Title of Invention

"DEINTERLEAVING DEVICE"

Abstract The deinterleaving device of this invention deinterleaves an input transmission frame and outputs the deinterleaved frame, the transmission frame being obtained by performing inter-frame interleaving for an original frame to form an intermediate frame and performing inner-segment interleaving for at least one data segment included in the intermediate frame. The deinterleaving device includes: a memory; a data write section for receiving the transmission frame and writing the transmission frame into the memory; and a data read section for releasing the inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving simultaneously when reading data from the memory and outputting the data.
Full Text BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present Invention relates to a device for
deinterleaving interleaved digital transmission data, and
more particularly/ to a deinterleaving device which releases
a plurality of types of interleaving simultaneously.
2. DESCRIPTION OP THE RELATED ART:
In recent years, digitalization in broadcasting
technology has been in rapid progress. For example,
terrestrial digital audio broadcasting employing a
transmission method called orthogonal frequency division
multiplex (OFDM) has been realized. In such a broadcasting
method, in general, (1) an audio signal is coded after an
error correction code is added thereto, (2) the coded data
is divided into blocks (normally called "frames") of a
predetermined length, and (3) each frame is constructed of
a plurality of OFDM symbols. In addition to the above,
processing steps of (4) rearranging data between frames
(time interleave) and (5) changing the order of sub-carriers
in a symbol (frequency interleave) may be performed. By
combining the two types of interleave (4) and (5) with error
correction, the audio signal can be substantially restored
to its original state even if continuous data on a time axis
and a frequency axis are partially missing.
If such radio wave is reflected from a tall building,
a mountain, and the like during reception of broadcasting,
the frequency characteristic of a transmission path is no
longer flat, causing a degradation of a received signal,
called multi-path interference, in some cases. In such
cases, the receiving power of continuous sub-carriers on
a frequency axis drops simultaneously (frequency selective
phasing). Therefore, if frequency interleaving is not
performed, data error tends to occur in bursts, and thus
the effect of an error correction code is unlikely to be
obtained. Also, in the case of reception of broadcasting
in a moving car and the like, impulse-like noise from an
ignition plug of an engine and the like and instantaneous
reduction of the electric field intensity may possibly occur.
In order to avoid influences from such occurrences,
interleave on a time axis is also required.
For the above reasons, time and frequency
interleaves are indispensable for digital broadcasting
employing the OFDM method. Receivers of such broadcasting
are therefore required to include a function of
deinterleaving. For example, Japanese Laid-Open
Publication No. 8-316933 and Japanese National Phase PCT
Laid-Open Publication No. 9-509818 and No. 9-509819
disclose a same construction of a receiver for digital audio
broadcasting (hereinbelow, abbreviated as DAB) which has
a function of releasing time and frequency interleaves.
In Japanese National Phase PCT Laid-Open
Publication No. 9-509819 (see Figure 2 of this publication),
for example, frequency interleave is released when an output
of a demodulator DEM is written in a demodulator output
buffer DOB. The resultant data is temporarily written in
a first section of a time deinterieave memory TDM(l). The
frequency-delnterleaved data is then returned to the
demodulator output buffer DOB and written this time in a
second section of the time deinterieave memory TDM(2).
During this writing of data in TDM(2), time interleave is
released. The resultant data released from both time and
-xfrequency
interleaves is then transferred to a deinterleaver
output buffer (IOB) and then input to a Viterbi decoder DEC
for error correction.
In general, delay occurs when serial data is
interleaved. In order to deinterleave, it is necessary to
provide a memory device for temporarily storing standby data
during the delay time. Such a memory device is generally
a semiconductor memory such as a DRAM, an SRAM, and a register.
In the above exemplified receiver for DAB, the. demodulator
output buffer DOB for releasing frequency interleave and
the first section of the time deinterleave memory TDM(l)
for releasing time interleave correspond to the memory
device for temporarily storing data described above. The
interleave-specific delay of time interleave is enormously
larger than that of frequency interleave. Accordingly,
while the memory capacity of DOB is 12 kbits, that of TDM
is as large as 1,024 kbits (1 kbit = 1,024 bits). In this
case, it should be noted that the memory ceipacity of the
time deinterleave memory TDM is limited on the assumption
that only part of a plurality of multiplexed services in
a DAB signal is demodulated.
If the output data rate (output speed) after
deinterleaving is not matched with the input data rate of
an error corrector, a storage device called a buffer
(normally, a memory) is required to achieve ma.ching of these
rates. Some error correctors read data Intermittently
depending on the error correction coding method. In general,
therefore, the above two data rates are not matched with
each other. In the above exemplified receiver for DAB, the
second section of the time deinterleave memory TDM(2) and
the deinterleaver output buffer IOB serve to match the data
rates.
Thfe above conventional device requires high-speed
and complicated processing, which ia not easily realized
by a general purpose processor. Such processing is normally
performed by an exclusive signal processing LSI (.large scale
integrated circuit). As of today, however, it i& not
preferable economically to mount a large-capacity memory
such as the zime deinterleave memory in a signal processing
LSI. Therefore, the conventional deinterle^.ving device r.s
described above has a construction that & s^ncr^l external
large-capacity memory is added to an e.yo;,u«j.ve signal
processing LSI.
The following problems, fc*ir.c-e jfre-quenoy arc tlrr.* ;-..nter.le.av«e
are separately rele>aseQ, r«sapsscti"Te rrici^ori ;:-.? vor releasing
these interleaves are, required- If a r^rncry ^'cr frequency
interleave a.nd an output buffer arc inrjorpcr^'Le.d in a signal
processing LSI, production co^t of the I.SI -.^crease? sinctt
memories, normally occupy a l.irgs c'rea o/- ti oi: -.v- ~J) ti^.ft etu-fc
where such memory and buffer are not incorporated in the
LSI, external memories e:c-« •* operate l-v r^q;,: U:^d, rusr.ltf-g
in increasing the cost of the raaa
In reality, it is possible to release, both v.1me and
frequency iuterleaves? using a single, external memory, For
example, data may be written in a. memory so that the data
is arranged in a state ttiat frequency interleave has been
released, and tiivts interleave may b© r&Asas«4 when the data
is read. In this const ruction, however, encess to random
addressefi IF,- performed in the memory during r,c.-th write and
read operations. In saob r«no.on; acce??;??, if the input /output
data rates are high, a DRAM having long random read/random
write times fails to catch up with the processing speed.
Hereinbelow, the processing speed will be described,
taking as an example a receiver of a DAB signal used in
broadcasting in Europe. In European DAB standards, the
coding rate to an original code is 1/4 at minimum. In order
to obtain an output data rate of 1.536 Mbps after error
correction, an output data rate of four times the above data
rate, i.e., 4.096 MHz, is required after dein'terleaving.
The input data rate is 4.096 MHz, and the average of the
input/output data rates ir 5,12 MHz.
The random read or random write cycle- r.jTne 1 e 110 ns
for « standard DRAW having ar. access tirr.n- of 60 r.s .
Therefore, ej.nce 22.0 ns ie required fu.»; one random
read/randois write, it is. net: possible, to aotnin an jjveraae
input/output data rate equal to or more than 4.545 MH,i
(- 1/220 P.B). In order to obtain the output data i;ate u-:
6.144 MK.2-, it is v)ecessas.i"i ~o tamperArt Ly K :o*;-s d<.a in> buffer (i.e., a. large-capacity mercery) before oeiao ou'upu".
or to use an SRAM and th41- HI random access., in pl^ce o^ r:;;-s DR'iK. Hcwevnr , using r-. ouft«;:p
increases production cost cf the LSIy and f.n SKAM has a hJ ah
cost per bit oompared with s. DRAK,
SUMMARY OF THE iWSNTIOU
The de iu LCT leaving device cf r.hi3 invention
deinterleaver-* an input transmission fre^ne sv.d outputs the
deinrerleaveci frame, the transmission frame being obtained
by perf ormir.g Inter-frc-rru* tritftrle?iv:i.:,g for «.i\ •,-:-.Iginal fr&me
to form an in.t.6rmedt3ve fr«".ie and. v^r "o?:r^ :;•;? '. •-ifijr-^fe-.va^a'"
interleaving for at least one data segment included in the
intermediate frame. The deinterleaving device includes: a
memory; a data write section for receiving the transmission
frame and writing the transmission frame into the memory;
and a data read section for releasing the inter-frame
interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving
simultaneously when reading data from the memory and
outputting the data.
In one embodiment of the invention, the data write
section receives data in a plurality of transmission frames
and writes the data into the memory, and the data read section
determines the order of the data in each of the transmission
frames in a state where the inter-frame interleaving and
the inner-segment interleaving are released by calculating
backward a rearranging rule of the inner-segment
interleaving and a rearranging rule of the inter-frame
interleaving, reads the data from the memory in the
determined order, and outputs the data.
In another embodiment of the invention, the data
write section includes: a data counter for counting the
number of data in a transmission frame; a frame counter for
counting the number of transmission frames; a first frame
head address generator for generating an address in the
memory at which head data of the transmission frame is to
be stored based on a value of the frame counter; and a first
adder for summing a value of the data counter and an output
value of the first frame head address generator and
outputting the result as an address in the memory.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data read section includes: a counter for counting the number
of data read requests; a second frame head address generator
for generating an address in the memory at which the head
data of the transmission frame is stored based on a value
of the counter and a value of the frame counter of the data
