Method and device for cancelling interferences

Abstract

The invention is a device and a method for cancelling interferences between signals with frequency proximity, inherent to the co-location of multi-standard terminals, in a communication system. The interfering signal is sampled either on the interfering signal or on the disturbed signal then phase shifted and attenuated according to the level of the disturbance and summed with the disturbed signal, so forming a neutralizing loop that can cancel the disturbance

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The characteristics and advantages of the invention mentioned above, and others, will become more clearly apparent from reading the description that follows, given in relation to the appended drawings, in which:

FIG. 1, already described, represents a frequency map of the DVB-T (H)—GSM 900 MHz standards;

FIGS. 2 a, 2b, 2c and 2d represent the phenomenon of reciprocal interference;

FIG. 3 represents an architecture of the proposed design and,

FIG. 4 represents another architecture of the proposed design.

Claims

1. Method of cancelling interferences between signals with frequency proximity, inherent to the co-location of multi-standard terminals, in a communication system, wherein the method comprises the steps of: taking a sample, by coupling, of an interfering signal emitted towards a first terminal, and forming a loop for neutralizing this signal on the disturbed signal, received by one of the second terminals according to an indication signifying the disturbance level due to this interfering signal.

2. Method of cancelling interferences according to claim 1, wherein the indication representing the disturbance level is deduced from the carrier-to-noise component of the disturbed signal at the output of the demodulator of the subsystem receiving this signal.

3. Method of cancelling interferences according to claim 1, wherein the step for taking a sample of the interfering signal by coupling is carried out on the interfering signal emitted by the first terminal.

4. Method of cancelling interferences according to claim 1, wherein the step for taking a sample of the interfering signal by coupling is carried out on the disturbed signal received by one of the second terminals, then by isolating the interfering signal by filtering.

5. Method of cancelling interferences according to claim 1, wherein the step for forming a neutralizing loop begins with a phase-shifting step via a circuit delaying the sampled signal to obtain a signal in phase opposition, followed by a step for attenuating the phase-shifted signal.

6. Device for cancelling interferences between signals with frequency proximity, inherent to the co-location of multi-standard terminals in a communication system, wherein it comprises: a coupling element for taking a sample of a signal, emitted towards a first terminal, that is the source of interferences on a signal received by one of the other terminals;elements forming a neutralizing loop on the received signal from the interference-source signal, the loop being controlled by a signal indicating the disturbance level due to this interfering signal.

7. Device for cancelling interferences according to claim 6, wherein the neutralizing loop comprises a delay element for phase shifting the sampled signal, an attenuator, voltage-controlled by the signal indicating the disturbance level to attenuate the level of the phase-shifted interfering signal and a summer for adding together the phase-shifted and attenuated interfering signal and the received signal disturbed by the interference.

8. Device for cancelling interferences according to claim 6, wherein the signal indicating the disturbance level is a digital signal, converted to analogue form by a converter element and amplified by an amplifier, dependent on the signal representing the signal-to-noise ratio delivered by the demodulator of the subsystem receiving the received signal.

9. Device for cancelling interferences according to claim 6, wherein the interfering signal originates from signals emitted in the GSM band.

10. Device for cancelling interferences according to claim 6, wherein the received signal is in the UHF band.