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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Terng-Yin Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Chi Lai, Hsinchu, TW;
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method for signal estimation and compensation and an apparatus using the same, adapted for estimating and compensating an imbalance effect between an in-phase path and a quadrature path of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system are provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving a signal, and using a plurality of symbols in a plurality of time frame to generate a plurality of balance coefficient groups, wherein every balance coefficient group includes a plurality of balance coefficient candidates; deriving a balance coefficient according to the balance coefficient set; and compensating the signal according to the balance coefficient.