write section; a ROM for storing a rearranging rule of the
inner-segment interleaving; a first operator for
calculating a data segment to which desired output data
belongs; a second operator for calculating a relative
position of the desired output data in the data segment using
the ROM; and a second adder for summing output values of
the second frame head address generator, the first operator,
and the second operator and outputting the result as an
address in the memory.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
transmission frame includes, at a stage of the intermediate
frame, a data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving
has been performed and a data segment for which the
inter-frame interleaving has not been performed, the data
write section writes the data segment for which the
inter-frame interleaving has been performed and the data
segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has not been
performed at different storage positions of the memory, and
the data read section releases the inter-frame interleaving
and the inner-segment interleaving simultaneously for the
data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has been
performed when reading data from the memory and outputs the
data, while the data read section releases the inner-segment
interleaving for the data segment for which the inter-frame
interleaving has not been performed when reading data from
the memory and outputs the data.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data segments are transmitted via sub-carriers included in
at least one symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex, and the transmission frame includes a
plurality of symbols constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
memory is a DRAM having a fast page mode, and the data write
section writes at least two consecutive data in the
transmission frame into continuous addresses in the DRAM
in the fast page mode.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data segment is transmitted via sub-carriers included in
at least one symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex, a guard interval is added to the symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, the
transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, an
orthogonal frequency division multiplex demodulator is
connected upstream of the deinterleaving device, and refresh
operation of the DRAM is performed during the guard interval.
Alternatively, the deinterleaving device of this
invention deinterleaves an input transmission frame and
outputs the deinterleaved frame, the transmission frame
being obtained by performing inter-frame interleaving for
an original frame to form an intermediate frame and
performing inner-segment interleaving for at least one data
segment included in the intermediate frame. The
deinterleaving device includes: a memory; a data write
section for releasing the inter-frame interleaving and the
inner-segment interleaving simultaneously when writing
data in the memory; and a data read section for reading data
from the memory and outputtlng the data.
In one embodiment of the invention, the data write
section receives data in a plurality of transmission frames,
determines the order of the data in each of the transmission
frames in a state where the inter-frame interleaving and
the inner-segment interleaving are released by calculating
backward a rearranging rule of the inner-segment
interleaving and a rearranging rule of the .inter-frame
interleaving, and writes the data in the memory in the
determined order.
In another embodiment of the invention, the data
segments are transmitted via sub-carriers included in at
least one symbol constituting orthogonal frequency division
multiplex, and the transmission frame includes a plurality
of symbols constituting orthogonal frequency division
multiplex.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
memory is a DRAM having a fast page mode, and the data write
section writes at least two consecutive data in the
transmission frame at continuous addresses in the DRAM in
the fast page mode.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data segment is transmitted via sub-carriers included in
at least one symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex, a guard interval is added to the symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, the
transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, an
orthogonal frequency division multiplex demodulator is
connected upstream of the deinterleaving device, and refresh
operation of the DRAM is performed during the guard interval.
Alternatively, the deinterleaving device of this
invention deinterleaves an input transmission frame and
outputs the deinterleaved frame, the transmission frame
being obtained by performing inter-frame interleaving for
an original frame including at least one channel to form
an intermediate frame multiplexed by allocating, the channel
at a predetermined channel start position and performing
inner-segment interleaving for at least one data segment
included in the intermediate frame. The deinterleaving
device includes: a memory; a data write section for writing
the transmission frame into the memory; and a data read
section for releasing the inter-frame interleaving and the
inner-segment interleaving for data in the channel
simultaneously by referring to the channel start position
of the channel when the channel start position is designated
during reading of data from the memory, and output ting the
data of the channel.
In one embodiment of the invention, the data write
section receives data in a plurality of transmission frames
and stores the data in the memory, and the data read section
determines the order of the data in each of the transmission
frames in a state where the inter-frame interleaving and
the inner-segment interleaving are released by calculating
backward a rearranging rule of the inner-segment
interleaving and a rearranging rule of the inter-frame
interleaving, reads the data in the memory in the determined
order, and outputs the data.
In another embodiment of the invention, the data
read section calculates a storage position of data in the
memory based on the channel start position and the number
of data read requests when the channel start position is
designated during reading of data from the memory.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data read section includes: a register for storing the
channel start position; a counter for counting the number
of data read requests; and an operator for calculating the
storage position of data in the memory based on values of
the register and the counter.
In still another embodiment of the invention, during
reading of data from the memory, when the data read section
receives a channel multiplexing construction change signal
indicating a change of a channel multiplexing construction
of the original frame, the data read section releases the
inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment
interleaving for data in the channel simultaneously by
referring to an old channel start position before the receipt
of the channel multiplexing construction change signal and
a new channel start position after the receipt of the channel
multiplexing construction change signal, arid outputs the
data of the channel.
In still another embodiment of the Invention, when
the data read section receives the channel multiplexing
construction change signal, the data read section selects
one of the old channel start position and the new channel
start position based on the old and new channel start
positions, the number of data read requests, and the number
of transmission frames, and calculates the storage position
of the data in the memory.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data read section includes: a register for storing the old
and new channel start positions and renewing the old and
new channel start positions in response to the channel
multiplexing construction change signal; a first counter
for counting the number of data read requests; a second
counter for counting the number of transmission frames, the
second, counter being initialized on receipt of 'the channel
multiplexing construction change signal; and an operator
for calculating a storage position of data in the memory
based on values of the register, the first counter, and the
second counter.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
transmission frame includes, at a stage of the intermediate
frame, a data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving
has been performed and a data segment for which the
inter-frame interleaving has not been performed, the data
write section writes the data segment for which the
inter-frame interleaving has been performed and the data
segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has not been
performed into different storage positions of the memory,
and the data read section releases the inter-frame
interleaving and ths inner-segment interleaving
simultaneously for the data segment for which the
inter-frame interleaving has been performed when reading
data from the memory and outputs the data, while the data
read section releases the inner-segment interleaving for
the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has
not been performed when reading data from the memory and
outputs the data.
In still another embodiment of the Invention, the
data segments are transmitted via sub-carriers included in
at least one symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex, and the transmission frame includes a
plurality of symbols constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
memory is a DRAM having a fast page mode, and the data write
section writes at least two consecutive data in the
transmission frame at continuous addresses in the DRAM in
the fast page mode.
In still another embodiment of the invention, the
data segment is transmitted via sub-carriers included in
at least one symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex, a guard interval is added to the symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, the
transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, an
orthogonal frequency division multiplex demodulator is
connected upstream of the deinterleaving device, and refresh
operation of the DRAM is performed during the guard interval.
Thus, the invention described herein makes possible
the advantages of (1) providing a less expensive
deinterleaving device which does not require a frequency
interleave memory nor an output buffer, and (2) providing
a deinterleaving device capable of realizing a high output
data rate using an inexpensive DRAM as an external memory.
These and other advantages of the present invention
will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading
and understanding the following detailed description with
