TRANCEIVER AND TRANSCEIVING METHOD IN UWB SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY SHARING

• US 20100069125A1
• Filed: 06/13/2007
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Hong, Heon-Jin, Kim, Chang-Joo, Yoon, Young-Keun
• Application Number:
  US12/447,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20100069125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/571
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/719 Interference-related aspects

Abstract

Provided are a transceiver and a transceiving method for use in an ultra wide band system for frequency sharing. The transceiver for use in an ultra wide band system for reducing interference that can be generated by an external system includes an external signal detector which detects an external signal generated from the external system, and a transmission signal controller which determines a power level of a transmission signal to be transmitted by the transceiver based on a power level of the detected external signal, in the case where an external signal using the same frequency channel as the ultra band system is detected, wherein the ultra wide band system and the external system are in a frequency sharing environment.

Claims

1. A transceiver for use in an ultra wide band (UWB) system for reducing interference that can be generated by an external system, wherein the ultra wide band system and the external system are in a frequency sharing environment, the transceiver comprising:

an external signal detector which detects an external signal generated by the external system; and

a transmission signal controller which determines a power level of a transmission signal to be transmitted by the transceiver based on a power level of the detected external signal, in the case where an external signal using the same frequency channel as the ultra band system is detected.

2. The transceiver of claim 1, further comprising a maximum power generator which generates the transmission signal at a maximum power level when no external signal is detected.

3. The transceiver of claim 1, further comprising a selective power generator which generates the transmission signal at a power level based on the power level determined in the transmission signal controller.

4. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the transmission signal controller comprises:

a power level measurer which measures a power level of the external signal using the same frequency channel; and

a power level comparer which determines a power level of the transmission signal by comparing the measured power level of the external signal and preset threshold power levels of the transmission signal.

5. The transceiver of claim 4, wherein the power level comparer determines the power level of the transmission signal to be a predetermined minimum threshold power level when the power level of the external signal is smaller than the minimum threshold power level, to be the same as the power level of the external signal when the power level of the external signal is larger than the minimum threshold power level and smaller than a predetermined maximum threshold power level, and to be the maximum threshold power level when the power level of the external signal is larger than the maximum threshold power level.

6. The transceiver of claim 1, further comprising a duty cycle controller which turns on/off the transmission signal based on a preset duty cycle.

7. A transceiving method for use in an ultra wide band system for reducing interference that can be generated by an external system, wherein the ultra wide band system and the external system are in a frequency sharing environment, the transceiving method comprising:

an external signal detection operation which detects an external signal generated by the external system; and

a transmission signal control operation which determines a power level of a transmission signal to be transmitted by the transceiver based on a power level of the detected external signal in the case where an external signal using the same frequency channel as the ultra band system is detected.

8. The transceiving method of claim 7, further comprising a maximum power generation operation which generates the transmission signal having a maximum power level when no external signal is detected.

9. The transceiving method of claim 7, further comprising a selective power generation operation which generates the power level of the transmission signal based on the power level determined in the transmission signal control operation.

10. The transceiving method of claim 7, wherein the transmission signal control operation comprises:

a power level measure operation which measures the power level of the external signal using the same frequency channel; and

a power level compare operation which determines the power level of the transmission signal by comparing the measured power level of the external signal and preset threshold power levels of the transmission signal.

11. The transceiving method of claim 10, wherein the power level compare operation determines the power level of the transmission signal to be a predetermined minimum threshold power level when the power level of the external signal is smaller than the minimum threshold power level, to be the same as the power level of the external signal when the power level of the external signal is larger than the minimum threshold power level and smaller than a predetermined maximum threshold power level, and to be the maximum threshold power level when the power level of the external signal is larger than the maximum threshold power level.

12. The transceiving method of claim 7, further comprising a duty cycle control operation which turns on/off the transmission signal based on a preset duty cycle.

13. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 7 through 12.