Receiver Apparatus and Transmitter Apparatus

• US 20070263529A1
• Filed: 08/08/2005
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fukumasa, Hidenobu, Ishikura, Katsutoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/660,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20070263529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/211
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0057 Block codes H04L1/0061, H04L1/0064 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0072 Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0226 sounding signals per se
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0228 with direct estimation from sounding signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0016 Time-frequency-code
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals

Abstract

In a wireless communication system based on an OFDM technology, a control channel and a low-speed data channel can be multiplexed without a reduction in the transmission speed of a traffic channel. In a communication system that is operated by multiplexing a traffic channel for performing high-speed data transmission and a control channel for performing low-speed control information transmission, an OFDM signal for transmitting the traffic channel and an OFDM signal for transmitting a control signal are multiplexed for transmission. In a receiving station, the control channel is first demodulated/decoded and a judgment is made as to whether or not any signal addressed to the self station is contained in a traffic channel signal. When any signal addressed to the self station is contained, the control channel signal is cancelled from the reception signal in accordance with a wireless channel quality and the traffic channel is demodulated.

Claims

1-57. -57. (canceled)

58. A transmitter apparatus using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation, the transmitter apparatus comprising:

means for generating a traffic channel signal by performing OFDM modulation on traffic channel data;

means for generating a control channel signal from control channel data by using a signal that is not orthogonal in any of time, frequency, and code relative to the traffic channel signal; and

means for generating a transmission signal by multiplexing the traffic channel signal and the control channel signal.

59. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, wherein the control-channel-signal generating means comprises means for spreading a control channel symbol for transmitting control channel data over multiple subcarriers or multiple OFDM symbols of the OFDM-modulated traffic channel signal or over both the domains.

60. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, wherein the control-channel-signal generating means comprises encoding means using low-rate block codes and means for arranging codewords therefor so that the codewords are transmitted using multiple subcarriers of a single OFDM symbol.

61. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, the receiver apparatus comprising:

means for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a reception symbol obtained by demodulating the control channel and determining a signal point; and

means for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal.

62. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, wherein data of the control channel has been subjected to error correction encoding;

and the receiver apparatus comprises means for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating/decoding the control channel and means for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal.

63. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, wherein data of the control channel has been subjected to error correction encoding;

and the receiver apparatus comprises means for extracting control channel data by demodulating/decoding the control channel and determines whether or not information addressed to the self station is contained in the traffic channel in accordance with control information obtained previously or at present time, and when information addressed to the self station is contained in the traffic channel, the receiver apparatus generates copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from the extracted control channel data, removes control channel signal components from the reception signal, and then performs demodulation processing on the traffic channel.

64. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, the receiver apparatus comprising:

a canceling function 1 for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel from a control channel symbol obtained by performing demodulation and determination on the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from a reception signal; and

a canceling function 2 for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating/decoding the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, one of the canceling function 1, the canceling function 2, and no canceling is selected to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel.

65. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 58, the receiver apparatus comprising only one of two canceling functions consisting of:

a canceling function 1 for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a control channel symbol obtained by performing demodulation and determination on the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal; and

a canceling function 2 for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating/decoding the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, one of canceling and no canceling is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel.

66. A transmitter apparatus using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation, the transmitter apparatus comprising:

means for generating a signal of a traffic channel 1 by performing OFDM modulation on data of the traffic channel 1;

means for generating a signal of a traffic channel 2 by using a signal that is not orthogonal in any of time, frequency, and code relative to the traffic-channel-1 signal; and

means for generating a transmission signal by multiplexing the traffic-channel-1 signal and the traffic-channel-2 signal.

67. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 66, wherein the means for generating the traffic-channel-2 signal comprises means for spreading a symbol for transmitting the traffic channel 2 over multiple subcarriers or multiple OFDM symbols of the OFDM-modulated signal of the traffic channel 1 or over both the domains.

68. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 66, wherein the means for generating the traffic-channel-2 signal comprises encoding means using low-rate block codes and means for arranging codewords therefor so that the codewords are transmitted using multiple subcarriers of a single OFDM symbol.

69. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 66, the receiver apparatus comprising:

means for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a traffic-channel-2 symbol obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and determining a signal point; and

means for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal.

70. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 66, wherein data of the traffic channel 2 has been subjected to error correction encoding;

and the receiver apparatus comprises means for copying the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from traffic-channel-2 data obtained by demodulating/decoding the traffic channel 2; and

means for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal.

71. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 66, the receiver apparatus comprising:

a canceling function 1 for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a traffic-channel-2 symbol obtained by performing demodulation and determination on the traffic channel 2 and for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal; and

a canceling function 2 for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from traffic-channel-2 data obtained by demodulating/decoding the traffic channel 2 and for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, one of the canceling function 1, the canceling function 2, and no canceling is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel 1.

72. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 66, the receiver apparatus comprising only one of:

a canceling function 1 for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a traffic-channel-2 symbol obtained by performing demodulation and determination on the traffic channel 2 and for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal; and

a canceling function 2 for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2, multiplexed in the reception signal, from traffic-channel-2 data obtained by demodulating/decoding the traffic channel 2 and for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, one of canceling and no canceling is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel 1.

73. A transmitter apparatus using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology and using a modulation scheme (OFCDM modulation) in which a signal subjected to OFDM modulation by using the OFDM technology is a signal spread over multiple subcarriers, multiple OFDM symbols, or both the domains, the transmitter apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-signal generating means for generating a traffic channel signal by performing OFCDM modulation on traffic channel data;

control-channel-signal generating means for generating a control channel signal from control channel data by using a signal that is not orthogonal in any of time, frequency, and code relative to the traffic channel signal; and

transmission-signal generating means for generating a transmission signal by multiplexing the traffic channel signal and the control channel signal.

77. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 73, wherein the control channel signal generated by the control-channel-signal generating means is a signal subjected to the OFCDM modulation.

79. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 73, wherein the control-channel-signal generating means comprises encoding means using low-rate block code and means for arranging codewords therefor so that the codewords are transmitted using multiple subcarriers of a single OFDM symbol.

80. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 73, comprising:

control-channel-signal processing means for performing demodulation processing on control channel data from the control channel signal;

traffic-channel-signal processing means for performing demodulation processing on traffic channel data by performing OFCDM demodulation on the traffic channel signal; and

control-channel canceller means comprising means for demodulating the control channel signal and generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from the demodulated signal and means for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal.

82. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 80, wherein the control-channel canceller means generates copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from a control channel symbol obtained by demodulating the control channel signal and causing determining means to determine a signal point, removes control channel signal components from the reception signal, and then demodulates the traffic channel signal.

84. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 80, wherein the control-channel canceller means generates copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating the control channel signal and causing error-correction-code decoding means to decode the demodulated control channel signal, removes control channel signal components from the reception signal, and then performs demodulation processing on the traffic channel signal.

86. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 80, wherein the control-channel canceller means selects either

canceling (2) means for generating copies of the control channel, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating/decoding the control channel and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal or

means for preventing execution of canceling,

based on the channel quality to perform the demodulation processing of the traffic channel.

88. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 80, wherein the control-channel canceller means comprises only one of two canceling means consisting of:

canceling (1) means for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from a control channel symbol obtained by performing demodulation and determination on the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal; and

canceling (2) means for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by performing demodulation and decoding on the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, whether or not canceling is to be executed is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel.

74. A transmitter apparatus using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology and using a modulation scheme (OFCDM modulation) in which a signal subjected to OFDM modulation by using the OFDM technology is a signal spread over multiple subcarriers, over multiple OFDM symbols, or over both the domains, the transmitter apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-signal generating means for generating a traffic channel signal by performing OFCDM modulation on traffic channel data;

control-channel-signal generating means for generating a control channel signal by modulating control channel data by an arbitrary scheme;

switching means for switching between a non-orthogonal signal, with which the control channel signal and the traffic channel signal are not orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code, and an orthogonal signal, with which the control channel signal and the traffic channel signal are orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code; and

transmission-signal generating means for generating a transmission signal by multiplexing the traffic channel signal and the control channel signal.

75. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 74, wherein the switching means performs switching to the non-orthogonal signal when a channel quality is favorable, and performs switching to the orthogonal signal when the channel quality is poor.

76. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 74, wherein the switching means switches between the non-orthogonal signal and the orthogonal signal in accordance with the number of spreading codes currently used for the traffic channel signal.

78. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 74, wherein the control channel signal generated by the control-channel-signal generating means is a signal subjected to the OFCDM modulation.

81. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 74, comprising:

control-channel-signal processing means for performing demodulation processing on control channel data from the control channel signal;

traffic-channel-signal processing means for performing demodulation processing on traffic channel data by performing OFCDM demodulation on the traffic channel signal; and

control-channel canceller means comprising means for demodulating the control channel signal and generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from the demodulated signal and means for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal.

83. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 81, wherein the control-channel canceller means generates copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from a control channel symbol obtained by demodulating the control channel signal and causing determining means to determine a signal point, removes control channel signal components from the reception signal, and then demodulates the traffic channel signal.

85. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 81, wherein the control-channel canceller means generates copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating the control channel signal and causing error-correction-code decoding means to decode the demodulated control channel signal, removes control channel signal components from the reception signal, and then performs demodulation processing on the traffic channel signal.

87. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 81, wherein the control-channel canceller means selects either

canceling (2) means for generating copies of the control channel, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by demodulating/decoding the control channel and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal or

means for preventing execution of canceling,

based on the channel quality to perform the demodulation processing of the traffic channel.

89. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 81, wherein the control-channel canceller means comprises only one of two canceling means consisting of:

canceling (1) means for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from a control channel symbol obtained by performing demodulation and determination on the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal; and

canceling (2) means for receiving a signal in which the traffic channel and the control channel are multiplexed, for generating copies of the control channel, multiplexed in the reception signal, from control channel data obtained by performing demodulation and decoding on the control channel, and for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, whether or not canceling is to be executed is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel.

90. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 74, the receiver apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-signal processing means for performing OFCDM demodulation on a traffic channel signal to perform demodulation processing on traffic channel data;

control-channel-signal processing means for performing demodulation processing of control channel data from a control channel signal;

switching means for changing time, frequency or code so as to allow demodulation with any of a non-orthogonal signal, with which the control channel signal and the traffic channel signal are not orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code, and an orthogonal signal, with which the control channel signal and the traffic channel signal are orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code; and

control-channel canceller means comprising copying means for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a reception symbol or reception data obtained by demodulating the control channel and removing means for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal;

wherein when the control channel is the orthogonal signal, the traffic channel is demodulated, and when the control channel is not the orthogonal signal, the control-channel canceller means cancels the control channel from the reception signal and then performs demodulation on the traffic channel.

91. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 74, the receiver apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-signal processing means for performing OFCDM demodulation on a traffic channel signal to perform demodulation processing on traffic channel data;

control-channel-signal processing means for performing demodulation processing of control channel data from a control channel signal;

switching means for changing time, frequency or code so as to allow demodulation with any of a non-orthogonal signal, with which the control channel signal and the traffic channel signal are not orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code, and an orthogonal signal, with which the control channel signal and the traffic channel signal are orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code; and

control-channel canceller means comprising copying means for generating copies of the control channel signal, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a reception symbol or reception data obtained by demodulating the control channel and removing means for removing control channel signal components from the reception signal;

wherein, by using signals resulting from the copying performed by the copying means, the control-channel canceller means judges whether or not the removing means executes canceling of the control channel from the reception signal, performs selection, and performs demodulation on the traffic channel, in accordance with a channel quality and with whether or not the orthogonal signal or the non-orthogonal signal is used.

