RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20110002321A1
• Filed: 09/14/2010
• Published: 01/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwai, Takashi, Takata, Tomofumi, Matsumoto, Atsushi, Futagi, Sadaki, Miyoshi, Kenichi, Imamura, Daichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,422,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/342
• 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:

a determination section that determines whether or not uplink synchronization is established;

a selection section that selects a signature generated from a code sequence using a cyclic shift value;

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

a transmission section that transmits the generated random access signal on a random access channel,

wherein the selection section switches the cyclic shift value based on whether or not the uplink synchronization is established.

2. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an estimation section that estimates an amount of propagation delay,

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, wherein the selection section switches the cyclic shift value to a smaller value when the uplink synchronization is determined to be established.

4. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection section selects a cyclic shift value corresponding to a smaller amount of propagation delay when the uplink synchronization is determined to be established, or selects a cyclic shift value corresponding to the estimated amount of propagation delay when the uplink synchronization is determined not to be established.

5. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination section determines whether or not the uplink synchronization is established depending on the whether or not a terminal transmission timing is controlled by a base station.

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

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

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

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

10. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, 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.

11. A radio transmitting method performed by a radio transmitting apparatus comprising:

determining whether or not uplink synchronization is established;

selecting a signature generated from a code sequence using a cyclic shift value, the cyclic shift value being switched depending on whether or not the uplink synchronization is established;

generating a random access signal including the selected signature; and

transmitting the generated random access signal on a random access channel.