Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100284472 | Method for Reconstructing Digital Video Data Stream and Apparatus Thereof - An apparatus for reconstructing digital video data stream reconstructs a transport stream from a first data stream and a second data stream. Both of the first data stream and the second data stream comprise a plurality of packets, a plurality of input stream time reference (ISCR) values, and a plurality of deleted null packet (DNP) values. The apparatus includes a packet interval detector, that estimates a packet interval according to the first data stream or the second data stream; an alignment unit, that generates an alignment signal according to the ISCR values and the packet interval; an oscillator, coupled to the packet interval detector, that generates an output pulse signal; and a reconstruction controller, that reconstructs the transport stream from the first data stream and the second data stream and outputs the transport stream according to the alignment signal and the output pulse signal. The alignment unit includes a fine tuner for fine tuning a frequency of the output pulse signal according to the ISCR values and a local count. | 11-11-2010 |
20100284478 | Channel Estimating Apparatus and Method Thereof - A channel estimating technique is applied to an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system which receives a plurality of OFDM symbols. In one aspect, a channel estimating method includes performing Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) with a second number of sampling points and a phase shift on each of preliminarily estimated frequency-domain channel responses including a first number of response values corresponding to each of the OFDM symbols, so as to obtain a first time-domain channel impulse response corresponding to each of the OFDM symbols, where the first number is lager than the second number. The method also generates a plurality of frequency-domain channel responses corresponding to the OFDM symbols according to the time-domain channel impulse responses. | 11-11-2010 |
20100284498 | Circuit for Detecting a Predetermined Symbol in a Digital Data Stream and Associated Method - A circuit for detecting a predetermined symbol of a digital data stream includes a frequency shifter, a correlator, a filter and a decision unit. The frequency shifter performs inverse-frequency shifting upon a first data to generate a first frequency-shifted data. The correlator calculates correlation upon the first frequency-shifted data and a second data to generate a correlated data. The filter, coupled to the correlator, filters and the correlated data to generate a filtered correlated data according to a time-domain windowing length. The decision unit, coupled to the filter, determines the predetermined symbol from the digital data stream according to the filtered correlated data. | 11-11-2010 |
20100296002 | Circuit for Detecting a Digital Data Stream and Associated Method - A circuit for detecting a digital data stream includes a first detecting circuit, a second detecting circuit and a decision unit. The digital data stream includes a predetermined symbol having a first data and a second data. The first detecting circuit detects a correlation between the second data and a first frequency-shifted data to generate a first correlated data; and the second detecting circuit detects a correlation between the second data and a second frequency-shifted data to generate a first correlated data, where the first frequency-shifted data and the second frequency-shifted data are generated by performing first frequency-shifting and second frequency-shifting upon the first data, respectively. The decision unit determines a signal status of the digital data stream according to the first and second correlated data. | 11-25-2010 |
20100329396 | Interference Detector and Method Thereof - An interference detector receives a data stream including predetermined symbols that include a first data and a second data, between which is a frequency offset. The interference detector includes a correlation apparatus that generates a first correlation result and a second correlation result according to the data stream; a power searching unit, coupled to the correlation apparatus, that generates a first maximum correlation result and a first neighboring power according to the first correlation result, and generates a second maximum correlation result and a second neighboring power according to the second correlation result; and a determining unit, coupled to the power searching unit, that generates a determination result according to the first maximum correlation result, the first neighboring power, the second maximum correlation result and the second neighboring power to indicate existence of interferences. | 12-30-2010 |
20110002422 | Apparatus for Detecting Digital Video Signal Parameters and Method Thereof - A method for detecting digital video signal parameters detects an integer carrier frequency offset (ICFO), a pilot pattern and a carrier mode of a signal received by an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. The method includes receiving a first OFDM symbol comprising a plurality of first frequency-domain sub-carriers and a second OFDM symbol comprising a plurality of second frequency-domain sub-carriers; generating a plurality of sub-carrier correlation results according to the first frequency-domain sub-carrier and the second frequency-domain sub-carrier; and determining a maximum sub-carrier correlation result from the plurality of sub-carrier correlation results; and outputting an ICFO, a pilot pattern and a carrier mode corresponding to the maximum sub-carrier correlation result. | 01-06-2011 |
20110026620 | Channel Estimation Method and an Associated Apparatus - A channel estimation method, applied to an orthogonal frequency comprises performing a first number of sampling points inverse fast Fourier transformation (IFFT) operation on a preliminary frequency-domain channel response having a second number of response values to generate a first time-domain channel impulse response (CIR), the second number being greater than the first number; performing a time-domain windowing operation on the first time-domain CIR to generate a second time-domain CIR; performing a smoothing operation on a plurality of second time-domain CIRs of successive time points to generate a smooth time-domain CIR; and performing FFT operation on the smooth time-domain CIR to generate a frequency-domain channel response. | 02-03-2011 |