Diversity transmission method and system

1. A diversity transmission method for transmitting a transmission signal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

a) dividing said transmission signal into a plurality of subsignals;

b) applying an orthonormal transformation to said plurality of subsignals;

c) transmitting a first set of subsignals using a first diversity transmission scheme; and

d) transmitting a second set of said subsignals using a second diversity transmission scheme, said second diversity transmission scheme being different from said first diversity transmission scheme.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said first diversity transmission scheme is a space diversity transmission scheme.

3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a frequency or time diversity scheme.

4. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

5. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

6. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

7. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

8. A method according to claim 2 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

9. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

10. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said space diversity transmission scheme is a selective transmitter antenna diversity scheme.

11. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a frequency or time diversity scheme.

12. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

13. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

14. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

15. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

16. A method according to claim 10 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

17. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

18. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a frequency or time diversity scheme.

19. A method according to claim 18 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

20. A method according to claim 18 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

21. A method according to claim 18 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

22. A method according to claim 18 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

23. A method according to claim 18 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

24. A method according to claim 18 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

25. A method according to claim 18 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a complex diversity transform scheme.

26. A method according to claim 25 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

27. A method according to claim 25 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

28. A method according to claim 25 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

29. A method according to claim 25 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

30. A method according to claim 25 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

31. A method according to claim 25 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

32. A method according to claim 25 , wherein said complex diversity transform scheme comprises an orthonormal transformation to a constellation which preserves Euclidean distances.

33. A method according to claim 32 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

34. A method according to claim 32 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

35. A method according to claim 32 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

36. A method according to claim 32 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

37. A method according to claim 32 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

38. A method according to claim 32 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

39. A method according to claim 32 , wherein an original signal constellation represented as a matrix is used, and wherein each row of said matrix corresponds to a point in a multidimensional constellation.

40. A method according to claim 32 , wherein said orthonormal transformation is achieved by a multiplication with a complex matrix.

41. A method according to claim 40 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

42. A method according to claim 40 wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

43. A method according to claim 40 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

44. A method according to claim 40 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

45. A method according to claim 40 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

46. A method according to claim 40 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

47. A method according to claim 40 , wherein each row of said complex matrix is orthogonal to any other row, and wherein the determinant of said matrix is equal to one.

48. A method according to claim 47 , wherein said complex matrix is obtained based on an upperbound on the symbol error rate or based on a cutoff rate.

49. A method according to claim 47 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

50. A method according to claim 47 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

51. A method according to claim 47 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

52. A method according to claim 47 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

53. A method according to claim 47 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

54. A transmitter according to claim 47 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a time or frequency diversity transmission scheme using a plurality of time slots or carrier frequencies.

55. A method according to claim 40 , wherein said complex matrix is obtained based on an upperbound on the symbol error rate or based on a cutoff rate.

56. A method according to claim 53 , wherein said orthonormal transformation is achieved by a multiplication with a complex matrix.

57. A method according to claim 53 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

58. A method according to claim 53 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

59. A method according to claim 55 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

60. A method according to claim 53 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

61. A method according to claim 55 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

62. A method according to claim 53 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

63. A method according to claim 40 , wherein said complex matrix is obtained based on an upperbound on the symbol error rate or based on a cutoff rate.

64. A method according to claim 63 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

65. A method according to claim 63 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

66. A method according to claim 63 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

67. A method according to claim 63 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

68. A method according to claim 63 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

69. A method according to claim 63 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

70. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said diversity transmission method is used in a downlink transmission of a cellular network.

71. A method according to claim 70 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

72. A method according to claim 70 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

73. A method according to claim 70 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

74. A method according to claim 70 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

75. A method according to claim 70 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

76. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said transmission signal is a bit stream and said plurality of subsignals are substreams.

77. A method according to claim 76 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

78. A method according to claim 76 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

79. A method according to claim 76 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

80. A method according to claim 76 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

81. A method according to claim 76 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal which can be represented by a vertex in a 2M-dimensional hyper-cube, where M denotes the dimension of a signal constellation.

82. A method according to claim 81 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

83. A method according to claim 81 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

84. A method according to claim 81 , wherein time slots of fequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

85. A method according to claim 81 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

86. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said wireless communication system is a WCDMA system.

87. A method according to claim 86 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop sysem.

88. A method according to claim 86 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

89. A method according to claim 86 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

90. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second diversity transmission schemes comprise at least one of an open loop and a closed loop system.

91. A method according to claim 90 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

92. A method according to claim 90 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

93. A method according to claim 1 , wherein time slots of frequency carriers used in said second diversity transmission scheme are spaced apart to such a degree that independent fading is assured.

94. A method according to claim 93 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

95. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said transmission signal comprises a signal constellation generated by optimizing the bit error rate and the peak to average ratio for a Rayleigh fading channel.

