Method and apparatus for detecting signals, and transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus using the same

摘要

A start determining unit measures the strength of a signal which has been frequency-converted by an radiofrequency unit, and decides the start of a signal detection processing if the measured strength of a signal becomes greater than a predetermined threshold value. When the start of a signal detection processing is notified, an automatic gain control unit amplifies the signal which has been frequency-converted by the radiofrequency unit. A matched filter unit generates a correlation value for each sampling timing from signals outputted from an analog-to-digital unit. An infinite impulse response unit performs a statistical processing on the correlation values outputted from the matched filter unit, over a plurality of symbols. An averaging unit averages the correlation values on which the statistical processing has been performed. A coefficient unit multiplies the averaged correlation value by a coefficient. A decision unit determines that a signal to be received has been detected if, as a result of comparison by a comparison unit, the maximum value from a selector is large.