Radio transmission system, radio communication apparatus, and radio transmission method

• US 8,781,412 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mihota, Norihito
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, PABLO N
• Application Number:
  US12/890,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20110098010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 455/101, 455/63.1, 455/67.13, 455/103, 455/114.2, 455/115.1, 455/115.3, 455/67.11, 455132-135, 370/229, 370/252, 370/328, 370/329, 370277-282, 370/310, 375/267, 375/259, 375/260
• US Class Current: 455/101
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/02 Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/262 taking into account adaptive modulation and coding [AMC] scheme AMC per se H04L1/0001

Abstract

A radio transmission system includes: antenna pairs, each antenna pair being a combination of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna in one-to-one correspondence. A radio signal from the transmitting antenna in one of the antenna pairs reaches the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair as a desired wave directly, and a radio signal from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair different from the one antenna pair reaches the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair as an unnecessary wave directly. A transfer characteristic correction section which performs a correction operation based on the transfer characteristic of a transmission space between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna for a transmission-target signal corresponding to the transmitting antenna, and a modulation functional section which modulates a carrier signal with a corrected signal after having been corrected by the transfer characteristic correction section and transmits the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmitting antenna, are provided in correspondence with each antenna pair.

Claims

1. A radio transmission system comprising:

a plurality of antenna pairs, each antenna pair including a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna corresponding to each other and configured such that a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna in one of the plurality of antenna pairs directly arrives as a desired wave at the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair, and a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair different from the one antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair;

a transfer characteristic correction circuit provided for each of the antenna pairs, each transfer characteristic correction circuit configured to correct a transmission-target signal corresponding to the transmitting antenna of the corresponding antenna pair based on a transfer characteristic of a transmission space between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna of the corresponding antenna pair; and

a modulation functional circuit provided for each of the antenna pairs, each modulation functional circuit configured to modulate a carrier signal with a corrected signal after correction by the transfer characteristic correction circuit and transmit the modulated carrier signal from the transmitting antenna of the corresponding antenna pair, wherein

for each of a plurality of transmission-target signals, the transfer characteristic correction circuit is configured to perform only a real term-related correction operation for a desired signal and only an imaginary term-related correction operation for an unnecessary signal, and supply a real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and an imaginary term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal in a pair to the modulation functional circuit, and

for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, the modulation functional circuit quadrature-modulates for the real term-related corrected signal, for the desired signal and the imaginary term-related corrected signal, and for the unnecessary signal supplied in a pair from the transfer characteristic correction circuit.

2. The radio transmission system according to claim 1,

wherein a path difference, which is the difference between an inter-antenna distance of the desired wave and an inter-antenna distance of the unnecessary wave, between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna is set such that each element of the desired wave of a matrix prescribing the transfer characteristic is expressed only by a real term, and each element of the unnecessary wave of the matrix prescribing the transfer characteristic is expressed by a real term or an imaginary term.

3. The radio transmission system according to claim 2,

wherein the path difference is further set such that each element of the unnecessary wave of the matrix prescribing the transfer characteristic is expressed only by an imaginary term.

4. The radio transmission system according to claim 3,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises:

a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, and demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation; and

a phase-shift circuit configured to, for the other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, shift the phase of the carrier signal for demodulation and supply the phase-shifted carrier signal to the corresponding demodulation functional circuit.

5. The radio transmission system according to claim 3,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for the at least one antenna pair, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation, and for the antenna pairs not using injection locking, demodulate the received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation created by the antenna pairs using injection locking.

6. The radio transmission system according to claim 2,

wherein the path difference is further set such that each element of the unnecessary wave of the matrix prescribing the transfer characteristic is expressed only by a real term.

7. The radio transmission system according to claim 6,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one of the antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises:

a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, and demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation; and

a sign setting circuit configured to, for the other antenna pairs, set the sign of an output signal output from the demodulation functional circuit.

8. The radio transmission system according to claim 2, wherein

when a wavelength of the carrier signal used in the modulation functional circuit is λ

c, and phase characteristics depending on the directionality of antennas are zero, a path difference, which is the difference between an inter-antenna distance of the desired wave and an inter-antenna distance of the unnecessary wave, between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna is set to (n/2+¼

)λ

c, where n is a positive integer of 0 or equal to or greater than 1, and

when a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of the one antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

1, a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

2, and the phase characteristics depending on the directionality of the antennas are φ

a(θ

1) and φ

a(θ

2), the path difference is corrected by −

(φ

a(θ

2)−

φ

a(θ

1))/π

)λ

c.

9. The radio transmission system according to claim 2, wherein

when a wavelength of the carrier signal used in the modulation functional circuit is λ

c, and phase characteristics depending on the directionality of antennas are zero, a path difference, which is the difference between an inter-antenna distance of the desired wave and an inter-antenna distance of the unnecessary wave, between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna is set to (n/2)λ

c, where n is a positive integer of 0 or equal to or greater than 1, and

when a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of the one antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

1, a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

2, and the phase characteristics depending on the directionality of the antennas are φ

a(θ

1) and φ

a(θ

2), the path difference is corrected by −

(φ

a(θ

2)−

φ

a(θ

1))/π

)λ

c.

10. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein

when a wavelength of the carrier signal used in the modulation functional circuit is λ

c, and phase characteristics depending on the directionality of antennas are zero, a path difference, which is the difference between an inter-antenna distance of the desired wave and an inter-antenna distance of the unnecessary wave, between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna is set to (n/2+¼

)λ

c, where n is a positive integer of 0 or equal to or greater than 1, and

when a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of the one antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

1, a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

2, and the phase characteristics depending on the directionality of the antennas are φ

a(θ

1) and φ

a(θ

2), the path difference is corrected by −

(φ

a(θ

2)−

φ

a(θ

1))/π

)λ

c.

