The present invention improves reception characteristics of a receiving apparatus based on OFDM. The receiving apparatus includes: a window timing selection unit that determines Fourier transform window start and end timings for a received signal(s) based on OFDM, based on a signal-to-interference power ratio and signal power in a Fourier transform window; and a Fourier transform unit that performs Fourier transform on the received signal(s) in accordance with the Fourier transform window start and end timings outputted by the window timing selection unit.

Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein enable the use of Demodulation Reference Signal, DMRS, sequences that are numbered relative to an overall system bandwidth (30), while simultaneously enabling wireless communication devices (12) to determine the DRMS sequence elements mapped to their scheduled bandwidths (36) within the system bandwidth (30). Advantageously, the wireless communication devices (12) need not know the system bandwidth (30), or even be aware of where their scheduled bandwidths (36) reside within the system bandwidth (30).

A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a signal generated by a communication device, detecting passive intermodulation interference in the signal, the interference generated by one or more transmitters unassociated with the communication device, and the interference determined from signal characteristics associated with a signaling protocol used by the one or more transmitters. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Provided is a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: performing an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on frequency-domain data of L consecutive symbols to obtain time-domain data of the L consecutive symbols, wherein the frequency-domain data of the L consecutive symbols have a subcarrier spacing of f.sub.sc, and L2; and modulating the time-domain data of the L consecutive symbols with a preset function, where the modulated time-domain data of the L consecutive symbols have a symbol interval of 1/f.sub.1, and f.sub.1<f.sub.sc; where a length of a value interval of an independent variable of the preset function is N/f.sub.1, and N is a real number greater than or equal to 1.

Embodiments provide a receiver having a receiving unit and a synchronization unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a data packet having a pilot sequence. The synchronization unit is configured to separately correlate the pilot sequence with at least two partial reference sequences corresponding to a reference sequence for the pilot sequence of the data packet, in order to obtain a partial correlation result for each of the at least two partial reference sequences, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to non-coherently add the partial correlation results in order to obtain a coarse correlation result for the data packet.

Embodiments provide a receiver having a receiving unit and a synchronization unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a data packet having a pilot sequence. The synchronization unit is configured to separately correlate the pilot sequence with at least two partial reference sequences corresponding to a reference sequence for the pilot sequence of the data packet, in order to obtain a partial correlation result for each of the at least two partial reference sequences, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to non-coherently add the partial correlation results in order to obtain a coarse correlation result for the data packet.

A digital transmission system includes a transmitter configured to transmit an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal along a signal path, a receiver for receiving the OFDM signal from the transmitter and extracting OFDM symbols from the received OFDM signal, and a diagnostic unit configured to (i) demodulate the received OFDM signal to create an ideal signal, (ii) compare the received OFDM signal with the ideal signal to calculate an error signal, (iii) cross-correlate the error signal with the ideal signal, and (iv) determine a level nonlinear distortion from one of the transmitter and the signal path based on the correlation of the error signal with the ideal signal.

A plurality of multicarrier signals is generated. Each of the plurality of multicarrier signals includes a pilot symbol sequence at a same temporal point in each multicarrier signal. Each pilot symbol sequence includes a plurality of pilot symbols with non-zero amplitude. A quantity of the plurality of pilot symbols in each pilot symbol sequence is greater than or equal to a quantity of the plurality of multicarrier signals to be transmitted. The plurality of multicarrier signals are transmitted in an identical frequency band from a plurality of antennas.

Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method may include classifying feedback received for a first downlink transmission over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying an interference parameter for a subsequent downlink transmission; and scheduling the subsequent downlink transmission based at least in part on feedback classified in a feedback category associated with the identified interference parameter for the subsequent downlink transmission. The feedback may be classified in one of a plurality of feedback categories, and the classifying may be based at least in part on an interference parameter for the first downlink transmission. A second method may include identifying an interference parameter for a first downlink transmission received over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; generating feedback for the first downlink transmission; and sending, to a base station, the feedback along with an indication of the interference parameter.

A radio transmission apparatus determines information indicative of an estimated communications channel condition and generates a single modulation signal or a plurality of modulation signals based on the estimated communications channel condition information. The single modulation signal from a first antenna or the plurality of modulation signals is(are) transmitted from the first antenna and a second antenna. The plurality of modulation signals include different information from each other and are transmitted over an identical frequency band and at an identical temporal point. The single modulation signal and the plurality of modulation signals contain parameter information indicating a number of modulation signals transmitted at the same time.