reference to the accompanying figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1A is a block diagram illustrating a
deinterleaving device of Example 1 according to the present
invention;
Figure IB is a block diagram of a data write section
of the deinterleaving device of Example 1;
Figure 1C is a block diagram of a data read section
of the deinterleaving device of Example 1?
Figure 2 illustrates an example of frame to be
processed by the deinterleaving device of Example 1;
Figure 3 illustrates details of an intermediate
frame shown in Figure 2;
Figure 4 illustrates a memory map of a memory of the
deinterleaving device of Example 1;
Figure 5 is a block diagram illustrating another
deinterleaving device of Example 1 according to the present
invention:
Figure 6 is a block diagram of a data write section
of a deinterleaving device of Example 2 according to the
present invention?
Figure 7 illustrates an example of frame to be
processed by the deinterleaving device of Example 2;
Figure 8 is a block diagram of a data write section
of a deinterleaving device of Example 3 according to the
present invention;
Figure 9 illustrates an example of frame to be
processed by the deinterleaving device of Example 3j
Figure 10 illustrates an example of a transmission
frame to be processed by a deinterleaving device of Example 4
according to the present invention;
Figure 11 illustrates a memory map of a RAM of the
deinterleaving device of Example 4;
Figure 12 is a block diagram illustrating the
deinterleaving device of Example 4:
Figure 13 is a block diagram illustrating a
deinterleaving device of Example 5 according to the present
invention;
Figure 14 is a timing chart of signals transmitted
and received between a DRAM controller and a DRAM of the
deinterleaving device of Example 5 shown in Figure 13;
Figure 15 is a block diagram illustrating a
deinterleaving device of Example 6 according to the present
invention;
Figure 16 illustrates part of a transmission frame
to be processed by the deinterleaving device of Example 6;
and
Figure 17 is a timing chart of signals transmitted
and received between a DRAM controller and a DRAM during
a guard interval.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Hereinbelow, the present invention will be
described by way of examples with reference to the relevant
drawings.
(Example 1)
Figure 1A is a block diagram illustrating a
deinterleaving device 1 of Example 1 according to the
present invention. Figure IB is a block diagram
illustrating an internal construction of a data write
section 10 of the deinterleaving device 1 of Figure 1A, and
Figure. 1C is a block diagram illustrating an internal
construction of a data read section 20 of the deinterleaving
device 1 of Figure 1A.
Referring to Figure 1A, the deinterleaving device 1
includes the data write section 10, the data read section 20,
and a memory 40. The memory 40 is a IM-word dual-port SRAM
having a write port and a read port.
Figure 2 illustrates an exemplified transmission
frame to be processed by the device shown in Figure 1A.
Referring to Figure 2, a transmission frame having 57,600
data is divided into 75 data segments each composed of 768
data. One data is assumed to be expressed by four bits, for
- yCexample.
It is also assumed that one data segment is
transmitted via an OFDM symbol composed of 384 QPSKmodulated
sub-carriers and is input to the deinterleaving
device of this example after demodulation.
As is shown in Figure 2, the transmission frame
(after demodulation) has been subjected to inter-frame
interleaving (time interleaving) and inner-segment
interleaving (frequency interleaving), which correspond to
interleave on a time axis and interleave on a frequency axis,
respectively.
In the inter-frame interleaving, data are exchanged
between a plurality of frames. For example, in the zeroth
intermediate frame, a(-8,l) represents the first data in
the minus eighth original frame.
In the inner-segment interleaving, the order of data
in each segment of an intermediate frame is changed.
The rule of the above interleaves will be described
in detail.
Assuming that the k-th data in the L-th original
frame is represented by a(L,k), and the k-th data in the
L-th intermediate frame after inter-frame interleaving is
represented by b(L,k), the two data have the relationship
of expression (1) below.
b(L,k) * a(L-g{R(k,16)>, k) ... (l)
wherein R(m,r) denotes a remainder obtained when an integer
m is divided by a natural number r, and g(n) denotes a
function defined by expression (2) below. The
function g(n) represents the rule of inter-frame
interleaving.
9(0)=0; g(l)=8; g(2)=4; g(3)=12; g(4)-2;
g(5)-10j g(6}=6; g(7)-14; g(8)-l; g(9)=9;
g(10)-3; g(ll)-13; g(l2)=3; g(13)-ll» g(14)=7;
g(15)-!5; ... (2)
Further, assuming that the k-th data 'in the L-th
transmission frame after inner-segment interleaving is
represented by c(L,k), the relationship of expression (3)
below is established between c(L,k) and b(L,k).
c(L,k) = b(L,768'Q(k,768)+f{R(k,76a)}) ... (3)
wherein Q(m,r) denotes a quotient obtained when an integer
m is divided by a natural number r, and f(n) denotes a
one-to-one function having a defined range and value range
of integers of 0 to 767 inclusive. The function f(n)
represents the rule of inner-segment interleaving.
Detailed description on this function is not necessary in
the understanding of the operation of the ceinterleaving
device.
Figure 2 also illustrates detailed data in the
zeroth original frame and the zeroth Intermediate frame.
Figure 3 illustrates detailed data of the zeroth to
fifteenth intermediate frames, where data belonging to the
zeroth original frame are hatched. The above transmission
frame resembles a transmission frame in a method called
European DAB Mode 2,
When a transmission frame is input to the
deinterleaving device 1, thedata write section 10 generates
addresses for the write port of the memory 40, and
sequentially writes data in the transmission frame into
continuous addresses in the memory 40. Figure 4
illustrates a memory map of the memory 40, where 17
compartments (FO to F16) for storing transmission frames
are formed in the memory. Transmission frames are stored
at a cycle of 17 frames in these compartments. In other words,
once the zeroth to sixteenth frames are stored in
compartments FO to F16, the seventeenth frame is stored in
compartment FO.
Referring to Figure IB, for realizing the above
function, the data write section 10 includes a data
counter 101, a frame counter 102, a frame head address
generator 103, and an adder 104. The data counter 101 is
a 57,600-scale counter counting the number of data in
transmission frames. When the count value reaches 57,599,
the data counter 101 increments the count of the frame
counter 102 by one. The frame counter 102 is a 17-scale
counter. The frame head address generator 103 generates a
value obtained by multiplying the value of the frame
counter 102 by 57,600. The adder 104 sums the value of the
data counter 101 and the output value of the frame head
address generator 103. Using the output of the adder 104
as an address, the transmission frames are cyclically stored
in the compartments of the RAM.
Referring to Figure 4, when a transmission frame is
being written in the compartment FO, data is read from the
compartments Fl to F16. At this time, the latest frame is
stored in the compartment F16 and the oldest frame is stored
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in the compartment Fl. When a next transmission frame is
written in the compartment Fl, data is read from the
compartments F2 to F16 and FO. At this time, the latest
frame is stored in the compartment FO and the oldest frame
is stored in the compartment P2. In this way, the
compartment from which data is read is cycled for each frame,
so that the read and write operations will not collide with
each other.
Referring to Figure 1C, for realizing the above
function, the data read section 20 includes a counter 201,
a first operator 202, a frame head address generator 203,
a second operator 204, a third operator 205, a ROM 206, and
an adder 207. The counter 201 counts the number of data read
requests m in response to a data read request signal received
externally. The first operator 202 receives four less
significant bits (n) of the counter 201 and outputs a
function value g(n). The first operator 202 is only
required to invert the bits of the input value as a nature
of the function.
Herein, by calculating backward from the
definitions of the K-th data in the L-th original frame
a(L,k), the k-th data in the L-th intermediate frame b(L,k)
represented by expression (1), and the k-th data in the L-th
transmission frame c(L,k) represented by expression (3),
as described above, the relationship of expression (4) below
is established.
a(L,p) - c(L+g{R(p,16)>,
768-Q(p,768)+h{R(p,768)» ... (4)
wherein the function h(n) is an inverse function of f(n).
Assuming that the L-th transmission frame is
currently being written in the compartment Fo (i.e., the
value of the frame counter 102 is Fa), it ia possible to
read the (L-16)th original frame from a compartment other
than the compartment Fo. From the above-de scribed data
write method and expression (4), it is found that the m-th
data in the (L-16)th original frame is stored in a
compartment at a position calculated from expression (5)
below and that the relative position in the compartment is
calculated from expression (6) below. The resultant data
is an output for the m-th read request.
R((Fc-16)+g{R(m,16)>,17) ... (5)
768-Q(m,768)+h{R(m,768)» ... (6)
The frame head address generator 203 calculates
expression (5) from the value Fo of the frame counter 102
and the output of the first operator 202* g{R(m,16)}, and
outputs a value obtained by multiplying the value of
expression (5) by 57600. The second operator 204
calculates the first term of expression (6), The third
operator 205 calculates an argument R(m,768) of the
function h of the second term of expression (6). The
ROM 206 receives the value calculated by the third
operator 205 as an address input, and outputs the function
value h{R(m,768)}. The adder 207 sums the output values of
the frame head address generator 203, the second
operator 204, and the ROM 206. Using the output of the
adder 207 as an address, the m-th data in the (L-16)th
original frame is output in response to the m-th read
request.
As described above, in the deinterleaving device of
this example, since time Interleave and frequency interleave
are released simultaneously during reading data from the
memory, a memory for frequency interleave is no more required.
Moreover, since data is output in response to a data read
request signal, an output buffer ia no more required. With
these effects, the capacity of the memory (SRAM) can be m&de
small compared with the conventional examples, and thus a
