RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20090028065A1
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwai, Takashi, Takata, Tomofumi, Miyoshi, Kenichi, Matsumoto, Atsushi, Imamura, Daichi, Futagi, Sadaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,821,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0055 ZCZ [zero correlation zone]
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0062 Zadoff-Chu
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0066 GCL [generalized chirp-like] sequences

Abstract

Provided are a radio transmission device and a radio transmission method, which prevent the deterioration of a preamble detecting performance while reducing the collision probability of a RACH. In this radio transmission device, a Signature table storage unit (103) divides the magnitudes of transmission loss levels into individual levels corresponding to the distances from a base station, to cause CAZAC series and circulation shift quantities to correspond to each other at the individual levels, and is provided with a table containing a plurality of Signatures created from the CAZAC series and the circulation shift quantities caused to correspond to each other. A Signature selecting unit (104) selects one of the corresponding Signatures at random from the Signature table storage unit (103), on the basis of the magnitude of the transmission loss level outputted from a transmission loss level deciding unit (102). A RACH signal generating unit (105) generates the RACH signal with the Signature selected.

Claims

1. A radio transmitting apparatus comprising:

an estimation section that estimates an amount of propagation delay based on a downlink signal;

a selection section that provides in advance cyclic shift values for cyclically shifting the code sequences used for signatures to include a random access channel in association with amounts of propagation delay, and selects a signature generated from a code sequence using a cyclic shift value associated with the estimated amount of propagation delay;

a generating section that generates a random access channel signal including the selected signature; and

a transmission section that transmits the generated random access channel signal.

2. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection section provides in advance the code sequences and the cyclic shift values for cyclically shifting the code sequences in association with the amounts of propagation delay, and selects a signature generated from a code sequence and a cyclic shift value associated with the estimated amount of propagation delay.

3. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission band control section that provides in advance transmission bandwidths for the random access channel signal in association with the amounts of propagation delay, and controls the random access channel signal into a transmission bandwidth associated with the estimated amount of propagation delay.

4. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the estimation section measures a propagation loss level determined from transmission power and received power of a common pilot channel signal, which is a downlink signal, and estimates the amount of propagation delay.

5. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the estimation section makes a threshold decision between the measured propagation loss level and a predetermined threshold, and classifies the measured propagation loss level into a predetermined level.

6. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the estimation section acquires a threshold controlled by a radio communication base station apparatus and makes the threshold decision using the acquired threshold.

7. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the code sequence comprises a constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence.

8. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the code sequence comprises a Zadoff-Chu sequence.

9. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the code sequence comprises an orthogonal Gold sequence.

10. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the code sequence comprises a zero correlation zone generalized chirp like sequence.

11. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the selection section provides in advance modulation sequences of the zero correlation zone generalized chirp like sequence in association with the amounts of propagation delay, and selects a signature generated from the zero correlation zone generalized chirp like sequence using a modulation sequence associated with the estimated amount of propagation delay.

12. A radio transmitting method comprising the steps of:

estimating an amount of propagation delay based on a downlink signal;

providing in advance cyclic shift values for cyclically shifting the code sequences used for signatures to include a random access channel in association with amounts of propagation delay, and selecting a signature generated from a code sequence using a cyclic shift value associated with the estimated amount of propagation delay;

generating a random access channel signal including the selected signature; and

transmitting the generated random access channel signal.