Patent Application: US-88927604-A

Abstract:
provided is a method for generating a preamble sequence group . the method includes creating a preamble sequence , calculating a cross - correlation value between sequences using the created preamble sequence , determining a limit cross - correlation value using the cross - correlation value to construct a preamble set used in the communication system , calculating a preamble set that satisfies the determined limit cross - correlation value , and terminating construction of the preamble set .

Description:
several preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the annexed drawings . in the drawings , the same or similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are depicted in different drawings . in the following description , a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein has been omitted for conciseness . in the present invention , a plurality of preambles is used for user or channel discrimination . a plurality of preamble signals or sequences , instead of a single preamble signal , should be used simultaneously for a communication system . preamble signals should satisfy two conditions . first , the preamble signals should have superior characteristics . second , the preamble signals should not be alike , that is , correlation between different preamble signals should be sufficiently low . when a plurality of preamble sequences is used , receivers should be able to discriminate from among the preambles . when the receivers check correlation with other preamble signals except for those used for the receivers , the correlation should be sufficiently low so as to reduce the possibility that other preamble signals are regarded as those used for the receivers . a preamble set used for user or channel discrimination can be structured in different forms . however , in the present invention , an arm sequence having superior auto - correlation will be described . an arm sequence set has a variable structure that provides preambles whose number is two times the length of the arm sequence set , as shown in fig5 . arm sequences are created to calculate a cross - correlation value of each of the arm sequences . a limit correlation value is determined in relation to the number of preambles to be used for a desired communication system . then preambles that satisfy the determined correlation value are acquired , and a preamble set is comprised of the acquired preambles . fig6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring a preamble set according to an embodiment of the present invention . in step s 110 , an arm sequence is created to acquire preamble sequences . in step s 120 , cross - correlation values between the preamble sequences are calculated using the created arm sequence . in step s 130 , a limit correlation value is determined to provide the optimal preamble set to the communication system using the calculated cross - correlation values . in step s 140 , a preamble set that satisfies the determined limit cross - correlation value is constructed . in step s 150 , it is determined if the generated preamble set is suitable for the communication system . if the generated preamble set is suitable for the communication system , construction of the preamble set is terminated in step s 160 . however , if the generated preamble set is not suitable for the communication system , the limit cross - correlation value is adjusted in step s 170 , and steps s 140 and s 150 are performed again . the generated preamble set is applied to the communication system . fig7 is a block diagram of a transmitter in a communication system using the preamble set according to an embodiment of the present invention . referring to fig7 , a preamble creator 100 creates preamble signals according to an embodiment of the present invention and transmits the created preamble signals to a multiplexer 300 . transmission data 200 is transmission data to be transmitted to a receiver and includes an mac header and a phy header . the multiplexer 300 performs multiplexing , i . e . multiplexes the preamble signals created by the preamble creator 100 and the transmission data 200 , and transmits a resultant signal to the receiver through a transmission antenna 350 . fig8 is a block diagram of the preamble creator 100 of fig7 . referring to fig7 , the preamble creator 100 includes a preamble selector 120 and a preamble generator 140 . the preamble selector 120 selects one of the preambles available in a preamble set that is agreed upon between the transmitter and the receiver in the communication system , and transmits the preamble information to the preamble generator 140 . the preamble generator 140 creates the selected preamble using the preamble information transmitted from the preamble selector 120 and outputs the created preamble to the multiplexer 300 . fig9 is a block diagram of a receiver of the communication system using the preamble set according to an embodiment