Radio communication apparatus

• US 5,610,946 A
• Filed: 01/26/1995
• Issued: 03/11/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Uniden Corporation (Cornwall Capital Management LP)
• Original Assignee: Uniden Corporation (Cornwall Capital Management LP)
• Inventors: Huang, Ping, Tanaka, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): GLUCK, JEFFREY WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US08/378,337
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 375/269, 375/270, 375/321, 375/344, 375/349, 375/345, 370/11, 370/76, 370/121, 370/122, 455/132
• US Class Current: 375/269
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 1/05 using digital techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence

Abstract

A radio communication apparatus comprises a first/second modulator for modulating a first/second signal according to a first/second frequency, a first demodulator for detecting the received first modulation signal and regenerating the carrier, a clock regenerator for regenerating a clock from the detection output from the first demodulator, an amplitude sampler for sampling the amplitude of the received first modulation signal according to the regenerated clock, a second demodulator for controlling the frequency of the received second modulation signal and executing demodulation for the signal, and a gain controller for executing gain control for the output from the second demodulator according to the output from the amplitude sampler.

Claims

1. A radio communication apparatus having a transmitting device and a receiving device, said transmitting device comprising:

a first modulator for modulating a first signal according to a first frequency and outputting a first digital modulation signal;

a second modulator for modulating a second signal according to a second frequency and outputting a second modulation signal; and

a transmitter for transmitting said first modulation signal and said second modulation signal,

said receiving device comprising;

a receiver for receiving said first modulation signal and said second modulation signal;

a first demodulator for detecting said received first digital modulation signal;

a clock regenerator for regenerating a clock from a detection output from said first demodulator;

an amplitude sampler for sampling the amplitude of said received first digital modulation signal at a timing of said regenerated clock;

a second demodulator for controlling a frequency of said received second modulation signal and performing demodulation; and

a gain controller for executing gain control of said second demodulator according to output from said amplitude sampler.

2. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first demodulator regenerates a carrier by multiplication or a Costas method and said second demodulator performs demodulation according to said regenerated carrier regenerated by said first demodulator.

3. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first modulator performs phase shift keying modulation, said second modulator performs amplitude modulation, and said first demodulator performs coherent detection or differential coherent detection.

4. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said first demodulator regenerates a carrier by multiplication method or a Costas method and said second demodulator performs demodulation according to said regenerated carrier regenerated by said first demodulator.

5. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second demodulator comprises a first eliminator for eliminating a first frequency component from the output from said first demodulator, a second eliminator for eliminating a second frequency component of said received second modulation signal, and a third eliminator for eliminating a frequency component due to fading by combining the output from said eliminator with that from said second eliminator.

6. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said gain controller comprises a reciprocal computing unit for outputting a reciprocal of the output from said amplitude sampler, an interpolation unit for adjusting the timing of the output from said reciprocal computing device to that of the output from said second demodulator, a delay circuit for delaying the output from said second demodulator by a specified period of time, and a mixer for multiplying the output from said adjusting unit by that from said delay circuit.

7. In a radio communication system having a transmitter for transmitting a first frequency signal modulated according to a first information signal and a second frequency signal modulated according to a second information signal, a receiver, comprising:

a first demodulator responsive to said first frequency signal for regenerating a carrier signal and outputting a detection output.

a first discriminator responsive to the detection output of said first demodulator for detecting said first information signal,

a clock regenerator responsive to the detection output of said first demodulator for detecting a clock signal,

a second demodulator responsive to said second frequency signal and said carrier signal for generating an intermediate signal representing said second information signal, and

a second discriminator responsive to said first frequency signal, said intermediate signal and said clock signal for detecting said second information signal.

8. The receiver of claim 7, wherein said first information signal represents a data signal and said second information signal represents a voice signal.

9. The receiver of claim 7, wherein said second discriminator comprises an amplitude sampler responsive to said first frequency signal and said clock signal for generating samples of said first frequency signal at the frequency of said clock signal.

10. The receiver of claim 9, wherein said second discriminator further comprises an interpolation circuit responsive to said samples.

11. The receiver of claim 7, wherein said first frequency signal comprises a phase-shift keying (PSK) modulated signal.

12. The receiver of claim 7, wherein said second frequency signal comprises a single-sideband modulated signal.

13. The receiver of claim 7, wherein said receiver receives a modulated carrier comprising a combination of said first frequency signal and said second frequency signal.

14. The receiver of claim 13, wherein said receiver further comprises a frequency filtering circuit responsive to said modulated carrier for detecting said first frequency signal and said second frequency signal.

15. Method of radio communication using a combination of a first frequency signal modulated according to a first information signal and a second frequency signal modulated according to a second information signal, comprising the steps of:

receiving said combination to detect said first frequency signal and said second frequency signal,

demodulating said received first frequency signal to extract a carrier and to detect said first information signal,

processing said received second frequency signal, together with said carrier, to generate an intermediate signal representing said second information signal, and

processing said received first frequency signal, together with said intermediate signal, to detect said second information signal.

16. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein said method uses a transmitter to transmit said combination.