Radio communication method, radio transmission apparatus and receiving apparatus

• US 8,385,851 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2007
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakata, Ren, Akita, Koji, Ban, Koichiro, Deguchi, Noritaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Junpeng
• Application Number:
  US11/854,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20080227389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,994 Days
• Field of Search: 455/101, 455/137, 455/139, 455/140, 455/143, 455/276.1, 455/304, 455/39, 455/102, 455/19, 455/83, 455/82, 455/550.1, 455/562.1, 455/110, 375/267, 375/347, 375/147, 375/259, 375/349, 375/260, 375/299
• US Class Current: 455/101
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/12 Frequency diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/04 using frequency diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/06 using space diversity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A radio communication method includes generating a first transmit RF signal and a second transmit RF signal from a data signal to be transmitted. Each of the first and second transmit RF signals have a power spectrum in symmetric shape in the frequency domain. The first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal are transmitted at a different time. The first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal are received to generate a first received RF signal and a second received RF signal. The data signal from the first received RF signal and the second received RF signal are reproduced.

Claims

1. A radio communication method comprising:

generating a first transmit RF signal and a second transmit RF signal from a data signal to be transmitted, the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal respectively having a power spectrum in symmetric shape in the frequency domain;

transmitting the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal at a different time from a single transmit antenna;

receiving the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal to generate a first received RF signal and a second received RF signal; and

reproducing the data signal only from the first received RF signal and the second received RF signal,

wherein the generating the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal comprises;

modulating the data signal to generate a first transmit baseband signal which has a first power spectrum;

subjecting the first transmit baseband signal to a first computation to generate a second transmit baseband signal which has a power spectrum forming a symmetric shape with respect to the first power spectrum in the frequency domain; and

subjecting the first transmit baseband signal and the second transmit baseband signal to an RF process to generate the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal.

2. A transmission apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to generate a first transmit RF signal and a second transmit RF signal from a data signal to be transmitted, and to output them at a different time, the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal respectively having a power spectrum in a symmetric shape in the frequency domain; and

a single transmit antenna to transmit the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal,

wherein the transmitter comprises;

a modulator configured to modulate the data signal to generate a first transmit baseband signal which has a first power spectrum;

a first computing unit configured to subject the first transmit baseband signal to a first computation to generate a second transmit baseband signal which has a power spectrum forming a symmetric shape with respect to the first power spectrum in the frequency domain; and

an RF transmission unit configured to subject the first transmit baseband signal and the second transmit baseband signal to an RF process to generate the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal,

wherein the data signal is reproduced only from the first RF signal and the second RF signal in a receiver.

3. The transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal have different center frequencies.

4. The transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein,

the first transmit RF signal has a transmittable lowest frequency, and

the second transmit RF signal has a transmittable highest frequency.

5. The transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein,

the first transmit baseband signal is a complex number signal having a real part and an imaginary part, and

the first computation is done by multiplying either one of the real part and the imaginary part by −

1.

6. The transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein,

the first transmit baseband signal is a complex number signal having a real part and an imaginary part, and

the first computation replaces the real part with the imaginary part.

7. A radio receiving apparatus comprising:

a receive antenna configured to receive the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal transmitted from the transmission apparatus according to claim 2 to obtain a first received RF signal and a second received RF signal;

an RF reception unit configured to subject the first received RF signal and the second received RF signal to an RF process to generate a first received baseband signal and a second received baseband signal;

a channel equalizer configured to subject the first received baseband signal and the second received baseband signal to channel equalization to obtain a first equalized baseband signal and a second equalized baseband signal;

a second computing unit configured to subject the second equalized baseband signal to a second computation;

a combiner configured to combine the second equalized baseband signal which has undergone the second computation and the first equalized baseband signal to obtain a combined baseband signal; and

a demodulator configured to demodulate the combined baseband signal to reproduce the data signal.

8. A transmission apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to generate a first transmit RF signal and a second transmit RF signal from a data signal to be transmitted, and to output them at a different time, the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal respectively having a power spectrum in a symmetric shape in the frequency domain; and

a single transmit antenna to transmit the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal,

wherein the transmitter comprises;

a modulator configured to modulate the data signal to generate a modulated signal;

a first frequency converter configured to subject the modulated signal to a frequency conversion in a first frequency shift amount and a first frequency shift direction to generate a first transmit baseband signal;

a first computing unit configured to subject the first transmit baseband signal to a first computation to generate a second transmit baseband signal which has a power spectrum forming a symmetric shape with respect to the power spectrum in the frequency domain; and

an RF transmission unit configured to subject the first transmit baseband signal and the second transmit baseband signal to an RF process to generate the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal,

wherein the data signal is reproduced only from the first RF signal and the second RF signal in a receiver.

9. The transmission apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the first transmit baseband signal is a complex number signal having a real part and an imaginary part, and

the first computation multiplies either one of the real part and the imaginary part by −

1.

10. The transmission apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the first transmit baseband signal is a complex number signal having a real part and an imaginary part, and

the first computation replaces the real part with the imaginary part.

11. The transmission apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the frequency converter comprises:

a first converter configured to convert the modulated signal into a first signal spectrum in a frequency domain; and

a second converter configured to convert a center frequency of the first signal spectrum and convert it into a time wave to generate the first transmit baseband signal.

12. The transmission apparatus according to claim 11, wherein,

the first converter is a DFT unit, and

the second converter is an IFFT unit.

13. A radio receiving apparatus comprising:

a receive antenna configured to receive the first transmit RF signal and the second transmit RF signal transmitted from the transmission apparatus according to claim 8 to obtain a first received RF signal and a second received RF signal;

an RF reception unit configured to subject the first received RF signal and the second received RF signal to an RF process to generate a first received baseband signal and a second received baseband signal;

a channel equalizer configured to subject the first received baseband signal and the second received baseband signal to channel equalization to obtain a first equalized baseband signal and a second equalized baseband signal;

a second computing unit configured to subject the second equalized baseband signal to a second computation;

a combiner configured to combine the second equalized baseband signal which has undergone the second computation and the first equalized baseband signal to obtain a combined baseband signal;

a second frequency converter configured to subject the combined baseband signal to a frequency conversion in the first frequency shift amount and a second frequency shift direction which is the opposite of the first frequency shift direction to generate a converted baseband signal; and

a demodulator configured to demodulate the converted baseband signal to reproduce the data signal.