Transmission system, transmission method, transmitter, receiver, decoding method, and decoder

• US 7,929,413 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2007
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyushu University
• Original Assignee: Kyushu University
• Inventors: Furukawa, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham; Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): HYUN, SOON D
• Application Number:
  US12/304,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20100067365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,407 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/208
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/707 using direct sequence modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0669 using different channel coding between antennas space-time coding H04L1/0618
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/004 Orthogonal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/005 Iterative decoding, including iteration between signal detection and decoding operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0057 Block codes H04L1/0061, H04L1/0064 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2637 with direct modulation of individual subcarriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2653 with direct demodulation of individual subcarriers

Abstract

A transmission system capable of obtaining an effect of orthogonality among time block codes and an effect of path diversity on a distorted channel is provided. In the transmission system including: a transmitter device transmitting an information signal S[n] multiplied by a code, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals; and a receiver device including a reception filter, if an impulse response matrix of a channel is a matrix H, a characteristic of the reception filter is set to be represented by a complex conjugate transpose matrix H^H to the matrix H and each of the time block codes is set by an eigen code E_I[n] represented by an eigen vector of a matrix H^HH representing a coupled system in which the channel is coupled to the reception filter.

Claims

1. A transmission system comprising:

a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals; and

a receiver device including a reception filter,

wherein if an impulse response matrix of a channel is a matrix H, a characteristic of the reception filter is set to be represented by a complex conjugate transpose matrix H^H to the matrix H and each of the time block codes is set by an eigen code represented by an eigen vector of a matrix H^HH representing a coupled system in which the channel is coupled to the reception filter,

the receiver device includes a received modulation block buffer recording a received modulation block signal; and

a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of each of received modulation block signals, and

a processor to perform;

a first step of, when receiving a new modulation block A, storing the modulation block A in the received modulation block buffer, re-modulating a latest decoding result of a modulation block B recorded in the decoded block buffer and received just before the modulation block A and filtering the latest decoding result of the modulation block B to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component received by the modulation block A from the modulation block B, decoding the modulation block A after eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer as a to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

a second step of reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest recoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component, decoding the to-be-re-decoded modulation block after eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a modulation block stored in the received modulation block buffer and received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

a third step of repeating the second step by a desired number of times

is executed as a decoding processing.

2. The transmission system according to claim 1, wherein if the eigen vector is E_k (where k represents a k^th), an eigen value corresponding to each eigen vector is λ

_k and constant is α

, the eigen vector E_k is changed to an eigen vector obtained by multiplying the eigen vector E_k by a square root of a weight coefficient w_k proportional to the λ

_k<sup>−

α</sup>

.

3. The transmission system according to claim 1, wherein if the eigen vector is E_k (where k represents a k^th), an eigen value corresponding to each eigen vector is λ

_k and constant is TE, an eigen vector E_k satisfying 1/λ

_k >

TE is not used in transmission of the information signal.

4. The transmitter device according to claim 1, wherein each of the time block codes is set by the eigen code.

5. The receiver device according to claim 1, comprising the reception filter a characteristic of which is set by the complex conjugate transpose matrix H^H.

6. A transmission method using a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code and a receiver device including a reception filter,

wherein if an impulse response matrix of a channel is a matrix H, then a characteristic of the reception filter is set to be represented by a complex conjugate transpose matrix H^H to the matrix H, a matrix H^HH representing a coupled system in which the channel is coupled to the reception filter is an Hermitian symmetric matrix and the code is a code corresponding to an eigen vector of the matrix H^HH,

the receiver device includes a received modulation block buffer recording a received modulation block signal;

and a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of each of received modulation block signals, and

the method comprising;

a first step of, when receiving a new modulation block A, storing the modulation block A in the received modulation block buffer, re-modulating a latest decoding result of a modulation block B recorded in the decoded block buffer and received just before the modulation block A and filtering the latest decoding result of the modulation block B to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component received by the modulation block A from the modulation block B, decoding the modulation block A after eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer as a to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

a second step of reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest recoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component, decoding the to-be-re-decoded modulation block after eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a modulation block stored in the received modulation block buffer and received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

a third step of repeating the second step by a desired number of times

is executed as a decoding processing.

