WIRELESS BASE STATION RECEIVING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL DEMODULATION METHOD AND PROGRAM USED THEREIN

• US 20120264467A1
• Filed: 05/20/2010
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Maruta, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,124,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/501
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0036 at the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0002 by adapting the transmission rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0038 Blind format detection for detection of modulation format H04L27/0012
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2649 Demodulators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT

Abstract

In order to improve the efficiency of user signal demodulation processing including interference suppression processing, a wireless receiving unit (10) forming a wireless base station receiving device (1) receives a wireless signal (101) including plural user signal components respectively transmitted from plural mobile terminals. An interference suppression unit (20) determines whether to perform a predetermined interference suppression processing upon demodulation of each user signal component from the wireless signal (101) (base band signal (102) output from the wireless receiving unit (10)) according to a reception quality (reception quality information (107)) of each user signal component that needs to be guaranteed for each mobile terminal and a transmission rate (transmission rate information (108)) of each user signal component determined for each mobile terminal. At this time, the interference suppression unit (20) causes a number of interference suppression demodulation blocks (30) corresponding to the number of user signal components determined to be subjected to the interference suppression processing to operate, and causes a number of normal demodulation blocks (40) corresponding to the number of user signal components determined not to be subjected to the interference suppression processing to operate.

Claims

1. A wireless base station receiving device comprising:

a reception unit that receives a wireless signal including a plurality of user signal components respectively transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals; and

a determination unit that determines whether to perform a predetermined interference suppression processing upon demodulation of each user signal component from the wireless signal, according to a reception quality of each user signal component that needs to be guaranteed for each mobile terminal, and a transmission rate of each user signal component determined for each mobile terminal.

2. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, wherein, upon the demodulation, the determination unit determines to perform the interference suppression processing when the reception quality and the transmission rate are equal to or greater than respective predetermined thresholds, and determines not to perform the suppression processing in the other cases.

3. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of first demodulation units that execute the interference suppression processing to demodulate one user signal component from the wireless signal; and

a plurality of second demodulation units that demodulate one user signal component from the wireless signal without executing the interference suppression processing,

wherein the determination unit causes a number of the first demodulation units corresponding to the number of user signal components determined to be subjected to the interference suppression processing to operate, and causes a number of the second demodulation units corresponding to the number of user signal components determined not to be subjected to the interference suppression processing to operate.

4. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit instructs the mobile terminals on the reception quality and the transmission rate.

5. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 4, wherein the determination unit estimates a reflection time of the instruction in the mobile terminals, and redetermines whether to perform the interference suppression processing upon demodulation of user signal components transmitted from the mobile terminals after the reflection time, according to the instructed reception quality and transmission rate.

6. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit acquires the reception quality and the transmission rate from a control signal transmitted from each of the mobile terminals in advance of each user signal component.

7. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit acquires each reception quality and each transmission rate through a common channel usable by the mobile terminals.

8. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit acquires the reception quality and the transmission rate from user signal components obtained by the demodulation.

9. The wireless base station receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit obtains the transmission rate based on combined conditions of a modulation method and a coding method to be applied to each user signal component by each mobile terminal.

10. A signal demodulation method used in a wireless base station receiving device, comprising:

receiving a wireless signal including a plurality of user signal components respectively transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals; and

determining whether to perform a predetermined interference suppression processing upon demodulation of each user signal component from the wireless signal, according to a reception quality of each user signal component that needs to be guaranteed for each mobile terminal, and a transmission rate of each user signal component determined for each mobile terminal.

11. The signal demodulation method according to claim 10, including, upon the demodulation, determining to perform the interference suppression processing when the reception quality and the transmission rate are equal to or greater than respective predetermined thresholds, and determining not to perform the suppression processing in the other cases.

12. The signal demodulation method according to claim 10, including instructing the mobile terminals on the reception quality and the transmission rate.

13. The signal demodulation method according to claim 12, further comprising:

estimating a reflection time of the instruction in the mobile terminals; and

redetermining whether to perform the interference suppression processing upon demodulation of user signal components transmitted from the mobile terminals after the reflection time, according to the instructed reception quality and transmission rate.

14. The signal demodulation method according to claim 10, including acquiring the reception quality and the transmission rate from a control signal transmitted from each of the mobile terminals in advance of each user signal component.

15. The signal demodulation method according to claim 10, including acquiring each reception quality and each transmission rate through a common channel usable by the mobile terminals.

16. The signal demodulation method according to claim 10, including acquiring the reception quality and the transmission rate from user signal components obtained by the demodulation.

17. The signal demodulation method according to claim 10, including obtaining the transmission rate based on combined conditions of a modulation method and a coding method to be applied to each user signal component by each mobile terminal.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a signal demodulation program for causing a wireless base station receiving device to execute:

a process to receive a wireless signal including a plurality of user signal components respectively transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals; and

a process to determine whether to perform a predetermined interference suppression processing upon demodulation of each user signal component from the wireless signal, according to a reception quality of each user signal component that needs to be guaranteed for each mobile terminal, and a transmission rate of each user signal component determined for each mobile terminal.