 120 modulation slots.
- the i-th modulation slot is described as modulation slot #i.
- synchronization signal FSync, SSync, or! FSync In each modulation slot, the synchronization signal FSync, SSync, or! FSync, transmission signal point arrangement signal P, data Data, and burst signal T are arranged.
- Sync signal FSync, SSync, or! FSync is a 24-symbol synchronization signal for synchronization.
- the transmission signal point arrangement signal P is a 32-symbol pilot signal for compensating for nonlinear distortion, and is a known signal including all signal points having the same signal point arrangement as the data Data.
- Sync signal FSync, SSync, or! FSync and the transmission signal point arrangement signal P are known signals, and symbols of these signals are determined in advance by the ARIB STD-B44 standard.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of symbols of the transmission signal point arrangement signal when the modulation scheme is 32APSK.
- the modulation method is 32APSK
- signals of values 0 to 31 are sequentially arranged in the transmission signal point arrangement signal. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8A, the first symbol among the 32 symbols of the transmission signal point arrangement signal has the value 0 [00000], and as shown in FIG. 8B, the second symbol is , Value 1 [00001]. Further, as shown in C of FIG. 8, the 32nd symbol has a value of 31 [11111].
- the modulation scheme represents not only a scheme such as QPSK, 8PSK, 16PSK, 32APSK, but also a coding rate. Therefore, the same modulation scheme means that the coding rate is the same as a scheme such as QPSK, 8PSK, 16PSK, 32APSK, and the signal point arrangement is the same when the modulation scheme is the same.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining nonlinear distortion compensation performed by the receiving apparatus using the transmission signal point arrangement signal of FIG.
- FIG. 9 shows the IQ plane.
- Each signal point (transmission signal point) of the transmission signal point arrangement signal modulated by 32APSK included in the transmission signal 11 shown in A of FIG. 9 is transmitted to the signal point (reception) shown in B of FIG. Signal point).
- the receiving apparatus receives the received signal including the transmission signal point arrangement signal of the signal point shown in B of FIG. 9, averages the received transmission signal point arrangement signal for each signal point, and averages the transmission signal point By making the arrangement signal a signal at the signal point, nonlinear distortion is compensated.
- the receiving apparatus can improve the reception performance by performing such nonlinear distortion compensation at the time of the hard decision processing or soft decision processing of the received signal 13.
- the receiving apparatus when the received signal 13 does not include all signal points having the same signal point arrangement as the data section, such as a transmission signal point arrangement signal, as a known signal, the receiving apparatus performs the above-described nonlinear distortion compensation. I can't. Therefore, the present disclosure aims to improve reception performance by compensating nonlinear distortion for a reception signal that does not include all signal points having the same signal point arrangement as the data section as known signals.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the first embodiment of the transmission and reception system to which the present disclosure is applied.
- the transmission / reception system 101 in FIG. 10 includes a transmission device 111, a satellite relay device 12, and a reception device 112.
- the transmission / reception system 101 causes the reception device 112 to receive the transmission signal transmitted by the transmission device 111 via the satellite relay device 12.
- the transmission device 111 of the transmission / reception system 101 is provided in a transmission station.
- the transmission device 111 transmits a satellite digital television broadcast signal in a transmission format such as DVB-S2 or DVB-S2X standard to the satellite relay device 12 as a transmission signal.
- the satellite relay device 12 performs filtering processing and amplification processing on the transmission signal transmitted from the transmission device 111, and transmits the resulting signal to the reception device 112.
- the receiving device 112 is installed in a general user's house or ground station.
- the receiving device 112 receives a signal transmitted from the satellite relay device 12 as a received signal.
- the receiving device 112 performs reception processing on the received signal.
- the receiving apparatus 112 compensates for nonlinear distortion of the received signal.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission signal for one frame in a DVB-S2 or DVB-S2X transmission format.
- the data section of the transmission signal for one frame of the DVB-S2 or DVB-S2X standard transmission format is composed of S slots, and each slot is composed of a signal of 90 symbols. .
- Each slot is modulated by a selected modulation scheme such as 8PSK, and a pilot block of 36 symbols, which is an unmodulated carrier, is arranged every 16 slots as necessary.
- a physical layer header (PL header) is arranged in front of the S slots.
- the physical layer header is modulated by ⁇ / 2 BPSK (Binary Phase-Shift Keying), and is composed of SOF and PLSCODE.
- SOF is a 24-symbol signal indicating the start of a frame
- PLSCODE is a 64-symbol signal indicating transmission control information, the modulation scheme of the data section, and the like.
- the transmission signal for one frame of the DVB-S2 or DVB-S2X transmission format does not include a known signal including all signal points having the same signal point arrangement as the data section.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating coordinate positions on the IQ plane of each signal point of ⁇ / 2BPSK.
- FIG. 12A represents each signal point of the odd-numbered symbol
- B of FIG. 12 represents each signal point of the even-numbered symbol.
- the phase of the signal point of the value 0 and the value 1 is 180 degrees different, and the signal point of the odd-numbered symbol and the even-numbered symbol The phase of the signal point is 90 degrees different.
- each signal point of the transmission signal in the DVB-S2X standard transmission format there is a modulation method in which the coordinate position of each signal point on the IQ plane is not the position shown in FIG. 13 and 14 show the coordinates on the IQ plane of each signal point of the transmission signal modulation scheme of the transmission format of the DVB-S2X standard in which the coordinate position of each signal point on the IQ plane is not the position shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a position.
- FIG. 13A there is an 8APSK (2 + 4 + 2APSK) system in which 8 symbols are transmitted using signal points of three types of amplitudes as a transmission signal modulation system of the transmission format of the DVB-S2X standard.
- 8APSK 2 + 4 + 2APSK
- two symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the smallest amplitude
- four symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the second smallest amplitude
- two symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the largest amplitude. Is done.
- FIG. 13B there is a 16APSK (8 + 8APSK) system in which 16 symbols are transmitted using two kinds of amplitude signal points.
- 16APSK 8 + 8APSK
- eight symbols are transmitted by two kinds of signal points having respective amplitudes.
- FIG. 13C there is a 32APSK (4 + 12 + 16APSK) system in which 32 symbols are transmitted using signal points of three kinds of amplitudes.
- 32APSK 4 + 12 + 16APSK
- 4 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the smallest amplitude
- 12 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the second smallest amplitude
- 16 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the largest amplitude. Is done.
- FIG. 13D there is a 32APSK (8 + 16 + 20 + 20APSK) system in which 32 symbols are transmitted using signal points of four kinds of amplitudes.
- 32APSK 8 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the smallest amplitude
- 16 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the second smallest amplitude
- 20 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the third smallest amplitude.
- are transmitted and 20 symbols are transmitted by a signal point having the maximum amplitude.
- FIG. 13E there is a 64APSK (16 + 16 + 16 + 16APSK) system in which 64 symbols are transmitted using four kinds of amplitude signal points.
- 64 symbols are transmitted using four types of signal points having respective amplitudes.
- FIG. 14A there is a 64APSK (4 + 12 + 20 + 28APSK) system in which 64 symbols are transmitted using signal points of four kinds of amplitudes.
- 64APSK 4 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the smallest amplitude
- 12 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the second smallest amplitude
- 20 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the third smallest amplitude.
- 28 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the maximum amplitude.
- FIG. 14B there is a 64APSK (8 + 16 + 20 + 20APSK) system in which 64 symbols are transmitted using signal points of four kinds of amplitudes.
- 64APSK 8 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the smallest amplitude
- 16 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the second smallest amplitude
- 20 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the third smallest amplitude.
- are transmitted and 20 symbols are transmitted by a signal point having the maximum amplitude.
- FIG. 14C there is a 64APSK (4 + 12 + 20 + 28APSK) system in which 64 symbols are transmitted using signal points of four kinds of amplitudes.
- 64APSK 4 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the smallest amplitude
- 12 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the second smallest amplitude
- 20 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the third smallest amplitude.
- 28 symbols are transmitted by the signal point having the maximum amplitude.
- FIG. 14D there is a 128 APSK (16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 48 APSK) system in which 128 symbols are transmitted using signal points of six kinds of amplitudes.
- 128 APSK 16 symbols are transmitted by signal points of five kinds of amplitudes excluding the maximum amplitude
- 48 symbols are transmitted by signal points of the maximum amplitude.
- FIG. 14E there is a 256APSK (32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32 + 32APSK) system in which 256 symbols are transmitted using signal points of eight kinds of amplitudes.
- 256 symbols are transmitted by 8 kinds of signal points having respective amplitudes.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the reception device 112 in FIG.
- the 15 includes a channel selection unit 311, an orthogonal detection unit 312, an equalization unit 313, a PLS code decoding unit 314, an LDPC (LowLDDensity Parity Check) code decoding unit 315, a distortion information generation unit 316, and a BCH code decoding. Part 317 and energy despreading part 318.
- LDPC LowLDDensity Parity Check
- the channel selection unit 311 receives a signal transmitted from the satellite relay device 12 as a reception signal.
- the channel selection unit 311 performs frequency conversion of the received signal, and selects an IF signal of a channel designated by the user or the like from the obtained IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal.
- the channel selector 311 performs processing such as quadrature demodulation and A / D conversion on the selected IF signal, and supplies the resulting I signal and Q signal to the quadrature detector 312.
- the quadrature detection unit 312 performs phase error correction of the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the channel selection unit 311. At this time, the quadrature detection unit 312 compensates for the nonlinear distortion generated by the satellite relay device 12 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316. The quadrature detection unit 312 supplies the I signal and the Q signal after the phase error correction to the equalization unit 313.
- the equalization unit 313 includes, for example, a DFE (Decision Feedback Equalizer), and performs equalization processing on the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the quadrature detection unit 312. At this time, the equalization unit 313 compensates for nonlinear distortion generated by the satellite relay device 12 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316.
- the equalization unit 313 supplies the equalized I signal and Q signal to the PLS code decoding unit 314, the LDPC code decoding unit 315, and the distortion information generation unit 316.
- the PLS code decoding unit 314 decodes the PLS code including the modulation scheme of the data section in the received signal from the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the equalization unit 313.
- the PLS code decoding unit 314 supplies the decoding result to the distortion information generation unit 316 and the BCH code decoding unit 317.
- the LDPC code decoding unit 315 performs LDPC code decoding processing as FEC processing. Specifically, LDPC code decoding section 315 prepares a likelihood table for each bit constituting a symbol of the current modulation scheme (for example, 5 bits when the modulation scheme is 32APSK). Based on the likelihood table, the LDPC code decoding unit 315 determines the probability of 1 of each bit constituting the symbol and 0 with respect to the signal point represented by the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the equalization unit 313. A log ratio LLR (Log Likelihood Ratio) of the probable probability is obtained, and LDPC code decoding is performed on the log ratio LLR.
- LLR Log Likelihood Ratio
- the LDPC code decoding unit 315 compensates for the nonlinear distortion generated by the satellite relay device 12 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316.
- the LDPC code decoding unit 315 supplies data (data after LPDC decoding and LDPC parity) obtained as a result of the LDPC code decoding process to the distortion information generation unit 316 and the BCH code decoding unit 317.
- the distortion information generation unit 316 modulates the data after the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315 with the modulation method included in the PLS code from the PLS code decoding unit 314, and generates a modulation signal.
