IP Library Granted Patent US 7,400,689
Granted Patent B2
US 7,400,689 · App. 11/232,005 · Granted Jul 15, 2008

Data reception method and apparatus including reception of data in a first transmission and a retransmission

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Patent No.
US 7,400,689
App. No.
11/232,005
Granted
Jul 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

P/S conversion section 302 performs parallel/serial conversion of data sequences # 1 through # 4 input in parallel, in accordance with control by assignment control section 303 , so that data to a higher-priority communication terminal is assigned to an upper bit in one symbol; M-ary modulation section 304 performs M-ary modulation on the data that has been subject to parallel/serial conversion; S/P conversion section 305 converts a symbol that has been subject to M-ary modulation to parallel form; multipliers 306 - 1 through 306 - 4 execute spreading processing on the symbols output in parallel; multiplexing section 309 multiplexes the symbol that has been subject to spreading processing with an assignment notification signal that has been subject to spreading processing; and radio transmitting section 310 transmits the multiplexed signal.

Claims (20)

1. A data reception method for receiving data, the method comprising:

(a) receiving data in a first transmission and a retransmission;

(b) demodulating the received data of the first transmission and the retransmission;

(c) swapping bit positions of the demodulated data within a symbol of the retransmission; and

(d) combining (i) the demodulated data received in the first transmission and (ii) data with swapped bit positions resulting from step (c).

2. A data reception method for receiving data, the method comprising:

(a) receiving data in a first transmission and a retransmission;

(b) demodulating the received data of the first transmission and the retransmission;

(c) swapping bit positions of the upper 2 bits and lower 2 bits of the demodulated data within a 16QAM symbol of the retransmission; and

(d) combining (i) the demodulated data received in the first transmission and (ii) data with swapped bit positions resulting from step (c).

3. A data reception apparatus comprising:

a reception section that receives data in a first transmission and a retransmission;

a demodulation section that demodulates the received data of the first transmission and the retransmission;

a swapping section that swaps bit positions of the demodulated data within a symbol of the retransmission; and

a combining section that combines (i) the demodulated data received in the first transmission and (ii) data with swapped bit positions produced by said swapping section.

4. A data reception apparatus comprising:

a reception section that receives data in a first transmission and a retransmission;

a demodulation section that demodulates the received data of the first transmission and the retransmission;

a swapping section that swaps bit positions of the upper 2 bits and lower 2 bits of the demodulated data within a 16QAM symbol of the retransmission; and

a combining section that combines (i) the demodulated data received in the first transmission and (ii) data with swapped bit positions produced by said swapping section.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039551/0064 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →