Implementation of Joint Pre-FFT Adaptive Array Antenna and Post-FFT Space Diversity Combining for Mobile ISDB-T Receiver

Dang Hai PHAM  Jing GAO  Takanobu TABATA  Hirokazu ASATO  Satoshi HORI  Tomohisha WADA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E91-B   No.1   pp.127-138
Publication Date: 2008/01/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.1.127
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Sharing Technology)
Category: Enabling Technology
Keyword: 
adaptive array antenna,  space diversity combining,  OFDM,  ISDB-T,  FPGA,  DSP,  

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Summary: 
In our application targeted here, four on-glass antenna elements are set in an automobile to improve the reception quality of mobile ISDB-T receiver. With regard to the directional characteristics of each antenna, we propose and implement a joint Pre-FFT adaptive array antenna and Post-FFT space diversity combining (AAA-SDC) scheme for mobile ISDB-T receiver. By applying a joint hardware and software approach, a flexible platform is realized in which several system configuration schemes can be supported; the receiver can be reconfigured on the fly. Simulation results show that the AAA-SDC scheme drastically improves the performance of mobile ISDB-T receiver, especially in the region of large Doppler shift. The experimental results from a field test also confirm that the proposed AAA-SDC scheme successfully achieves an outstanding reception rate up to 100% while moving at the speed of 80 km/h.