Data transmission method for a mobile communication system
View Patent ↗This invention provides a mobile communication system which expanded the operation limitation of the heretofore adopted mobile communication systems and improved the spectrum efficiency greatly. A data transmission method for use in the mobile communication system of the present invention includes means for channel pluralizing by which to expand the Shannon limit and means for interference reduction by which to expand the interference limit. More specifically, a transmitting module comprises M units of modulators and L units of transmitting antennas, generates L units of signals by multiplying M units of modulated signals by a complex matrix consisting of M×L units of elements, and transmits the L units of signals from the L units of transmitting antennas.
1. A mobile communication system comprising:
a transmitting station; and
a receiving station,
wherein said transmitting station comprises:
an encoder which encodes a transmit signal; and
a modulator which modulate the transmit signal output from the encoder, separates the modulated transmit signal into M units of modulated signals (2≦M), and
an operation unit which multiplies M units of modulated signals separated and output from said modulator by a complex matrix consisting of M×L units of elements, and performs beam forming of the M units of modulated signals;
a plurality of antennas which transmit L units of beam formed transmit signals (2≦L), and
wherein said receiving station comprises:
a plurality of antennas which respectively receive the signals transmitted from said plurality of antennas of said transmitting station;
a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) receiver which separates said plurality of signals from the signals input from said plurality of antennas;
a demodulator which demodulates the plurality of signals output from said MIMO receiver; and
a decoder which decodes said plurality of demodulated signals.
2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said complex matrix is settled according to conditions of propagation channels between the plurality of antennas of said transmitting station and the plurality of antennas of said receiving station.
3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said transmitting station has the modulator and L units of antennas, and
wherein said modulator comprises a serial-parallel converter at an output, and modulates the transmit signal serially into M unit of modulated signals.
4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said transmitting station has the plurality of modulators and L units of antennas, and
wherein said modulator comprises a serial-parallel converter at an output, and modulates the transmit signal serially into M units of modulated signals.
5. A transmitting station which transmits data to a receiving station having a plurality of antennas, said transmitting station comprising:
an encoder which encodes a transmit signal;
a modulator which modulates the transmit signal output from the encoder, and separates the modulated transmit signal into M units of modulated signals (2≦M);
an operation unit which multiplies M units of modulated signals separated and output from said modulator by a complex matrix consisting of M×L units of elements, and performs beam forming of the M units of modulated signals; and
L units of antennas which transmit L units of beam formed transmit signals (2≦L).
6. The transmitting station according to claim 5 ,
wherein said complex matrix is settled according to conditions of propagation channels between the plurality of antennas of said transmitting station and the plurality of antennas of said receiving station.
7. The transmitting station according to claim 5 ,
wherein said transmitting station has the modulator and L units of antennas, and
wherein said modulator comprises a serial-parallel converter at an output, and modulates the transmit signal serially into M units of modulated signals.
8. The transmitting station according to claim 5 ,
wherein said transmitting station has the plurality of modulators and L units of antennas, and
wherein said modulator comprises a serial-parallel converter at an output, and modulates the transmit signal serially into M unit of modulated signals.
9. A transmitting station for transmitting data to a receiving station having a plurality of antennas, said transmitting station comprising:
a modulator which modulates a transmit signal output which is encoded from an encoder;
an operation unit which multiples M(2≦M) units of the modulated transmit signal and output from said modulator by a complex matrix consisting of M×L(2≦L) units of elements, and performs beam forming of the M units of the modulated transmit signal; and
a plurality of antennas which transmit L units of beam formed transmit signals (2≦L).