less expensive device is realized.
In this example, the data write section and the data
read section are constructed of respective exclusive
circuits. The present invention is not restricted to this
construction. For example, it is possible, in principle,
to use a general purpose processor to realize substantially
the same function as that described above. A dual-port SRAM
is used as the memory in this example. Alternatively, a
one-port SRAM or DRAM, for example, may be used as the memory
by additionally providing a control circuit which enables
read and write operations by time division. Although, OFDM
is employed as the transmission method for transmission
frames in this example, other transmission methods may be
used. Also, the structure of the transmission frame is not
restricted to that described in this example.
In this example, deinterleaving is performed during
reading of data. Alternatively, deinterleaving may be
performed during writing of data, and data may be written
so that the data can be read from continuous addresses during
reading. By this construction, also, substantially the
same effect as that described above can be obtained.
For example. Figure 5 illustrates an alternative
deinterleaving device of this example which performs
dainterleaving during writing. Upon receipt of a
transmission frame, a data write section 10A generates an
stress for each fiat a in the tranp.mip.ainn frmnF! in thp,
memory 40 corresponding to a relative position calculated
from expression (SA) below in a compartment at a position
of the memory 40 calculated from expression ( SA) below, and
stores the k-th data in the L-th transmission frame at the
generated address. In this way, respective data in an
original frame are arranged in the memory 40. A data read
section 20A can merely read the respective data in the
original frame sequentially from the compartment PC of the
memory 40.
R((Fc+16)-g{R(k,16)},17) ... (5A)
768-0(k,768)+h{R(k,768)> ... (6A)
(Example 2)
Figure 6 is a block diagram of a data read
section 20B of a deinterleaving device of Example 2
according to the present invention. The construction of the
deinterleaving device of this example is the; same as that
of the deinterleaving device of Example 1, except that the
data read section 20 in Example 1 is replaced with the data
read section 20B. The description of the data write
section 10 and the memory 40 is therefore omitted here.
Figure 7 illustrates an exemplified transmission
frame to be processed by the deinterleaving clevice of this
example. Referring to Figure 7, an intermediate frame
having 57,600 data is divided into 900 data units each
composed of 64 data. The intermediate frame has four
multiplexed channels, and each channel occupies consecutive
data units. For example, the third channel occupies 140 data
units from the 476th to the 615th data units. Inter-frame
interleaving has been performed under the same rule as that
described in Example 1 for each channel. As in Example 1,
the intermediate frame is divided into 75 data segments.
Inner-segment interleaving is performed for each data
segment to form the transmission frame. Data in the third
channel is therefore included in 13 data segments from S39
to S51 as shown in Figure 7.
The transmission frame with the above structure is
stored in the memory 40 by the data write section 10 shown
in Figure 1 in the procedure as described in Example 1.
Thereafter, the data read section 20B in this
example releases the interleaves provided in the
transmission frame and the channel. Referring to Figure 6,
the data read section 20B includes a counter 211, a
register 212, and an operation portion 22. Components of
the operation portion 22 which are the same as those in
Example 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals and
the description thereof is omitted here.
In the data read section 20B, upon receipt of a data
read request signal, the counter 211 counts the number of
read requests m. The number m circulates in the range of
0 to 8959 since the counter 211 counts data in the third
channel cyclically.
The register 212 stores the channel start position
designated externally. For example, in the case where the
third channel of the above transmission frame is selected,
- vs -
the head data unit Number Un f- 476 ) is stored aa tnn ntinnnni
'start position.
A shifter 213 shifts the output value Un of the
register 212 by 6 bits leftward to obtain a value 64 times
the value Un (i.e., 64Un). A second adder 214 sums the
output values of the counter 211 and the shifter 213
(64Un + m). The resultant value is then input to the
operators 202, 204, and 205, where the procedures described
in Example 1 are performed. As a result, data in the third
channel is output from the deinterleaving device (after
deinterleaving) .
As described above, the deinterleaving device of
this example includes a mechanism of selecting one of
multiplexed channels in a transmission frame and
deinterleaving data in the channel. For other channels
which have not been selected, the circuit operation of the
data read section 20B is inactivated to prevent data in such
non-selected channels from being read and deinterleaved.
This enables a significant reduction in power consumption
wilh I lie delu lei.lea.viuy device In this example, the data read section is
constructed of an exclusive circuit . The present invention
is not restricted to this construction. Also, the memory
and the transmission method for transmission frames are not
restricted to those in this example.
(Example 3)
Figure 8 is a block diagram of a data read
section 20C of a deinterleaving device of Example 3
according to the present invention . The construction of the
deinterleaving device of this oxample ic th» oamo ao that
of the deinterleaving device of Example 1, except that the
data read section 20 in Example 1 is replaced with the data
read section 20C. The description of the data write
section 10 and the memory 40 is therefore omitted here.
Figure 9 illustrates an exemplified frame to be
processed by the deinterleaving device of this example.
Referring to Figure 9, the process of generating an
intermediate frame from an original frame via inter-frame
interleaving is the same as that shown in Figure 7. In this
example, however, the construction of channel multiplexing
changes from a midway frame (the (n+15)th intermediate frame
in Figure 9}. For example, in the illustrated example, the
third channel, which originally occupies the 476th to 615th
data units, changes to occupy the 336th to 475th data units
after the change of multiplexing construction. Also, after
the change of multiplexing construction, a new channel (the
fifth channel) is added to the intermediate frame. The
procedure of generating a transmission frame from the
intermediate frame via inner-segment interleaving is the
same as that described in Example 2. The description
thereof is therefor© omitted here.
Inter-frame interleaving as shown in Figure 3 has
been performed in the respective channels. In the case where
the multiplexing construction is changed somewhere in the
16 frames to be deinterleaved, two different channel start
positions are temporarily generated for one channel. It is
therefore required to calculate addresses pf data in the
memory 40 using the two different channel start positions.
More specifically, for data which has been subjected to
inter-frame interleaving before the change of multiplexing
construction, the address of the data in the memory 40 must
be calculated based on the old channel start position. For
data which has been subjected to inter-frame interleaving
after the change of multiplexing construction, the address
of the data in the memory 40 must be calculated based on
the new channel start position.
Referring to Figure 8, in order to deinterleave data
in each channel, the data read section 20C in this example
includes a first counter 211, a second counter 221, two
registers 223, and an operation portion 24, Components of
the operation portion 24 which are the same as those in
Example 1 are denoted by the same reference, numerals and
the description thereof is omitted here.
On receipt of a data read request signal, the first
counter 211 counts the number of read requests m, as in the
counter 211 shown in Figure 6. The counter value in is
associated with the m-th data .In the selected channel.
On receipt of a channel multiplexing construction
change signal, the second counter 221 initializes the count
value to 15. The second counter 221 decrements the counter
value for each transmission frame, and stops counting when
the value reaches zero. In order to allow the second
counter 221 to decrement the value for each transmission
frame, the second counter 221 may receive an external signal
which pulses at each boundary between transmission frames.
The time period from the initialization and operation start
until the operation stop of the second counter 221
corresponds to the time period from the generation of two
different channel start positions until the settling to one
channel start position.
The two registers 223 constitute shift registers
which store the new and old channel start positions. When
a channel multiplexing construction change signal is input,
these shift registers store the new channel start position
and shift the old channel start position to the next stage,
resulting in renewing both the new and old channel start
positions.
The value m of the first counter 211 and a value C
of the second counter 221 are input to a comparator 222,
and the output of the comparator 222 controls a selector 224.
The selector 224 selects the new channel start position if
expression (7) below is satisfied, or selects the old
channel start position if not satisfied, and supplies the
result to a shifter 213. The subsequent procedure of the
data read section 20C is the same as that in Example 2.
C * g{R(m,16)} ... (7)
The second counter value C obtained immediately
after the receipt of a channel multiplexing construction
change signal is 15. As is apparent from expression (4),
when the value m is a value with which the right side of
expression (7) becomes 15, the m-th data belongs to the
latest frame. Therefore, the new channel start position is
adopted for the m-th data, while the old channel start
position is adopted for data belonging to the other
non-latest 15 frames.
When the procedure moves to the next frame, the
value C becomes 14. In this case, the new channel start
position is adopted in the case where the right side of
expression (7) la 14 or 15, i.e., for data belonging to the
Latest frame or the second, latest frame. The old channel
start position is adopted for data belonging to the remaining
14 frames. In this way, the number of data for which the
new channel start position is adopted increases as the
procedure moves to the next frame. When the second counter
value C reaches zero, the new channel start position is