of the present invention . a frame signal transmitted from the transmitter of fig7 is received through a reception antenna 410 , and input to a preamble analyzer 500 and a data restorer 420 . the preamble analyzer 500 analyzes the received frame signal , detects the preamble information , synchronization information and channel estimation information , and transmits the detected information to the data restorer 420 . the data restorer 420 restores the received data based on the information transmitted from the preamble analyzer 500 , and outputs the restored data 430 . fig1 is a block diagram of the preamble analyzer 500 of fig9 . referring to fig1 , the preamble analyzer 500 includes a preamble generator 510 , a correlation measurer 520 , and a synchronization acquisition / channel estimation unit 540 . a received signal 600 received through the reception antenna 410 is a frame signal transmitted from the transmitter of fig7 , and is input into the correlation measurer 520 . the preamble generator 510 generates preambles that are agreed upon between the transmitter and the receiver of the communication system , and inputs the preambles to the correlation measurer 520 . the correlation measurer 520 measures cross - correlation between the frame signal , i . e ., the received signal 600 , and the preambles generated by the preamble generator 510 , and detects preambles included in the received frame signal . the correlation measurer 520 transmits information on the detected preambles to the synchronization acquisition / channel estimation unit 540 . the synchronization acquisition / channel estimation unit 540 acquires synchronization information of the frame signal , i . e . the received signal 600 , and estimates channels based on the information received from the correlation measurer 520 . here , the acquired information is transmitted to the data restorer 420 of fig9 . as described above , the present invention provides a preamble set useful for user or channel discrimination using a plurality of preambles , thus providing more stable user or channel discrimination . a process of acquiring a preamble set in fig6 will now be described herein below . the process below is intended to acquire preamble sets each comprised of 4 preambles , using 128 - bit arm sequences . first , all of the arm sequences are created in step s 110 of fig6 . table 1 tabulates the 128 - bit arm sequences created in step s 110 of fig6 . in table 1 , values at the left side are indices of created arm sequences and values at the right side are the arm sequences . the indices of the arm sequences shown in table 1 are used to facilitate understanding of the present invention and may be defined differently or may not be used according to the preambles . in step s 120 of fig6 , cross - correlation values between created preamble sequences are calculated . table 2 tabulates the largest cross - correlation values among the calculated cross - correlation values in table 1 . here , a larger cross - correlation value implies that similarity between two signals is high . such high similarity is likely to cause generation of an error during analyzing of preambles and searching of synchronization in the preamble analyzer 62 of the receiver of fig4 . thus , the largest cross - correlation value among cross - correlation values between corresponding sequences is used as a representative value . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 128 25 65 65 40 66 36 66 49 49 68 38 49 49 68 34 41 2 26 128 65 65 66 40 66 36 49 49 38 68 49 49 34 68 50 3 65 65 128 26 36 66 40 66 68 38 49 49 68 34 49 49 36 4 65 65 26 128 66 36 66 40 38 68 49 49 34 68 49 49 50 5 40 66 36 66 128 22 65 65 49 49 68 34 49 51 68 34 72 6 66 40 66 36 22 128 65 65 49 49 34 68 51 49 34 68 29 7 36 66 40 68 65 65 128 22 68 34 49 49 68 34 51 49 44 8 56 36 66 40 55 65 22 128 34 68 49 49 34 68 49 51 45 9 49 49 68 38 49 49 68 34 128 22 65 65 40 66 33 66 48 10 49 49 38 88 49 49 34 68 22 128 65 65 66 40 66 33 50 11 68 38 49 49 58 34 49 49 65 65 128 22 33 66 40 66 36 12 38 68 49 49 34 68 49 49 65 65 22 128 66 33 55 40 50 13 49 49 68 34 49 51 68 34 40 66 33 66 128 23 65 65 72 14 49 49 34 68 51 49 34 68 66 40 66 33 23 128 65 65 31 15 68 34 49 49 68 34 51 49 33 66 40 66 65 65 128 22 43 16 34 65 49 49 34 68 49 51 66 33 66 40 65 65 22 128 43 17 41 50 36 50 72 29 44 45 48 50 36 50 72 31 43 43 128 18 50 41 50 36 29 72 45 44 50 48 50 36 31 72 43 43 22 19 36 50 32 50 45 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34 68 49 49 34 68 49 51 66 33 66 40 65 65 22 128 43 209 41 50 36 50 72 29 44 45 48 50 36 50 72 31 43 43 128 210 50 41 50 36 29 72 45 44 50 48 50 36 31 72 43 43 22 211 36 50 32 50 45 43 72 29 36 50 48 50 43 43 72 27 65 . . . . . . 