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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Seiichi Sano, Higashiyamato, JP;
Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tokorozawa, JP;
Atsushi Miyashita, Tokorozawa, JP;
Nobuo Tsukamoto, Akishima, JP;
Hitachi Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data transmission apparatus of an orthogonal frequency multiplex modulation system wherein data is transmitted using a plurality of carriers which are in a mutually orthogonal relationship with one another. The apparatus includes a transmitter which previously inserts a group of predetermined synchronization symbols into an OFDM modulated transmission signal every fixed period and a receiver which demodulates a received OFDM modulated transmission signal to a baseband OFDM signal. In the receiver, an absolute value of an A/D converted digital signal is taken and the signal is bandwidth-limited to a predetermined band width. Then, it is decided whether an amplitude of the signal is larger than or smaller than a predetermined value and a decision result thereof is produced. A null section in the synchronization symbol group is detected on the basis of the decision result and a start point of another synchronization symbol subsequent to the null section is further detected. The time when both of the presence of the null section and the start point of another synchronization symbol are detected is regarded as a synchronization timing and the operation timing of a demodulator for the receiver is set to the synchronization timing.