adopted for all data.
With the above construction, the deinterleaving
device of this example is capable of continuing
deinterleaving even when the channel multiplexing
construction changes midway through the process. Thus, if
a receiver is provided with the deinterleaving device of
this example, the transmitter side can perform dynamic
channel multiplexing.
Although the data read section is constructed of an
exclusive circuit in this example, the present invention
is not restricted to this construction. Also, the memory
and the transmission method for transmission frames are not
restricted to thaa,* ii-i thii
(Example 4)
Figure 10 illustrates an exemplified transmission
frame to be processed by a deinterleaving device of Example 4
according to the present invention . Referring to Figure 10 ,
the number of data in the transmission frame, the number
of data segments in the transmission frame, and the method
of inner- segment interleaving are the same as those in
Example 1. In the transmission frame shown in Figure 10,
however, inter-frame interleaving is not performed for data
belonging to the zeroth to 24th data segments of the
transmission frame, while inter-frame interleaving is
performed for data belonging to the 25th to 74th data
segments as in Example 1.
In reality, in European DAB transmission frames,
time interleaving is not performed for some OFDM symbols
known as fast information channel, in order to avoid a delay
due to time interleaving to realize prompt data transmission.
In this case, more intensified error correction is performed
by reducing the coding rate because data without time
interleaving is vulnerable to time-axis burst error.
Figure 11 illustrates a memory map of the memory 40
in Example 4. Unlike Example 1, data segments which have
not been subjected to inter-frame interleaving are stored
in compartments EO and El, while data segments which have
been subjected to inter-frame interleaving are stored in
compartments PO to P16. The compartments FO to F16
correspond to the respective frames, and a total of 50 data
segments from the 25th to 74th data segments are stored in
respective compartments. Thus, addresses 0 to 652799 are
allocated for the compartments FO to F16. For the
compartments EO and El, in which data in the first 25 data
segments in the respective transmission frame are
alternately stored, addresses 652800 to 671999 and 672000
to 691199 are allocated.
Although Figure 11 is shown so that data is written
in the compartment EO and data is read from the
compartment El, the read and write compartments are switched
with each other every frame so as to avoid collision between
the write and read operations.
If inter-frame interleaving has not been performed,
*Lt is not necessary to store data in the past 16 frames as
in the case where inter-frame interleaving has been
performed. By separating the storage positions for data
based on the existence of inter-frame interleaving as
described above, the memory capacity can be saved.
For example, while a memory capacity of 979,200
words is required in Example 1, a memory capacity of only
691,200 words is required in Example 4. This reduction in
memory capacity will contribute to a reduction in production
cost of an LSI in the future when the LSI process technology
advances to allow a large-capacity memory such as an
inter-frame interleaving memory to be mounted in a signal
processing LSI.
Figure 12 is a block diagram of the deinterleaving
device of Example 4. Referring to Figure 12, as in the data
write section 10 shown in Figure 1, upon receipt of
transmission frames, a data read section 10D generates
addresses for the write port of the memory 40, and
sequentially writes data belonging to the 25th to 74th data
segments of the transmission frames into 0 to 652799
addresses in the memory 40. The data write section 10D also
writes data belonging to the zeroth to 24th data segments
of the transmission frames into 652800 to 671999 addresses
and 672000 to 691199 addresses in the memory 40 alternately.
The data read section 20D reads data from 0 to 652799
addresses in the memory 40 while releasing both the time
and frequency interleaves as in the data read section 20
shown in Figure 1. The data read section 20D also reads data
from 652800 to 671999 addresses and 672000 to 691199
addresses in the memory 40 alternately.
The circuit construction and the memory are not
restricted to those described in this example.
(Example 5)
Figure 13 is a block diagram of a deinterleaving
device 3 of Example 5 according to the present invention.
The deinterleaving device 3 of Example 5 is the same as the
deinterleaving device 1 shown in Figure 1A, except that a
memory (DRAM) 41 and a DRAM controller 30 are provided in
place of the memory (SRAM) 40.
The DRAM controller 30 temporarily holds an address
and data from the data write section 10 and an address from
the data read section 20, and outputs these addresses and
data to the DRAM 41 at a predetermined timing. The DRAM
controller 30 also temporarily holds data output from the
DRAM 41 and outputs the data to the data read section 20
at a predetermined timing. Hereinbelow, these
predetermined timings will be described in detail.
Figure 14 is a timing chart of signals transmitted
between the DRAM controller 30 and the DRAM 41. The DRAM
controller 30 operates synchronously with a 25 MHz master
clock and executes data write operation (six clocks) and
data read operation (18 clocks) alternately in a cycle of
24 clocks. Since data is sequentially written into
continuous addresses as described in Example 1, four data
can be written during six clocks using a fast page mode.
AS tor tne read operation, since a random read is performed,
a cycle time of 110 ns or more is required as discussed in
the description of the related art. In Example 5, one data
is read during three clocks (120 ns). The timing of various
signals shown in Figure 14 satisfies the timing restriction
tor a standard DRAM having an access time of 60 ns.
As described above, the deinterleaving device of
this example executes four-data write and six-data read
during 24 clocks. Accordingly, the average input data rate
is 4.167 MHz and the average output data rate is 6.25 MHz.
It is therefore sufficiently possible to obtain an output
data rate of 1.536 MHz after error correction even for the
European DAB standards mentioned in the description of the
related art.
As described above, the deinterleaving device of
this example, in which data is written using the fast page
mode, realizes a high input/output data rates while using
a DRAM with a low unit cost per bit.
The circuit construction and the transmission
method for transmission frames are not restricted to those
described in this example.
(Example 6)
Figure 15 is a block diagram of a deinterleaving
device 3 of Example 6 according to the present invention.
The inner construction of the deinterleaving device 3 is
the same as that shown in Figure 13. Referring to Figure 15,
an OFDM demodulator 2 is provided upstream of the
deinterleaving device 3. As in Example 1, the transmission
frame to be processed is composed of 57,600 data and divided
into 75 data segments. Each data segment is transmitted via
an OFDM symbol composed of 384 QPSK-modulated sub-carriers.
The transmission frame is input to the deinterleaving
device 3 after being demodulated by the OFDM demodulator 2,
Figure 16 illustrates part of the transmission
frame to be processed by the deinterleaving device of this
example. Referring to Figure 16, the length of each OFDM
symbol is 250 us, and a guard interval with a length of a
quarter of the symbol length (62.5 jxs) is added to each OFDM
symbol. The guard interval is provided to prevent
inter-symbol interference at multi-path signal receiving.
In this example, the rear quarter portion of each symbol
is copied at the head of the symbol as the guard interval.
Since it takes time to retrieve and demodulate-data, the
OFDM demodulator 2 outputs the demodulation result delaying
two symbols from the input. During the guard interval, the
input transmission frame is discarded, the internal
operation is stopped, and the demodulation result is not
output.
The memory map of the memory (DRAM) 41 of the
deinterleaving device of this example is the same as that
shown in Figure 4. In this case, it is after 16 frames, i.e.,
after 375 ms, at maximum that written data is read. After
this time period, the data will be volatilized unless the
DRAM is refreshed.
The interval releasing device of this example
performs a refresh operation during the guard interval at
a timing shown in Figure 17. In other words, since no data
is written during the guard interval, refresh operation is
performed in place of write operation. This allows the
refresh operation of the DRAM to be performed without
reducing the input/output data rates nor changing the
input/output timings.
In this example, since six clocks (240 ns) are used
C-n* rarr&4h OJJAL'atiOh, abuul 260 i.»Ii.eish uptsidLIujis
(62.5 us/240 ns) per symbol can be performed. The 1,024
refresh operations required for refreshing the entire
DRAM 41 are completed within four symbols, i.e., within a
time period of 1. 25 ms. Since the time period of about 16 ms
is enough for a current standard DRAM, the refresh operation
may be performed at a lower speed than that in this example.
The circuit construction and the transmission
method for transmission frames are not restricted to those
rtf»«jr,r1bi»ri in this example.
Thus, the deinterleaving device according to the
present invention does not require a memory for frequency
interleave nor an output buffer. This allows for a less
expansive device compared with tho conventional dovlaao.
A mechanism of selecting one of multiplexed channels
in a transmission frame to deinterleave only data of the
selected channel is provided. This serves to greatly reduce
power consumption of the circuit.
Deinterleaving operations can be continuously
performed even when the channel multiplexing construction
changes midway. This allows for dynamic channel
multiplexing on the transmitter side.
The storage positions of data are separated
depending on the existence of inter-frame interleaving.
This allows for saving of the capacity of the time interleave
memory and thus reduction in LSI production cost.
Data is written using the fast page mode. This
realizes high input/output data rates while using a DRAM
with a low unit cost per bit.
Refresh operation is performed during the guard
interval, allowing for effective DRAM refreshing.
Various other modifications will be apparent to and
can be readily made by those skilled in the art without
departing from the scope and spirit of this invention.
Accordingly/ it is not intended that the scope of the claims
appended hereto be limited to the description as set forth
herein, but rather that the claims be broadly construed.



