Signal generation method and signal generation device
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1. An OFDM signal generation method of a transmission system, the transmission system having a first transmitter and a second transmitter, the OFDM signal generating method comprising:
- modulating, by the first transmitter, each of a plurality of coded blocks to a first modulated signal s1, the coded blocks each made up of a plurality of bits by using a determined error correction block coding scheme;
modulating, by the second transmitter, each of the coded blocks to a second modulated signal s2, data included in the first modulated signal s1 being same as data included in the second modulated signal s2;
inserting, by the first transmitter, one or more pilots to the first modulated signal s1 to obtain a first pilot-inserted signal s1′
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inserting, by the second transmitter, the one or more pilots to the second modulated signal s2 to obtain a second pilot-inserted signal s2;
phase-changing, by the first transmitter, while regularly varying a first scheme of phase change for each of a plurality of slots, the first pilot-inserted signal s1′
to obtain a first transmission signal z1;
phase-changing, by the second transmitter, while regularly varying a second scheme of phase change for each of the plurality of slots, the second pilot-inserted signal s2′
to obtain a second transmission signal z2;
converting, by the first transmitter, the first transmission signal z1 to a first OFDM signal;
converting, by the second transmitter, the second transmission signal z2 to a second OFDM signal;
inserting, by the first transmitter, a part of the first OFDM signal to the first OFDM signal to be transmitted from a first antenna at a first period at a first frequency; and
inserting, by the second transmitter, a part of the second OFDM signal to the second OFDM signal to be transmitted from a second antenna at the first period at the first frequency.
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A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
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1. An OFDM signal generation method of a transmission system, the transmission system having a first transmitter and a second transmitter, the OFDM signal generating method comprising:
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modulating, by the first transmitter, each of a plurality of coded blocks to a first modulated signal s1, the coded blocks each made up of a plurality of bits by using a determined error correction block coding scheme; modulating, by the second transmitter, each of the coded blocks to a second modulated signal s2, data included in the first modulated signal s1 being same as data included in the second modulated signal s2; inserting, by the first transmitter, one or more pilots to the first modulated signal s1 to obtain a first pilot-inserted signal s1′
;inserting, by the second transmitter, the one or more pilots to the second modulated signal s2 to obtain a second pilot-inserted signal s2; phase-changing, by the first transmitter, while regularly varying a first scheme of phase change for each of a plurality of slots, the first pilot-inserted signal s1′
to obtain a first transmission signal z1;phase-changing, by the second transmitter, while regularly varying a second scheme of phase change for each of the plurality of slots, the second pilot-inserted signal s2′
to obtain a second transmission signal z2;converting, by the first transmitter, the first transmission signal z1 to a first OFDM signal; converting, by the second transmitter, the second transmission signal z2 to a second OFDM signal; inserting, by the first transmitter, a part of the first OFDM signal to the first OFDM signal to be transmitted from a first antenna at a first period at a first frequency; and inserting, by the second transmitter, a part of the second OFDM signal to the second OFDM signal to be transmitted from a second antenna at the first period at the first frequency.
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2. An OFDM signal generation system comprising:
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a first OFDM signal generator; and a second OFDM signal generator, wherein the first OFDM signal generator, in operation, modulates each of a plurality of coded blocks to a first modulated signal s1, the coded blocks each made up of a plurality of bits by using a determined error correction block coding scheme; inserts one or more pilots to the first modulated signal s1 to obtain a first pilot-inserted signal s1′
;phase-changes, while regularly varying a first scheme of phase change for each of a plurality of slots, the first pilot-inserted signal s1′
to obtain a first transmission signal z1;converts the first transmission signal z1 to a first OFDM signal; inserts a part of the first OFDM signal to the first OFDM signal to be transmitted from a first antenna at a first period at a first frequency; and wherein the second OFDM signal generator, in operation, modulates each of the coded blocks to a second modulated signal s2, data included in the first modulated signal s1 being same as data included in the second modulated signal s2; inserts the one or more pilots to the second modulated signal s2 to obtain a second pilot-inserted signal s2; phase-changes, while regularly varying a second scheme of phase change for each of the plurality of slots, the second pilot-inserted signal s2′
to obtain a second transmission signal z2;converts the second transmission signal z2 to a second OFDM signal; and inserts a part of the second OFDM signal to the second OFDM signal to be transmitted from a second antenna at the first period at the first frequency.
