阅读说明：本技术 一种载波叠加通信中自干扰信号定时同步方法及装置 (Self-interference signal timing synchronization method and device in carrier superposition communication ) 是由 董杨鑫 于 2019-09-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种载波叠加通信中自干扰信号定时同步方法,其特征在于,包括步骤：将接收的混合信号分为两个支路；在第一个支路中计算出自干扰信号的定时同步误差；将所述定时同步误差转换成第二个支路中过采样速率下的定时误差值；根据所述定时误差值对所述混合信号进行重定时。一种载波叠加通信中自干扰信号定时同步装置,包括依次连接的分路模块、计算模块、转换模块、重定时模块。不受通信双方带宽、功率谱密度和频偏偏差等因素限制,利用两个独立支路分别处理自干扰信号定时误差提取和混合信号中的本地信号重定时。(A method for timing synchronization of self-interference signals in carrier superposition communication is characterized by comprising the following steps: dividing the received mixed signal into two branches; calculating a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal in the first branch; converting the timing synchronization error to a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch; retiming the hybrid signal according to the timing error value. A self-interference signal timing synchronization device in carrier superposition communication comprises a shunt module, a calculation module, a conversion module and a retiming module which are sequentially connected. The method is not limited by factors such as bandwidth, power spectral density and frequency offset deviation of two communication sides, and two independent branches are used for respectively processing self-interference signal timing error extraction and local signal retiming in the mixed signal.)

1. A method for timing synchronization of self-interference signals in carrier superposition communication is characterized by comprising the following steps:

dividing the received mixed signal into two branches;

calculating a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal in the first branch;

converting the timing synchronization error to a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch;

retiming the hybrid signal according to the timing error value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises: the timing synchronization error is obtained by extracting a local signal in the mixed signal through autocorrelation operation of the known local transmission signal in the first branch and tracking a timing result by adopting a loop feedback structure.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises: the conversion, comprising the steps of:

converting the timing synchronization error to an equivalent symbol timing error;

the symbol timing error is converted to a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch based on the symbol oversampling rate in the second branch.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprises: converting the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error, which is accomplished by the following formula:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

converting the symbol timing error into a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch according to the symbol oversampling rate of the second branch, by the following formula:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,is the symbol over-sampling rate of the second branch,

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises: the retiming, comprising the steps of:

performing delay alignment on the mixed signal;

outputting the decimal interval of the symbol sampling data at the second branch oversampling rate according to the timing error value;

and interpolating the mixed signal after time delay alignment according to the decimal interval to obtain optimal sampling data so as to complete the retiming of the symbol of the mixed signal.

6. A self-interference signal timing synchronization device in carrier superposition communication is characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:

the shunt module is used for dividing the received mixed signal into two branches;

the calculation module is used for calculating a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal in the first branch;

a conversion module, configured to convert the timing synchronization error into a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch;

a retiming module configured to retime the mixed signal according to the timing error value.

7. The apparatus for synchronizing timing of self-interference signals in carrier superimposed communication according to claim 6, wherein: the calculation module is used for the first branch circuit to extract a local signal in the mixed signal through autocorrelation operation with a known local transmission signal, and a loop feedback structure is adopted to track a timing result to obtain a timing synchronization error.

8. The apparatus for synchronizing timing of self-interference signals in carrier superimposed communication according to claim 6, wherein: the conversion module comprises:

a first conversion unit for converting the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error;

a second conversion unit, configured to convert the symbol timing error into a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch according to a symbol oversampling rate of the second branch.

9. The apparatus for synchronizing timing of self-interference signals in carrier superimposed communication according to claim 7, wherein:

the first conversion unit is used for converting the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error through the following formula:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the second conversion unit is configured to convert the symbol timing error into a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch by using the following equation:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

10. The apparatus for synchronizing timing of self-interference signals in carrier superimposed communication according to claim 6, wherein: the retiming module, comprising:

the delay alignment unit is used for performing delay alignment on the mixed signal;

a retiming control unit for outputting a fractional interval of the symbol sampled data at the second branch oversampling rate according to the timing error value;

and the interpolation unit is used for interpolating the mixed signal after time delay alignment according to the decimal interval to obtain the optimal sampling data so as to complete the retiming of the symbol of the mixed signal.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a satellite communication carrier superposition technology, in particular to a self-interference signal timing synchronization method and a self-interference signal timing synchronization device under a bandwidth asymmetric communication scene.