- the distortion information generation unit 316 is an I signal before the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the equalization unit 313 at the same time as the modulation signal.
- the Q signal are averaged to produce an average signal.
- distortion information generation section 316 uses each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal as an estimated value of each signal point arrangement of the transmission signal, and the signal point arrangement of the average signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement is the signal of the received signal. As the point arrangement, distortion information representing nonlinear distortion generated with respect to the modulation signal of each signal point arrangement is generated.
- the distortion information is assumed to be orthogonal coordinates or polar coordinates of the average signal position on the IQ plane corresponding to each signal point arrangement of the modulation signal (hereinafter, these are simply referred to as coordinates).
- the distortion information is not limited to this.
- the distortion information is a coordinate indicating the relative position of the average signal corresponding to each other signal point arrangement on the IQ plane, based on the position of the average signal corresponding to one signal point arrangement on the IQ plane. You may make it be.
- the distortion information is a graph representing the output characteristics as shown in FIG. 3 when the modulation signal of each signal point arrangement is an input signal and the average signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement is an output signal. Also good.
- the distortion information generation unit 316 supplies the modulation distortion information included in the current PLS code to the orthogonal detection unit 312, the equalization unit 313, and the LDPC code decoding unit 315.
- the BCH code decoding unit 317 performs BCH code decoding on the data supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315 based on the PLS code supplied from the PLS code decoding unit 314, and supplies the decoding result to the energy despreading unit 318.
- the energy despreading unit 318 performs energy despreading on the decoding result supplied from the BCH code decoding unit 317 and outputs the result.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the quadrature detection unit 312 in FIG.
- RRF Raster Roll-off Filter
- LF Linear Filter
- NCO Numerically Controlled Oscillator
- the complex multiplication unit 351 multiplies each of the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the channel selection unit 311 in FIG. 15 and the signal supplied from the NCO 357, thereby generating an I signal and a Q signal.
- the complex multiplier 351 supplies the generated I signal to the RRF 352 and supplies the Q signal to the RRF 353.
- the RRF 352 performs filtering on the I signal supplied from the complex multiplier 351 to remove noise.
- the RRF 352 supplies the filtered I signal to the phase error detector 355 and also to the equalizer 313 in FIG.
- the RRF 353 performs filtering on the Q signal supplied from the complex multiplier 351 to remove noise.
- the RRF 353 supplies the filtered Q signal to the phase error detection unit 355 and also to the equalization unit 313.
- the storage unit 354 stores the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316 in FIG.
- the phase error detection unit (hard decision unit) 355 reads from the storage unit 354 the coordinates of the average signal closest to the signal composed of the I signal supplied from the RRF 352 and the Q signal supplied from the RRF 353 on the IQ plane. Hard decision processing is performed.
- the phase error detection unit 355 (hard decision unit) performs a phase error detection process for detecting a phase error of a signal including the read coordinate signal, the I signal from the RRF 352, and the Q signal from the RRF 353.
- the phase error detection unit 355 supplies the detected phase error to the LF 356.
- the phase error detection unit 355 detects the phase error based on distortion information instead of a signal at a signal point predetermined in the DVB-S2 or DVB-S2X standard. Is compensated for and the phase synchronization performance is improved.
- the LF 356 filters the phase error detected from the phase error detection unit 355 and supplies it to the NCO 357.
- the NCO 357 generates a signal having a predetermined frequency based on the phase error supplied from the LF 356 and supplies the signal to the complex multiplier 351.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the equalization unit 313 in FIG.
- 17 includes a feedforward filter 371, subtraction units 372-1 and 372-2, a hard decision unit 373, a feedback filter 374, and a coefficient update unit 375.
- the feedforward filter 371 of the equalization unit 313 is a variable coefficient filter.
- the feedforward filter 371 uses the coefficient supplied from the coefficient updating unit 375 to perform a convolution operation on each of the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the quadrature detection unit 312 in FIG. 15 and the coefficient.
- the feedforward filter 371 outputs the I signal obtained as a result of the convolution operation to the subtraction unit 372-1, and outputs the Q signal to the subtraction unit 372-2.
- the subtracting unit 372-1 subtracts the I signal supplied from the feedback filter 374 from the I signal supplied from the feedforward filter 371.
- the subtracting unit 372-1 supplies the I signal obtained as a result to the LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG. 15 as an I signal after equalization processing, and also supplies the hard decision unit 373 and the coefficient updating unit 375.
- the subtracting unit 372-2 subtracts the Q signal supplied from the feedback filter 374 from the Q signal supplied from the feedforward filter 371.
- the subtracting unit 372-2 supplies the Q signal obtained as a result to the LDPC code decoding unit 315 as the Q signal after the equalization processing, and also supplies it to the hard decision unit 373 and the coefficient updating unit 375.
- the hard decision unit 373 is supplied from the equalization-processed I signal supplied from the subtraction unit 372-1 and the subtraction unit 372-2 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316 in FIG. A hard decision is made on the Q signal after equalization. That is, the hard decision unit 373 decides a signal point corresponding to a coordinate closest to the coordinates represented by the equalized I signal and Q signal among the coordinates represented by the strain information.
- the hard decision unit 373 makes a hard decision using distortion information instead of each signal point arrangement determined in advance by the DVB-S2 or DVB-S2X standard, etc., and therefore the nonlinearity generated in the satellite relay device 12 Distortion is compensated and equalization performance is improved.
- the hard decision unit 373 supplies the I signal and Q signal of the signal points obtained as a result of the hard decision to the feedback filter 374 and the coefficient update unit 375.
- the feedback filter 374 is a variable coefficient filter.
- the feedback filter 374 uses the coefficient supplied from the coefficient updating unit 375 to perform a convolution operation on each of the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the hard decision unit 373 and the coefficient.