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3. A reception data generation method of a reception apparatus, the method comprising:
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acquiring a reception signal obtained by converting a first OFDM signal transmitted from a first antenna of a first transmitter at a first period at a first frequency and a second OFDM signal transmitted from a second antenna of a second transmitter at the first period at the first frequency, the first OFDM signal and the second OFDM signal having been generated through a determined generation process; and demodulating the reception signal to reception data, through a demodulation process corresponding to the determined generation process, wherein at least one of the acquiring and the demodulating is performed by the reception apparatus, and the determined generation process is a process of; modulating, by the first transmitter, each of a plurality of coded blocks to a first modulated signal s1, the coded blocks each made up of a plurality of bits by using a determined error correction block coding scheme; modulating, by the second transmitter, each of the coded blocks to a second modulated signal s2, data included in the first modulated signal s1 being same as data included in the second modulated signal s2; inserting, by the first transmitter, one or more pilots to the first modulated signal s1 to obtain a first pilot-inserted signal s1′
;inserting, by the second transmitter, the one or more pilots to the second modulated signal s2 to obtain a second pilot-inserted signal s2′
;phase-changing, by the first transmitter, while regularly varying a first scheme of phase change for each of a plurality of slots, the first pilot-inserted signal s1′
to obtain a first transmission signal z1;phase-changing, by the second transmitter, while regularly varying a second scheme of phase change for each of the plurality of slots, the second pilot-inserted signal s2′
to obtain a second transmission signal z2;converting, by the first transmitter, the first transmission signal z1 to the first OFDM signal; converting, by the second transmitter, the second transmission signal z2 to the second OFDM signal; inserting, by the first transmitter, a part of the first OFDM signal to the first OFDM signal to be transmitted from the first antenna at the first period at the first frequency; and inserting, by the second transmitter, a part of the second OFDM signal to the second OFDM signal to be transmitted from the second antenna at the first period at the first frequency.
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4. A reception data generation apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry, in operation, performs the steps of; acquiring a reception signal obtained by converting a first OFDM signal transmitted from a first antenna of a first transmitter at a first period at a first frequency and a second OFDM signal transmitted from a second antenna of a second transmitter at the first period at the first frequency, the first OFDM signal and the second OFDM signal having been generated through a determined generation process; and demodulating the reception signal to reception data, through a demodulation process corresponding to the determined generation process, wherein at least one of the acquiring and the demodulating is performed by the control circuitry, and the determined generation process is a process of; modulating, by the first transmitter, each of a plurality of coded blocks to a first modulated signal s1, the coded blocks each made up of a plurality of bits by using a determined error correction block coding scheme; modulating, by the second transmitter, each of the coded blocks to a second modulated signal s2, data included in the first modulated signal s1 being same as data included in the second modulated signal s2; inserting, by the first transmitter, one or more pilots to the first modulated signal s1 to obtain a first pilot-inserted signal s1′
;inserting, by the second transmitter, the one or more pilots to the second modulated signal s2 to obtain a second pilot-inserted signal s2′
;phase-changing, by the first transmitter, while regularly varying a first scheme of phase change for each of a plurality of slots, the first pilot-inserted signal s1′
to obtain a first transmission signal z1;phase-changing, by the second transmitter, while regularly varying a second scheme of phase change for each of the plurality of slots, the second pilot-inserted signal s2′
to obtain a second transmission signal z2;converting, by the first transmitter, the first transmission signal z1 to the first OFDM signal; converting, by the second transmitter, the second transmission signal z2 to the second OFDM signal; inserting, by the first transmitter, a part of the first OFDM signal to the first OFDM signal to be transmitted from the first antenna at the first period at the first frequency; and inserting, by the second transmitter, a part of the second OFDM signal to the second OFDM signal to be transmitted from the second antenna at the first period at the first frequency.
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