IP Library Granted Patent US 6,870,826
Granted Patent B1
US 6,870,826 · App. 09/557,160 · Granted Mar 22, 2005

Multicarrier transfer system and multicarrier modulation method

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Patent No.
US 6,870,826
App. No.
09/557,160
Granted
Mar 22, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

The multicarrier transfer system employing the OFDM/CDMA modulation system comprises a transmitter having an S/P converter which two-dimensionally arranges spread signals for a transmission data array on a frequency and time axes system and then rearrange the spread signals for one transmission data array arranged two-dimensionally. The transmitter transmits the signals generated in the S/P converter. A receiver receives the signals transmitted by the transmitter and demodulates the signal to reconstruct the transmission data array.

Claims (32)

1. A multicarrier transfer system based on an OFDM/CDMA modulation system, said multicarrier transfer system comprising:

a spread signal rearrangement unit which two-dimensionally arranges spread signals for a transmission data array on a frequency axis and a time axis first, and then rearranges the group of spread signals two-dimensionally arranged for one transmission array in a regular pattern,

wherein a transmission side transmits a signal generated by said spread signal rearrangement unit by time axis unit, and a reception side restructures the transmission data array by demodulating the received signals, and

said spread signal rearrangement unit can change an arrangement ratio of the two-dimensionally arranged signals on the frequency axis and time axis based on the conditions of a transfer path.

2. The multicarrier transfer system according to claim 1 , wherein said spread signal rearrangement unit arranges the group of two-dimensionally arranged spread signals for one transmission data array in a random pattern.

3. The multicarrier transfer system according to claim 1 , wherein said spread signal rearrangement unit rearranges the group of two-dimensionally arranged spread signals for one transmission data array on the frequency axis in a random pattern.

4. The multicarrier transfer system according to claim 1 , wherein said spread signal rearrangement unit divides the group of two-dimensionally arranged spread signals for one transmission data into several partial arrays and rearranges the partial arrays within an OFDM signal in a random pattern.

5. A multicarrier transfer method applied in a multicarrier transfer system based on an OFDM/CDMA modulation system, said method comprising the steps of:

two-dimensionally arranging spread signals for one transmission data array on a frequency axis and a time axis; and

a step of rearranging the group of two-dimensionally arranged signals for one transmission data system in a regular pattern; and

wherein, in the spread signal rearrangement step, an arrangement ratio of the two-dimensionally arranged signals on a frequency axis and a time axis can be changed based on the conditions of a transfer path.

6. The multicarrier modulation method according to claim 5 , wherein, in the spread signal rearrangement step, the group of two-dimensionally arranged signals on the time axis are rearranged in a random pattern.

7. The multicarrier modulation method according to claim 5 , wherein, in the spread signal rearrangement step, the group of two-dimensionally arranged signals for one transmission data array are rearranged on the frequency axis in a random pattern.

8. The multicarrier modulation method according to claim 5 , wherein, in the spread signal rearrangement step, the group of two-dimensionally arranged signals are divided into a plurality of partial arrays and the partial arrays are rearranged within an OFD signal in a random pattern.

9. A multicarrier transfer system based on the OFDM/CDMA modulation system, said system comprising:

a transmitter having,

a spread signal rearrangement unit which receives spread signals obtained by spreading of a transmission data array,

a) two-dimensionally arranges the received spread signals on a frequency-time axes system, and

b) rearranges on the frequency-time axes system in a regular pattern a group of spread signals to obtain a transmission signal, and

a transmission unit which processes the transmission signal and transmits the processed transmission signal, and

a receiver having,

a receiving unit which receives the transmission signal, and

a demodulating unit which reconstructs the transmission data array by demodulating the transmitting signals,

wherein said spread signal rearrangement unit can change an arrangement ratio of the two-dimensionally arranged signals on the frequency axis and time axis based on the conditions of a transfer path.

10. A multicarrier transfer system based on an OFDM/CDMA modulation system, said multicarrier transfer system comprising:

a spread signal rearrangement unit which two-dimensionally arranges spread signals for a transmission data array on a frequency axis and a time axis first, and then rearranges the group of spread signals two-dimensionally arranged for one transmission array in a regular pattern,

wherein a transmission side transmits a signal generated by said spread signal rearrangement unit by time axis unit, and a reception side restructures the transmission data array by demodulating the received signals, and

said spread signal rearrangement unit divides the group of two-dimensionally arranged spread signals for one transmission data into several partial arrays and rearranges the partial arrays within an OFDM signal in a random pattern.

11. A multicarrier transfer method applied in a multicarrier transfer system based on an OFDM/CDMA modulation system, said method comprising the steps of:

two-dimensionally arranging spread signals for one transmission data array on a frequency axis and a time axis, and

a step of rearranging the group of two-dimensionally arranged signals for one transmission data system in a regular pattern,

wherein, in the spread signal rearrangement step, the group of two-dimensionally arranged signals are divided into a plurality of partial arrays and the partial arrays are arranged within an OFDM signal in a random pattern.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2016
From: GLOBAL D, LLC
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 037521/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2016
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: GLOBAL D, LLC
Reel/Frame 037469/0238 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2001
From: ISHIZU, FUMIO
To: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 011951/0497 →