11. The radio transmission system according to claim 10,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises:

a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, and demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation; and

a phase-shift circuit configured to, for the other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, shift the phase of the carrier signal for demodulation and supply the phase-shifted carrier signal to the corresponding demodulation functional circuit.

12. The radio transmission system according to claim 10,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for the at least one antenna pair, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation, and for the antenna pairs not using injection locking, demodulate the received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation created by the antenna pairs using injection locking.

13. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein

when a wavelength of the carrier signal used in the modulation functional circuit is λ

c, and phase characteristics depending on the directionality of antennas are zero, a path difference, which is the difference between an inter-antenna distance of the desired wave and an inter-antenna distance of the unnecessary wave between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna is set to (n/2)λ

c, where n is a positive integer of 0 or equal to or greater than 1, and

when a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of the one antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

1, a radiation angle from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair to the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair is θ

2, and the phase characteristics depending on the directionality of the antennas are φ

a(θ

1) and φ

a(θ

2), the path difference is corrected by −

(φ

a(θ

2)−

φ

a(θ

1))/π

)λ

c.

14. The radio transmission system according to claim 13,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one of the antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises:

a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, and demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation; and

a sign setting circuit configured to, for the other antenna pairs, set the sign of an output signal output from the demodulation functional circuit.

15. The radio transmission system according to claim 13,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for transmission-target signals corresponding to at least one of the antenna pair and the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate amplitude and an additional property for transmission target-signals corresponding to other antenna pairs not including the at least one antenna pair, and

the radio transmission system further comprises a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for the at least one antenna pair, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation, and for the antenna pairs not using injection locking, demodulate the received modulated signal on the basis of the carrier signal for demodulation created by the antenna pairs using injection locking through frequency conversion.

16. The radio transmission system according to claim 13,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for all the antenna pairs of a plurality of transmission-target signals, and

the radio transmission system further comprises a demodulation functional circuit configured to, for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, create a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation through injection locking on the basis of a received signal and demodulate a received modulated signal through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation.

17. The radio transmission system according to claim 13,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for all the antenna pairs of a plurality of transmission-target signals, and

the radio transmission system further comprises a demodulation functional circuit configured to mix a system in which a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation is created through injection locking on the basis of a received signal, and a received modulated signal is demodulated through frequency conversion with the carrier signal for demodulation and a system in which the received modulated signal is demodulated through frequency conversion on the basis of the carrier signal for demodulation created by injection locking.

18. The radio transmission system according to claim 13,

wherein the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate only amplitude for all the antenna pairs of a plurality of transmission-target signals, and

the radio transmission system further comprises a demodulation functional circuit configured to perform envelope detection or square-law detection for a received modulated signal.

19. The radio transmission system according to claim 1,

wherein for each of a plurality of transmission-target signals, the transfer characteristic correction circuit is configured to perform only a real term-related correction operation for the desired signal and also only a real term-related correction operation for the unnecessary signal, add a real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and a real term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal, and supplies the added signal to the modulation functional circuit and

for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate the added signal of the real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and the real term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal supplied from the transfer characteristic correction circuit.

20. The radio transmission system according to claim 1

wherein the frequency of a carrier signal used in the modulation functional circuit is in common to all of the antenna pairs.

21. A radio communication apparatus for a system including a plurality of antenna pairs, each antenna pair including a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna corresponding to each other, the apparatus comprising:

a transfer characteristic correction circuit configured to perform a correction operation based on a transfer characteristic of a transmission space between the transmitting antenna and receiving antenna of each antenna pair such that a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna of one of the plurality of antenna pairs directly arrives as a desired wave at the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair, and a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair different from the one antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the receiving antenna of the antenna pair; and

a modulation functional circuit configured to modulate a carrier signal with a corrected signal after correction by the transfer characteristic correction circuit and transmit the modulated carrier signal from the transmitting antenna corresponding to the antenna pair, wherein

for each of a plurality of transmission-target signals, the transfer characteristic correction circuit is configured to perform only a real term-related correction operation for a desired signal and only an imaginary term-related correction operation for an unnecessary signal, and supply a real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and an imaginary term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal in a pair to the modulation functional circuit, and for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, the modulation functional circuit quadrature modulates for the real term-related corrected signal, for the desired signal and the imaginary term-related corrected signal, and for the unnecessary signal supplied in pair from the transfer characteristic correction section.

22. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 21,

wherein, for each of the plurality of the transmission-target signals, the transfer characteristic correction circuit is configured to perform only a real term-related correction operation for the desired signal and also only a real term-related correction operation for the unnecessary signal, add a real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and a real term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal, supply the added signal to the modulation functional circuit, and for each of the plurality of transmission-target signals, the modulation functional circuit is configured to modulate the added signal of the real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and the real term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal supplied from the transfer characteristic correction circuit.

23. A radio transmission method comprising:

providing a plurality of antenna pairs, each antenna pair including a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna corresponding to each other;

performing radio transmission through space division multiplex such that a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna of one of the plurality of antenna pairs directly arrives as a desired wave the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair, and a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair different from the one antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair;

correcting a transmission-target signal corresponding to the transmitting antenna of the corresponding antenna pair based on a transfer characteristic of a transmission space between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna;

modulating a carrier signal with a corrected signal after the correction; and

transmitting the modulated signal from the corresponding transmitting antenna, wherein

the correcting includes performing only a real term-related correction operation for a desired signal and only an imaginary term-related correction operation for an unnecessary signal, and supplying a real term-related corrected signal for the desired signal and an imaginary term-related corrected signal for the unnecessary signal in a pair, and

the modulating includes quadrature-modulating for the real term-related corrected signal, for the desired signal and the imaginary term-related corrected signal, and for the unnecessary signal.