Communication system capable of performing FDMA transmission

• US 5,715,235 A
• Filed: 11/21/1994
• Issued: 02/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Sawahashi, Mamoru, Adachi, Fumiyuki, Dohi, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carman, Melissa Kay
• Application Number:
  US08/342,582
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 370/29, 370/69.1, 370/95.1, 370/123, 370/18, 370/21, 370/110.4, 370/100.1, 370/104.1, 370/70, 370/50, 370/206, 370/294, 370/344, 370/431, 370/342, 370/343, 370/208 , 370/527, 370/503, 370/319, 370/480, 370/210, 370/535, 455/33.1, 455/115, 455/15, 455/17, 375/235
• US Class Current: 370/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0003 Software-defined radio [SDR] systems, i.e. systems wherein components typically implemented in hardware, e.g. filters or modulators/demodulators, are implented using software, e.g. by involving an AD or DA conversion stage such that at least part of the signal processing is performed in the digital domain digital baseband systems H04L25/00; digital modulation/demodulation H04L27/00; CDMA H04B1/707; TDMA H04B7/2643; image transmission H04N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0007 wherein the AD/DA conversion occurs at radiofrequency or intermediate frequency stage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/28 the receiver comprising at least one semiconductor device having three or more electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7093 Matched filter type
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength

Abstract

A communication apparatus is disclosed which is capable of measuring levels of carrier signals used in adjacent zones during telecommunication with a small circuit scale, and capable of simultaneously transmitting/receiving to FDMA-system signals through a plurality of communication channels. All of transmission signals received through the communication channels under use are wholly converted into an intermediate signal by a mixer. The intermediate signal is quadrature-detected and then A/D-converted into digital I/Q-channel signals by A/D-converters. Thereafter, the digital I/Q-channel signals are frequency-converted by frequency converting circuits in such a manner that center frequencies of these I/Q-channel signals become zero, two sets of I/Q-channel signals may be demodulated by two sets of demodulating circuits. Otherwise, one of these I/Q-channel signals is demodulated by a single demodulating circuit, and the other is level-detected by a level detecting circuit.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

p1 a down-converting circuit for converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

a quadrature-detecting circuit for quadrature-detecting said intermediate frequency signal into a baseband signal of an I channel and a baseband signal of a Q channel;

A/D-converting means for A/D-converting said baseband signals of the I/Q channels into digital baseband signals;

first and second frequency-converting circuits for converting said digital baseband signals into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal;

a demodulating circuit for demodulating one of said two sets of signal derived from said first and second frequency converting circuits; and

level detecting means for detecting a level of the other set of signal derived from said first and second frequency converting circuits.

3. A communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, or 2, wherein the level detecting means is substituted by a second demodulating circuit for demodulating the other set of signal derived from said frequency converting circuit.

2. A communication apparatus comprising:

a down-converting circuit for converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

a quadrature-detecting circuit for quadrature-detecting said intermediate frequency signal into a baseband signal of on I channel and a baseband signal of a Q channel;

A/D-converting means for A/D-converting said baseband signals of the I/Q channels into digital baseband signals;

a memory for storing said digital baseband signals of the I/Q channels;

a frequency converting circuit for converting said digital baseband signals read out from said memory into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal, in a time division mode;

a demodulating circuit for demodulating one of said two sets of signal derived from the frequency converting circuits; and

level detecting means for detecting a level of the other set of signals derived from said frequency converting circuit.

4. A Multiple access communication apparatus for communicating between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, comprising:

a modulating circuit for digitally modulating information to be transmitted based on each of a plurality of carrier frequencies, thereby producing a plurality of modulating signals;

a plurality of frequency converting circuits for converting the plurality of the modulating signals into a plurality of digital baseband signals;

an adding circuit for digitally adding the plurality of the digital baseband signals;

a D/A converter for D/A-converting the added digital baseband signals derived from said adding circuit;

a converting circuit for converting the D/A-converted digital baseband signal derived from said D/A-converter into a high-frequency analog modulation signal; and

transmitting means for transmitting said high-frequency analog information signal.

5. A communication apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said modulating circuit digitally modulates said information based on each of the plurality of the carrier frequencies in a time division mode.

6. A multiple access communication FDMA system for communicating between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, said system comprising the mobile station, the plurality of the base stations for establishing communications to said mobile station in the FDMA system, and a control station coupled with said plurality of base stations, wherein;

said mobile station includes means for simultaneously transmitting the FDMA system signal to said plurality of base stations;

said plurality of base stations include means for receiving said FDMA system signal transmitted from said mobile station; and

said control station includes means for synthesizing said FDMA system signals received from said plurality of base stations.

7. A multiple access communication FDMA system for communicating between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, said system comprising the mobile station, the plurality of the base stations for establishing communications to said mobile station with the FDMA system, and a control station coupled with said plurality of base stations, wherein:

said control station includes means for transmitting information to be transmitted to said mobile station to said plurality of base stations;

each of said plurality of bases stations includes means for transmitting said information to said mobile station; and

said mobile station includes means for simultaneously receiving said information from said plurality of base stations, and means for synthesizing said information received from said plurality of base stations.