Background

The carrier superposition technology allows both satellite communication parties to adopt the same carrier frequency, the same time slot and the same spread spectrum pseudo-random code, thereby improving the system capacity. Because both communication parties use the same carrier, the mixed signal superposed by two paths of signals is received by the two communication parties, and the recovery of the opposite-end signal from the mixed signal is a main technical difficulty of the system. In consideration of low complexity of hardware implementation, the idea of separation before demodulation is mainly adopted in the current practical application: the local signal is regarded as an interference signal, the local signal in the received mixed signal is reconstructed by utilizing the prior information of the local signal and the estimation of the channel parameter, and then the local signal is cancelled from the mixed signal, so that the useful signal of the opposite end is separated.

Symbol timing synchronization information in channel parameters is an important factor affecting the performance of the cancellation algorithm. Under the scene that the bandwidths of two parties of carrier superposition communication are unequal or the frequency offset is large, a timing synchronization method commonly used in satellite communication may also cancel part of a useful signal at an opposite end, so that the demodulation of the useful signal is influenced. Therefore, in a system supporting asymmetric carrier superposition, a reasonable timing synchronization method needs to be redesigned to prevent chip dislocation caused by accumulation of timing errors.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly provides a self-interference signal timing synchronization method and a self-interference signal timing synchronization device which are not limited by factors such as bandwidth, power spectral density and frequency deviation of two communication parties aiming at a carrier superposition communication system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following techniques:

a method for timing synchronization of self-interference signals in carrier superposition communication is characterized by comprising the following steps:

dividing the received mixed signal into two branches;

calculating a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal in the first branch;

converting the timing synchronization error to a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch;

retiming the hybrid signal according to the timing error value.

Further, the timing synchronization error is obtained by extracting a local signal in the mixed signal through an autocorrelation operation with a known local transmission signal in the first branch, and tracking a timing result by using a loop feedback structure.

Further, the converting, comprises the steps of:

converting the timing synchronization error to an equivalent symbol timing error;

the symbol timing error is converted to a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch based on the symbol oversampling rate in the second branch.

Further, said converting said timing synchronization error to an equivalent symbol timing error is accomplished by the following equation:

；

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

to convert to the timing error value at the symbol rate in the first branch,

a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal is calculated for the first branch,

for the symbol over-sampling rate of the first branch,

the interpolated symbol oversampling ratio is a multiple of the first branch.

Further, the converting the symbol timing error into a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch according to the symbol oversampling rate in the second branch is performed by the following formula:

；

wherein the content of the first and second substances,is the symbol over-sampling rate of the second branch,

the symbol oversampling rate after interpolation is a fraction of the second branch.

Further, the retiming, comprising the steps of:

performing delay alignment on the mixed signal;

outputting the decimal interval of the symbol sampling data at the second branch oversampling rate according to the timing error value;

and interpolating the mixed signal after time delay alignment according to the decimal interval to obtain optimal sampling data so as to complete the retiming of the symbol of the mixed signal.

A self-interference signal timing synchronization device in carrier superposition communication is characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:

the shunt module is used for dividing the received mixed signal into two branches;

the calculation module is used for calculating a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal in the first branch;

a conversion module, configured to convert the timing synchronization error into a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch;

a retiming module configured to retime the mixed signal according to the timing error value.

Further, the calculating module is configured to extract a local signal in the mixed signal through an autocorrelation operation with a known local transmit signal in the first branch, and obtain a timing synchronization error by tracking a timing result using a loop feedback structure.

Further, the conversion module includes:

a first conversion unit for converting the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error;

a second conversion unit, configured to convert the symbol timing error into a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch according to a symbol oversampling rate of the second branch.

Further, the first conversion unit performs the conversion of the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error by the following equation:

；

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

to convert to the timing error value at the symbol sampling rate in the first branch,

a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal is calculated for the first branch,

for the symbol over-sampling rate of the first branch,

the interpolated symbol oversampling ratio is a multiple of the first branch.

The second conversion unit is configured to convert the symbol timing error into a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch by using the following equation:

；

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the symbol over-sampling rate of the second branch,

the symbol oversampling rate after interpolation is a fraction of the second branch.

