CDMA transmitting apparatus and CDMA transmitting method

• US 7,251,469 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2004
• Issued: 07/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: INVT SPE LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sudo, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Pablo N.
• Application Number:
  US10/522,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20050254476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,189 Days
• Field of Search: 370/342, 370/441, 370/335, 370/208, 370/445, 370/265, 370/328, 370/331, 370/334, 370/340, 370/236, 370/315, 370/319, 320/503, 320/206, 320/320, 375/146, 375/147, 375265-267, 375/260, 375/208, 375/295, 375/130, 455/63.1, 455/67.13, 455/107, 455/132, 455/562.1, 455/226.3, 455/486.3, 455/102, 455/118, 455/63.4, 455/861, 455/896, 455/226.1
• US Class Current: 455/342
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/707 using direct sequence modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/00 Code division multiplex systems for frequency hopping H04B1/713
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/005 Optical Code Multiplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0066 Parallel concatenated codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems

Abstract

A control section (110) recognizes the type of data included in a transmission signal and outputs a control signal (C1) to an S/P conversion section (101) and a spreading control section (107). The S/P conversion section (101) apportions a specific type of data output from the control section (110) to different transmission systems. Spreading sections (102, 103) carry out spreading processing on the specific type of data output from the S/P conversion section (101) with different spreading codes assigned thereto under the control of the spreading control section (107). The data output from the spreading sections (102, 103) is transmitted by radio through addition sections (104-1, 104-2), transmission sections (105-1, 105-2) and antennas (106-1, 106-2). In this way, it is possible to improve the reception performance on the receiving side for specific data while maintaining the transmission efficiency of an MIMO communication system.

Claims

1. A CDMA transmission apparatus comprising:

an apportion section that apportions a plurality items of data to a plurality of groups;

a multiplexing section that code division multiplexes the apportioned data for each said group; and

a transmission section that transmits the code division multiplexed data for each said group using a transmission antenna corresponding to each said group,

wherein said apportion section generates a replica of specific data of said plurality of items of data and apportions said specific data and the replica of said specific data generated to at least two groups of said plurality of groups, and

said multiplexing section code division multiplexes said apportioned specific data and replica of said specific data using spreading codes which differ from one apportioned group to another.

2. The CDMA transmission apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said specific data includes at least one of a signal for controlling a communication between the own apparatus and CDMA reception apparatus, retransmission data, data directed to the CDMA reception apparatus having channel quality of said communication equal to or lower than a predetermined level, data directed to the CDMA reception apparatus moving at a predetermined speed or faster, data having a retransmission count equal to or greater than a predetermined count or systematic bits when a turbo code is used as an error correcting code of said communication.

3. The CDMA transmission apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein as the retransmission count of said specific data increases, said apportion section increases the number of said groups to which said specific data and the replica of said specific data are apportioned.

4. A base station apparatus provided with the CDMA transmission apparatus according to claim 1.

5. A CDMA transmission method comprising:

a step of apportioning a plurality of items of data to a plurality of groups, said apportioning step generating a replica of specific data of said plurality of items of data and apportioning said specific data and the replica of said specific data generated to at least two groups of said plurality of groups;

a multiplexing step of code division multiplexing the apportioned data for each said group, said multiplexing step code division multiplexing said apportioned specific data and the replica of said specific data using spreading codes which differ from one apportioned group to another; and

a transmission step of transmitting the data code division multiplexed for each said group using a transmission antenna corresponding to each said group.