8. A multiple access communication method for a FDMA system, comprising the steps of:

converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

converting said intermediate frequency signal into baseband signals;

A/D-converting said baseband signals to digital baseband signals;

converting said digital baseband signals into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal; and

detecting a level of one of said two sets of signals derived from the last converting step while demodulating the other set of signals.

9. A multiple access communication method for a FDMA system, comprising the steps of:

frequency-converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

converting said intermediate frequency signal into baseband signals;

A/D-converting said baseband signals to digital baseband signals;

storing said digital baseband signals into a memory;

converting said digital baseband signals read out from said memory into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal in a time division mode; and

detecting a level of one of said two sets of signals derived from the last converting step while demodulating the other set of signals.

10. A multiple access communication method for a FDMA system, comprising the steps of:

converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

converting said intermediate frequency signal into baseband signal;

A/D-converting said baseband signal to digital baseband signal;

converting said digital baseband signals into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal; and

demodulating said two sets of signals derived from said last converting step.

11. A multiple access communication method for communicating between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, comprising the steps of:

digitally modulating information to be transmitted based on each of a plurality of carrier frequencies, thereby producing a plurality of modulation signals;

converting the plurality of the modulating signals into a plurality of digital baseband signals;

digitally adding the plurality of the digital baseband signals;

D/A converting the added digital baseband signal derived from said adding step;

converting the D/A-converted digital baseband signal derived from said D/A-converting step into a high-frequency analog modulation signal; and

transmitting said high-frequency analog modulation signal.

12. A multiple access communication method as claimed in claim 11 wherein said digitally modulating step digitally modulates said information based on each of the plurality of carrier frequencies in a time division mode.

13. A multiple access communication method applied to a FDMA communication system for communicating between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, said system comprising the mobile station, the plurality of the base stations for establishing communications to said mobile station in the FDMA system, and a control station coupled with said plurality of base stations, wherein;

said mobile station simultaneously transmits the FDMA system signal to said plurality of base stations;

said plurality of base stations receive said FDMA system signal transmitted from said mobile station; and

said control station synthesizes said FDMA system signals received from said plurality of base stations.

14. A multiple access communication method applied to a FDMA communication system for communicating between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, said system comprising the mobile station, the plurality of the base stations for establishing communications to said mobile station in the FDMA system, and a control station coupled with said plurality of base stations, wherein:

said control station transmits information to be transmitted to said mobile station to said plurality of base stations;

each of said plurality of base stations transmits said information to said mobile station; and

said mobile station simultaneously receives said information from said plurality of base stations, and synthesizes said information received from said plurality of base stations.

15. A communication system comprising:

(i) a receiver including;

(a) a down-converting circuit for converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

(b) a quadrature-detecting circuit for quadrature-detecting said intermediate frequency signal into a baseband signal of an I channel and a baseband signal of a Q channel;

(c) A/D-converting means for A/D-converting said baseband signals of the I/Q channels into digital baseband signals;

(d) a frequency-converting circuit for converting said digital baseband signals into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal;

(e) a demodulating circuit for demodulating one of said two sets of signals derived from said frequency converting circuit; and

;

(f) level detecting means for detecting a level of the other set of signal derived from said frequency converting circuit; and

(ii) a transmitter including;

(g) a modulating circuit for digitally modulating information to be transmitted based on each of the plurality of the carrier frequencies, thereby producing a plurality of modulation signals;

(h) an adding circuit for digitally adding said plurality of modulation signals produced from the modulation circuit;

(i) a D/A-converter for D/A-converting the added modulation signal derived from said adding circuit;

(j) a converting circuit for converting the D/A-converted modulation signal derived from said D/A-converted modulation signal derived from said D/A-converter into a high-frequency analog modulation signal; and

(k) transmitting means for transmitting said high-frequency analog modulation signal.

16. A FDMA communication system comprising a mobile station, a plurality of base stations for establishing communications to said mobile station is the FDMA system, and a control station coupled with said plurality of base stations, wherein:

said control station includes means for transmitting information to be transmitted to said mobile station to said plurality of base stations;

each of said plurality of base stations include means for transmitting said information to said mobile station; and

said mobile station includes;

a down-converting circuit for converting an input FDMA-transmission signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

a quadrature-detecting said intermediate frequency signal into a baseband signal an I channel and a baseband signal of a Q channel;

A/D-converting means for A/D-converting said baseband signals of the I/Q channels into digital baseband signals;

first and second frequency-converting circuits for converting said digital baseband signals into two sets of signals whose center frequencies are zero, corresponding to two carrier frequencies contained in said input FDMA-transmission signal;

a demodulating circuit for demodulating one of said two sets of signal derived from said frequency converting circuit; and

level detecting means for detecting a level of the other set of signal derived from said frequency converting circuit.

17. A receiver in multiple access FDMA communication system comprising:

a common signal processing path for processing an input FDMA transmission signal into baseband signals;

a frequency converter connected to the common signal processing path for generating at least two carrier signals;

a demodulator circuit for demodulating one of the carrier signals being communicated in a signal channel; and

a level detector for detecting a level of the other carrier signal present in a channel other than the signal channel being communicated.