Patent ID: 7460626

Claim:
A method of detecting inter-carrier-symbol interference (ICSI) of a symbol for adjusting a boundary of the symbol utilized by an OFDM system, wherein each symbol includes a plurality of signals respectively transmitting via a plurality of sub-carriers, the method comprising: computing a first correlation value representing the correlation between at least one of first signals of a first symbol and at least one of second signals of a second symbol previous to the first symbol, wherein the at least one first signal is transmitted via a first sub-carrier and the at least one second signal is transmitted via a second sub-carrier adjacent to the first sub-carrier; computing a second correlation value representing the correlation between the at least one first signal and at least one of third signals of a third symbol next to the first symbol, wherein the at least one first signal is transmitted via the first sub-carrier and the at least one third signal is transmitted via the second sub-carrier; comparing the first correlation value with the second correlation value; and adjusting the timing of the boundary according to the comparison result; wherein the step of computing the first correlation value comprises: computing a conjugated value of the at least one first signal; multiplying the conjugated at least one first signal by the corresponding one of the second signals for generating a product value; and generating the first correlation value according to the summation of the product value.