We Claim:
1. A deinterleaving device (1) for deinterleaving an input transmission frame
and outputting the deinterleaved frame, the transmission frame hei«g
obtained by performing inter-frame interleaving for an original frame to
form an intermediate frame and performing inner-segment interleaving for
at least one data segment included in the intermediate frame,
characterized in that the deinterleaving device (1) comprises:
a memory (40);
a data write section (10, 10D) for receiving the transmission frame and
writing the transmission frame into the memory (40); and
a data read section (20, 20B, 20C, 20D) for releasing the inter-frame
interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving simultaneously when
reading data from the memory (40) and outputting the data.
2. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data write
section receives data in a plurality of transmission frames and writes the
data into the memory, and
the data read section determines the order of the data in each of the transmission frames in a state where the inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving are released by calculating backward a rearranging rule of the inner-segment interleaving and a rearranging rule of the inter-frame interleaving, reads the data from the memory in the determined order, and outputs the data.
3. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data write
section includes:
a data counter for counting the number of data in a transmission frame; a frame counter for counting the number of transmission frames;

a first frame head address generator for generating an address in the memory at which head data of the transmission frame is to be stored based on a value of the frame counter; and
a first adder for summing a value of the data counter and an output value of the first frame head address generator and outputting the result as an address in the memory.
4. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data read
section includes:
a counter for counting the number of data read requests;
a second frame head address generator for generating an address in the
memory at which the head data of the transmission frame is stored based
on a value of the counter and a value of the frame counter of the data
write section;
a ROM for storing a rearranging rule of the inner-segment interleaving;
a first operator for calculating a data segment to which desired output
data belongs;
a second operator for calculating a relative position of the desired output
data in the data segment using the ROM; and
a second adder for summing output values of the second frame head
address generator, the first operator, and the second operator and
outputting the result as an address in the memory.
5. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission
frame includes a data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has
been performed and a data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving
has not been performed,
the data write section writes the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has been performed and the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has not been performed at different storage positions of the memory, and

