Claims
- 1. For a receiver receiving “n” substreams of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal containing complex phase-adjusted symbols, each symbol representing “m” data bits, a device, comprising:for each substream, a soft decision quantizer for determining a binary value of each bit represented by each symbol in the substream, the soft decision quantizer further comprising: means for determining a first set of possible values for each symbol, each value in the first set having a binary value of “0” in a predetermined bit; means for determining, for each symbol, a magnitude difference between the symbol and each possible value in the first set of possible values; and means for determining the smallest magnitude difference an generating a first signal representative thereof, wherein the soft decision quantizer further comprises: means for determining a second set of possible values for each symbol, each value in the second set having a binary value of “1” in a predetermined bit; means for determining, for each symbol, a magnitude difference between the symbol and each possible value in the second set of possible values; and means for determining the smallest magnitude difference and generating a second signal representative thereof, wherein the means for determining a first set of possible values for each symbol further comprises: means for determining a first set of estimated values of the symbol, and the means for determining a second set of possible values for each symbol further comprises: means for determining, a second set of estimated values for each symbol and wherein the first and second set of estimated values is based on a pilot signal.
- 2. For an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) signal receiver for receiving complex symbols in the OFDM signal, each symbol representing “m” data bits, a computer logic device comprising:a computer logic storage device readable by a digital processing system; and instructions embodied in the logic storage device, the instructions being executable by the digital processing system for performing method steps for undertaking a soft decision regarding a value of each symbol, the method steps comprising: determining a first set of possible values for each symbol, each value in the first set having a binary value of “0” in a predetermined bit; detennining, for each symbol, a magnitude difference between the symbol and each possible value in the first set of possible values; and detennining the smallest magnitude difference an generating a first signal representative thereof, wherein the soft decision quantizer further comprises: means for determining a second set of possible values for each symbol, each value in the second set having a binary value of “1” in a predetermined bit; means for determining, for each symbol, a magnitude difference between the symbol and each possible value in the second set of possible values; and means for determining the smallest magnitude difference an generating a second signal representative thereof, wherein the means for determining a first set of possible values for each symbol further comprises: means for determining a first set of estimated values of the symbol, and the means for determining a second set of possible values for each symbol further comprises: means for determining a second set of estimated values for each symbol and wherein the first and second set of estimated values is based on a pilot signal.
- 3. For a receiver receiving “n” substreams of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal containing complex phase-adjusted symbols, each symbol representing “m” data bits, a method for determining a binary value of each bit represented by each symbol in the substeam, the method comprising:determining a first set of possible values for each symbol, each value in the first set having a binary value of “0” in a predetermined bit; determining, for each symbol, a magnitude difference between the symbol and each possible value in the first set of possible values; and determining the smallest magnitude difference an generating a first signal representative thereof, wherein the soft decision quanutizer further comprising: determining a second set of possible values for each symbol, each value in the second set having a binary value of “1” in a predetermined bit; determining, for each symbol, a magnitude difference between the symbol and each possible value in the second set of possible values; and determining the smallest magnitude difference an generating a second signal representative thereof, wherein the means for determining a first set of possible values for each symbol further comprises: means for detennining a first set of estimated values of the symbol, and the means for determining a second set of possible values for each symbol further comprises: means for determining a second set of estimated values for each symbol and wherein the first and second set of estimated values is based on a pilot signal.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of Ser. No. 08/879,297 filed Jun. 19, 1997.
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