Method and apparatus for tuning finite impulse response filter in in-band full duplex transceiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10177894-B2
Application number	US-201615187927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Jun 25, 2015
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for tuning an FIR filter in an in-band full duplex transceiver. The method for tuning an FIR filter may include: setting attenuation of the FIR filter to be a first value and then estimating input information of the FIR filter; estimating a delta response using the estimated input information of the FIR filter; and updating the attenuation of the FIR filter to a second value using the estimated delta response.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for tuning a finite impulse response (FIR) filter in an in-band full duplex transceiver, the FIR filter receiving a transmission signal to cancel a self-transmitted interference signal, the method comprising:
setting, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, attenuation of the FIR filter to be a predetermined first value and then estimating input information of the FIR filter;
estimating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a delta response using the input information of the FIR filter;
updating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the attenuation to a second value using the delta response; and
applying, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the second value to the FIR filter,
wherein the estimating of the input information of the FIR filter includes:
setting, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the attenuation to be the first value and then generating and transmitting a first training signal, in a first period;
measuring, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a first signal that is a baseband equivalent signal for a signal obtained by subtracting an output signal of the FIR filter from the self-transmitted interference signal, in the first period;
generating and transmitting, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a second training signal in a second period;
measuring, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a second signal that is a baseband equivalent signal for the self-transmitted interference signal, in the second periods; and
estimating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the input information of the FIR filter using the first signal and the second signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delta response corresponds to a value obtained by subtracting a baseband equivalent time impulse response for the FIR filter set as the first value from a baseband equivalent time impulse response for a radio channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating includes:
calculating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a third value that is the attenuation of the FIR filter to be updated by using the delta response; and
calculating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the second value by adding the third value to the first value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimating of the delta response includes estimating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the delta response using the input information of the FIR filter and the first signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimating of the input information of the FIR filter includes:
subtracting, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the first signal from the second signal to generate a third signal that is a baseband equivalent signal for the output signal of the FIR filter; and
calculating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the input information of the FIR filter using the third signal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measuring of the second signal includes suppressing, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the output signal of the FIR filter from being generated and then measuring the second signal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first training signal and the second training signal are the same signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input information of the FIR filter includes a linear component and a nonlinear component.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first period and the second period are included in a field for transmitting the first training signal and the second training signal in a time domain frame.

10. An in-band full duplex transceiver comprising:
a transmitter generating and transmitting a transmitted signal;
a receiver converting a received signal into a baseband frequency signal and demodulating the converted signal;
a finite impulse response (FIR) filter receiving the transmitted signal to cancel a self-transmitted interference signal; and
an estimator estimating input information of the FIR filter by performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) on output information of an analog digital converter included in the receiver and setting attenuation of the FIR filter using the input information of the FIR filter,
wherein the estimator sets the attenuation to be a first value and then estimates the input information of the FIR filter, estimates a delta frequency response using the input information of the FIR filter, updates the attenuation to a second value using the delta frequency response, and applies the second value to the FIR filter,
wherein the transmitter generates and transmits a first training signal in a first period and generates and transmits a second training signal in a second period,
wherein in the first period, the estimator sets the attenuation to be the first value and then performs the FFT on the output information of the analog digital converter to acquire a first signal, and
wherein in the second period, the estimator performs the FFT on baseband equivalent information for the self-transmitted interference signal to acquire a second signal.

11. The in-band full duplex transceiver of claim 10 , wherein the delta frequency response corresponds to a value obtained by subtracting a frequency response for the FIR filter set as the first value from a frequency response for a radio channel.

12. The in-band full duplex transceiver of claim 10 , wherein the estimator subtracts the first signal from the second signal to calculate a third signal and uses the third signal to calculate the input information of the FIR filter.

13. The in-band full duplex transceiver of claim 10 , wherein the estimator sets the attenuation of the FIR filter in the second period to suppress an output signal of the FIR filter.

14. The in-band full duplex transceiver of claim 10 , further comprising:
an antenna transmitting the transmitted signal to receive the received signal; and
a distributor transmitting the transmitted signal to the antenna and transmitting the received signal to the receiver.

15. The in-band full duplex transceiver of claim 10 , wherein the first training signal and the second training signal are the same signal.

16. A method for tuning a finite impulse response (FIR) filter in an in-band full duplex transceiver, the in-band full duplex transceiver including a transmitter generating and transmitting a transmitted signal, a receiver converting a received signal into a baseband frequency signal, and the FIR filter receiving the transmitted signal to cancel a self-transmitted interference signal, the method comprising:
setting, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, attenuation of the FIR filter to be a first value and then generating and transmitting a first training signal, in a first period;
performing, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, FFT on output information of an analog digital converter included in the receiver to acquire a first signal, in the first period;
generating and transmitting, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a second training signal in a state in which an output signal of the FIR filter is suppressed, in a second period;
performing, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the FFT on the output information of the analog digital converter to acquire a second signal, in the second period;
estimating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, input information of the FIR filter using the first signal and the second signal;
estimating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, a delta frequency response using the input information of the FIR filter,
updating, by the in-band full duplex transceiver, the attenuation to a second value using the delta frequency res

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Chang Kapseok
• Ju Hyung Sik

Classifications

• H04L5/14 Primary

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title

• H04B1/123 Primary

  using adaptive balancing or compensation means (adaptive filter circuits and algorithms H03H) · CPC title

• H04J11/004

  using regenerative subtractive interference cancellation · CPC title

• H03H15/023

  with parallel-input configuration · CPC title

• H04L27/265

  Fourier transform demodulators, e.g. fast Fourier transform [FFT] or discrete Fourier transform [DFT] demodulators (H04L27/26524 takes precedence) · CPC title