Wireless communication receiving device and wireless communication system

• US 7,809,071 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2008
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kajihara, Hirotsugu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghebretinsae; Temesghen
• Application Number:
  US11/968,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20080165878A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 375262-264, 375/341, 714/795
• US Class Current: 375/264
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/06 using space diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0631 Receiver arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03242 Methods involving sphere decoding

Abstract

A wireless communication receiving device includes an initializing section for obtaining a temporary solution from a transmission route estimation value and a reception signal, a solution candidate calculating section for obtaining a solution candidate for each dimension existing inside a search area around the temporary solution, a solution candidate selecting section for deleting a solution candidate a cumulative distance of which is large when the number of solution candidates exceeds a specified resource number, a distance calculating section for obtaining a partial distance between the temporary solution and the solution candidate for each dimension, and a cumulative distance of the obtained partial distances, and a distance comparing section.

Claims

1. A wireless communication receiving device comprising:

an initializing section for obtaining a temporary solution from a transmission route estimation value and a reception signal;

a solution candidate calculating section for obtaining a solution candidate for each dimension existing inside a search area around the temporary solution;

a solution candidate selecting section for deleting a solution candidate a cumulative distance of which is large when the number of solution candidates exceeds a specified resource number;

a distance calculating section for obtaining a partial distance between the temporary solution and the solution candidate for each dimension, and a cumulative distance of the obtained partial distances; and

a distance comparing section for comparing the sizes of the cumulative distances with each other, obtaining a solution candidate having a smaller cumulative distance, and controlling the solution candidate calculating section, the solution candidate selecting section, and the distance calculating section so as to cause the solution candidate calculating section, the solution candidate selecting section, and the distance calculating section to obtain the solution candidate, delete the solution candidate, and obtain the cumulative distance for each dimension number of the lattice code.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the solution candidate calculating section performs operations of obtaining solution candidates in the same dimension in parallel with each other.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the distance calculating section performs operations of obtaining the cumulative distances in the same dimension in parallel with each other.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the distance comparing section repeatedly performs an operation of obtaining the temporary solution, obtaining the solution candidate, deleting the solution candidate, and obtaining the cumulative distance, for each dimension number of the lattice code, thereby performing pipeline processing.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein when the number of solution candidates in a certain dimension is the resource number at most, the solution candidate selecting section deletes the solution candidate calculation of the dimension.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving antenna for receiving data transmitted thereto from outside.

7. The device according to claim 6, further comprising a radio frequency section for converting a radio signal of a frequency used in the communication output thereto from the receiving antenna into an analog signal.

8. The device according to claim 7, further comprising an analog digital converting section for converting the analog signal output thereto from the radio frequency section into a digital signal.

9. The device according to claim 8, further comprising a decoder provided with an initializing section, a solution candidate calculating section, a solution candidate selecting section, a distance calculating section, and a distance comparing section, and is configured to decode SDM code which is a digital signal output thereto from the analog digital converting section into a signal before being multiplexed in channel.

10. The device according to claim 9, further comprising a demapper for converting the signal output thereto from the decoder into transmission data, and outputting the data to the outside.

11. A wireless communication system comprising:

a transmitting device for transmitting data; and

a receiving device for receiving the transmitted data, wherein

the receiving device comprises

an initializing section for obtaining a temporary solution from a transmission route estimation value and a reception signal;

a solution candidate calculating section for obtaining a solution candidate for each dimension existing inside a search area around the temporary solution;

a solution candidate selecting section for deleting a solution candidate a cumulative distance of which is large when the number of solution candidates exceeds a specified resource number;

a distance calculating section for obtaining a partial distance between the temporary solution and the solution candidate for each dimension, and a cumulative distance of the obtained partial distances; and

a distance comparing section for comparing the sizes of the cumulative distances with each other, obtaining a solution candidate having a smaller cumulative distance, and controlling the solution candidate calculating section, the solution candidate selecting section, and the distance calculating section so as to cause the solution candidate calculating section, the solution candidate selecting section, and the distance calculating section to obtain the solution candidate, delete the solution candidate, and obtain the cumulative distance for each dimension number of the lattice code.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the solution candidate calculating section performs operations of obtaining solution candidates in the same dimension in parallel with each other.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the distance calculating section performs operations of obtaining the cumulative distances in the same dimension in parallel with each other.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the distance comparing section repeatedly performs an operation of obtaining the temporary solution, obtaining the solution candidate, deleting the solution candidate, and obtaining the cumulative distance, for each dimension number of the lattice code, thereby performing pipeline processing.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein when the number of solution candidates in a certain dimension is the resource number at most, the solution candidate selecting section deletes the solution candidate calculation of the dimension.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the transmitting device further comprises a mapper for converting a signal input thereto from outside into transmission data, and

the receiving device further comprises a receiving antenna for receiving data transmitted thereto from outside.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein

the transmitting device further comprises an encoder for distributing signals output thereto from the mapper;

and

the receiving device further comprises a radio frequency section for converting a radio signal of a predetermined frequency output thereto from the receiving antenna into an analog signal.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein

the transmitting device further comprises a digital analog converting section for converting a digital signal output thereto from the encoder into an analog signal, and

the receiving device further comprises an analog digital converting section for converting the analog signal output thereto from the radio frequency section into a digital signal.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein

the transmitting device further comprises a radio frequency section for converting the analog signal output thereto from the digital analog converting section into a radio signal, and

the receiving device further comprises a decoder provided with an initializing section, a solution candidate calculating section, a solution candidate selecting section, a distance calculating section, and a distance comparing section, and is configured to decode a SDM code which is a digital signal output thereto from the analog digital converting section into a signal before being multiplexed in channel.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein

the transmitting device further comprises a transmitting antenna for transmitting a radio signal output thereto from the radio frequency section to the receiving device, and

the receiving device further comprises a demapper for converting the signal output thereto from the decoder into transmission data, and outputting the transmission data to the outside.