Data transmitting/receiving method and apparatus in UWB communication system

• US 8,358,676 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young-woo, Rhee, Dong-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Ometz, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US12/243,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20090180517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,574 Days
• Field of Search: 375/130
• US Class Current: 375/130
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/713 using frequency hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7163 using impulse radio

Abstract

A data transmitting/receiving method and apparatus for allocating optimal sub-bands and transmission power levels and transmitting data in a ultra wide band (UWB) communication system. The method includes receiving data through sub-bands of each band group; determining performance ranks of the sub-bands based on error rates and differences of transmitting and receiving power levels of the received data; selecting a predetermined number of sub-bands according to the performance ranks of the sub-bands; generating power level adjustment information based on measured power levels of data of the selected sub-bands; and receiving data according to the selected sub-bands and the power levels.

Claims

1. A data transmitting method in a UWB (ultra wide band) communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting predetermined sample data to sub-bands of each of a plurality of band groups;

allocating transmission sub-bands according to performance rank information of the sub bands, the performance rank information determined based on applying weights to a loss of transmission power levels and error rates of the predetermined sample data for each of the sub bands;

adjusting the transmission power levels of the allocated sub-bands within an allowable threshold value; and

communicating according to the allocated sub-bands and the adjusted transmission power levels of the sub-bands wherein the adjusting of the transmission power level comprises;

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is smaller than the allowable threshold value, adjusting the current power level of the sub-band to the reduced power level; and

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is larger than the allowable threshold value, adjusting the power level of the sub-band to a previous power level.

2. The data transmitting method of claim 1, wherein the allocating of the transmission sub-bands comprises changing transmission sub-band numbers according to information of sub-bands selected based on performance ranks of the sub-bands.

3. The data transmitting method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the transmission power level within allowable threshold value comprises:

receiving, from a data receiving apparatus, power level adjustment information obtained by comparing the error rates of the predetermined sample data with threshold values of the sub-bands; and

adjusting the transmission power levels of the sub-bands according to the power level adjustment information.

4. The data transmitting method of claim 3, wherein the adjusting of the transmission power level comprises reducing the transmission power level until the error rate of the predetermined sample data is not larger than the allowable threshold value.

5. The data transmitting method of claim 1, wherein the communicating comprises communicating based on an order of sub-bands defined according to TFC (time frequency code) and the transmission power levels determined for the sub-bands.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance ranks are determined according to

performance rank=σ

*PESI+•

β

*PLSI;

wherein σ

is a weight of a packet error rate, β

is (1−

σ

), PESi is a packet error rate of an i-th sub-band, and PLSi is a power level difference of the i-th sub-band.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a data transmitting apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method of claim 1.

6. A data receiving method in an ultra-wide band (UW8) communication system, the method comprising:

receiving predetermined sample data through sub-bands of each of a plurality of band groups;

determining performance ranks of the sub-bands based on error rates and differences of transmitting and receiving power levels of the predetermined sample data, wherein the determining of the performance ranks of the sub-bands comprises determining the performance ranks of the sub-bands by applying weights to the differences between the transmitting and receiving power levels and the error rates of the predetermined sample data of each of the sub-bands;

selecting a predetermined number of sub-bands according to the performance ranks of the sub-bands;

generating power level adjustment information based on measured power levels of the predetermined sample data of the selected sub-bands; and

communicating according to the selected sub-bands and the power levels . . .

wherein the generating the transmission power level comprises;

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is smaller than an allowable threshold value, setting a power level value obtained by subtracting a reduced power level from a current power level to a power level adjustment value; and

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is larger than the allowable threshold value, setting a previous power level value to the power level adjustment value.

7. The data receiving method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting the power level adjustment information to the data transmitting apparatus until an error rate of reception data of the sub-bands is not larger than an allowable threshold value.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the performance ranks are determined according to

performance rank=σ

*PESi+•

β

*PLSi;

wherein σ

is a weight of a packet error rate, β

is (1−

σ

), PESi is a packet error rate of an i-th sub-band, and PLSi is a power level difference of the i-th sub-band.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a data receiving apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method of claim 6.