7. A transmission system comprising:

a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code, the information signal being transmitted on a channel using a plurality of transmit antennas and received from the channel using a plurality of reception antennas, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals; and

a receiver device including a reception filter,

wherein if an impulse response matrix H_M of the channel is defined by a formula with an impulse response matrix H_ij where i is to discriminate the transmit antennas from one another and j is to discriminate the reception antennas from one another in a combination between each of the transmit antennas and each of the reception antennas, a characteristic of the reception filter is set to be represented by a complex conjugate transpose matrix H_M^H to the matrix H_M and each of the time block codes is set by an eigen code represented by an eigen vector of a matrix H_M^HH_M representing a coupled system in which the channel is coupled to the reception filter, and

the receiver device includes

received modulation block buffer of each of the plurality of reception antenna recording each modulation block received by the plurality of reception antennas in parallel, respectively, and provided to correspond to the reception antennas, respectively, combining means for arranging the modulation blocks in an appropriate order and combining the modulation blocks, and a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of a combined modulation block combined by the combining means;

reception means for, when receiving a new modulation block A_i (where i indicates an antenna number), reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block B_i received just before the modulation block A_i from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component for each A_i, eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A_i, combining, by the combining means, each A_i from which the prefix interference component is eliminated to generate a combined modulation block, storing a decoding result of decoding the combined modulation block in the decoded block buffer, and setting each of a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer to correspond to each of the reception antennas as each to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

re-decoding means for reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result of the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block and filtering the read latest decoding result of the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component to correspond to the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result of the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and filtering the read latest decoding result of the to-be-re-decoded modulation block to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component to correspond to the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block, eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block, combining, by the combining means, the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block from which the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component are eliminated to generate a combined modulation block, storing a decoding result of decoding the combined modulation block in the decoded block buffer, and setting each modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block in the received modulation block buffer to correspond to each of the reception antennas as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

control means for controlling the re-decoding means to repeatedly perform a processing by a desired number of times,

wherein

8. The transmitter device according to claim 7, comprising a plurality of transmit antennas, a time block code being set by the eigen code, wherein an information signal is multiplied by the time block code, a multiplication result is allocated to each of the transmit antennas, and resultant signals are transmitted in parallel.

9. The receiver device according to claim 7, comprising a plurality of reception antennas;

and the reception filter having a characteristic of which is set by the complex conjugate transpose matrix H_M^H,

wherein signals received in parallel by the plurality of antennas are arranged in an appropriate order and combined.

10. A decoding method for a transmission system including a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals;

and

a receiver device including a reception filter,

wherein if an impulse response matrix of a channel is a matrix H, a characteristic of the reception filter is set to be represented by a complex conjugate transpose matrix H^H to the matrix H and each of the time block codes is set by an eigen code represented by an eigen vector of a matrix H^HH representing a coupled system in which the channel is coupled to the reception filter,

the receiver device includes a received modulation block buffer recording a received modulation block signal; and

a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of each of received modulation block signals, and

the decoding method comprising;

a first step of, when receiving a new modulation block A, storing the modulation block A in the received modulation block buffer, re-modulating a latest decoding result of a modulation block B recorded in the decoded block buffer and received just before the modulation block A and filtering the latest decoding result of the modulation block B to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component received by the modulation block A from the modulation block B, decoding the modulation block A after eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer as a to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

a second step of reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest recoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component, decoding the to-be-re-decoded modulation block after eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a modulation block stored in the received modulation block buffer and received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

a third step of repeating the second step by a desired number of times.