- the feedback filter 374 supplies the I signal obtained as a result of the convolution operation to the subtraction unit 372-1 and supplies the Q signal to the subtraction unit 372-2.
- the coefficient updating unit 375 subtracts the I signal supplied from the hard decision unit 373 from the I signal supplied from the subtracting unit 372-1.
- the coefficient updating unit 375 subtracts the Q signal supplied from the hard decision unit 373 from the Q signal supplied from the subtracting unit 372-2.
- the coefficient updating unit 375 performs LMS (Least Mean Square) calculation based on the I signal and the Q signal obtained as a result of the subtraction, and updates the coefficients supplied to the feedforward filter 371 and the feedback filter 374.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG.
- the LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG. 18 includes a likelihood table generation unit 381, a storage unit 382, and a decoding unit 383.
- the likelihood table generation unit 381 configures a binary sequence (symbol) mapped to each signal point by using each average signal represented by the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316 in FIG. 15 as an ideal signal of each signal point.
- the logarithmic ratio LLR of each bit to be calculated is calculated.
- the likelihood table generating unit 381 generates a likelihood table in which each signal point is associated with the logarithmic ratio LLR of the bit of the signal point for each bit constituting the symbol, and supplies the likelihood table to the storage unit 382.
- the storage unit 382 stores the likelihood table supplied from the likelihood table generation unit 381.
- the decoding unit 383 reads the likelihood table from the storage unit 382.
- the decoding unit 383 (soft decision unit) performs an LDPC code decoding process, which is a soft decision process, using the read likelihood table.
- decoding section 383 thinks that the signal point represented by I signal and Q signal supplied from equalization section 313 in FIG.
- the logarithmic ratio LLR between the probability of being recorded and the probability of 0 is obtained, and LDPC code decoding is performed on the logarithmic ratio LLR.
- the decoding unit 383 supplies data obtained as a result to the distortion information generation unit 316 and the BCH code decoding unit 317 in FIG.
- the satellite relay device 12 is compensated for and the error correction performance is improved.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the distortion information generation unit 316 in FIG.
- 19 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 401 and 402, a modulation unit 403, and an averaging unit 404.
- RAM Random Access Memory
- the RAM 401 holds the I signal and Q signal before the FEC processing supplied from the equalization unit 313 in FIG.
- the RAM 402 holds data supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315.
- the modulation unit 403 includes an interleave unit 411 and a mapping unit 412.
- the modulation unit 403 is held in the RAM 402 in the same manner as the modulation method of the data section included in the PLS code supplied from the PLS code decoding unit 314 of FIG. Data is modulated to generate a modulated signal.
- the interleaving unit 411 reads data from the RAM 402 after LDPC code decoding processing of the I signal and the Q signal read from the RAM 401.
- the interleaving unit 411 performs bit interleaving on the read data and supplies data obtained as a result to the mapping unit 412.
- the mapping unit 412 maps the data supplied from the interleaving unit 411 using a modulation method included in the PLS code, and generates an I signal and a Q signal of signal points of a transmission signal corresponding to the data.
- the mapping unit 412 supplies the generated I signal and Q signal to the averaging unit 404 as modulated signals.
- the averaging unit 404 reads the I signal and the Q signal from the RAM 401.
- the averaging unit 404 averages the read I signal and Q signal at the same time as the modulation signal for each modulation scheme and signal point arrangement of the modulation signal represented by the PLS code supplied from the PLS code decoding unit 314. To generate an average signal.
- averaging section 404 uses each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal as an estimated value of each signal point arrangement of the transmission signal, and the signal point arrangement of the average signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement is the signal point of the received signal As the arrangement, distortion information is generated.
- the averaging unit 404 supplies the distortion information of the modulation method included in the current PLS code among the generated distortion information to the orthogonal detection unit 312, the equalization unit 313, and the LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG. To do.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a reception process of the reception device 112 in FIG.
- step S101 of FIG. 20 the channel selection unit 311 performs frequency conversion on the received signal received from the satellite relay device 12 of FIG. 10, and from the obtained IF signal, the IF of the channel specified by the user or the like. Select a signal.
- the channel selection unit 311 performs processing such as quadrature demodulation and A / D conversion on the selected IF signal, and supplies the resulting I signal and Q signal to the quadrature detection unit 312.
- step S102 the quadrature detection unit 312 performs phase error correction of the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the channel selection unit 311 and the like. At this time, the quadrature detection unit 312 compensates for the nonlinear distortion generated by the satellite relay device 12 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316. The quadrature detection unit 312 supplies the I signal and the Q signal after the phase error correction to the equalization unit 313.
- step S103 the equalization unit 313 performs equalization processing on the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the quadrature detection unit 312. At this time, the equalization unit 313 compensates for nonlinear distortion generated by the satellite relay device 12 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316.
- the equalization unit 313 supplies the equalized I signal and Q signal to the PLS code decoding unit 314, the LDPC code decoding unit 315, and the distortion information generation unit 316.
- step S104 the PLS code decoding unit 314 decodes the PLS code from the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the equalization unit 313.
- the PLS code decoding unit 314 supplies the decoding result to the distortion information generation unit 316 and the BCH code decoding unit 317.
- step S105 the LDPC code decoding unit 315 performs an LDPC code decoding process on the signal points represented by the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the equalization unit 313. At this time, the LDPC code decoding unit 315 compensates for the nonlinear distortion generated by the satellite relay device 12 based on the distortion information supplied from the distortion information generation unit 316. The LDPC code decoding unit 315 supplies data obtained as a result of the LDPC code decoding process to the distortion information generation unit 316 and the BCH code decoding unit 317.
- step S106 the distortion information generation unit 316 generates distortion information for each modulation scheme represented by the PLS code using the data after the LDPC code decoding process and the I signal and Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process. Perform information generation processing. Details of this distortion information generation processing will be described with reference to FIG.
