Communication method and radio transmitter
First Claim
1. A receiving apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- a receiving circuit configured for receiving from a transmitting apparatus an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal having a plurality of subcarriers allocated among one or more frequency channels comprising all or a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals, wherein the one or more frequency channels correspond to a usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit, and wherein the OFDM signal comprises a data portion in which data to be received by the receiving apparatus is allocated to each of a plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a plurality of unused subcarriers, the unused subcarriers having been determined by the transmitting apparatus based on the usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit;
wherein the OFDM signal further comprises a broadcast portion carrying broadcast information;
wherein the broadcast information comprises an indirect indication of the positions of the unused subcarriers within the data portion of the OFDM signal, whereby the positions of the unused subcarriers within the data portion are mutually known between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus in relation to the indirect indication;
signal processing components configured to demodulate the plurality of used subcarriers and to refrain from demodulating the plurality of unused subcarriers within the data portion; and
signal transmitting components configured to notify the transmitting apparatus of the usable bandwidth.
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Abstract
Radio transmission is performed even to a communication party whose bandwidth that can be used for transmission and reception is limited without having an influence of an offset of a DC component. A radio transmitter applied to an OFDMA communication system in which a plurality of different terminals performs communication using OFDM signals at the same time that includes a mapping part that allocates transmission power to each subcarrier, and also selects a subcarrier to which minimum power of the transmission power to be allocated is allocated and modulates transmission data in units of communication slots to output the modulated data; and a transmission part for transmitting radio signals including the modulated data using each of the subcarriers.
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18 Claims
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1. A receiving apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a receiving circuit configured for receiving from a transmitting apparatus an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal having a plurality of subcarriers allocated among one or more frequency channels comprising all or a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals, wherein the one or more frequency channels correspond to a usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit, and wherein the OFDM signal comprises a data portion in which data to be received by the receiving apparatus is allocated to each of a plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a plurality of unused subcarriers, the unused subcarriers having been determined by the transmitting apparatus based on the usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit; wherein the OFDM signal further comprises a broadcast portion carrying broadcast information; wherein the broadcast information comprises an indirect indication of the positions of the unused subcarriers within the data portion of the OFDM signal, whereby the positions of the unused subcarriers within the data portion are mutually known between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus in relation to the indirect indication; signal processing components configured to demodulate the plurality of used subcarriers and to refrain from demodulating the plurality of unused subcarriers within the data portion; and signal transmitting components configured to notify the transmitting apparatus of the usable bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for processing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals received by a receiving apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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notifying a transmitting apparatus of a usable bandwidth of the receiving apparatus; receiving an OFDM signal from the transmitting apparatus, the OFDM signal having a plurality of subcarriers allocated among one or more frequency channels comprising all or a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals, wherein the one or more frequency channels correspond to the usable bandwidth, and wherein the OFDM signal comprises a data portion in which data to be received by the receiving apparatus is allocated to each of a plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a plurality of unused subcarriers, the unused subcarriers having been determined by the transmitting apparatus based on the usable bandwidth; wherein the OFDM signal further comprises a broadcast portion carrying broadcast information; wherein the broadcast information comprises an indirect indication of the positions of the unused subcarriers within the data portion of the OFDM signal, whereby the positions of the unused subcarriers within the data portion are mutually known between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus in relation to the indirect indication; and demodulating the plurality of used subcarriers within the data portion and refraining from demodulating the unused subcarriers within the data portion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A receiving apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a receiving circuit configured for receiving from a transmitting apparatus an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal having a plurality of subcarriers allocated among one or more frequency channels comprising all or a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals, wherein the one or more frequency channels correspond to usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit, wherein each of the one or more frequency channels comprises 64 subcarriers, and wherein the OFDM signal comprises a a data portion in which data to be received by the receiving apparatus is allocated to each of a first plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a first plurality of unused subcarriers, the first plurality of unused subcarriers having been determined by the transmitting apparatus based on the usable bandwidth, and wherein the OFDM signal further comprises a broadcast portion in which broadcast information is allocated to each of a second plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a second plurality of unused subcarriers; wherein the broadcast information comprises an indirect indication of the positions of the first plurality of unused subcarriers within the data portion of the OFDM signal, whereby the positions of the first plurality of unused subcarriers within the data portion are mutually known between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus in relation to the indirect indication; signal processing components configured to refrain from demodulating one or more of the second plurality of unused subcarriers positioned at a center of each of the one or more frequency channels within the broadcast portion of the OFDM signal and to refrain from demodulating one or more of the first plurality of unused subcarriers positioned at a center of the data portion of the OFDM signal; and signal transmitting components configured to notify the transmitting apparatus of the usable bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for processing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals received by a receiving apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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receiving from a transmitting apparatus an OFDM signal having a plurality of subcarriers allocated among a plurality of frequency channels comprising all or a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals, wherein the one or more frequency channels correspond to a usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit, wherein each of the frequency channels comprises 64 subcarriers, and wherein the OFDM signal comprises a data portion in which data to be received by the receiving apparatus is allocated to each of a first plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a first plurality of unused subcarriers, the first plurality of unused subcarriers having been determined by the transmitting apparatus based on the usable bandwidth of the receiving circuit, and wherein the OFDM signal further comprises a broadcast portion in which broadcast information is allocated to each of a second plurality of used subcarriers, but not to a second plurality of unused subcarriers; wherein the broadcast information comprises an indirect indication of the positions of the first plurality of unused subcarriers within the data portion of the OFDM signal, whereby the positions of the first plurality of unused subcarriers within the data portion are mutually known between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus in relation to the indirect indication; and refraining from demodulating one or more of the second plurality of unused subcarriers positioned at a center of each of the one or more frequency channels within the broadcast portion of the OFDM signal, and refraining from demodulating one or more of the first plurality of unused subcarriers positioned at a center of the data portion of the OFDM signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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