Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

Seah Networks Co., Ltd.

Yong Suk Hwang

Jae Hyeong Kim

Zheng Zi Li

Ki Young Kwak

Kang Min Lee

Ji Myung Oh

Sang Bae Ji

Provided are a decoding apparatus and method for a system supporting an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) scheme, the apparatus and method compensating received signals according to a wireless channel estimation result and thereby simply performing decoding by a coherent method. The decoding method includes the steps of: receiving a Quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulated signal; compensating the received signals by applying a result of channel estimation based on pilot signals to the received signals; performing subcarrier demodulation to generate correlation metrics on the basis of the compensated received signals; and performing decoding using a decoding metric derived from the correlation metrics. The decoding apparatus and method compensate a received wireless signal according to a channel estimation result of a wireless channel through which a signal is transmitted, thereby performing decoding by a coherent method having a simple structure.

Decoding apparatus and decoding method

Provided are a decoding apparatus, a decoding method and a receiving apparatus for decoding in a system supporting an OFDM/OFDMA scheme. The decoding method includes the steps of: receiving phase-modulated signal; performing subcarrier demodulation on the received signal and generating correlation metrics; generating decoding metrics using the correlation metrics; and determining a payload using the largest metric of the decoding metrics and at least one of an average metric and the second largest metric of the decoding metrics. The decoding apparatus includes: a receiving buffer for buffering received phase-modulated signal; a likelihood metric generator for generating decoding metrics corresponding to likelihoods of the received signal buffered in the receiving buffer being determined as respective potential payload values; a mean calculator for calculating an average metric; and a payload determiner for determining a payload using the largest metric of the decoding metrics and at least one of an average metric and the second largest metric of the decoding metrics.

Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring a carrier-to-interference and noise ratio (CINR) using a pilot symbol in a digital communication system, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for measuring a CINR by estimating a data signal, noise, and an interference signal from a pilot symbol in a digital communication system using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA). The apparatus includes: a pilot symbol acquisition unit for acquiring the pilot symbol from a baseband frequency signal; a signal estimation unit for estimating a pilot signal and a data signal from the pilot symbol; a power calculation unit for calculating a power value of the estimated data signal and calculating a power value of a noise signal from a difference between the pilot symbol and an estimated pilot signal; and a CINR calculation unit for calculating a CINR on the basis of the power values of the data and noise signals. Thus, a pilot symbol is used for more easily and precisely measuring a CINR of a received signal, and scheduling of a base station and transmission power control of a terminal are performed on the basis of the measured CINR.

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Yong Suk Hwang