US 7,551,548 B2
OFDM demodulation apparatus, method and computer readable medium
Hideo Kasami, Yokohama (Japan); Hidehiro Matsuoka, Yokohama (Japan); and Makoto Tsuruta, Kawasaki (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/387,966.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-180746 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2005; and application No. 2005-267029 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0285482 A1, Dec. 21, 2006
Int. Cl. H04J 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—208 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) demodulation apparatus comprising:
an antenna to receive a signal including a holding period, the holding period including part of a period ranging from a leading portion of a delayed wave of a maximum delay time to a trailing portion of a preceding wave;
an estimation unit configured to estimate a channel response of the signal received by the antenna;
a holding unit configured to hold, based on the channel response, a first signal component contained in the holding period, the first signal component including a second signal component which is contained in a period of a preset length which is included in the holding period;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a set of filter bank outputs by subjecting the second signal component to frequency conversion;
a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of replicas for each of the filter bank outputs, based on the estimated channel response, a frequency response of each of the filter bank outputs, and candidates for a modulation signal corresponding to a subcarrier included in each of the filter bank outputs;
a selection unit configured to select one of the replicas which minimizes a quantity corresponding to differences between components of each of the filter bank outputs and components of the replicas; and
a determination unit configured to determine the modulation signal based on the replica selected for each of the filter bank outputs.