Random jitter beamforming method and transmitter and receiver using the same

• US 9,270,023 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2012
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kwak, Byung-Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Harry
• Application Number:
  US13/657,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20130099973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,219 Days
• Field of Search: 342/368, 342/379, 342/382, 342/383
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/26 varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture H01Q3/12, H01Q3/22, H01Q3/24 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/086 using weights depending on external parameters, e.g. direction of arrival [DOA], predetermined weights or beamforming

Abstract

A random jitter beamforming method for reducing the influence of a side lobe to decrease a beam width, and a transmitter and a receiver using the same are provided. The random jitter beamforming method includes dividing a series of binary sequences to generate a plurality of bit groups, designating a beam pattern, corresponding to each of the bit groups, from a set of two or more beam patterns having the same gain and phase in a target direction, and forming a beam with the corresponding beam pattern, for each of the bit groups.

Claims

1. A random jitter beamforming method, comprising:

dividing a series of binary sequences to generate a plurality of bit groups;

designating a beam pattern, corresponding to each of the bit groups, from a set of two or more beam patterns having the same gain and phase in a target direction; and

forming a beam with the corresponding beam pattern, for each of the bit groups.

2. The random jitter beamforming method of claim 1, wherein the designating of the beam pattern comprises randomly designating one beam pattern from the set of two or more beam patterns, for each of the bit groups.

3. The random jitter beamforming method of claim 1, wherein the designating of the beam pattern comprises designating the beam pattern to each of the bit groups according to a predetermined rule.

4. The random jitter beamforming method of claim 1, wherein the target direction is a direction of a target device.

5. A transmitter using random jitter beamforming, comprising:

a bit group generation unit configured to divide a series of transmission binary sequences to generate a plurality of bit groups;

a beam control unit configured to control a set of two or more beam patterns having the same gain and phase in a target direction;

a beamforming unit configured to designate a corresponding beam pattern among the two or more beam patterns to each of the bit groups;

a D/A conversion unit configured to convert each of the bit groups, of which the corresponding beam pattern has been designated, into an analog signal; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the analog signal.

6. The transmitter of claim 5, wherein the beamforming unit randomly designates one beam pattern from the set of two or more beam patterns, for each of the bit groups.

7. The transmitter of claim 5, wherein the beamforming unit designates the beam pattern to each of the bit groups in a predetermined order.

8. A receiver using random jitter beamforming, comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive an RF signal through an antenna array, and convert the RF signal into a continuous time baseband signal, wherein;

an A/D conversion unit configured to convert the continuous time baseband signal into discrete time domain signals equal to the number of antennas comprised in the antenna array;

a beam control unit configured to define and store an array coefficient vector for a beam pattern, wherein the array coefficient vector is based on dividing a binary sequence to generate a bit group; and

a beamforming unit configured to perform beamforming on the discrete time domain signal to generate a random-jitter-beamformed signal.

9. The receiver of claim 8, further comprising a bit group combination unit configured to generate a reception data sequence from a plurality of the random-jitter-beamformed signals.

10. A receiver using random jitter beamforming, comprising a cross-correlation coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a cross-correlation coefficient with a binary sequence vector and a reception signal vector that are transmitted using random jitter beamforming, wherein the binary sequence vector is based on a binary sequence divided into a of bit group.

11. The receiver of claim 10, wherein, when the cross-correlation coefficient is greater than a predetermined threshold, the cross-correlation coefficient calculation unit determines the receiver as a target device with respect to the received binary sequence vector.

12. A receiving method using random jitter beamforming, the receiving method comprising:

receiving an RF signal through an antenna array, and converting the RF signal into a continuous time baseband signal;

converting the continuous time baseband signal into discrete time domain signals equal to the number of antennas comprised in the antenna array;

defining and storing an array coefficient vector for a beam pattern, wherein the array coefficient vector is based on dividing a binary sequence to generate a bit group; and

performing beamforming on the discrete time domain signal to generate a random-jitter-beamformed signal.

13. The receiving method of claim 12, further comprising:

generating a reception data sequence from a plurality of the random-jitter-beamformed signals by combining bit groups included in each of the random-jitter-beamformed signals.