Multi-Carrier Cdma Transmitting Device and Method Using Block-Based Multi-Carrier Spreading
First Claim
1. A transmitting device for the multi-carrier CDMA scheme, comprising:
- a serial to parallel converter for converting input data into parallel data;
a plurality of copiers for copying each of the parallel data as many times as the number of spread factors;
a spreader for spreading the respective data output by the plurality of copiers with respect to the frequency axis using different spread codes, the spreader spreading a part of blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; and
an IFFT unit for performing inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on the data spread by the spreader and transmitting the IFFT-performed data through a transmit antenna.
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Abstract
A multi-carrier CDMA transfer device using block-based partial-carrier spreading uses block-based partial-carrier spreading in the multi-cell environment to be applied to MC-CDMA models (FH-MC/CDMA TDD) that are strong against multi-path fading. A transmitter of the transfer device spreads carriers per block in the frequency domain by using the block-based partial-carrier spreading, and a receiver despreads received signals by using the block-based partial-carrier and restore original data. Optionally, an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements is applied to the transmitter and the receiver, and weights are adaptively applied depending on the channel quality when transmitting and receiving signals through the antenna elements. Therefore, frequency diversity is obtainable and inter-cell interference and inter-code interference is optimized in the MC-CDMA method. Also, changes of frequency hopping reduce temporal variations of channels and prevent a high SN ratio.
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31 Claims
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1. A transmitting device for the multi-carrier CDMA scheme, comprising:
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a serial to parallel converter for converting input data into parallel data; a plurality of copiers for copying each of the parallel data as many times as the number of spread factors; a spreader for spreading the respective data output by the plurality of copiers with respect to the frequency axis using different spread codes, the spreader spreading a part of blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; and an IFFT unit for performing inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on the data spread by the spreader and transmitting the IFFT-performed data through a transmit antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 12, 13, 14)
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4. A receiving device for the multi-carrier CDMA, comprising:
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an FFT unit for performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) on signals received through a receive antenna, and outputting data; a despreader for despreading the data output by the FFT with different spread codes, the different spread codes being codes used when spreading a part of blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; a plurality of combiners for dividing the data despread by the despreader into a predetermined number of blocks, combining data of the respective blocks, and outputting the combined data; and a parallel to serial converter for converting the data output by the plurality of combiners into serial data, and outputting the serial data. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 15, 16, 17)
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7. A transmitting device for the multi-carrier CDMA, comprising:
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an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements; a spreader for copying the data output by the array antenna as many times as a predetermined number of blocks, and spreading the data with different spread codes according to the copied data blocks, the spreader spreading a part of the copied data blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; N adaptive transmission controllers for applying weights to the respective data spread by the spreader, performing IFFT on the weighted data, and outputting the executed data to a corresponding antenna element of the antenna elements wherein N corresponds to the number of the antenna elements of the array antenna; and a weight controller for controlling the weights of the adaptive transmission controllers according to a channel quality. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 24, 25, 26)
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10. A receiving device for the multi-carrier CDMA, comprising:
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an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements; N adaptive receiving controllers for performing FFT on the signals output by the array antenna, applying corresponding weights to the executed signals, and outputting weighted signals wherein N corresponds to the number of antenna elements of the array antenna; a weight controller for controlling the weight of the adaptive receiving controllers according to a channel quality; a despreader for despreading the data output by the adaptive receiving controller with different spread codes, the different spread codes being codes used when spreading a part of blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; and a plurality of combiners for dividing the data despread by the despreader into a predetermined number of blocks, combining the data of the respective divided blocks, and outputting data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 27, 28, 29)
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18. A transfer device comprising:
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an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements; a transmitter for applying a weight to the respective transmission data and transmitting the weighted transmission data through the array antenna according to the multi-carrier CDMA method based on block-based partial-carrier spreading, the weight allowing adaptive control; and a receiver for receiving the data through the array antenna and respectively applying a weight to the received data according to the multi-carrier CDMA method based on the block-based partial-carrier spreading, the weight allowing adaptive control. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 30, 31)
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22. A transmission method for the multi-carrier CDMA, comprising:
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(a) converting input data into parallel data; (b) copying the converted parallel data as many times as a predetermined number of blocks, and spreading the data with different spread codes according to the copied data blocks, the spreading being performed for a part of the copied data blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; and (c) performing IFFT on the spread data and transmitting the executed data through a transmit antenna.
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23. A receiving method for a multi-carrier CDMA, comprising:
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(a) performing FFT on a signal received through a receive antenna, and outputting FFT-performed data; (b) despreading the FFT-performed data with different spread codes, dividing the despread data into a predetermined number of blocks, combining the data, and outputting combined data, the different spread codes being codes used when spreading a part of blocks composed of multi-carriers for multiplexing users; and (c) converting the combined and output data into serial data, and outputting the serial data.
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