Communication system
First Claim
1. A signal transmission apparatus comprising:
- a modulator operable to assign a first data stream to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram to produce a modulated signal, a converter operable to convert the modulated signal into a converted signal having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, and a transmitter operable to transmit the converted signal, wherein the effective symbol part is selected to have a predetermined time period.
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Abstract
At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram expressed at least in the polar coordinate system. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into, low and high, frequency band components which are designated as a first and a second data streams respectively. Upon receiving the TV signal, a receiver can reproduce only the low frequency band component or both the low and high frequency band components, depending on its capability. Furthermore, a communication system based on an OFDM system is utilized for data transmission of a plurality of subchannels, wherein the subchannels are differentiated by changing the length of a guard time slot or a carrier wave interval of a symbol transmission time slot, or changing the transmission electric power of the carrier.
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9 Claims
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1. A signal transmission apparatus comprising:
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a modulator operable to assign a first data stream to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram to produce a modulated signal, a converter operable to convert the modulated signal into a converted signal having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, and a transmitter operable to transmit the converted signal, wherein the effective symbol part is selected to have a predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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2. A signal receiving apparatus comprising:
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a converter operable to convert a received signal, having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, into a converted signal according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, the effective symbol part being selected to have a predetermined time period, the received signal having information of a data stream, wherein the data stream is assigned to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram, and a demodulator operable to demodulate the converted signal to produce the data stream. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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3. A signal transmission system comprising:
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a signal transmission apparatus comprising;
a modulator operable to assign a data stream to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram to produce a modulated signal, a frequency-time converter operable to frequency-time convert the modulated signal into a frequency-time converted signal, having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, and a transmitter operable to transmit the frequency-time converted signal; and
a signal receiving apparatus comprising;
a time-frequency converter operable to time-frequency convert the frequency-time converted signal into a time-frequency converted signal according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, and a demodulator operable to demodulate the time-frequency converted signal to produce the data stream, wherein the effective symbol part is selected to have a predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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4. A signal transmission method comprising:
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assigning a data stream to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram to produce a modulated signal, converting the modulated signal into a converted signal having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, and transmitting the converted signal, wherein the effective symbol part is selected to have a predetermined time period.
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5. A signal receiving method comprising:
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converting a received signal, having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, into a converted signal according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, the effective symbol part being selected to have a predetermined time period, the received signal having information of a data stream, wherein the data stream is assigned to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram, and demodulating the converted signal to produce the data stream.
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6. A signal transmitting and receiving method comprising:
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assigning a data stream to a respective constellation in a vector space diagram to produce a modulated signal, frequency-time converting the modulated signal into a frequency-time converted signal having an effective symbol part and a guard interval, according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, transmitting the frequency-time converted signal, time-frequency converting the frequency-time converted signal into a time-frequency converted signal according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, and demodulating the time-frequency converted signal to produce the data stream, wherein the effective symbol part is selected to have a predetermined time period.
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