- step S ⁇ b> 107 the BCH code decoding unit 317 performs BCH code decoding on the data supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315 based on the PLS code supplied from the PLS code decoding unit 314, and converts the decoding result into the energy despreading unit 318. To supply.
- step S108 the energy despreading unit 318 performs energy despreading on the decoding result supplied from the BCH code decoding unit 317 and outputs the result.
- step S109 The above processing is repeated until it is determined in step S109 that the end of processing has been instructed.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining details of the distortion information generation processing in step S106 of FIG.
- the RAM 401 (FIG. 19) of the distortion information generation unit 316 holds the I signal and the Q signal supplied from the equalization unit 313 and before the LDPC code decoding process.
- the RAM 402 holds the data after the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315.
- step S ⁇ b> 133 the modulation unit 403 reads the data after the LDPC code decoding process held in the RAM 402, modulates the data with the modulation method included in the PLS code supplied from the PLS code decoding unit 314, and generates a modulation signal To do.
- the modulation unit 403 supplies the generated modulation signal to the averaging unit 404.
- step S134 the averaging unit 404, for each modulation scheme and modulation signal constellation included in the PLS code, outputs the I signal before the LDPC code decoding process read from the RAM 401 and the same time as the modulation signal.
- the Q signal is averaged to generate an average signal.
- averaging section 404 uses each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal as an estimated value of each signal point arrangement of the transmission signal, and receives the signal point arrangement of the average signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement. Distortion information is generated as the signal point arrangement of the signal.
- step S136 the averaging unit 404 sends the distortion information of the modulation scheme included in the current PLS code among the generated distortion information to the orthogonal detection unit 312, the equalization unit 313, and the LDPC code decoding unit 315. Supply.
- the distortion information stored in the storage unit 354 (FIG. 16) of the quadrature detection unit 312 is updated, the distortion information used for the determination of the hard decision unit 373 (FIG. 17) is updated, and the LDPC code decoding unit 315
- the likelihood table generation unit 381 (FIG. 18) updates the likelihood table. And a process returns to step S106 of FIG. 20, and progresses to step S107.
- receiving apparatus 112 modulates data after LDPC code decoding processing of a received signal to generate a modulated signal, and performs LDPC code decoding processing at the same time as the modulated signal for each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal.
- Distortion information is generated by averaging the previous I and Q signals. That is, the receiving apparatus 112 generates distortion information by using a modulation signal obtained as a result of modulating data after LDPC code decoding processing, instead of a transmission signal of a known signal having the same signal point arrangement as the data section.
- a modulation signal obtained as a result of modulating data after LDPC code decoding processing, instead of a transmission signal of a known signal having the same signal point arrangement as the data section.
- the receiving device 112 can improve the phase synchronization performance and speed up the phase synchronization by compensating the nonlinear distortion when detecting the phase error based on the distortion information. Further, the receiving device 112 can improve the equalization performance by compensating for the nonlinear distortion at the time of hard decision in the equalization processing based on the distortion information. Furthermore, the receiving apparatus 112 can improve error correction performance by compensating for nonlinear distortion when generating a likelihood table used for LDPC code decoding processing based on distortion information.
- the LDPC code decoding unit 315 may determine the success of the LDPC code decoding process.
- the distortion information generation unit 316 succeeds in the LDPC code decoding process of the I signal and the Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process corresponding to the modulation signal for each modulation scheme and signal point arrangement of the modulation signal. Only the I signal and the Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process of the data are averaged to generate an average signal. Thereby, distortion information can be generated more accurately.
- the equalizer 313 may be a linear equalizer that uses only a feedforward filter, instead of a DFE that uses both a feedforward filter and a feedback filter. In this case, the equalization unit 313 performs equalization error detection based on the distortion information.
- FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a reception device in the second embodiment of the transmission and reception system to which the present disclosure is applied.
- the configuration of receiving apparatus 420 in FIG. 22 is that the received signal is a signal in the ARIB STD-B44 standard transmission format, PLS code decoding section 314, distortion information generating section 316, BCH code decoding section 317, and energy despreading section 318.
- 15 is different from the configuration of the reception apparatus 112 in FIG. 15 in that a TMCC decoding unit 421, a distortion information generation unit 422, a BCH code decoding unit 424, and an energy despreading unit 423 are provided.
- the TMCC decoding unit 421 of the receiving device 420 decodes TMCC information including the modulation scheme of the data section in the received signal from the I signal and Q signal supplied from the equalization unit 313.
- the TMCC decoding unit 421 supplies the decoding result to the distortion information generation unit 422 and the BCH code decoding unit 424.
- the distortion information generation unit 422 is a data section other than the section of the transmission signal point arrangement signal in the data after the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the LDPC code decoding section 315 (hereinafter referred to as a transmission signal point arrangement signal outer section). Is modulated by the modulation method included in the TMCC information to generate a modulated signal.
- the distortion information generation unit 422 For each modulation scheme and modulation signal constellation included in the TMCC information, the distortion information generation unit 422 generates an I signal and a Q signal before LDPC code decoding processing in the transmission signal point constellation signal outer section at the same time as the modulation signal And the I signal and the Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process of the transmission signal point arrangement signal of the signal point arrangement are averaged to generate an average signal.
- distortion information generation section 422 uses each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal as an estimated value of each signal point arrangement of the transmission signal, and the signal point arrangement of the average signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement is the signal of the received signal. As the point arrangement, distortion information is generated.
- the distortion information generation unit 422 supplies the modulation scheme distortion information included in the current TMCC information to the orthogonal detection unit 312, the equalization unit 313, and the LDPC code decoding unit 315.
