Method and system for measuring interference signal in carrier signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9693245-B2
Application number	US-201214366188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2012
Priority date	Dec 28, 2011
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed in the present disclosure are a method and system for measuring interference signals in carrier signals. The method comprises: receiving multiple valid samples of the carrier signals; based on the multiple valid samples of the carrier signals, gaining value of constant part and mean square error of zero mean part in the interference signals through iterative calculation; calculating the total power value of the interference signals. Since considering the constant part in the interference signals, the measurement method is suitable in the case that the interference signals in the carrier signals is non-zero mean value, and the obtained measurement result of the interference signals will be more accurate than the result through the existing method.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for measuring an interference signal in a carrier signal, wherein:
receiving, by a receiver, multiple valid samples of the carrier signal, the carrier signal including a transmitted signal and an interference signal, the interference signal having a constant component and a zero-mean component;
based on the multiple valid samples of the carrier signal, obtaining, by the receiver, a quantity value of the constant component and a mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal through an iterative calculation;
obtaining, by the receiver, a total power value of the interference signal from the quantity value of the constant component and the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal, so that the quality of carrier channel can be assessed; and
performing an iterative calculation using I 0 and σ 0 2 to obtain a quantity value I K+1 of the constant component and a mean square error σ k+1 2 of the zero-mean component of the interference signal, wherein I k+1 is the (K+1)th iteration value of the constant component of the interference signal, σ k+1 2 is the (K+1)th iteration value of the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal; and, wherein
in the iterative calculation:
I 0 is an iteration initial value of the constant component of the interference signal and is calculated according to the following equation:

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wherein N is the number of the valid samples of the carrier signal being received, Xn is a sample value received at a time n; and

σ 0 2 is an iteration initial value of the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal and is calculated according to the following equation:

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wherein N is the number of the valid samples of the received carrier signal, Xn is a sample value received at a time n.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the transmitted signal is a BPSK-modulated signal, in the iterative calculation, I k +i and o k +i 2 are calculated according to the following equations:
Ik+ 1= I 0−1 Nn= 1 N tan h (( xn−Ik )·sigma· k 2)·sigma· k+ 12=1+1 Nn= 1 N (( xn−Ik )2−tan h (( xn−Ik )·sigma· k 2)2( xn−Ik ))

Wherein, n and k are natural numbers, N is the number of the valid samples of the received carrier signal, Xn is a sample value received at a time n, k is a iteration number; I k is the K iteration value of the constant component of the interference signal, o k 2 is the K iteration value of the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein further comprising: comparing, by the receiver, |i k +i−I k | against a first threshold, comparing, by the receiver, |<7 k +i 2 −Ok 2 | against a second threshold; when |I k +i−Ik| is less than the first threshold and |ok+i 2 −Ok 2 | is less than the second threshold, terminating, by the receiver, the iterative calculation, wherein | k +i and Ok+i 2 are the quantity value of the constant component and the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal obtained in the K+I iteration, respectively.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein that the total power value of the interference signal is the sum of I k+1 2 and σ k+1 2 .

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the transmitted signal is a QAM-modulated signal, in the iterative calculation, I k +i and o k +i 2 are calculated according to the following equations:
Ik+ 1= I 0−1 Nn= 1 Nm= 1 M (2 m− 1) Sm,n ( Ik ,·sigma· k 2) m= 1 MCm,n ( Ik ,·sigma· k 2)·sigma· k+ 12=·sigma·02−1 Nn= 1 N ( m= 1 M (4 m ( m− 1) Cm,n ( Ik ,·sigma· k 2)−2(2 m− 1)( xn−Ik ) Sm,n ( Ik ,·sigma· k 2)) m= 1 MCm,n ( Ik ,·sigma· k 2))

Wherein, M represents a constellation order of the real and imaginary parts in QAM, Cm, n (I, ·sigma·2)=exp(−2m(m−1)·sigma·2) cos h((2m−1)(xn−I)·sigma·2)Sm,n(I,·sigma·2)=exp(−2m(m−1)·sigma·2)sin h((2m−1)(xn−I)·sigma·2)
Wherein, n, m, k are natural numbers, N is the number of the valid samples of the received carrier signal, Xn is a sample value received at a time n; I k is the K iteration value of the constant component of the interference signal, o k 2 is the K iteration value of the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein further comprising:
comparing, by the receiver, |I k+1 −I k | against a first threshold, comparing, by the receiver, |σ k+1 2 −σ k 2 | against a second threshold;
when |I k+1 −I k | is less than the first threshold and |σ k+1 2 −σ k 2 | is less than the second threshold, terminating, by the receiver, the iterative calculation, wherein I k+1 and σ k+1 2 are the quantity value of the constant component and the mean square error of the zero-mean component of the interference signal obtained in the K+1 iteration, respectively.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein that the total power value of the interference signal is the sum of I k+1 2 and σ k+1 2 .

8. A system for measuring interference signal in a carrier signal, characterized in comprising at least one processor configured to:
receive multiple valid samples of the carrier signal, the carrier signal including a transmitted signal and an interference signal, the interference signal having a constant component and a zero-mean component;
based on the multiple valid samples of the carrier signal, obtain a quantity value of the constant component and a mean square error of the zero-mean component of the

Assignees

• China Telecom Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cao Lei
• Zhao Ye
• Chen Xiaodong
• Xiong Shangkun
• Lin Henghua

Classifications

• H04B1/1027 Primary

  assessing signal quality or detecting noise/interference for the received signal · CPC title

• H04B2201/709718

  Determine interference · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04J11/0023

  Interference mitigation or co-ordination (direct sequence spread spectrum [DSSS] systems H04B1/7097; frequency hopping H04B1/713; allocation criteria for ingress interference avoidance H04L5/0062; frequency allocation criteria for requirements on out-of-channel emissions H04L5/0066; arrangements for removing intersymbol interference or baseband equalisers H04L25/03006; peak power aspects in multicarrier modulation H04L27/2614; power management H04W52/00; traffic scheduling H04W72/54, H04W72/541) · CPC title

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title