Apparatus and method for transforming a signal in a frequency domain to a sequence in a time domain

• US 10,484,994 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2018
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
• Original Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
• Inventors: Takaoka, Shinsuke, Hoshino, Masayuki, Miyoshi, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghowrwal, Omar J
• Application Number:
  US16/209,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20190110294A1
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/141 Discrete Fourier transforms
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 1/00 Frequency-division multiplex systems H04J14/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/00 Orthogonal multiplex systems, e.g. using WALSH codesH04J13/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 4/005 Transmultiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/26 Systems using multi-frequency codes H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2636 with FFT or DFT modulators, e.g. standard single-carrier frequency-division multiple access [SC-FDMA] transmitter or DFT spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing [DFT-SOFDM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0041 Frequency-non-contiguous
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 370/916 Multiplexer/demultiplexer

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a receiver, a combiner, and a transformer. The receiver receives signals mapped on plural frequency bands. A size of at least one of the frequency bands is a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers, which are integer numbers greater than 1 and are different from each other. An exponent for at least one of the prime numbers is an integer greater than 1. The combiner combines the received signals into a combined signal. The transformer transforms the combined signal in a frequency domain into a symbol sequence in a time domain with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) having a size that is a product of powers of plural values. The values are integer numbers greater than 1 and are different from each other. An exponent for at least one of the values is an integer greater than 1.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiver which receives signals mapped on a plurality of frequency bands in a frequency domain, each frequency band being located at a position separate from position(s) of other(s) of the plurality of frequency bands, wherein vector lengths corresponding to sizes of the plurality of frequency bands are each a product of two or more powers of prime numbers or a multiple of the product of the two or more powers of prime numbers, the prime numbers being integer numbers that are greater than 1 and are different from each other, exponents for the prime numbers being a set of non-negative integers, wherein the vector length is a number of subcarriers allocated to a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bands;

a combiner which combines the received signals into a combined signal; and

a transformer which transforms the combined signal in the frequency domain into a symbol sequence in a time domain with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) having a size that is a product of powers of a plurality of values, the plurality of values being integer numbers that are greater than 1 and are different from each other, exponents for the plurality of values being a set of non-negative integers.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a number of the plurality of frequency bands is two, and a size of one of the two frequency bands is a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the prime numbers are selected in order from a smaller prime number.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a size of all of the plurality of frequency bands is a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a first exponent for a first prime number is equal to or greater than a second exponent for a second prime number that is greater than the first prime number.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a size of each of the plurality of frequency bands is one minimum division unit or multiple minimum division units, wherein the minimum division unit is a minimum number of subcarriers that form each of the plurality of frequency bands and is a product of two or more powers of prime numbers.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a size of all of the plurality of frequency bands is a multiple of the minimum division unit.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a transmitter which transmits allocation information indicating a frequency position of each of the plurality of frequency bands, the frequency position being indicated in terms of the minimum division unit.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter which transmits allocation information including the size of at least one of the plurality of frequency bands.

10. A communication method performed by a communication apparatus comprising:

receiving signals mapped on a plurality of frequency bands in a frequency domain, each frequency band being located at a position separate from position(s) of other(s) of the plurality of frequency bands, wherein vector lengths corresponding to sizes of the plurality of frequency bands are each a product of two or more powers of prime numbers or a multiple of the product of the two or more powers of prime numbers, the prime numbers being integer numbers that are greater than 1 and are different from each other, exponents for the prime numbers being a set of non-negative integers, wherein the vector length is a number of subcarriers allocated to a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bands;

combining the received signals into a combined signal; and

transforming the combined signal in the frequency domain into a symbol sequence in a time domain with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) having a size that is a product of powers of a plurality of values, the plurality of values being integer numbers that are greater than 1 and are different from each other, exponents for the plurality of values being a set of non-negative integers.

11. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein a number of the plurality of frequency bands is two, and a size of one of the two frequency bands is a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers.

12. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein the prime numbers are selected in order from a smaller prime number.

13. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein a size of all of the plurality of frequency bands is a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers.

14. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein a first exponent for a first prime number is equal to or greater than a second exponent for a second prime number that is greater than the first prime number.

15. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein a size of each of the plurality of frequency bands is one minimum division unit or multiple minimum division units, wherein the minimum division unit is a minimum number of subcarriers that form each of the plurality of frequency bands and is a product of two or more powers of prime numbers.

16. The communication method according to claim 15, wherein a size of all of the plurality of frequency bands is a multiple of the minimum division unit.

17. The communication method according to claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting allocation information indicating a frequency position of each of the plurality of frequency bands, the frequency position being indicated in terms of the minimum division unit.

18. The communication method according to claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting allocation information including the size of at least one of the plurality of frequency bands.