- the energy despreading unit 423 performs energy despreading on the data supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315 and supplies the data to the BCH code decoding unit 424.
- the BCH code decoding unit 424 performs BCH code decoding on the data supplied from the energy despreading unit 423 based on the TMCC information supplied from the TMCC decoding unit 421, and outputs a decoding result.
- FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the distortion information generation unit 422 of FIG.
- the configuration of the distortion information generation unit 422 in FIG. 23 is different from the configuration of the distortion information generation unit 316 in FIG. 19 in that the RAM 401, the RAM 402, and the averaging unit 404 are replaced with the RAM 440, the RAM 441, and the averaging unit 442.
- the RAM 440 of the distortion information generation unit 422 holds the I signal and Q signal outside the transmission signal constellation signal out of the I signal and Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the equalization unit 313 in FIG. To do.
- the RAM 441 holds data of the section outside the transmission signal point arrangement signal in the data after the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315.
- the averaging unit 442 converts the I signal and Q signal in the section of the transmission signal point arrangement signal supplied from the equalization unit 313 into the modulation scheme included in the TMCC information and the signal point arrangement of the transmission signal point arrangement signal.
- the corresponding I and Q signals are assumed. Since the modulation scheme of the transmission signal point arrangement signal section is the same as the modulation scheme of the transmission signal point arrangement signal outer section, each signal point arrangement of the transmission signal point arrangement signal is different from each signal point arrangement of the modulation signal. Are the same.
- the averaging unit 442 reads the I signal and the Q signal in the section outside the transmission signal point arrangement signal from the RAM 440.
- the averaging unit 442 uses the read I signal and Q signal of the transmission signal point arrangement signal outer section, the modulation method included in the TMCC information, and the signal point of the modulation signal at the same time as the I signal and Q signal. Assume that the I signal and the Q signal correspond to the arrangement.
- the averaging unit 442 averages the corresponding I signal and Q signal for each modulation method and signal point arrangement of the modulation signal, and generates an average signal. For each modulation method, averaging section 442 uses each signal point arrangement of the modulated signal as an estimated value of each signal point arrangement of the transmission signal, and the signal point arrangement of the average signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement is the signal point of the received signal. As the arrangement, distortion information is generated.
- the averaging unit 442 supplies the distortion information of the modulation scheme included in the current TMCC information among the generated distortion information to the orthogonal detection unit 312, the equalization unit 313, and the LDPC code decoding unit 315 in FIG. To do.
- the reception process of the receiving apparatus 420 in FIG. 22 is that TMCC information is decoded instead of the PLS code in step S104, the order of the process in step S107 and the process in step S108 is reversed, and the distortion in step S106. Except for the information generation process, it is the same as the reception process of FIG. Therefore, only the distortion information generation process will be described below.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating details of the distortion information generation process of the distortion information generation unit 422 (FIG. 23) of the reception device 420.
- the distortion information generation unit 422 determines whether the data after the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315 is the data of the section of the transmission signal point arrangement signal.
- step S151 If it is determined in step S151 that the data is in the section of the transmission signal point arrangement signal, the averaging unit 442 of the distortion information generation unit 316 supplies the LDPC code of the data supplied from the equalization unit 313 in step S152.
- the I signal and Q signal before decoding processing are the I signal and Q signal corresponding to the signal point arrangement of the transmission signal point arrangement signal and the modulation method included in the TMCC information. Then, the process proceeds to step S157.
- step S153 the RAM 440 holds the I signal and Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the equalization unit 313. To do.
- step S154 the RAM 441 holds the data after the LDPC code decoding process supplied from the LDPC code decoding unit 315.
- step S155 the modulation unit 403 reads the data after the LDPC code decoding process held in the RAM 441, modulates the data using the modulation scheme included in the TMCC information, and generates a modulation signal.
- the modulation unit 403 supplies the generated modulation signal to the averaging unit 442.
- step S156 the averaging unit 442 reads the I signal and the Q signal before the LDPC code decoding processing of the data read from the RAM 441 from the RAM 440, the signal point arrangement of the modulation signal supplied from the modulation unit 403, and Assume that the I signal and the Q signal correspond to the modulation method included in the TMCC information.
- step S157 the averaging unit 442, for each modulation method and signal point arrangement of the modulation signal, in step S155 and step S156, the I signal and Q signal corresponding to the modulation method and signal point arrangement, The Q signal is averaged to generate an average signal.
- the processing in steps S158 and S159 is the same as the processing in steps S135 and S136 in FIG. 21 except that the PLS code is replaced with TMCC information, and thus description thereof is omitted.
- the receiving apparatus 420 performs transmission of the I signal and Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process of the unknown signal at the same time as the modulation signal, and the transmission signal point of the signal point arrangement.
- Distortion information is generated by averaging the I signal and the Q signal before the LDPC code decoding process of the arrangement signal. Therefore, receiving apparatus 420 can generate distortion information at a higher speed than when generating distortion information using only the received signal of the transmission signal point arrangement signal.
- the ratio of the transmission signal point arrangement signal in the entire transmission signal is small, so that there are many for averaging the I signal and Q signal corresponding to the reception signal of the transmission signal point arrangement signal.
- Time for example, 2 seconds or more
- the channel selection time from when the channel is selected until when a normal decoding result is output becomes longer.
- the receiving apparatus 420 uses not only the reception signal of the transmission signal point arrangement signal but also the I signal and the Q signal corresponding to the reception signal of the unknown signal in the data section, and is necessary for the averaging.
- a large number of I signals and Q signals can be acquired at high speed. As a result, distortion information can be generated at high speed, and channel selection time can be shortened.
- ⁇ Third Embodiment> (Description of computer to which the present disclosure is applied)
- the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
- a program constituting the software is installed in the computer.