11. A decoding method for a transmission system including a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals;

and

a receiver device receiving a transmitted signal,

wherein the receiver device includes a received modulation block buffer recording a received modulation block signal; and

a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of each of received modulation block signals, and

the decoding method comprising;

a first step of, when receiving a new modulation block A, storing the modulation block A in the received modulation block buffer, re-modulating a latest decoding result of a modulation block B recorded in the decoded block buffer and received just before the modulation block A and filtering the latest decoding result of the modulation block B to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component received by the modulation block A from the modulation block B, decoding the modulation block A after eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer as a to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

a second step of reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest recoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component, decoding the to-be-re-decoded modulation block after eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a modulation block stored in the received modulation block buffer and received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

a third step of repeating the second step by a desired number of times.

12. A decoder included in a receiver device in a transmission system including a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals, and a receiver device receiving a transmitted signal,

wherein the decoder includes a received modulation block buffer recording a received modulation block signal;

and a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of each of received modulation block signals, and

a processor to perform;

a first step of, when receiving a new modulation block A, storing the modulation block A in the received modulation block buffer, re-modulating a latest decoding result of a modulation block B recorded in the decoded block buffer and received just before the modulation block A and filtering the latest decoding result of the modulation block B to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component received by the modulation block A from the modulation block B, decoding the modulation block A after eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer as a to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

a second step of reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest recoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component, decoding the to-be-re-decoded modulation block after eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and storing a decoding result in the decoded block buffer, and setting a modulation block stored in the received modulation block buffer and received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

a third step of repeating the second step by a desired number of times is executed as a decoding processing.

13. A receiver device in a transmission system including a transmitter device transmitting an information signal multiplied by a code, the information signal being transmitted on a channel using a plurality of transmit antennas and received from the channel using a plurality of reception antennas, the code being a time block code constituted by a plurality of time series symbols, the transmitter device multiplying the information signal by a plurality of the time block codes, respectively, multiplexing multiplication results on a time axis and transmitting multiplexed signals;

and

a receiver device including a reception filter, wherein if an impulse response matrix H_M of the channel is defined by a formula with an impulse response matrix H_ij where i is to discriminate the transmit antennas from one another and j is to discriminate the reception antennas from one another in a combination between each of the transmit antennas and each of the reception antennas, a characteristic of the reception filter is set to be represented by a complex conjugate transpose matrix H_M^H to the matrix H_M and each of the time block codes is set by an eigen code represented by an eigen vector of a matrix H_M^HH_M representing a coupled system in which the channel is coupled to the reception filter, and

the receiver device includes received modulation block buffer of each of the plurality of reception antenna recording each modulation block received by the plurality of reception antennas in parallel, respectively, and provided to correspond to the reception antennas, respectively, combining means for arranging the modulation blocks in an appropriate order and combining the modulation blocks, and a decoded block buffer recording a decoding result of a combined modulation block combined by the combining means;

reception means for, when receiving a new modulation block A_i (where i indicates an antenna number), reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block B_i received just before the modulation block A_i from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result and filtering the read latest decoding result to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component for each A_i, eliminating the prefix interference component from the modulation block A_i, combining, by the combining means, each A_i from which the prefix interference component is eliminated to generate a combined modulation block, storing a decoding result of decoding the combined modulation block in the decoded block buffer, and setting each of a second latest modulation block among modulation blocks in the received modulation block buffer to correspond to each of the reception antennas as each to-be-re-decoded modulation block;

re-decoding means for reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just before the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result of the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block and filtering the read latest decoding result of the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a prefix interference component to correspond to the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block, reading a latest decoding result of a modulation block received just after the to-be-re-decoded modulation block from the decoded block buffer, re-modulating the read latest decoding result of the to-be-re-decoded modulation block and filtering the read latest decoding result of the to-be-re-decoded modulation block to correspond to the channel, thereby obtaining a postfix interference component to correspond to the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block, eliminating the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component from the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block, combining, by the combining means, the each to-be-re-decoded modulation block from which the prefix interference component and the postfix interference component are eliminated to generate a combined modulation block, storing a decoding result of decoding the combined modulation block in the decoded block buffer, and setting each modulation block received just before the to-be-re-decoded modulation block in the received modulation block buffer to correspond to each of the reception antennas as a new to-be-re-decoded modulation block; and

control means for controlling the re-decoding means to repeatedly perform a processing by a desired number of times,

wherein