the data read section releases the inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving simultaneously for the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has been performed when reading data from the memory and outputs the data, while the data read section releases the inner-segment interleaving for the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has not been performed when reading data from the memory and outputs the data.
6. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data segments
are transmitted via sub-carriers included in at least one symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, and
the transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex.
7. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the memory is a
dynamic random access memory, DRAM, having a fast page mode, and
the data write section writes at least two consecutive data in the
transmission
frame into continuous addresses in the DRAM in the fast page mode.
8. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data segment is
transmitted via sub-carrier, included in at least one symbol constituting
orthogonal frequency division multiplex,
a guard interval is added to the symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex,
the transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols constituting
orthogonal frequency division multiplex,
an orthogonal frequency division multiplex demodulator is connected
upstream of the deinterleaving device, and
refresh operation of the DRAM is performed during the guard interval.

\ 9. A deinterleaving device (1) as claimed in claim1 for deinterleaving an input transmission frame
and outputting the deinterleaved frame, the transmission frame is
obtained by performing inter-frame interleaving for an original frame to form an intermediate frame and performing inner-segment interleaving for
at least one data segment included in the intermediate frame,
we herein deinterleaving device (1) comprises:
a memory (40);
a data write section (10A) for releasing the inter-frame interleaving and
the inner-segment interleaving simultaneously when writing data in the
memory (40); and
a data read section (20A) for reading data from the memory and
outputting the data.
10. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the data write
section receives data in a plurality of transmission frames, determines the
order of the data in each of the transmission frames in a state where the
inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving are released
by calculating backward a rearranging rule of the inner-segment
interleaving and a rearranging rule of the inter-frame interleaving, and
writes the data in the memory in the determined order.
11. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the data segment
are transmitted via sub-carriers included in at least one symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, and
the transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex.
12. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the memory is a
DRAM having a fast page mode, and