96. A transmitter for a diversity transmission system for transmitting a transmission signal in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a)dividing means ( 10 ) adapted to divide said transmission signal into a plurality of subsignals;

b)transforming means ( 11 ) adapted to apply an orthonormal transformation to said plurality of subsignals; and

c)transmitting means ( 12 ) adapted to transmit a first set of said subsignals using a first diversity transmission scheme, and a second set of said subsignals using a second diversity transmission scheme different from said first diversity transmission scheme.

97. A transmitter according to claim 96 , wherein said first diversity transmission scheme is a space diversity transmission scheme using a plurality of transmission antennas (A 1 -AM).

98. A transmitter according to claim 97 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a time or frequency diversity transmission scheme using a plurality of time slots or carrier frequencies.

99. A transmitter according to claim 97 , wherein said transforming means comprises a complex diversity transformation unit ( 11 ) arranged for performing an orthonormal transformation to constellation which preserves Euclidean distances.

100. A transmitter according to claim 97 , wherein said transmitter is arranged in a WCDMA base station.

101. A transmitter according to claim 96 , wherein said second diversity transmission scheme is a time or frequency diversity transmission scheme using a plurality of time slots or carrier frequencies.

102. A transmitter according to claim 101 , wherein said transforming means comprises a complex diversity transformation unit ( 11 ) arranged for performing an orthonormal transformation to constellation which preserves Euclidean distances.

103. A transmitter according to claim 101 , wherein said transmitter is arranged in a WCDMA base station.

104. A transmitter according to claim 96 , wherein said transforming means comprises a complex diversity transformation unit ( 11 ) arranged for performing an orthonormal transformation to constellation which preserves Euclidean distances.

105. A transmitter according to claim 104 , wherein said transmitter is arranged in a WCDMA base station.

106. A transmitter according to claim 96 , wherein said transmitter is arranged in a WCDMA base station.

107. A receiver for a diversity transmission system, for receiving a transmission signal in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a) receiving means ( 40 , 4110 , 4111 , 4120 , 4 l 21 , 4 lM 0 , 4 lM 1 , 421 , 422 , . . . 42 M) adapted to receive a transmission signal comprising a first set of subsignals transmitted by using a first diversity transmission scheme, and a second set of subsignals transmitted by using a second diversity transmission scheme different from said first diversity transmission scheme; and

b) decoding means ( 43 ) adapted to decode said transmission signal by deciding on a maximum likelihood between said received subsignals and corresponding estimated subsignals.

108. A receiver according to claim 107 , further comprising channel estimation means ( 44 ) adapted to perform a channel estimation used for obtaining said corresponding estimated subsignals.

109. A receiver according to claim 108 , wherein said first diversity transmission scheme is a space diversity transmission scheme.

110. A receiver according to claim 108 , wherein said second diversity scheme is a time or frequency diversity scheme.

111. A receiver according to claim 108 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal and said receiving means comprises a bank of 2M correlators, wherein M denotes the number of transmission antennas used in said first diversity transmission scheme.

112. A receiver according to claim 108 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.

113. A receiver according to claim 107 , wherein said first diversity transmission scheme is a space diversity transmission scheme.

114. A receiver according to claim 113 , wherein said second diversity scheme is a time or frequency diversity scheme.

115. A receiver according to claim 113 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal and said receiving means comprises a bank of 2M correlators, wherein M denotes the number of transmission antennas used in said first diversity transmission scheme.

116. A receiver according to claim 113 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.

117. A receiver according to claim 113 , wherein said space diversity transmission scheme is a selective transmitter antenna diversity scheme.

118. A receiver according to claim 117 , wherein said second diversity scheme is a time or frequency diversity scheme.

119. A receiver according to claim 117 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal and said receiving means comprises a bank of 2M correlators, wherein M denotes the number of transmission antennas used in said first diversity transmission scheme.

120. A receiver according to claim 117 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.

121. A receiver according to claim 107 , wherein said second diversity scheme is a time or frequency diversity scheme.

122. A receiver according to claim 121 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal and said receiving means comprises a bank of 2M correlators, wherein M denotes the number of transmission antennas used in said first diversity transmission scheme.

123. A receiver according to claim 121 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.

124. A receiver according to claim 121 , wherein said time or frequency diversity scheme is a complex diversity transformation scheme.

125. A receiver according to claim 124 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal and said receiving means comprises a bank of 2M correlators, wherein M denotes the number of transmission antennas used in said first diversity transmission scheme.

126. A receiver according to claim 124 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.

127. A receiver according to claim 107 , wherein said transmission signal is a QPSK signal and said receiving means comprises a bank of 2M correlators, wherein M denotes the number of transmission antennas used in said first diversity transmission scheme.

128. A receiver according to claim 127 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.

129. A receiver according to claim 107 , wherein said receiver is arranged in a mobile WCDMA terminal of cellular network.