Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signal in inband full duplex system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016149691-A1
Application number	US-201514943656-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	Nov 17, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a signal. The method for transmitting/receiving a signal includes reducing a quantization error in a baseband (BB) analog area with respect to a reception signal, and performing self-interference cancelation (SIC) on a first output signal output from a BB analog circuit unit in a digital area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for transmitting/receiving a signal in inband full duplex system, the apparatus comprising:
a baseband (BB) analog circuit unit configured to reduce a quantization error in a BB analog area with respect to a reception signal; and a BB digital circuit unit configured to perform self-interference cancelation (SIC) on a first output signal output from the BB analog circuit unit in a digital area, wherein the BB digital circuit unit determines a gain control coefficient for controlling the BB analog circuit unit on the basis of a difference in strength level between input and output signals of the BB digital circuit unit.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the BB analog circuit unit includes a variable gain amplifier (VGA), and a gain of the VGA is controlled by the gain control coefficient.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) analog circuit unit configured to perform SIC in an RF analog area through a finite impulse response (FIR) filter.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:
the BB analog circuit unit includes a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a second DAC, and the first DAC converts a transmission signal into an analog signal and delivers the converted analog signal to the RF analog circuit unit, and the second DAC converts a self-interference (SI) signal output from the BB digital circuit unit into an analog signal and delivers the converted analog signal to the VGA.

5 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:
the BB analog circuit unit further includes: an automatic gain controller (AGC) configured to automatically control a gain of the reception signal; and a switch configured to perform switching between the RF analog circuit unit and the VGA and the AGC, and the BB digital circuit unit generates a switching control signal for controlling the switch.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
the BB digital circuit unit determines the switching control signal on the basis of a difference between the strength level of the input signal input to the BB digital circuit unit and the strength level of the output signal output from the BB digital circuit unit.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:
the switch is switched toward the RF analog circuit unit by the switching control signal when the difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and switched toward the VGA by the switching control signal when the difference is greater than the predetermined threshold value.

8 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:
the BB analog circuit unit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and the DAC converts a transmission signal into an analog signal, and delivers the converted analog signal to the VGA and the RF analog circuit unit.

9 . The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
one antenna configured to transmit and receive a signal, wherein the RF analog circuit unit includes a distributor distributing the reception signal and a transmission signal to be transmitted through the antenna.

10 . The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
a transmission antenna for a transmission signal and the reception antenna for a reception signal.

11 . A method for transmitting/receiving a signal in inband full duplex system, the method comprising:
reducing a quantization error in a baseband (BB) analog area with respect to a reception signal; and performing self-interference cancelation (SIC) on a first output signal output from a BB analog circuit unit in a digital area, wherein the reducing of the quantization error is performed on the basis of a gain control coefficient determined on the basis of a difference between strength levels of input and output signals of a BB digital circuit unit performing the SIC.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein:
the reducing of the quantization error includes performing, by a variable gain amplifier (VGA), variable gain amplification on a self-interference (SI) signal output after the SIC is performed in the digital area, and the variable gain amplification is controlled by the gain control coefficient.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
performing SIC in a radio frequency (RF) analog area through a finite impulse response (FIR) filter.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:
the reducing of the quantization error further includes: converting a transmission signal into an analog signal and delivering the converted analog signal to the FIR filter; and converting the SI signal into an analog signal and delivering the converted analog signal to the VGA.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:
the reducing of the quantization error further includes: automatically controlling, by an automatic gain controller (AGC), a gain of the reception signal; and performing switching between a first terminal to which the reception signal is delivered and a second terminal connected to the VGA, and the AGC, and the performing of the SIC includes: generating a switching control signal for controlling a switch.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining the switching control signal on the basis of a difference between the strength level of the input signal input to the BB digital circuit unit and the strength level of the output signal output from the BB digital circuit unit.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
switching the switch to the first terminal by the switching control signal when the difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and switching the switch to the second terminal by the switching control signal when the difference is greater than the predetermined threshold value.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:
the reducing of the quantization error further includes: converting a transmission signal into an analog signal and delivering the converted analog signal to the VGA and the FIR filter.

19 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
distributing the reception signal and a transmission signal to be transmitted through an antenna through which the reception signal has been received.

20 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving the reception signal by a reception antenna, and transmitting a transmission signal by a transmission antenna.

Assignees

• Korea Electronics Telecomm

Inventors

• Chang Kapseok
• Kim Seon-Ae
• Ju Hyung Sik

Classifications

• H04L5/1461 Primary

  Suppression of signals in the return path, i.e. bidirectional control circuits · CPC title

• H04L5/14 Primary

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