Wireless transmission device and wireless transmission method
View Patent ↗A wireless transmission device of the present invention includes n (where n is an integer of two or more) transmission antennas and a delay imparting section for delaying transmission signals supplied to the n transmission antennas by a maximum delay time (n−1)T or less based on a delay time T dependent upon a communication signal, which indicates whether to transmit the transmission signals by way of frequency diversity or multiuser diversity.
1. A multicarrier wireless transmission device the multicarrier wireless transmission device comprising:
a delay imparting section for performing processing for varying delay times applied to the transmission signals supplied to n transmission antennas with respect to users or physical channels, wherein n is an integer of a value of two or more;
a multicarrier transmission device equipped with the n transmission antennas, wherein the multicarrier transmission device performs transmission using different transmission diversities with respect to the users or the physical channels;
a plurality of user-dependent signal processors for performing modulation processing in units of the transmission signals with respect to the users;
a sub-carrier assignment section for assigning sub-carriers to signals output from the user-dependent signal processors in accordance with a sub-carrier assignment signal; and
a plurality of antenna-dependent signal processors for performing signal processing on signals output from the sub-carrier assignment section in units of the n transmission antennas,
wherein the delay imparting section includes
a phase rotation section for applying prescribed values of a phase rotation to signals output from the sub-carrier assignment section with respect to the users or the physical channels and with respect to the sub-carriers, and
an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) section for performing frequency-time conversion.
2. A wireless transmission method in a multicarrier transmission device wherein the multicarrier transmission device is equipped with n transmission antennas, where n is an integer of a value of two or more, the wireless transmission method comprising:
varying delay times applied to the transmission signals supplied to the n transmission antennas with respect to users or physical channels;
performing transmission using different transmission diversities with respect to the users or the physical channels;
performing modulation processing in units of the transmission signals with respect to the users and outputting modulated signals;
assigning sub-carriers to said outputted modulated signals in accordance with a sub-carrier assignment signal and outputting assigned signals; and
performing signal processing on said outputted assigned signals in units of the n transmission antennas, wherein the varying of the delay times includes
applying prescribed values of a phase rotation to said outputted assigned signals with respect to the users or the physical channels and with respect to the sub-carriers, and
performing frequency-time conversion.