the data write section writes at least two consecutive data in the transmission frame at continuous addresses in the DRAM in the fast page mode.
13. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the data segment
is transmitted via sub-carriers included in at least one symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex,
a guard interval is added to the symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex,
the transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols constituting
orthogonal frequency division multiplex,
an orthogonal frequency division multiplex demodulator is connected
upstream of the deinterleaving device, and
refresh operation of the DRAM is performed during the guard interval.
14. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the original frame
includes at least one channel, the intermediates frame is multiplexed by
allocating the channel at a predetermined channel start position, and
the data read section releases the inter-frame interleaved and the inner-segment interleaving for data in the channel simultaneously by referring to the channel start position of the channel when the channel start position is designated during reading of data from the memory, and outputting the data of the channel.
15. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data write
section receives data in a plurality of transmission frames and stores the
data in the memory, and
the data read section determines the order of the data in each of the transmission trainee in a state where the inter-frame interleaving and the inter-segment interleaving are released by calculating backward a rearranging rule of the inner-segment interleaving and a rearranging rule

of the inter-frame interleaving, reads the data in the memory in the determined order, and outputs the data.
16. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data read
section calculates a storage position of data in the memory based on the
channel start position and the number of data read requests when the
channel start position is designated during reading of data from the
memory.
17. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data read
section includes:
a register for storing the channel start position;
a counter for counting the number of data read requests; and
an operator for calculating the storage position of data in the memory
based on values of the register and the counter.
18. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein, during reading of
data from the memory, when the data read section receives a channel
multiplexing construction change signal indicating a change of a channel
multiplexing construction of the original frame, the data read section
releases the inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving
for data in the channel simultaneously by referring to an old channel start
position before the receipt of the channel multiplexing construction
change signal and a new channel start position after the receipt of the
channel multiplexing construction change signal, and outputs the data of
the channel.
19. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 18, wherein when the data
read section receives the channel multiplexing construction change signal,
the data read section selects one of the old channel start position and the
new channel start position based on the old and new channel start

positions, the number of data read requests, and the number of transmission frames, and calculates the storage position of the data in the memory.
20. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the data read
section includes:
a register for storing the old and new channel start positions and
renewing the old and new channel start positions in response to the
channel multiplexing construction change signal;
a first counter for counting the number of data read requests;
a second counter for counting the number of transmission frames, the
second counter being initialized on receipt of the channel multiplexing
construction change signal; and
an operator for calculating a storage position of data in the memory based
on values of the register, the first counter, and the second counter.
21. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the transmission
frame includes, at a stage of the intermediate frame, a data segment for
which the inter-frame interleaving has been performed and a data
segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has not been performed,
the data write section writes the data segment for which the inter-frame
interleaving has been performed and the data segment for which the inter-
frame interleaving has not been performed into different storage positions
of the memory, and
the data read section releases the inter-frame interleaving and the inner-segment interleaving simultaneously for the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has been performed when reading data from the memory and outputs the data, while the data read section releases the inner-segment interleaving for the data segment for which the inter-frame interleaving has not been performed when reading data from the memory and outputs the data.

22. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data segments
are transmitted via sub-carriers included in at least one symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex, and
the transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplexes.
23. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the memory is a
DRAM having a fast page mode, and
the data write section writes at least two consecutive data in the transmission frame at continuous addresses in the DRAM in the fast page mode.
24. A deinterleaving device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the data segment
is transmitted via sub-carriers included in at least one symbol
constituting orthogonal frequency division multiplex,
a guard interval is added to the symbol constituting orthogonal frequency
division multiplex,
the transmission frame includes a plurality of symbols constituting
orthogonal frequency division multiplex,
an orthogonal frequency division multiplex demodulator is connected
upstream of the deinterleaving device, and
refresh operation of the DRAM is performed during the guard interval.
25. A deinterleaving device substantially as herein described with reference to
the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings.



Documents:

953-del-1999-abstract.pdf

953-del-1999-assignment.pdf

953-del-1999-claims.pdf

953-del-1999-correspondence-others.pdf

953-del-1999-correspondence-po.pdf

953-del-1999-description (complete).pdf

953-del-1999-drawings.pdf

953-del-1999-form-1.pdf

953-del-1999-form-19.pdf

953-del-1999-form-2.pdf

953-del-1999-form-3.pdf

953-del-1999-form-4.pdf

953-del-1999-form-5.pdf

953-del-1999-gpa.pdf

953-del-1999-petition-137.pdf

953-del-1999-petition-138.pdf


Patent Number 232782
Indian Patent Application Number 953/DEL/1999
PG Journal Number 13/2009
Publication Date 27-Mar-2009
Grant Date 21-Mar-2009
Date of Filing 08-Jul-1999
Name of Patentee MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Applicant Address 1006, OAZA KADOMA, KADOMA-SHI, OSAKA 571-8501 JAPAN.
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 AKIHIRO FURUTA CORPOSUN 302, 5-6, MUKOJIMA-CHO, KADOMA-SHI, OSAKA 571-0051 JAPAN.
2 KAORU IWAKUNI 153, 2-BANCHO, UMEGAOKA-MINAMI, NABARI-SHI, MIE 518-0742 JAPAN.
PCT International Classification Number H03M 13/27
PCT International Application Number N/A
PCT International Filing date
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 10-196342 1998-07-10 Japan