Wireless communications method and system, and full-duplex wireless transceiver

• US 10,454,663 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honor Device Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Jinnan, Feng, Shulan
• Primary Examiner(s): Holland, Jenee
• Application Number:
  US15/388,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20170104576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/711 the interference being multi-path interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0202 Channel estimation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1461 Suppression of signals in the return path, i.e. bidirectional control circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless communications method and system, and a full-duplex wireless transceiver, where the method includes: modulating a transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal and outputting the first radio frequency signal to a transmit antenna; then performing, under control of a pre-generated control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal and obtaining a cancellation signal; performing self-interference cancellation on a second radio frequency signal received from a radio air interface by using a receive antenna and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation; and finally demodulating the third radio frequency signal into a receive digital signal.

Claims

1. A full-duplex wireless transceiver, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to configure the full-duplex wireless transceiver to implement;

a sending module, a receiving module, a cancellation signal generation module, and a channel estimation module, wherein the cancellation signal generation module comprises several adjustment submodules, an output end of the sending module is connected to an input end of the cancellation signal generation module and a transmit antenna, an output end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to a first input end of the receiving module, a second input end of the receiving module is connected to a receive antenna, a control end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to an output end of the channel estimation module, a first input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an output end of the receiving module, and a second input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an input end of the sending module, wherein;

the channel estimation module is configured to compute a channel characteristic of a wireless self-interference channel between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, generate a control signal according to the channel characteristic, and output the control signal to the adjustment submodule;

the sending module is configured to modulate an input transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the adjustment submodule and the transmit antenna;

the adjustment submodule is configured to receive the first radio frequency signal and the control signal and perform, under control of the control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, and obtain a cancellation signal;

the adjustment submodule is further configured to output the cancellation signal to the receiving module;

the receiving module is configured to receive the cancellation signal and receive a second radio frequency signal from a radio air interface, and perform self-interference cancellation on the second radio frequency signal and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation; and

the receiving module is further configured to demodulate the third radio frequency signal into a receive digital signal, wherein

the adjustment submodule that is configured to perform phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal comprises;

a first vector modulator,

a first numerical control delay line and a first numerical control attenuator, or

the first vector modulator, the first numerical control delay line, and the first numerical control attenuator.

2. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 1, wherein an input end of the first vector modulator is connected to an output end of the sending module, an output end of the first vector modulator is connected to a first input end of the receiving module, and a control end of the first vector modulator is connected to an output end of the channel estimation module, wherein:

the first vector modulator is configured to adjust a phase and an amplitude of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to obtain the cancellation signal, and output the cancellation signal to the first input end of the receiving module.

3. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 1, wherein an input end of the first numerical control delay line is connected to the output end of the sending module, an output end of the first numerical control delay line is connected to an input end of the first numerical control attenuator, a control end of the first numerical control delay line and a control end of the first numerical control attenuator are separately connected to the output end of the channel estimation module, and an output end of the first numerical control attenuator is connected to the first input end of the receiving module, wherein:

the first numerical control delay line is configured to adjust a phase of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to obtain the phase-adjusted first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the first numerical control attenuator; and

the first numerical control attenuator is configured to adjust an amplitude of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to generate the cancellation signal, and output the cancellation signal to the first input end of the receiving module.

4. A full-duplex wireless transceiver, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to configure the full-duplex wireless transceiver to implement;

a sending module, a receiving module, a cancellation signal generation module, and a channel estimation module, wherein the cancellation signal generation module comprises several adjustment submodules, an output end of the sending module is connected to an input end of the cancellation signal generation module and a transmit antenna, an output end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to a first input end of the receiving module, a second input end of the receiving module is connected to a receive antenna, a control end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to an output end of the channel estimation module, a first input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an output end of the receiving module, and a second input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an input end of the sending module, wherein;

the channel estimation module is configured to compute a channel characteristic of a wireless self-interference channel between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, generate a control signal according to the channel characteristic, and output the control signal to the adjustment submodule;

the sending module is configured to modulate an input transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the adjustment submodule and the transmit antenna;

the adjustment submodule is configured to receive the first radio frequency signal and the control signal and perform, under control of the control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, and obtain a cancellation signal;

the adjustment submodule is further configured to output the cancellation signal to the receiving module;

the receiving module is configured to receive the cancellation signal and receive a second radio frequency signal from a radio air interface, and perform self-interference cancellation on the second radio frequency signal and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation; and

the receiving module is further configured to demodulate the third radio frequency signal into a receive digital signal, wherein at least one of the adjustment submodules in the several adjustment submodules is further configured to perform delay adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, wherein

the adjustment submodule that is configured to perform phase adjustment, amplitude adjustment, and delay adjustment on the first radio frequency signal comprises;

a second vector modulator and a second numerical control delay line,

a third numerical control delay line, a second numerical control attenuator, and a fourth numerical control delay line, or

the second vector modulator, the second numerical control delay line, the third numerical control delay line, the second numerical control attenuator, and the fourth numerical control delay line.

5. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 4, wherein the cancellation signal generation modules between one transmit antenna and multiple receive antennas share the second numerical control delay line.

6. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 4, wherein the cancellation signal generation modules between one transmit antenna and multiple receive antennas share the fourth numerical control delay line.

7. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 4, wherein an input end of the second numerical control delay line is connected to the output end of the sending module, an output end of the second numerical control delay line is connected to an input end of the second vector modulator, a control end of the second numerical control delay line and a control end of the second vector modulator are separately connected to the output end of the channel estimation module, and an output end of the second vector modulator is connected to the first input end of the receiving module, wherein:

the second numerical control delay line is configured to adjust a delay of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to obtain the delay-adjusted first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the second vector modulator; and

the second vector modulator is configured to adjust a phase and an amplitude of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to obtain the cancellation signal, and output the cancellation signal to the first input end of the receiving module.

8. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 4, wherein an input end of the third numerical control delay line is connected to the output end of the sending module, an output end of the third numerical control delay line is connected to an input end of the second numerical control attenuator, a control end of the third numerical control delay line, a control end of the second numerical control attenuator, and a control end of the fourth numerical control delay line are separately connected to the output end of the channel estimation module, an output end of the second numerical control attenuator is connected to an input end of the fourth numerical control delay line, and an output end of the fourth numerical control delay line is connected to the first input end of the receiving module, wherein:

the third numerical control delay line is configured to adjust a phase of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to obtain the phase-adjusted first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the second numerical control attenuator;

the second numerical control attenuator is configured to adjust an amplitude of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to obtain the amplitude-adjusted first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the fourth numerical control delay line; and

the fourth numerical control delay line is configured to adjust a delay of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to generate the cancellation signal, and output the cancellation signal to the first input end of the receiving module.

9. A full-duplex wireless transceiver, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to configure the full-duplex wireless transceiver to implement;

a sending module, a receiving module, a cancellation signal generation module, and a channel estimation module, wherein the cancellation signal generation module comprises several adjustment submodules, an output end of the sending module is connected to an input end of the cancellation signal generation module and a transmit antenna, an output end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to a first input end of the receiving module, a second input end of the receiving module is connected to a receive antenna, a control end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to an output end of the channel estimation module, a first input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an output end of the receiving module, and a second input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an input end of the sending module, wherein;

the channel estimation module is configured to compute a channel characteristic of a wireless self-interference channel between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, generate a control signal according to the channel characteristic, and output the control signal to the adjustment submodule;

the sending module is configured to modulate an input transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the adjustment submodule and the transmit antenna;

the adjustment submodule is configured to receive the first radio frequency signal and the control signal and perform, under control of the control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, and obtain a cancellation signal;

the adjustment submodule is further configured to output the cancellation signal to the receiving module;

the receiving module is configured to receive the cancellation signal and receive a second radio frequency signal from a radio air interface, and perform self-interference cancellation on the second radio frequency signal and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation; and

the receiving module is further configured to demodulate the third radio frequency signal into a receive digital signal, wherein the cancellation signal generation module further comprises a switch control submodule and switch submodules that are in a one-to-one correspondence with the several adjustment submodules, wherein;

the switch submodule is configured to control a work status of the adjustment submodule between a pair of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal, wherein the adjustment submodule is corresponding to the switch submodule, and the work status comprises a connected state or a non-connected state; and

the switch control submodule is configured to determine a quantity of adjustment submodules in the connected state in the several adjustment submodules by using a predefined criterion.

10. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 9, wherein a manner in which the switch control submodule determines a quantity of adjustment submodules in the connected state in the several adjustment submodules by using a predefined criterion comprises:

at least one of;

obtaining energy corresponding to each path in N paths of the wireless self-interference channel from the channel estimation module; and

determining M paths from the N paths, so that a ratio of a first sum of energy corresponding to each path in the M paths to a second sum of energy corresponding to each path in remaining (N-M) paths of the N paths apart from the M paths is greater than a preset first threshold, wherein the energy corresponding to any path in the M paths is greater than the energy corresponding to any path in the (N-M) paths, and M is a positive integer and M is the quantity of adjustment submodules in the connected state in the several adjustment submodules determined by the switch control submodule, and N is greater than M;

or

obtaining a first received signal strength indicator of the second radio frequency signal and a second received signal strength indicator of the third radio frequency signal;

when the second received signal strength indicator of the third radio frequency signal is greater than a preset second threshold, or when a difference between the first received signal strength indicator of the second radio frequency signal and the second received signal strength indicator of the third radio frequency signal is less than a preset third threshold, increasing the quantity of adjustment submodules in the connected state;

or

when a difference between the first received signal strength indicator of the second radio frequency signal and the second received signal strength indicator of the third radio frequency signal is greater than a preset fourth threshold, decreasing the quantity of adjustment submodules in the connected state.

