SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20100003933A1
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Government of Japan)
• Original Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Government of Japan)
• Inventors: Higuchi, Tetsuya, Sato, Yoichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,937,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/108
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5416 by adding signals to the wave form of the power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5425 improving S/N by matching impedance, noise reduction, gain control
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5491 using filtering and bypassing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5495 having measurements and testing channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/54 Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03828 Arrangements for spectral shaping; Arrangements for providing signals with specified spectral properties partial response systems H04L25/497
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/34 Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems

Abstract

A signal transmission apparatus of the invention comprises: a correlator 12 for shaping a spectrum of a signal; and a precoder 12 disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including an adder which subtracts an output signal of a feedback filter from an input signal, a modulo arithmetic unit which inputs an output signal of the adder and executes modulo arithmetic operation, and the feedback filter which inputs an output signal of the modulo arithmetic unit and is provided with a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator. The correlator may be IIR filter means having a desired notch characteristic. By disposing a correlator which can freely shape a transmission signal spectrum containing a deep notch and suppress only a specified band on a receiving side, the suppression of an external noise can also be realized.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal while suppressing a transmission power or an external noise of a specified band in a usable frequency band, the signal transmission apparatus comprising:

correlator means for shaping a spectrum of a signal into a spectrum containing a desired notch; and

precoder means disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including adding means which subtracts an output signal of feedback filter means from an input signal, modulo arithmetic means which inputs an output signal of the adding means and executes modulo arithmetic operation, and the feedback filter means which inputs an output signal of the modulo arithmetic means and is provided with a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator means.

16. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the correlator means is IIR filter means having a desired notch characteristic.

17. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein at least a part of a function of the correlator means is provided in a receiving side unit.

18. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 15 further comprising:

QAM coding means disposed on a previous stage of the precoder means; and

QAM modulating means disposed on a latter stage of the correlator means.

19. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the feedback filter means doubles as a part of a function of the correlator means.

20. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein a transmission function representing a frequency characteristic of the feedback filter means includes a transfer function which approximates frequency-amplitude characteristics of a transmission channel and minimizes the number of levels of a symbol of a transmission correlating signal.

21. A signal transmission method for transmitting a signal while suppressing a transmission power or an external noise of a specified band in a usable frequency band, the signal transmission method comprising:

a step of inputting a result of subtracting an output signal of feedback filter means from an input signal and executing modulo arithmetic operation, and outputting resultant signals to correlator means and the feedback filter means having a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator means; and

a step of shaping a spectrum of a signal into a spectrum containing a desired notch by the correlator means provided with a characteristic represented by the transfer function.

22. A signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal while suppressing a transmission power or an external noise of a specified band in a usable frequency band, the signal transmission apparatus comprising:

correlator means for shaping a spectrum of a signal;

precoder means disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including adding means which subtracts an output signal of feedback filter means from an input signal, modulo arithmetic means which inputs an output signal of the adding means and executes modulo arithmetic operation, and the feedback filter means which inputs an output signal of the modulo arithmetic means and is provided with a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator means;

measuring means for measuring a frequency of a spectrum null point of a transmission channel; and

adjusting means for adjusting the correlator means and the precoder means based on a measured notch frequency of the transmission channel.

23. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 22,

wherein the measuring means includes:

means for sending a flat spectrum signal;

null point detecting means for receiving the flat spectrum signal from an opposite unit and generating spectrum information by Fourier transform, thereby detecting the frequency of the spectrum null point; and

notifying means for notifying frequency information of the detected null point to the opposite unit.

26. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 22,

wherein a transmission function representing a frequency characteristic of the feedback filter means includes a transfer function which approximates frequency-amplitude characteristics of a transmission channel and minimizes the number of levels of a symbol of a transmission correlating signal.

24. A signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal while suppressing a transmission power or an external noise of a specified band in a usable frequency band, the signal transmission apparatus comprising:

correlator means for shaping a spectrum of a signal;

precoder means disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including adding means which subtracts an output signal of feedback filter means from an input signal, modulo arithmetic means which inputs an output signal of the adding means and executes modulo arithmetic operation, and the feedback filter means which inputs an output signal of the modulo arithmetic means and is provided with a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator means;

sweep control means for adjusting the precoder means and the correlator means so that a notch frequency moves at a speed which an equalizer on a receiving side can follow;

transmission quality monitoring means for recording a transmission quality of a transmission channel together with a time position and detecting a time position in which the transmission quality is optimum;

means for converting the time position to a notch frequency; and

adjusting means for adjusting the correlator means and the precoder means based on the converted notch frequency.

25. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 24,

wherein the sweep control means notifies a signal transmission apparatus on an opposite side of a sweep start, and the signal transmission apparatus on the opposite side records a passage time since the sweep start as the time position.

27. The signal transmission apparatus according to claim 24,

wherein a transmission function representing a frequency characteristic of the feedback filter means includes a transfer function which approximates frequency-amplitude characteristics of a transmission channel and minimizes the number of levels of a symbol of a transmission correlating signal.

28. A signal transmission method for transmitting a signal while suppressing a transmission power or an external noise of a specified band in a usable frequency band, the signal transmission method comprising:

a step of measuring a frequency of a spectrum null point of a transmission channel; and

a step of, based on the measured frequency of the null point of the transmission channel, adjusting correlator means for shaping a spectrum of a signal and precoder means disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including adding means which subtracts an output signal of feedback filter means from an input signal, modulo arithmetic means which inputs an output signal of the adding means and executes modulo arithmetic operation, and the feedback filter means which inputs an output signal of the modulo arithmetic means and is provided with a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator means.

29. A signal transmission method for transmitting a signal while suppressing a transmission power or an external noise of a specified band in a usable frequency band, the signal transmission method comprising:

a step of adjusting precoder means for shaping a spectrum of a signal and precoder means so that a notch frequency moves at a speed which an equalizer on a receiving side can follow,

the precoder means being disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including adding means which subtracts an output signal of feedback filter means from an input signal, modulo arithmetic means which inputs an output signal of the adding means and executes modulo arithmetic operation, and the feedback filter means which inputs an output signal of the modulo arithmetic means and is provided with a transfer function obtained by subtracting 1 from a transfer function of the correlator means;

a step of recording a transmission quality of a transmission channel on a receiving side and detecting a time position in which the transmission quality is optimum;

a step of converting the time position to a notch frequency; and

a step of adjusting the correlator means and the precoder means based on the converted notch frequency.