One frequency repeater for a digital radio system

• US 4,789,993 A
• Filed: 09/18/1986
• Issued: 12/06/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ryu, Toshihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huseman, Marianne
• Application Number:
  US06/908,847
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 375/3, 375/4, 370/32, 370/32.1, 455/20, 455/21, 455/22, 455/24, 455/78, 455/81, 455/311, 379/340, 379/406, 379/410, 379/411, 178/70 R, 178/70 S
• US Class Current: 375/214
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15585 by interference cancellation

Abstract

A one frequency repeater includes a receiver for receiving a reception signal through a receiving antenna, a variable frequency characteristic filter for generating a signal for cancelling an interference signal caused by leakage of a transmission signal into a receiving antenna, an adder for adding the interference signal and the reception signal, a demodulator for demodulating an output signal from the adder, a data converter for converting an output signal from the modulator, a modulator for modulating a carrier according to an output from the data converter, and a transmitter for transmitting from a transmitting antenna an output signal modulated by the modulator. The variable frequency characteristic filter receives the signal modulated by the modulator, is controlled in response to a control signal including the output from the data converter, and supplies the interference cancellation signal to the adder.

Claims

1. A one frequency repeater for a digital radio system comprising:

means for receiving a reception signal through a receiving antenna;

a transmitting antenna from which a transmission signal is transmitted, the transmission signal from said transmitting antenna leaking into said receiving antenna;

means for generating an interference cancellation signal for cancelling an interference signal caused by the leakage of the transmission signal included in an output signal from said receiving means;

means for adding the interference cancellation signal and the output signal of said receiving means;

demodulating means for detecting an amplitude and a phase of the interference signal from an output signal of said adding means, and providing a demodulated signal and an error signal obtained from said detected amplitude and phase of the interference signal;

means for data-converting the demodulated signal;

modulating means for modulating a carrier according to an output from said data converting means; and

transmitting means for transmitting the modulated signal from said transmitting antenna;

said interference cancellation signal generating means receiving the modulated signal and supplying the interference cancellation signal to said adding means in response to the error signal and converted data signal from said data converting means.

2. A repeater according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means and said receiving means comprises common local oscillator, and said demodulating means comprises carrier recovery synchronizing means for supplying to said modulating means a recovered carrier wave for generating a carrier of the transmission signal having a phase correlation with a carrier of the reception signal.

3. A repeater according to claim 1, wherein said interference cancellation signal generating means comprises first signal waveform correcting means having predetermined variable frequency characteristics.

4. A repeater according to claim 3, further comprising second signal waveform correcting means, inserted between said modulating means and said interference cancellation signal generating means and having fixed frequency characteristics corresponding to a transmission route of the interference signal caused by leakage of the transmission signal into said reception antenna.

5. A repeater according to claim 1, wherein each of said receiving means, said demodulating means, said modulating means, said transmitting means, and said interference cancellation signal generating means comprises a plurality of unit means respectively, to constitute a plurality of routes having an identical direction but different frequencies, an output from said unit demodulating means belonging to each route being connected to an input of said unit modulating means belonging to another route.

6. A repeater according to claim 1, wherein said interference cancellation signal generating means is responsive to a signal representing a frequency offset between a carrier wave signal outputted from said demodulating means and a carrier wave signal supplied to said modulating means, the signal representing the frequency offset being generated by a multiplier for obtaining a product of carrier waves of said modulating means and said demodulating means.

7. A repeater according to claim 6, wherein said inteference cancellation signal generating means comprises a correlation detector responsive to the error signal, the frequency deviation signal and the output of said data converting means, and a transversal filter responsive to the output of said correlation detector to generate the inteference cancellation signal.

8. A repeater according to claim 1, wherein said inteference cancellation signal generating means comprises a correlation detector responsive to the error signal and the output of said data converting means, and a transversal filter responsive to an output of said correlation detector to generate the inteference cancellation signal.

9. A repeater for a digital radio system having first and second routes having an identical transmission direction but different frequencies, f₁ and f₂ comprising;

first and second transmitters for transmitting transmission signals of f₁ and f₂, respectively;

first and second transmitters for transmitting transmission signals of f₁ and f₂, respectively, the transmission signals leaking into corresponding receivers, respectively;

first and second modulators for modulating carrier waves of f₁ and f₂ with input signals thereof to output modulated signals to said first and second transmitters, respectively;

first and second signal generators for generating first and second interference cancelling signals, respectively;

first adder for adding the output signal of said first receiver and the first interference cancelling signal to output a first error signal;

second adder for adding the output signal of said second receiver the second interference cancelling signal to output a second error signal;

first demodulator for supplying a demodulated data signal to said second modulator and said second signal generator, and the first error signal output from said first adder to said first signal generator; and

second demodulator for supplying a demodulated data signal to said first modulator and said first signal generator, and the second error signal output from said second adder to said second signal generator.