Apparatus and method for radio communication using spatial multiplexing
View Patent ↗A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section ( 108 ) detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands (DB- 1 to DB-Nd) obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results (# 1 to #Nd). Transmission format setting section ( 110 ) sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results (# 1 to #Nd) from space multiplexing adaptability detection section ( 108 ).
1. A mobile station apparatus that carries out radio transmission with a base station apparatus using a multicarrier scheme, the mobile station apparatus comprising:
a divided bands composing section that composes a plurality of divided bands in a communication band used in the multicarrier scheme, each of the plurality of divided bands including a plurality of subcarrier signals;
a setting section that sets, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, a transmission format including a spatial multiplexing number used to carry out radio transmission, wherein the setting section sets, for said at least one of the plurality of divided bands, one transmission format for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands; and
a transmitting section that transmits the transmission format set in the setting section to the base station apparatus as feedback information.
2. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission format further includes one of a modulation scheme and a coding rate.
3. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detecting section that detects, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, an evaluation function value related to spatial multiplexing transmission, wherein the detecting section detects, for said at least one of the plurality of divided bands, one evaluation function value for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands, wherein
the evaluation function value includes a value indicating a spatial spread of the plurality of subcarrier signals belonging to the one divided band.
4. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detecting section that detects, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, an evaluation function value related to spatial multiplexing transmission, wherein
the evaluation function value includes a value indicating a reception quality of the one divided band.
5. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detecting section that detects, for at least one of the divided bands, an evaluation function value related to spatial multiplexing transmission, wherein
the evaluation function value includes a value related to a moving speed of the mobile station apparatus.
6. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the setting section sets the one transmission format for the divided band, based on the evaluation function value detected in the detecting section.
7. A mobile station apparatus that carries out radio transmission with a base station apparatus using a multicarrier scheme, the mobile station apparatus comprising:
a divided bands composing section that composes a plurality of divided bands in a communication band used in the multicarrier scheme, each of the plurality of divided bands including a plurality of subcarrier signals;
a setting section that sets, for each of the plurality of divided bands, a transmission format including a spatial multiplexing number used to carry out radio transmission, wherein the setting section sets, for each of the plurality of divided bands, one transmission format for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands; and
a transmitting section that transmits the transmission format set in the setting section to the base station apparatus as feedback information.
8. A radio communication method used in a mobile station apparatus that carries out radio transmission with a base station apparatus using a multicarrier scheme, the radio communication method comprising:
(a) composing a plurality of divided bands in a communication band used in the multicarrier scheme, each of the plurality of divided bands including a plurality of subcarrier signals;
(b) setting, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, a transmission format including a spatial multiplexing number used to carry out radio transmission,
wherein step (b) sets, for each of the plurality of divided bands, one transmission format for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands; and
(c) transmitting the transmission format, using an antenna, to the base station apparatus as feedback information.
9. The radio communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the transmission format further includes one of a modulation scheme and a coding rate.
10. The radio communication method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
(d) detecting, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, an evaluation function value related to spatial multiplexing transmission,
wherein step (d) detects, for said at least one of the plurality of divided bands, one evaluation function value for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands, wherein
the evaluation function value indicates a value indicating an average spatial spread of an arriving path of the plurality of subcarrier signals belonging to the one divided band.
11. The radio communication method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
(d) detecting, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, an evaluation function value related to spatial multiplexing transmission,
wherein step (d) detects, for said at least one of the plurality of divided bands, one evaluation function value for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands, wherein
the evaluation function value includes a value indicating a reception quality of the one divided band.
12. The radio communication method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
detecting, for at least one of the plurality of divided bands, an evaluation function value related to spatial multiplexing transmission, wherein
the evaluation function value includes a value related to a moving speed of the mobile station apparatus.
13. The radio communication method according to claim 10 , wherein the one transmission format is set for the divided band, based on the detected evaluation function value for each of the plurality of transmission formats.
14. A radio communication method used in a mobile station apparatus that carries out radio transmission with a base station apparatus using a multicarrier scheme, the radio communication method comprising:
(a) composing a plurality of divided bands in a communication band used in the multicarrier scheme, each of the plurality of divided bands including a plurality of subcarrier signals;
(b) setting, for each of the plurality of divided bands, a transmission format including a spatial multiplexing number used to carry out the radio transmission,
wherein step (b) sets one transmission format for one divided band, in the plurality of divided bands; and
(c) transmitting the set transmission format, using an antenna, to the base station apparatus as feedback information.