Wireless relaying device, wireless transmission device, and wireless relaying method

• US 8,948,233 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyoshi, Kenichi, Nakao, Seigo, Imamura, Daichi, Enoki, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassa, Zewdu
• Application Number:
  US13/515,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20130100988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 375/211
• US Class Current: 375/211
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15 Active relay systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15507 Relay station based processing for cell extension or control of coverage area, network planning with network coordinated processing with regard to cell extension H04W16/26; network topologies using dedicated repeater stations H04W84/047; terminal devices adapted for relaying to or from an other terminal H04W88/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15528 Control of operation parameters of a relay station to exploit the physical medium
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/24 Relay circuits using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices H04L25/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Provided is a wireless relaying device, wherein system capacity can be increased by reducing power consumption required for relay processing at mobile stations equipped with relaying function. This is a relaying node (200) that relays communication between an originating node and a destination node, and that is provided with: a demodulation unit (203) that demodulates a signal transmitted from the originating node; a decoding unit (205) that obtains a signal destined for the relaying node (200), by decoding an amplitude bit from among a plurality of bits that comprise each of the symbols of the signal demodulated by the demodulation unit (203); and a modulation unit (208) that generates a relay signal destined for the destination node, by modulating a phase bit from among the plurality of bits that comprise each of the symbols of the signal demodulated by the demodulation unit (203).

Claims

1. A radio relay apparatus that relays communication between a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus, comprising:

a demodulation section that demodulates a signal transmitted from the radio transmitting apparatus to obtain a plurality of bits constituting each symbol of the demodulated signal, the plurality of bits including an amplitude bit that varies when an amplitude of the symbol of the demodulated signal changes and a phase bit that varies when a phase of the symbol of the demodulated signal changes;

a decoding section that decodes the amplitude bit among the plurality of bits, to obtain a signal directed only to the radio relay apparatus itself;

a modulation section that modulates only the phase bit among the plurality of bits to generate a relay signal directed to the radio receiving apparatus; and

a transmitting section that transmits a relay signal only including the phase bit modulated by the modulation section.

2. The radio relay apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the modulation section modulates the phase bit using a modulation scheme with a smaller amplitude variation than a modulation scheme of the signal transmitted from the radio transmitting apparatus.

3. The radio relay apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the modulation section modulates the phase bit in a modulation scheme using only phase, and further comprising a transmitting section that transmits the phase bit modulated by the modulation section through limiter operation.

4. The radio relay apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the decoding section decodes the amplitude bit and some of the phase bits, to obtain the signal directed to the radio relay apparatus, and

the modulation section modulates bits other than the some bits of the phase bits to generate the relay signal directed to the radio receiving apparatus.

5. The radio relay apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the signal directed to the radio relay apparatus is a signal indicating information for controlling operation of relay processing in the radio relay apparatus.

6. The radio relay apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting section that transmits the phase bit modulated by the modulation section using polar modulation.

7. A radio relay method in a radio relay apparatus that relays communication between a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus, comprising:

demodulating a signal transmitted from the radio transmitting apparatus, to obtain a plurality of bits constituting each symbol of the demodulated signal, the plurality of bits including an amplitude bit that varies when an amplitude of the symbol of the demodulated signal changes and a phase bit that varies when a phase of the symbol of the demodulated signal changes;

decoding the amplitude bit among the plurality of bits to obtain a signal directed only to the radio relay apparatus itself;

modulating only the phase bit among the plurality of bits to generate a relay signal directed to the radio receiving apparatus; and

transmitting a relay signal only including the phase bit modulated by the modulation section.