Multi-frequency communication system with an improved diversity scheme

• US 5,369,800 A
• Filed: 05/20/1992
• Issued: 11/29/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Small Power Communication Systems Research Laboratories Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Small Power Communication Systems Research Laboratories Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Dambayashi, Toshikazu, Nagasawa, Zenichirou, Takagi, Tasuku
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VO, NGUYEN THANH
• Application Number:
  US07/885,966
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: 455/59, 455/60, 455/62, 455/63, 455/10, 455/101, 455/133, 455/134, 455/135, 455/272, 455/275, 455/276.1, 455/277.1, 455/277.2, 455/102, 455/103, 455/104, 375/100
• US Class Current: 455/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/12 Frequency diversity

Abstract

In a transmitting section, a modulator modulates a first carrier with datao be transmitted, thereby producing a modulated output f_m, a local oscillator generates a local oscillating signal to be used as a second carrier f_LO, a mixer mixes the modulated output and the local oscillating signal, thereby generating waves of different frequencies. These waves include an upper side band wave f_LO +f_m and a lower side band wave f_LO -f_m. A transmitting antenna radiates electromagnetic waves into the air, which includes the waves of different frequencies generated by the mixer. In a receiving section, a receiving antenna receives the electromagnetic waves, a diversity section extracts at least one of the upper side band and lower side band waves f_LO +f_m, f_LO -f_m from the waves of different frequencies received by the receiving antenna, a local oscillator generates a local oscillating signal corresponding to the second carrier, a mixer mixes the one wave extracted by the diversity section and the local oscillating signal generated by the local oscillator, thereby generating an output, and a demodulator extracts a signal corresponding to the first carrier, from the output of the mixer, and demodulates the signal thus extracted, thereby outputting data corresponding to the data transmitted from the transmitting section.

Claims

1. A multi-frequency communication system comprising:

a transmitting section including;

modulation means including an oscillator for generating a first carrier and a mixer, for modulating the first carrier with data to be transmitted, thereby to generate a modulated output;

first local oscillation means for generating a first local oscillating signal which is to be used as a second carrier;

first mixer means for mixing the modulated output from said modulation means and the first local oscillating signal generated by said first local oscillation means, thereby to generate waves of different frequencies, including at least an upper side band wave having a frequency which is a sum of the frequencies of the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal and a lower side band wave having a frequency which is a difference between the frequencies of the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal; and

transmitting antenna means for radiating electromagnetic waves into the air, the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies generated by said first mixer means; and

a receiving section including;

receiving antenna means for receiving the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies and radiated from said transmitting antenna means;

diversity means for extracting at least one wave of the upper side band wave and the lower side band wave from the waves of different frequencies received by said receiving antenna means;

second local oscillation means for generating a second local oscillating signal equal to the first local oscillating signal;

second mixer means for mixing the at least one wave extracted by said diversity means and the second local oscillating signal generated by said second local oscillation means, thereby to generate an output; and

demodulation means for demodulating the output generated by said second mixer means, thereby to recover the data to be transmitted by the transmitting section.

2. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 1, wherein said modulation means further includes a BPSK modulator.

3. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting section includes a band-pass filter for passing the upper side band wave and the lower side band wave included in the waves of different frequencies which have been generated by said first mixer means, said band-pass filter being located between the first mixer means and said transmitting antenna means.

4. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 3, wherein said first carrier has frequency of 10.7 MHz, said second carrier has frequency of 300 MHz, and said band-pass filter allows the passage of waves having frequencies ranging from 289.3 MHz to 310.7 MHz.

5. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 1, wherein said diversity means includes means for distributing the electromagnetic waves received by said receiving antenna means, into a first set of waves and a second set of waves, a first band-pass filter for allowing the passage of the upper side band wave included in the first set of waves, a second band-pass filter for allowing the passage of the lower side band wave included in the second set of waves, and means for comparing the upper side band wave and the lower side band wave from said first and second band-pass filters and outputting one of said waves compared, which has the better quality.

6. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 5, wherein said first carrier has frequency of 10.7 MHz, said second carrier has frequency of 300 MHz, said first band-pass filter allows the passage of a wave having frequency of 310.7 MHz, and said second band-pass filter allows the passage of a wave having frequency of 289.3 MHz.

7. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 1, wherein said demodulation means includes means for converting a first intermediate-frequency signal according to the output from said second mixer means, to a second intermediate-frequency signal having a frequency lower than that of the first intermediate-frequency signal.

8. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 7, wherein said demodulation means includes a first band-pass filter for allowing the passage of the first intermediate-frequency signal, and a second band-pass filter for allowing the passage of the second intermediate-frequency signal.

9. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 8, wherein said first carrier has frequency of 10.7 MHz, said first band-pass filter allows the passage of a wave having frequency of 10.7 MHz, and said second band-pass filter allows the passage of a wave having frequency of 455 KHz.

10. A multi-frequency communication system comprising:

a transmitting section including;

modulation means including an oscillator for generating a first carrier and a mixer, for modulating the first carrier with data to be transmitted, thereby to generate a modulated output;

first local oscillation means for generating a first local oscillating signal which is to be used as a second carrier;

first mixer means for mixing the modulated output from said modulation means and the first local oscillating signal generated by said first local oscillation means, thereby to generate waves of different frequencies, including at least an upper side band wave having a frequency which is a sum of the frequencies of the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal and a lower side band wave having a frequency which is a difference between the frequencies of the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal; and

transmitting antenna means for radiating electromagnetic waves into the air, the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies generated by said first mixer means; and

a receiving section including;

receiving antenna means for receiving the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies and radiated from said transmitting antenna means;

diversity means for synthesizing the upper side band wave and the lower side band wave, in phase-state, from the waves of different frequencies received by said receiving antenna means, thereby to generate an output; and

demodulation means for demodulating the output generated by said diversity means, thereby to recover the data to be transmitted by the transmitting section.

11. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 10, wherein said diversity means includes means for distributing the electromagnetic waves received by said receiving antenna means, into a first set of waves and a second set of waves, a first band-pass filter for allowing the passage of the upper side band wave included in the first set of waves, a second band-pass filter for allowing the passage of the lower side band wave included in the second set of waves, means for detecting a phase difference between the upper side band wave from the first band-pass filter and the lower side band wave from the second band-pass filter, means for integrating an output from the detecting means, second local oscillator means for generating a second local oscillating signal equal to the first local oscillating signal, phase shifter means for adjusting a phase amount Ψ

of the second local oscillating signal from the second local oscillator means in accordance with an output from the integrating means, and second mixer means for mixing the electromagnetic waves received by said receiving an tenna means and an output from the phase shifter means,

wherein the phase shifter means adjusts into Ψ

=θ

/2.

12. The multi-frequency communication system according to claim 10, wherein said diversity means comprises:

oscillator means for oscillating a predetermined frequent signal;

first phase shifter means for adjusting a phase amount θ

_s of the predetermined frequency signal from the oscillator means;

phase modulator means for modulating a phase of the electromagnetic waves received by said receiving antenna means in accordance with an output from the first phase shifter means;

local oscillator means for oscillating a local oscillating signal which corresponds to the second carrier;

second phase shifter means for adjusting a phase amount θ

_l of the local oscillating signal from the local oscillator means;

second mixer means for mixing an output from the phase modulator means and an output from the second phase shifter means;

envelope detection means for detecting the envelope of an output from the second mixer means;

third mixer means for mixing an output from the envelope detection means and the output from the first phase shifter means; and

integrator means for integrating an output from the third mixer means;

wherein the second phase shifter means adjusts the phase amount θ

_l in accordance with an output from the integrator means.

13. A method for performing multi-frequency communication, comprising the steps of:

modulating a first carrier generated by an oscillator with data to be transmitted in a mixer, thereby to generate a modulated output;

first generating a first local oscillating signal which is to be used as a second carrier;

first mixing the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal, thereby to generate waves of different frequencies, including at least an upper side band wave having a frequency which is a sum of the frequencies of the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal and a lower side band wave having a frequency which is a difference between the frequencies of the modulated output and the first local oscillating signal;

radiating electromagnetic waves into the air, the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies;

receiving the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies;

extracting at least one wave of the upper side band wave and the lower side band wave from the waves of different frequencies received by said receiving step;

second generating a second local oscillating signal equal to the first local oscillating signal;

second mixing the at least one wave extracted by said extracting step and the second local oscillating signal generated, thereby to generate an output; and

demodulating the output generated by said second mixing step, thereby to recover the data to be transmitted.

14. A method for performing multi-frequency communication, comprising the steps of:

modulating a first carrier generated by an oscillator with data to be transmitted in a mixer, thereby to generate a modulated output;

generating a local oscillating signal which is to be used as a second carrier;

mixing the modulated output and the local oscillating signal, thereby to generate waves of different frequencies, including at least an upper side band wave having a frequency which is a sum of the frequencies of the modulated output and the local oscillating signal and a lower side band wave having a frequency which is a difference between the frequencies of the modulated output and the local oscillating signal;

radiating electromagnetic waves into the air, the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies;

receiving the electromagnetic waves including the waves of different frequencies;

synthesizing the upper side band wave and the lower side band wave, in phase state, from the waves of different frequencies received by said receiving step, thereby to generate an output; and

demodulating the output generated by said synthesizing step, thereby to recover the data to be transmitted.