Wireless transmission system, wireless communication device and wireless transmission method

• US 8,988,993 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2013
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
• 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): Rose, Kerri
• Application Number:
  US13/892,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20130258834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/328, 370/329, 370/229, 375/267, 375/271
• US Class Current: 370/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0682 using phase diversity (e.g. phase sweeping)
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0697 using spatial multiplexing

Abstract

A wireless transmission system including antenna pairs, a demodulation functional unit, and a transmission characteristic correction unit. The antenna pairs include transmission and reception antennae. A desired wave arrives at a reception antenna in a wireless signal from one transmission antenna. Meanwhile, the reception antenna receives an unnecessary wave in a wireless signal transmitted from a different transmission antenna. The demodulation functional unit corresponding to each antenna pair demodulates a signal received by the reception antenna. The transmission characteristic correction unit carries out correction calculation based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission and reception antennae based on demodulation signals demodulated by the demodulation functional units to acquire an output signal corresponding to a transmission subject signal.

Claims

1. A wireless transmission system, comprising:

first and second antenna pairs, each including a transmission antenna and a corresponding reception antenna that are arranged such that a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a desired wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair and a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair; and

a transmission characteristic correction unit that calculates a correction matrix based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission antennae and the reception antennae based on signals received by the reception antennae to acquire an output signal corresponding to a transmission subject signal,

wherein the first and second antenna pairs are arranged such that;

2. The wireless transmission system according to claim 1, wherein a modulation functional unit for modulating a carrier signal with the transmission subject signal and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmission antenna is provided corresponding to each of the antenna pairs, and the modulation functional unit of at least one of channels of the antenna pairs for a plurality of transmission subject signals adopts a method for modulating only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal while the modulation functional unit of the remaining channels adopts a method other than the method which modulates only the amplitude;

and

the demodulation functional unit in the channel which adopts the method which modulates only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal generates a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation by injection locking based on the reception signal, frequency-converts the received modulation signal with the carrier signal for demodulation and demodulates the modulation signal while the demodulation functional units in the channel or channels which do not adopt the injection locking method frequency-converts the received modulation signal based on the carrier signal for demodulation generated in the channel which adopts the injection locking method and demodulates the modulation signal.

3. The wireless transmission system according to claim 1, wherein a modulation functional unit for modulating a carrier signal with the transmission subject signal and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmission antenna is provided corresponding to each of the antenna pairs, and the modulation functional unit of at least one of channels of the antenna pairs for a plurality of transmission subject signals adopts a method for modulating only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal while the modulation functional unit of the remaining channels adopts a method other than the method which modulates only the amplitude;

the demodulation functional unit generating, for each of the plural transmission subject signals, a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation by injection locking based on the reception signal, frequency-converting the received modulation signal with the carrier frequency for demodulation and demodulating the modulation signal;

the wireless transmission system further comprising a phase shifter provided for each of the channels which adopts the method other than the method which modulates only the amplitude for shifting the phase of the carrier signal for demodulation and supplying the phase-shifted carrier signal for modulation to the corresponding demodulation functional unit.

4. The wireless transmission system according to claim 1, wherein carrier signals used by the demodulation functional units have a common frequency to all channels.

5. The wireless transmission system of claim 1,

wherein n is an even number.

6. The wireless transmission system of claim 1,

wherein n is an odd number.

7. The wireless transmission system of claim 1,

wherein the first and second antenna pairs are arranged such that φ

_a(θ

₁)=0 and φ

_a(θ

₂)=0.

8. A wireless transmission system comprising:

first and second antenna pairs, each including a transmission antenna and a corresponding reception antenna that are arranged such that a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a desired wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair and a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair; and

a transmission characteristic correction unit that calculates a correction matrix based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission antennae and the reception antennae based on signals received by the reception antennae to acquire an output signal corresponding to a transmission subject signal,

wherein a distance between the transmission and reception antennae of the first antenna pair and a distance between the transmission antenna of the second antennae pair and the reception antenna of the first reception pair are set such that each of the elements of the correction matrix that correspond to the desired wave are represented only by a real number term while each of the elements of the correction matrix that correspond to the unnecessary wave are represented only by an imaginary number term.

9. The wireless transmission system according to claim 8, wherein the modulation functional unit for modulating a carrier signal with the transmission subject signal and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmission antenna is provided corresponding to each of the antenna pairs, and the modulation functional unit of at least one of channels of the antenna pairs for a plurality of transmission subject signals adopts a method for modulating only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal while the modulation functional unit of the remaining channels adopts a method other than the method which modulates only the amplitude;

and

the demodulation functional unit, for the plural transmission subject signals, in the channel which adopts the method which modulates only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal generates a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation by injection locking based on the reception signal, frequency-converts the received modulation signal with the carrier signal for demodulation and demodulates the modulation signal while the demodulation functional units in the channel or channels which do not adopt the injection locking method frequency-converts the received modulation signal based on the carrier signal for demodulation generated in the channel which adopts the injection locking method and demodulates the modulation signal.

10. A wireless transmission system comprising:

first and second antenna pairs, each including a transmission antenna and a corresponding reception antenna that are arranged such that a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a desired wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair and a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair; and

a transmission characteristic correction unit that calculates a correction matrix based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission antennae and the reception antennae based on signals received by the reception antennae to acquire an output signal corresponding to a transmission subject signal,

wherein a distance between the transmission and reception antennae of the first antenna pair and a distance between the transmission antenna of the second antennae pair and the reception antenna of the first reception pair are set such that each of the elements of the correction matrix that correspond to the desired wave are represented only by a real number term while each of the elements of the correction matrix that correspond to the unnecessary wave are represented only by a real number term.