92. A transmitter apparatus using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology and using a modulation scheme (OFCDM modulation) in which a signal subjected to OFDM modulation by using the OFDM technology is a signal spread over multiple subcarriers, multiple OFDM symbols, or both the domains, the transmitter apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-signal-1 generating means for generating a traffic channel signal 1 by performing OFCDM modulation on traffic channel data 1;

traffic-channel-signal-2 generating means for generating a traffic channel signal 2 from traffic channel data 2 by using a signal that is not orthogonal in any of time, frequency, and code relative to the traffic channel signal 1, the traffic channel data 2 being low in speed compared to the traffic channel data 1; and

transmission-signal generating means for generating a transmission signal by multiplexing the traffic channel signal 1 and the traffic channel signal 2.

96. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 92, wherein the traffic-channel-2 signal generated by the traffic-channel-signal-2 generating means is a signal subjected to the OFCDM modulation.

98. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 92, wherein the traffic-channel-signal-2 generating means comprises encoding means using low-rate block code and means for arranging codewords therefor so that the codewords are transmitted using multiple subcarriers of a single OFDM symbol.

99. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 92, the receiver apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-1 signal processing means for performing OFCDM demodulation on the traffic channel signal 1 to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel data 1;

traffic-channel-2 signal processing means for performing demodulation processing on traffic channel data 2 from a traffic channel signal 2, the traffic channel data 2 being low in speed compared to the traffic channel data 1; and

traffic-channel-2 canceller means comprising means for generating copies of the traffic channel signal 2 multiplexed in a reception signal and means for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal.

101. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 99, wherein in accordance with the traffic channel data 2 obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and causing error-correction-code decoding means to perform decoding, the traffic-channel canceller means generates copies of the traffic channel signal 2 multiplexed in the reception signal and removes signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal.

103. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 99, wherein in accordance with a traffic channel 2 symbol obtained by demodulating the traffic channel signal 2 and causing determining means to determine a signal point, the traffic-channel canceller means generates copies of the traffic channel signal 2 multiplexed in the reception signal and removes components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal.

105. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 99, wherein the traffic-channel canceller means selects either

canceling (2) means for generating copies of the traffic channel signal 2, multiplexed in the reception signal, from the traffic channel data 2 obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and causing error-correction-code decoding device to decode the demodulated traffic channel 2 and for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal or

means for preventing execution of canceling, based on the channel quality to perform the demodulation of the traffic channel 1.

107. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 99, wherein the traffic-channel canceller means comprises only one of two canceling means consisting of:

canceling (1) means for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from a traffic-channel-2 symbol obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and performing determination and for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal; and

canceling (2) means for generating copies of the traffic channel 2, multiplexed in the reception signal, from traffic channel data 2 obtained by demodulating/decoding the traffic channel 2 and for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, whether or not canceling is to be executed is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel 1.

93. A transmitter apparatus using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology and using a modulation scheme (OFCDM modulation) in which a signal subjected to OFDM modulation by using the OFDM technology is a signal spread over multiple subcarriers, over multiple OFDM symbols, or over both the domains, the transmitter apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-signal-1 generating means for generating a traffic channel signal 1 by performing OFCDM modulation on traffic channel data 1;

traffic-channel-2 signal generating means for generating a signal of a traffic channel 2 by modulating traffic channel data 2 by an arbitrary scheme;

switching means for switching between a non-orthogonal signal, with which the traffic-channel-2 signal and the traffic-channel-1 signal are not orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code, and an orthogonal signal, with which the traffic-channel-2 signal and the traffic-channel-1 signal are orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code; and

transmission-signal generating means for generating a transmission signal by multiplexing the traffic channel signal 1 and the traffic channel signal 2.

94. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 93, wherein the switching means performs switching to the non-orthogonal signal when a channel quality is favorable, and performs switching to the orthogonal signal when the channel quality is poor.

95. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 93, wherein the switching means switches between the non-orthogonal signal and the orthogonal signal in accordance with the number of spreading codes currently used for the traffic-channel-1 signal.

97. The transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 93, wherein the traffic-channel-2 signal generated by the traffic-channel-signal-2 generating means is a signal subjected to the OFCDM modulation.

100. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 93, the receiver apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-1 signal processing means for performing OFCDM demodulation on the traffic channel signal 1 to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel data 1;

traffic-channel-2 signal processing means for performing demodulation processing on traffic channel data 2 from a traffic channel signal 2, the traffic channel data 2 being low in speed compared to the traffic channel data 1; and

traffic-channel-2 canceller means comprising means for generating copies of the traffic channel signal 2 multiplexed in a reception signal and means for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal.

102. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 100, wherein in accordance with the traffic channel data 2 obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and causing error-correction-code decoding means to perform decoding, the traffic-channel canceller means generates copies of the traffic channel signal 2 multiplexed in the reception signal and removes signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal.

104. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 100, wherein in accordance with a traffic channel 2 symbol obtained by demodulating the traffic channel signal 2 and causing determining means to determine a signal point, the traffic-channel canceller means generates copies of the traffic channel signal 2 multiplexed in the reception signal and removes components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal.

106. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 100, wherein the traffic-channel canceller means selects either

canceling (2) means for generating copies of the traffic channel signal 2, multiplexed in the reception signal, from the traffic channel data 2 obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and causing error-correction-code decoding device to decode the demodulated traffic channel 2 and for removing signal components of the traffic channel 2 from the reception signal or

means for preventing execution of canceling, based on the channel quality to perform the demodulation of the traffic channel 1.

108. The receiver apparatus as defined in claim 100, wherein the traffic-channel canceller means comprises only one of two canceling means consisting of:

canceling (1) means for generating copies of the traffic-channel-2 signal, multiplexed in the reception signal, from a traffic-channel-2 symbol obtained by demodulating the traffic channel 2 and performing determination and for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal; and

canceling (2) means for generating copies of the traffic channel 2, multiplexed in the reception signal, from traffic channel data 2 obtained by demodulating/decoding the traffic channel 2 and for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal, wherein in accordance with a channel quality, whether or not canceling is to be executed is selected to perform demodulation on the traffic channel 1.

109. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 93, the receiver apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-1 signal processing means for performing OFCDM demodulation on the traffic channel signal 1 to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel data 1;

traffic-channel-2 signal processing means for demodulating the traffic channel signal 2 to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel data 2;

switching means for changing time, frequency or code so as to allow demodulation with any of a non-orthogonal signal, with which the traffic channel signal 1 and the traffic channel signal 2 are not orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code, and an orthogonal signal, with which the traffic channel signal 1 and the traffic channel signal 2 are orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code; and

traffic-channel-2 canceller means comprising copying means for generating copies of the traffic channel signal 2, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a reception symbol or reception data obtained by demodulating the traffic channel signal 2 and removing means for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal;

wherein when the traffic channel signal 2 is the orthogonal signal, the traffic channel data 1 is demodulated, and when the traffic channel signal 2 is not the orthogonal signal, the traffic-channel-2 canceller means generates the copies, cancels the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal, and then performs demodulation on the traffic channel data 1.

110. A receiver apparatus for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter apparatus as defined in claim 93, the receiver apparatus comprising:

traffic-channel-1 signal processing means for performing OFCDM demodulation on the traffic channel signal 1 to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel data 1;

traffic-channel-2 signal processing means for demodulating the traffic channel signal 2 to perform demodulation processing on the traffic channel data 2;

switching means for changing time, frequency or code so as to allow demodulation with any of a non-orthogonal signal, with which the traffic channel signal 1 and the traffic channel signal 2 are not orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code, and an orthogonal signal, with which the traffic channel signal 1 and the traffic channel signal 2 are orthogonal to each other in any of time, frequency, and code; and

traffic-channel-2 canceller means comprising copying means for generating copies of the traffic channel signal 2, multiplexed in a reception signal, from a reception symbol or reception data obtained by demodulating the traffic channel signal 2 and removing means for removing components of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal;

wherein, by using signals resulting from the copying performed by the copying means, the traffic-channel-2 canceller means determines whether or not the removing means executes cancelling of the traffic channel signal 2 from the reception signal, performs selection, and performs demodulation on the traffic channel data 1, in accordance with a channel quality and with whether or not the orthogonal signal or the non-orthogonal signal is used.