- the computer includes, for example, a general-purpose personal computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs by installing a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware.
- FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer that executes the above-described series of processes using a program.
- a CPU Central Processing Unit
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- An input / output interface 905 is further connected to the bus 904.
- An input unit 906, an output unit 907, a storage unit 908, a communication unit 909, and a drive 910 are connected to the input / output interface 905.
- the input unit 906 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, and the like.
- the output unit 907 includes a display, a speaker, and the like.
- the storage unit 908 includes a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, and the like.
- the communication unit 909 includes a network interface or the like.
- the drive 910 drives a removable medium 911 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- the CPU 901 loads the program stored in the storage unit 908 to the RAM 903 via the input / output interface 905 and the bus 904 and executes the program, for example. A series of processing is performed.
- the program executed by the computer 900 can be provided by being recorded on a removable medium 911 as a package medium, for example.
- the program can be provided via a wired or wireless transmission medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting.
- the program can be installed in the storage unit 908 via the input / output interface 905 by attaching the removable medium 911 to the drive 910.
- the program can be received by the communication unit 909 via a wired or wireless transmission medium and installed in the storage unit 908.
- the program can be installed in the ROM 902 or the storage unit 908 in advance.
- the program executed by the computer 900 may be a program that is processed in time series in the order described in this specification, or a necessary timing such as when a call is made in parallel. It may be a program in which processing is performed.
- the system means a set of a plurality of components (devices, modules (parts), etc.), and it does not matter whether all the components are in the same housing. Accordingly, a plurality of devices housed in separate housings and connected via a network and a single device housing a plurality of modules in one housing are all systems. .
- nonlinear distortion based on distortion information is detected at all times of phase error detection, hard decision in equalization processing, and generation of a likelihood table used for LDPC code decoding processing.
- compensation has been performed, it may be performed in at least one.
- the LDPC code decoding unit 315 may determine the success of the LDPC code decoding process.
- the distortion information generation unit 422 averages only the I signal and the Q signal corresponding to the data that has been successfully subjected to the LDPC code decoding process, before the LDPC code decoding process in the section outside the transmission signal point arrangement signal. Use.
- this indication can also take the following structures.
- a modulation unit that modulates data after error correction of the received signal and generates a modulated signal;
- An averaging unit that generates distortion information representing distortion with respect to the modulation signal of each signal point arrangement by averaging the received signal before error correction at the same time as the modulation signal for each signal point arrangement of the modulation signal
- a receiving device a receiving device.
- the receiving apparatus further including: a soft decision unit that performs soft decision on the received signal based on the distortion information.
- a likelihood table generating unit that generates a likelihood table used for the error correction based on the distortion information;
- the soft decision unit is configured to generate the data by performing the error correction on the received signal using the likelihood table generated by the likelihood table generation unit.
- the receiving device further including: a hard decision unit that performs a hard decision on the received signal based on the distortion information.
- the reception apparatus according to (4) further including: a phase difference detection unit that detects a phase error of the reception signal using a result of the hard decision by the hard decision unit.
- the hard decision unit is configured to make a hard decision of the received signal after equalization processing based on the distortion information.
- the averaging unit includes the received signal before error correction of the data that has been successfully error-corrected, among the received signals before error correction at the same time as the modulated signal.
- the receiving device configured to average data.
- the averaging unit is configured to receive the received signal before error correction of the unknown signal at the same time as the modulated signal, and the received signal before error correction of the known signal of the signal point arrangement.
- the receiving device according to any one of (1) to (7), configured to average the above.