11. A full-duplex wireless transceiver, comprising:

a memory to store a group of program code; and

a processor configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory to configure the full-duplex wireless transceiver to perform the following operations;

modulating a transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal, and outputting the first radio frequency signal to a transmit antenna;

performing, under control of a pre-generated control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, and obtaining a cancellation signal; and

performing self-interference cancellation on a second radio frequency signal received from a radio air interface by using a receive antenna and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation,

performing self-interference cancellation on the third radio frequency signal in a digital domain, and

demodulating the third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation in the digital domain into a receive digital signal.

12. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 11, wherein before the processor performs, under control of a pre-generated control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, the processor is configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory, and further configured to perform the following operations:

computing a channel characteristic of a wireless self-interference channel between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna; and

generating the control signal according to the channel characteristic.

13. The full-duplex wireless transceiver according to claim 11, wherein before the processor obtains a cancellation signal, the processor is configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory, and further configured to perform the following operation:

adjusting a delay of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal.

14. A wireless communications system, comprising:

a terminal;

a base station; and

a full-duplex wireless transceiver, comprising;

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to configure the full-duplex wireless transceiver to implement;

a sending module, a receiving module, a cancellation signal generation module, and a channel estimation module, wherein the cancellation signal generation module comprises several adjustment submodules, an output end of the sending module is connected to an input end of the cancellation signal generation module and a transmit antenna, an output end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to a first input end of the receiving module, a second input end of the receiving module is connected to a receive antenna, a control end of the cancellation signal generation module is connected to an output end of the channel estimation module, a first input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an output end of the receiving module, and a second input end of the channel estimation module is connected to an input end of the sending module, wherein;

the channel estimation module is configured to compute a channel characteristic of a wireless self-interference channel between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, generate a control signal according to the channel characteristic, and output the control signal to the adjustment submodule;

the sending module is configured to modulate an input transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal, and output the first radio frequency signal to the adjustment submodule and the transmit antenna;

the adjustment submodule is configured to receive the first radio frequency signal and the control signal and perform, under control of the control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, and obtain a cancellation signal;

the adjustment submodule is further configured to output the cancellation signal to the receiving module;

the receiving module is configured to receive the cancellation signal and receive a second radio frequency signal from a radio air interface, and perform self-interference cancellation on the second radio frequency signal and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation; and

the receiving module is further configured to demodulate the third radio frequency signal into a receive digital signal, wherein the cancellation signal generation module further comprises a switch control submodule and switch submodules that are in a one-to-one correspondence with the several adjustment submodules, wherein;

the switch submodule is configured to control a work status of the adjustment submodule between a pair of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal, wherein the adjustment submodule is corresponding to the switch submodule, and the work status comprises a connected state or a non-connected state; and

the switch control submodule is configured to determine a quantity of adjustment submodules in the connected state in the several adjustment submodules by using a predefined criterion,

wherein;

the terminal supports a full-duplex communication mode, the base station supports a half-duplex communication mode, and the terminal comprises the full-duplex wireless transceiver;

or

the terminal supports a full-duplex communication mode, the base station supports a full-duplex communication mode, the terminal comprises the full-duplex wireless transceiver, and the base station comprises the full-duplex wireless transceiver;

or

the terminal supports a half-duplex communication mode, the base station supports a full-duplex communication mode, and the base station comprises the full-duplex wireless transceiver.

15. A wireless communication method, comprising:

modulating a transmit digital signal into a first radio frequency signal, and outputting the first radio frequency signal to a transmit antenna;

performing, under control of a pre-generated control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, and obtaining a cancellation signal; and

performing self-interference cancellation on a second radio frequency signal received from a radio air interface by using a receive antenna and the cancellation signal so as to generate a third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation,

performing self-interference cancellation on the third radio frequency signal in a digital domain, and

demodulating the third radio frequency signal obtained after self-interference cancellation in the digital domain into a receive digital signal.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein before the performing, under control of a pre-generated control signal, phase adjustment and amplitude adjustment on the first radio frequency signal, the method further comprises:

computing a channel characteristic of a wireless self-interference channel between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna; and

generating the control signal according to the channel characteristic.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein before the obtaining a cancellation signal, the method further comprises:

adjusting a delay of the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal.