Communication method, transmitter, and receiver

• US 6,463,076 B1
• Filed: 03/06/1998
• Issued: 10/08/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, HUY DUY
• Application Number:
  US09/035,894
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: 370/528, 370/433, 370/410, 370/522, 370/503, 370/504, 370/505, 370/350, 370/345, 370/347, 370/442, 370/458, 370/459, 455/63
• US Class Current: 370/459
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2643 using time-division multiple access [TDMA] H04B7/2615, H04B7/2618 take precedence

Abstract

In a communication method, even when the same channel is used to perform another communication based on the time division multiple access, a signal can avoid continuously suffering interference from the other communication. Idle slots (I) which are not used for communication are inserted between frames at random to change the period of time slots (TS0 to TS3) at random and moreover, a transmission signal is transmitted at timing of time slot (TS0) which is assigned to its own station, out of time slots of which the period is changed at random, thereby even when the same channel is used to perform another communication based on the time division multiple access, it is possible to avoid continuous agreement of the transmission timing with the other communication, so that it is possible to prevent continuous reception of communication interference from the other communication.

Claims

1. A transmitting method of transmitting a plurality of information using time sharing, comprising the steps of:

arranging said plurality of information in a predetermined order;

performing error correction processing on said plurality of information;

performing interleave processing on said plurality of information;

inserting information different from said plurality of information at random between said plurality of information arranged in said predetermined order after the error correction and interleave processing, wherein

said plurality of information and said different information have a time slot structure wherein a plurality of time slots of the plurality of information form a frame and a non-negative integer number of slots of said different information are inserted at random after each frame of the plurality of information; and

transmitting said plurality of information with said different information inserted at random therebetween to a predetermined transmission channel, such that a period of the plurality of information varies to prevent interference with information transmitted by another transmitter that is transmitting using time sharing.

2. The transmitting method according to claim 1, wherein said time slots have a same length.

3. The transmitting method according to claim 2, wherein said different information comprises a non-negative integer number of idle slots which do not include effective information.

4. The transmitting method according to claim 3, wherein said steps of performing error correction processing and interleave processing extend for a plurality of slots on said plurality of information and are performed before inserting said different information at random between said plurality of information.

5. A receiving method for receiving information transmitted using time sharing, comprising the steps of:

receiving a signal that includes a plurality of desired information and different information inserted at random between said plurality of desired information, wherein the desired information and the different information have a time slot structure wherein a plurality of time slots of desired information form a frame and a non-negative integer number of slots of different information are randomly inserted after each frame of desired information, such that a period of the desired information in the received signal is varied to avoid interference from another received signal transmitted using time sharing;

demodulating the received signal and supplying a demodulation output therefrom;

deleting said different information inserted at random on a transmitting side from said demodulation output;

performing deinterleaving processing to reverse interleave processing performed on a transmission side; and

decoding said plurality of desired information after deinterleaving processing is performed.

6. The receiving method according to claim 5, wherein said time slots have a same length.

7. The receiving method according to claim 6, wherein the number of said different information comprises a randomly selected non-negative integer number of idle slots which do not include effective information.

8. The receiving method according to claim 7, wherein the steps of performing deinterleave processing to reverse interleave processing which extends for a plurality of slots on a transmitting side is performed after deleting said different information from said demodulation output.

9. A transmitter for transmitting a plurality of information using time sharing, comprising:

first means for arranging said plurality of information in a predetermined order;

means for performing error correction processing on said plurality of information;

means for providing interleave processing on said plurality of information;

second means for inserting information different from said plurality of information at random between said plurality of information arranged in said predetermined order after the error correction and interleave processing, wherein

said plurality of information and said different information have a time slot structure wherein a plurality of time slots of the plurality of information form a frame and a non-negative integer number of slots of said different information are inserted at random after each frame of the plurality of information; and

transmitting means for transmitting said plurality of information with said different information inserted therebetween to a predetermined transmission channel, such that a period of the plurality of information varies to prevent interference with information transmitted by another transmitter that is transmitting using time sharing.

10. The transmitter according to claim 9, wherein said time slots have a same length.

11. The transmitter according to claim 10, wherein

said different information comprises a randomly selected non-negative integer number of idle slots which do not include effective information.

12. The transmitter according to claim 11, wherein the error correction processing and interleave processing extend for a plurality of slots on said plurality of information and are performed before inserting said different information at random between said plurality of information.

13. A receiver for receiving information transmitted using time sharing, comprising:

receiving means for receiving a signal that includes a plurality of desired information and different information inserted between said plurality of desired information, wherein the desired information and the different information have a time slot structure wherein a plurality of time slots of desired information form a frame and a non-negative integer number of slots of different information are randomly inserted after each frame of desired information, such that a period of the desired information in the received signal is varied to avoid interference from another received signal transmitted using time sharing;

demodulating means for demodulating the received signal and supplying a demodulation output therefrom;

deleting means for deleting different information inserted at random on a transmitting side, from said demodulation output;

deinterleave processing means for reversing interleave processing performed on the transmitting side; and

decoding means for decoding said plurality of desired information after deinterleave processing is performed.

14. The receiver according to claim 13, wherein said time slots have a same length.

15. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein said different information comprises a randomly selected non-negative integer number of idle slots which do not include effective information.

16. The receiver according to claim 15, wherein the deinterleave processing to reverse interleave processing extending for a plurality of slots on a transmitting side is performed after deleting said different information from said demodulation output.