11. A wireless transmission system, comprising:

first and second antenna pairs, each including a transmission antenna and a corresponding reception antenna that are arranged such that a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a desired wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair and a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as an unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair;

a demodulation functional unit for each of the antenna pairs that demodulates a signal received by the reception antenna; and

a transmission characteristic correction unit that calculates a correction matrix based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission antennae and the reception antennae based on the signals demodulated by the demodulation functional units to acquire an output signal corresponding to a transmission subject signal,

wherein the first and second antenna pairs are arranged such that;

12. The wireless transmission system according to claim 11, wherein a modulation functional unit for modulating a carrier signal with the transmission subject signal and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmission antenna is provided corresponding to each of the antenna pairs, and the modulation functional unit of at least one of channels of the antenna pairs for a plurality of transmission subject signals adopts a method for modulating only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal while the modulation functional unit of the remaining channels adopts a method other than the method which modulates only the amplitude;

the demodulation functional unit generating, for each of the plural transmission subject signals, a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation by injection locking based on the reception signal, frequency-converting the received modulation signal with the carrier frequency for demodulation and demodulating the modulation signal;

the wireless transmission system further comprising a coding setting unit provided in the channel or channels which adopts the method other than the method which modulates only the amplitude for setting a sign of an output signal outputted from the demodulation functional unit.

13. The wireless transmission system according to claim 11, wherein a modulation functional unit for modulating a carrier signal with the transmission subject signal and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmission antenna is provided corresponding to each of the antenna pairs, and the modulation functional unit of all of channels for a plurality of transmission subject signals adopts a method for modulating only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal;

and

the demodulation functional units includes, in a mixed state, a channel for generating a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with the carrier signal for modulation by injection locking based on the reception signal, frequency converting the received modulation signal with the carrier signal for demodulation and then demodulating the frequency-converted modulation signal and another channel for frequency-converting the received modulation signal based on the carrier signal for demodulation generated by the injection locking and demodulating the frequency-converted modulation signal.

14. The wireless transmission system according to claim 13, wherein the carrier signal for demodulation is generated by the injection locking by the single channel.

15. The wireless transmission system according to claim 11, wherein a modulation functional unit for modulating a carrier signal with the transmission subject signal and transmitting the modulated carrier signal from the corresponding transmission antenna is provided corresponding to each of the antenna pairs, and the modulation functional unit of all of channels for a plurality of transmission subject signals adopts a method for modulating only the amplitude of the transmission subject signal;

and

each of the demodulation functional units of a wireless communication device on a reception side generates, for each of the plural transmission subject signals, a carrier signal for demodulation synchronized with a carrier signal for modulation by injection locking based on the reception signal, frequency-converts the received modulation signal with the carrier signal for demodulation and demodulating the frequency-converted modulation signal.

16. The wireless transmission system of claim 11,

wherein n is an even number.

17. The wireless transmission system of claim 11,

wherein n is an odd number.

18. The wireless transmission system of claim 11,

wherein the first and second antenna pairs are arranged such that φ

_a(θ

₁)=0 and φ

_a(θ

₂)=0.

19. A wireless transmission system comprising:

first and second antenna pairs, each including a transmission antenna and a corresponding reception antenna that are arranged such that a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a first desired wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair, a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as a first unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair, a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as a second desired wave at the reception antenna of the second antenna pair, and a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a second unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the second antenna pair;

a first demodulation functional unit for the first antenna pair that demodulates a signal received by the reception antenna of the first antenna pair by quadrature detection and outputs a first Q signal and a first I signal;

a second demodulation functional unit for the second antenna pair that demodulates a signal received by the reception antenna of the second antenna pair by quadrature detection and outputs a second Q signal and a second I signal; and

a transmission characteristic correction unit that calculates a correction matrix based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission antennae and the reception antennae based on the demodulated signals to acquire output signals corresponding to transmission subject signals,

wherein a distance between the transmission and reception antennae of the first antenna pair and a distance between the transmission antenna of the second antennae pair and the reception antenna of the first reception pair are set such that the first Q signal corresponds only to the first desired wave, the second Q signal corresponds only to the second desired wave, the first I signal corresponds only to the first unnecessary wave, and the second I signal corresponds only to the second unnecessary wave, and

the transmission characteristic correction unit corrects the first and second Q signals and the first and second I signals based on the correction matrix, and adds a corrected first Q signal to a corrected second I signal and adds a corrected second Q signal to a corrected first I signal, to acquire the output signals corresponding to the transmission subject signals.

20. A wireless transmission system comprising:

first and second antenna pairs, each including a transmission antenna and a corresponding reception antenna that are arranged such that a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a first desired wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair, a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as a first unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the first antenna pair, a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the second antenna pair directly arrives as a second desired wave at the reception antenna of the second antenna pair, and a wireless signal transmitted from the transmission antenna of the first antenna pair directly arrives as a second unnecessary wave at the reception antenna of the second antenna pair;

a demodulation functional unit for each of the antenna pairs that demodulates a signal received by the reception antenna by quadrature detection and outputs a demodulated signal that includes a desired wave component and an unnecessary wave component; and

a transmission characteristic correction unit that calculates a correction matrix based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission antennae and the reception antennae based on the demodulated signals to acquire output signals corresponding to transmission subject signals,

the transmission characteristic correction unit corrects each of the demodulated signals based on the correction matrix such that;

the desired wave component of the demodulated signal is corrected based on only real number terms,

the unnecessary wave component of the demodulated signal is corrected based on only imaginary number terms, and

the transmission characteristic correction unit adds a corrected desired wave component of the demodulated signal of the first antenna pair to a corrected unnecessary wave component of the demodulated signal of the second antenna pair.