8. A data transmitting apparatus in an ultra-wide band (UWB) communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transmission data processor to allocate transmission sub-bands according to performance rank information of sub-bands received from apparatuses connected to a network and to adjust transmission power levels of the allocated sub-bands within a threshold value;

a transmitting module to transmit predetermined sample data and a UWB data processed by the transmission data processor to the connected apparatuses; and

a receiving module to receive the performance ranks and data power level information of the sub-bands from the connected apparatuses and to apply the performance ranks and the data power level information to the transmission data processor,

wherein the performance rank information is determined based on applying weights to error rates and a difference between transmitting and receiving power levels of the predetermined sample data for each of the sub-bands wherein the adjusting of the transmission power level comprises;

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is smaller than the allowable threshold value, adjusting the current power level of the sub-band to the reduced power level; and

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is larger than the allowable threshold value, adjusting the power level of the sub-band to a previous power level.

9. A data receiving apparatus in a ultra wide band (UWB) communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a reception data processor to select a predetermined number of sub-bands according to performance ranks of the sub-bands based on applying weights to error rates and a difference between transmitting and receiving power levels of predetermined sample data for each of the sub-bands received from apparatuses connected to a network and to generate power level adjustment information based on measured power levels of data of the selected sub-bands;

a receiving module to receive UWB data from the apparatuses and to apply the UWB data to the reception data processor; and

a transmitting module to transmit to the connected apparatuses the performance rank information and the data power level information of the sub-bands processed by the reception data processor wherein the generating the power level adjustment information comprises;

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is smaller than an allowable threshold value, setting a power level value obtained by subtracting a reduced power level from a current power level to a power level adjustment value; and

if the error rate of the predetermined sample data is larger than the allowable threshold value, setting a previous power level value to the power level adjustment value.

14. An ultra-wide band (UWB) communication system, comprising:

a data transmitting apparatus to transmit predetermined data on all sub-bands of a plurality of band groups, to transmit the predetermined data on selected sub-bands of the sub-bands, to adjust transmission levels of the selected sub-bands so as to fall within an allowable threshold value; and

a data receiving apparatus to receive the predetermined data, to determine the selected sub-bands based on performance rank information and applying weights to an error rate of the sub-band and a difference between transmission and reception power levels of the predetermined data, and to adjust power levels based on the adjusted transmission levels of the received predetermined data for each of the sub-bands wherein the adjusting of the transmission levels comprises;

if the error rate of the predetermined data is smaller than the allowable threshold value, adjusting the current power level of the sub-band to the reduced power level; and

if the error rate of the predetermined data is larger than the allowable threshold value, adjusting the power level of the sub-band to a previous power level.

15. A method of determining optimal sub-bands for ultra wide band (UWB) communication, the method comprising:

transmitting a request for predetermined sample data from a data receiving apparatus;

transmitting the predetermined sample data to the data receiving apparatus on all sub-bands of each of a plurality of band groups;

determining a performance rank for each sub-band based on applying weights to an error rate of the sub-band and a difference between transmission and reception power levels of the predetermined sample data for each of the sub-bands;

selecting a predetermined number of the sub-bands and transmitting information identifying the selected sub-bands;

transmitting the predetermined sample data using the selected sub-bands;

transmitting a request for reduced power levels if an error rate of the predetermined sample data transmitted using the selected sub-bands is less than a threshold value, and re-transmitting the predetermined sample data using the selected sub-bands and the reduced power levels;

repeating the requesting for the reduced power levels and the re-transmitting of the predetermined sample data until the error rate of the predetermined sample data is greater than the threshold value;

and transmitting a request to transmit data using a previous power level if the error rate of the predetermined sample data transmitted using the selected sub-bands is greater than the threshold value.