Further, the retiming module includes:

the delay alignment unit is used for performing delay alignment on the mixed signal;

a retiming control unit for outputting a fractional interval of the symbol sampled data at the second branch oversampling rate according to the timing error value;

and the interpolation unit is used for interpolating the mixed signal after time delay alignment according to the decimal interval to obtain the optimal sampling data so as to complete the retiming of the symbol of the mixed signal.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the method can support asymmetric carrier superposition communication, and in practical application, the bandwidth, the power spectral density, the frequency deviation and the like of two communication parties in the system are not required to be limited, so that the application flexibility of the system is greatly improved;

2. the two independent branches are used for timing synchronization of symbols, so that opposite-end site carriers cannot be inhibited, frequency deviation of channel carriers is insensitive, and demodulation performance of a system can be improved;

3. the method is simple, the algorithm calculation complexity is low, and the hardware implementation is easy.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the timing synchronization process of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the retiming process of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the device of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a conversion module according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a retiming module according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Firstly, a received mixed signal is divided into two branches:

a first branch for extracting timing error from the interference signal;

a second branch, a mixed signal retiming branch.

Preferably, before the splitting, the multi-rate filtering may be performed on the received mixed signal to obtain received symbol data with the oversampling rate being multiple times, and the multiple received symbol data is divided into 2 paths and sent to the two branches respectively.

In order to support carrier superposition communication with asymmetric bandwidth, the symbol sampling rates of the two branches are set to different values according to the bandwidth ratio supported by the system. Specifically, the timing synchronization process comprises the following steps:

firstly, calculating a timing synchronization error of a self-interference signal in a self-interference signal timing error extraction branch;

then, converting the timing synchronization error into a timing synchronization error value at an oversampling rate in a mixed signal retiming branch;

finally, the mixed signal is retimed using the converted timing error value.

By using the method to carry out symbol timing synchronization, even if the local transmission signal bandwidth is larger than the signal bandwidth of the communication counterpart and the frequencies of the two parties have large deviation, the method does not cause any influence on the useful signal in the mixed signal, is completely suitable for the asymmetric carrier superposition communication system, and processes a block diagram in detail as shown in fig. 1.

The self-interference signal timing error extraction branch circuit extracts a local signal in the mixed signal through the self-correlation operation with a known local sending signal, and a loop feedback structure is adopted to track a timing result to obtain a timing synchronization error, so that the noise influence can be eliminated, and more accurate timing error information of the self-interference signal is obtained.

After the timing error of the self-interference signal is calculated by the self-interference signal timing error extraction branch, the timing error is sent to the mixed signal retiming branch for mixed signal retiming, and the timing error needs to be converted due to the inconsistency of the symbol oversampling rates of the two branches, and the calculation method is as follows:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

to switch to the timing error of the resampling branch,

and calculating the self-interference signal timing error obtained by the self-interference signal processing branch.

The self-interference signal timing error conversion is actually divided into two steps:

1) firstly, converting the timing error of a sampling point extracted from the interference signal characteristic into the timing error of an equivalent symbol:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the symbol oversampling rate of the branch is extracted from the interference signal features,

extracting the symbol oversampling rate of a branch from the interference signal characteristic after decimal interpolation;

2) then converting the symbol timing error to a sampling point of the mixed signal processing branch according to the sampling rate of the mixed signal processing branch:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the symbol oversampling rate of the branch is retimed for the mixed signal,

the symbol oversampling ratio of the branch is multiplied by the decimal number to retime the mixed signal.

After the timing error conversion of the self-interference signal, the hybrid signal retiming module interpolates the delay-aligned hybrid signal to complete the retiming of the local signal component in the hybrid signal, and the processing block diagram is shown in fig. 2.

The delay alignment module aligns the input mixed signal and the timing error, and when calculating the optimal sampling point position information of the frame head of the self-cancellation signal in the mixed signal, the delay alignment module comprises the group delay of each stage of filters on a self-cancellation signal processing path and the delay of a capture frame head.

The retiming control module comprises an independent NCO controller, the NCO controller is realized by down counter, and the down counter is decreased to step

The NCO counter counts as:

the output of the retiming control module is the decimal interval of the symbol sampling data, and the decimal interval is sent to a decimal interpolator to interpolate to obtain the optimal sampling data, and the symbol retiming of the mixed signal is completed.

The invention provides a self-interference signal timing synchronization device in carrier superposition communication, which is shown in fig. 3.

The device comprises a shunting module, a calculation module, a conversion module and a retiming module which are connected in sequence.

Specifically, the splitting module is configured to split the received mixed signal into two branches, where:

a first branch set as a self-interference signal timing error extraction branch;

and a second branch set as a mixed signal retiming branch.

Preferably, a multi-rate filtering module is arranged in front of the splitting module, and is configured to perform multi-rate filtering on the received mixed signal to obtain received symbol data with an oversampling rate being multiple times, and divide the multiple received symbol data into 2 paths, which are respectively sent to the two branches.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: and the calculating module is used for calculating the timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal in the first branch. Specifically, a local signal in the mixed signal is extracted through an autocorrelation operation with a known local transmission signal in the first branch, and a loop feedback structure is adopted to track a timing result to obtain a timing synchronization error.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: a conversion module, configured to convert the timing synchronization error into a timing error value at an oversampling rate in the second branch. The conversion module includes:

a first conversion unit for converting the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error;

a second conversion unit, configured to convert the symbol timing error into a timing error value at an oversampling rate in a second branch according to a symbol oversampling rate of the second branch.

Further, the first conversion unit performs the conversion of the timing synchronization error into an equivalent symbol timing error by the following equation:

；

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

to convert to the timing error value at the symbol sampling rate in the first branch,

a timing synchronization error of the self-interference signal is calculated for the first branch,

for the symbol over-sampling rate of the first branch,the interpolated symbol oversampling ratio is a multiple of the first branch.

The second conversion unit is configured to convert the symbol timing error into a timing error value at the oversampling rate in the second branch by using the following equation:

；

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the symbol over-sampling rate of the second branch,

the symbol oversampling rate after interpolation is a fraction of the second branch.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: a retiming module configured to retime the mixed signal according to the timing error value. The retiming module, comprising:

the delay alignment unit is used for performing delay alignment on the mixed signal;

a retiming control unit for outputting a fractional interval of the symbol sampled data at the second branch oversampling rate according to the timing error value;

and the interpolation unit is used for interpolating the mixed signal after time delay alignment according to the decimal interval to obtain the optimal sampling data so as to complete the retiming of the symbol of the mixed signal.

The retiming control unit comprises an independent NCO controller, which is implemented by down counter and is configured to step down to

The NCO counter counts as:

the output of the retiming control module is the decimal interval of the symbol sampling data, and the decimal interval is sent to a decimal interpolator to interpolate to obtain the optimal sampling data, and the symbol retiming of the mixed signal is completed.

The invention solves the problem of symbol timing synchronization in an asymmetric carrier superposition communication system through a simple and feasible method, and the detailed description is carried out by combining the practical case.

In this example, assuming that the system requires the maximum bandwidth ratio of both communication parties to be 1:3 or 3:1, the oversampling rate of the timing error extraction branch of the self-interference signal can be set to be 4 times the symbol rate, and the decimal time interpolation rate is 3 times the symbol rate; the hybrid signal retiming branch oversampling rate is set to 12 times the symbol rate and the fractional interpolation rate is 11 times the symbol rate.

Step 1: performing multi-rate filtering on the received mixed signal to obtain received symbol data with 12 times of oversampling rate;

step 2: dividing 12 times of oversampling symbols into 2 paths, and respectively sending the 2 paths to two branches;

and step 3: preprocessing received data by a self-interference signal timing error extraction branch circuit: the method comprises the steps of multi-rate filtering of over-sampling symbol data by 4 times, matched filtering, frequency offset correction, frame header capturing and tracking and the like;

and 4, step 4: the self-interference signal timing error extraction branch circuit calculates the timing error of the self-interference signal in a loop feedback mode, and the calculation formula is as follows:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

to receive a 4 times sample sequence of the mixed signal,

a known local transmit symbol sample sequence corresponding to the segment of the receive sample sequence;

and 5: the mixed signal retiming branch converts the input symbol timing error, and converts the symbol timing error calculated at 4 times of oversampling rate to 12 times of oversampling rate, and the calculation formula is as follows:

step 6: the NCO and fractional interpolator of the mixed signal retiming branch utilize the converted timing error for symbol retiming.