- the receiving device A modulation step of modulating data after error correction of the received signal to generate a modulated signal; For each signal point arrangement of the modulation signal, distortion information generation that generates distortion information representing distortion for the modulation signal of each signal point arrangement by averaging the received signal before error correction at the same time as the modulation signal
- a receiving method including steps and.
- 112 receiving device 355 phase error detecting unit, 373 hard decision unit, 381 likelihood table generating unit, 383 decoding unit, 403 modulating unit, 404 averaging unit, 420 receiving device, 441 averaging unit
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0.本開示の前提(図1乃至図9)
1.第1実施の形態:送受信システム(図10乃至図21)
2.第2実施の形態:送受信システム(図22乃至図24)
3.第3実施の形態:コンピュータ(図25)
(衛星中継器の非線形の影響の一例)
図1は、衛星中継器の非線形の影響の一例を示す図である。
図2は、図1の衛星中継装置12の構成の一例を示すブロック図である。
図3は、図2のTWTA42の出力特性の一例を示す図である。
図4は、送信信号11が、8PSK信号、16APSK信号、および32APSK信号である場合の送信信号11の各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置(信号点配置)の一例を示す図である。
図5は、送信信号11が8PSK信号である場合のTWTA42による増幅後の信号の各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置を示す図である。また、図6は、送信信号11が32APSK信号である場合のTWTA42による増幅後の信号の各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置を示す図である。
図7は、ARIB STD-B44規格の伝送フォーマットの1フレーム分の送信信号を示す図である。
図8は、変調方式が32APSKである場合の伝送信号点配置信号のシンボルの例を示す図である。
図9は、図8の伝送信号点配置信号を用いて受信装置が行う非線形歪の補償を説明する図である。
(送受信システムの第1実施の形態の構成例)
図10は、本開示を適用した送受信システムの第1実施の形態の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図11は、DVB-S2やDVB-S2X規格の伝送フォーマットの1フレーム分の送信信号の一例を示す図である。
図12は、π/2BPSKの各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置を示す図である。
DVB-S2X規格の伝送フォーマットの送信信号の変調方式としては、各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置が図4に示した位置ではない変調方式も存在する。図13および図14は、各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置が図4に示した位置ではない、DVB-S2X規格の伝送フォーマットの送信信号の変調方式の各信号点のIQ平面上の座標位置の一例を示す図である。
図15は、図10の受信装置112の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図16は、図15の直交検波部312の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図17は、図15の等化部313の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図18は、図15のLDPC符号復号部315の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図19は、図15の歪情報生成部316の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図20は、図15の受信装置112の受信処理を説明するフローチャートである。
(受信装置の第2実施の形態の構成例)
本開示を適用した送受信システムの第2実施の形態は、衛星デジタルテレビ放送の放送信号がARIB STD-B44規格の伝送フォーマットの信号である点を除いて、第1実施の形態と同様である。以下では、送受信システムの第2実施の形態における受信装置についてのみ詳細に説明する。
図23は、図22の歪情報生成部422の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図22の受信装置420の受信処理は、ステップS104でPLSコードの代わりにTMCC情報が復号される点、ステップS107の処理とステップS108の処理の順序が逆である点、および、ステップS106の歪情報生成処理を除いて、図20の受信処理と同様である。従って、以下では、歪情報生成処理についてのみ説明する。
(本開示を適用したコンピュータの説明)
上述した一連の処理は、ハードウエアにより実行することもできるし、ソフトウエアにより実行することもできる。一連の処理をソフトウエアにより実行する場合には、そのソフトウエアを構成するプログラムが、コンピュータにインストールされる。ここで、コンピュータには、専用のハードウエアに組み込まれているコンピュータや、各種のプログラムをインストールすることで、各種の機能を実行することが可能な、例えば汎用のパーソナルコンピュータなどが含まれる。
受信信号の誤り訂正後のデータを変調し、変調信号を生成する変調部と、
前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化することにより、各信号点配置の変調信号に対する歪を表す歪情報を生成する平均化部と
を備える受信装置。
(2)
前記歪情報に基づいて前記受信信号の軟判定を行う軟判定部
をさらに備える
前記(1)に記載の受信装置。
(3)
前記歪情報に基づいて、前記誤り訂正に用いられる尤度テーブルを生成する尤度テーブル生成部
をさらに備え、
前記軟判定部は、前記尤度テーブル生成部により生成された前記尤度テーブルを用いて、前記受信信号に対して前記誤り訂正を行い、前記データを生成する
ように構成された
前記(2)に記載の受信装置。
(4)
前記歪情報に基づいて前記受信信号の硬判定を行う硬判定部
をさらに備える
前記(1)乃至(3)のいずれかに記載の受信装置。
(5)
前記硬判定部による前記硬判定の結果を用いて、前記受信信号の位相誤差検出を行う位相差検出部
をさらに備える
前記(4)に記載の受信装置。
(6)
前記硬判定部は、前記歪情報に基づいて、等化処理後の前記受信信号の硬判定を行う
ように構成された
前記(4)または(5)に記載の受信装置。
(7)
前記平均化部は、前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号のうちの、前記誤り訂正に成功した前記データの誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化する
ように構成された
前記(1)乃至(6)のいずれかに記載の受信装置。
(8)
前記平均化部は、前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の未知信号の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号と、その信号点配置の既知信号の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号とを平均化する
ように構成された
前記(1)乃至(7)のいずれかに記載の受信装置。
(9)
受信装置が、
受信信号の誤り訂正後のデータを変調し、変調信号を生成する変調ステップと、
前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化することにより、各信号点配置の変調信号に対する歪を表す歪情報を生成する歪情報生成ステップと
を含む受信方法。
(10)
コンピュータを、
受信信号の誤り訂正後のデータを変調し、変調信号を生成する変調部と、
前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化することにより、各信号点配置の変調信号に対する歪を表す歪情報を生成する平均化部と
して機能させるためのプログラム。
Claims (10)
- 受信信号の誤り訂正後のデータを変調し、変調信号を生成する変調部と、
前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化することにより、各信号点配置の変調信号に対する歪を表す歪情報を生成する平均化部と
を備える受信装置。 - 前記歪情報に基づいて前記受信信号の軟判定を行う軟判定部
をさらに備える
請求項1に記載の受信装置。 - 前記歪情報に基づいて、前記誤り訂正に用いられる尤度テーブルを生成する尤度テーブル生成部
をさらに備え、
前記軟判定部は、前記尤度テーブル生成部により生成された前記尤度テーブルを用いて、前記受信信号に対して前記誤り訂正を行い、前記データを生成する
ように構成された
請求項2に記載の受信装置。 - 前記歪情報に基づいて前記受信信号の硬判定を行う硬判定部
をさらに備える
請求項1に記載の受信装置。 - 前記硬判定部による前記硬判定の結果を用いて、前記受信信号の位相誤差検出を行う位相誤差検出部
をさらに備える
請求項4に記載の受信装置。 - 前記硬判定部は、前記歪情報に基づいて、等化処理後の前記受信信号の硬判定を行う
ように構成された
請求項4に記載の受信装置。 - 前記平均化部は、前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号のうちの、前記誤り訂正に成功した前記データの誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化する
ように構成された
請求項1に記載の受信装置。 - 前記平均化部は、前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の未知信号の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号と、その信号点配置の既知信号の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号とを平均化する
ように構成された
請求項1に記載の受信装置。 - 受信装置が、
受信信号の誤り訂正後のデータを変調し、変調信号を生成する変調ステップと、
前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化することにより、各信号点配置の変調信号に対する歪を表す歪情報を生成する歪情報生成ステップと
を含む受信方法。 - コンピュータを、
受信信号の誤り訂正後のデータを変調し、変調信号を生成する変調部と、
前記変調信号の信号点配置ごとに、その変調信号と同時刻の誤り訂正前の前記受信信号を平均化することにより、各信号点配置の変調信号に対する歪を表す歪情報を生成する平均化部と
して機能させるためのプログラム。
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