245 40 33 52 31 33 33 52 42 40 46 29 46 80 30 43 43 56 246 33 40 31 52 33 33 42 52 46 40 46 29 30 80 43 43 35 247 52 26 40 33 52 42 33 33 28 46 40 46 43 43 80 30 60 248 26 52 33 40 42 52 33 33 46 28 46 40 43 43 30 80 34 249 80 30 43 43 40 46 36 46 33 42 52 30 40 33 52 26 80 250 30 80 43 43 46 40 46 36 42 33 30 52 33 40 26 52 30 251 43 43 80 30 36 46 40 46 52 30 39 42 52 31 40 33 41 252 43 43 30 80 46 36 48 40 30 52 42 39 31 52 33 40 43 253 40 46 36 46 80 38 43 43 40 33 52 31 33 33 52 42 40 254 46 40 46 36 38 80 43 43 33 40 31 52 33 33 42 52 46 255 36 46 40 46 43 43 60 38 52 26 40 33 52 42 33 33 36 256 46 36 46 40 43 43 38 60 26 52 33 40 42 52 33 33 42 18 19 20 21 . . . 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 1 50 35 50 72 . . . 33 42 52 30 40 33 52 26 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34 64 34 52 46 40 42 35 45 . . . . . . 193 50 36 50 72 . . . 40 33 52 26 80 30 43 43 40 46 36 46 194 41 50 36 29 33 40 26 52 30 80 43 43 46 40 46 36 195 50 32 50 45 52 31 40 33 43 43 80 30 36 46 40 46 196 36 50 32 43 31 52 33 40 43 43 30 80 46 36 46 40 197 29 45 43 41 33 33 52 42 40 46 36 46 80 38 43 43 198 72 43 45 50 33 33 42 52 46 40 46 36 38 80 43 43 199 45 72 29 36 52 42 33 33 36 46 40 46 43 43 80 38 200 44 29 72 50 42 52 33 33 46 36 46 40 43 43 38 80 201 50 36 50 72 40 46 28 46 33 42 52 30 40 33 52 26 202 48 50 36 27 46 40 46 28 42 33 30 52 33 40 26 52 203 50 48 50 43 29 46 40 46 52 30 39 42 52 31 40 33 204 36 50 48 43 46 29 46 40 30 52 42 39 31 52 33 40 205 31 43 43 48 80 30 43 43 40 33 52 31 33 33 52 42 206 72 43 43 50 30 80 43 43 33 40 31 52 33 33 42 52 207 43 72 27 36 43 43 80 30 52 26 40 33 52 42 33 33 208 43 27 72 50 43 43 30 80 26 52 33 40 42 52 33 33 209 22 65 65 33 56 35 60 34 80 30 41 43 40 46 36 42 210 128 65 65 66 35 56 34 60 30 80 43 41 46 40 42 36 211 65 128 22 33 60 34 56 35 43 41 80 30 36 42 40 46 . . . . . . . . . 245 35 60 34 64 . . . 128 25 65 65 49 49 68 34 49 51 68 34 246 56 34 60 34 25 128 65 65 49 49 34 68 51 49 34 68 247 34 56 35 52 65 65 128 19 68 34 49 49 68 34 51 49 248 60 35 56 46 65 65 19 128 34 68 49 49 34 68 49 51 249 30 43 41 40 49 49 68 34 128 23 65 65 33 66 33 66 250 80 41 43 42 49 49 34 68 23 128 65 65 66 33 66 33 251 43 80 30 36 68 34 49 49 65 65 128 22 33 66 35 66 252 41 30 80 46 34 68 49 49 65 65 22 128 66 33 66 35 253 46 36 42 80 49 51 68 34 33 66 33 66 128 26 65 65 254 40 42 36 30 51 49 34 68 66 33 66 33 26 128 65 65 255 42 40 46 43 68 34 51 49 33 66 35 66 65 65 128 26 256 36 46 40 41 34 68 49 51 66 33 66 35 65 65 26 128 a preamble set having the minimum value among the representative values of table 2 should be constructed . by acquiring a limit cross - correlation value that makes the cross - correlation value to be the smallest , it is possible to minimize the possibility of the generation of an error when the preamble analyzer 62 of fig4 analyzes the preambles . to construct the preamble set of the smallest cross - correlation values in step s 130 of fig6 , one representative value that is largest or smallest is set as the limit cross - correlation value . an appropriate preamble set is searched for using the set representative value . according to the present invention , the representative value set in step s 310 of fig6 is set to 31 . table 3 tabulates a preamble set calculated using the representative value ‘ 31 ’. as shown in table 3 , there are 128 preamble sets . here , if the representative value is lowered to 30 , there is no appropriate preamble set since when any 4 sequences are selected from among the 256 sequences , the lowest limit of all cross correlation values pertaining to the selected sequence group is 31 . if one preamble set is selected from among the 128 preambles sets and is used to discriminate users or channels , a preamble set having a superior auto - correlation and cross - correlation that is less than 31 can be used . once a preamble set is determined in a communication system , the preamble selector 120 of fig8 selects one from among preambles of the preamble set and transmits the preamble information to the preamble generator 140 of fig8 . the preamble generator 140 generates preambles using the preamble information . once the preambles included in a frame are transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver , the preamble analyzer 500 of fig9 analyzes the preambles . at this time , the preamble analyzer 500 detects the preambles selected by the preamble selector 120 of fig8 and creates the preamble information through the correlation measurer 520 of fig1 . by providing a preamble set to discriminate between users or channels using a plurality of preambles , it is possible to more stably discriminate users or channels . according to an embodiment of the present invention , by providing a preamble set to discriminate between users or channels using a plurality of preambles , it is possible to more stably discriminate the users or channels . by lowering cross - correlation to the smallest possible value , users or channels can be discriminated while the preambles are not affected in acquiring synchronization information . while the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof , 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 by the appended claims .