IP Library Granted Patent US 8,351,538
Granted Patent B2
US 8,351,538 · App. 12/673,000 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Radio transmission device and radio transmission method

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Patent No.
US 8,351,538
App. No.
12/673,000
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is possible to improve the CQI reception performance even when a delay is caused in a propagation path, a transmission timing error is caused, or a residual interference is generated between cyclic shift amounts of different ZC sequences. For the second symbol and the sixth symbol of the ACK/NACK signal which are multiplexed by RS of CQI, (+, +) or (−, −) is applied to a partial sequence of the Walsh sequence. For RS of CQI transmitted from a mobile station, + is added as an RS phase of the second symbol and − is added as an RS phase of the sixth symbol. A base station ( 100 ) receives multiplexed signals of ACK/NACK signals and CQI signals transmitted from a plurality of mobile stations. An RS synthesis unit ( 119 ) performs synthesis by aligning the RS phase of CQI.

Claims (48)

1. A radio communication method comprising:

spreading an acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal with an orthogonal sequence, which is selected from a plurality of orthogonal sequences, the plurality of orthogonal sequences including more orthogonal sequences that render two values respectively corresponding to Nth symbol and Mth symbol of an ACK/NACK signal transmission slot in phase, than orthogonal sequence(s) that render said two values in opposite phases from each other;

transmitting the spread ACK/NACK signal in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot;

arranging two reference signals (RS), which are produced by multiplying two reference signal sequences with values having opposite phases from each other, in the Nth symbol and the Mth symbol of a CQI signals transmission slot, and arranging channel quality indicator (CQI) signals in symbols of the CQI signals transmission slot other than the Nth symbol and the Mth symbol; and

transmitting the reference signals (RS) and the CQI signals arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot.

2. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein

a physical resource, which supports a mixture of a format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal and a format for transmitting CQI signals, is used to transmit the spread ACK/NACK signal in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot or the reference signals (RS) and the CQI signals arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot.

3. The radio communication method according to claim 2 , wherein

in said physical resource block, the format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal is associated with a sequence defined by a first cyclic shift value and the format for transmitting CQI signals is associated with a sequence defined by a second cyclic shift value different from the first cyclic shift value.

4. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of orthogonal sequences include orthogonal sequences of [+1,+1, +1,+1] and [+1, −1, −1,+1] having a sequence length of 4 corresponding to 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th symbols of 7 symbols included in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot; and

the Nth symbol is the 2nd symbol and the Mth symbol is the 6th symbol.

5. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

controlling the multiplication of the two reference signal sequences with values having opposite phases from each other based on a signal transmitted from a base station.

6. A radio communication method comprising:

spreading an acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal with an orthogonal sequence, which is selected from a plurality of orthogonal sequences, the plurality of orthogonal sequences including more orthogonal sequences that render two values respectively corresponding to 2nd symbol and 6th symbol of an ACK/NACK signal transmission slot in phase, than orthogonal sequence(s) that render said two values in opposite phases from each other, each of the plurality of orthogonal sequences having a sequence length of 4 corresponding to 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th symbols of 7 symbols included in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot;

arranging the spread ACK/NACK signal in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th symbols of the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot and arranging first reference signals (1st RS) in 3rd, 4th and 5th symbols of the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot;

transmitting the ACK/NACK signal and the first reference signals (1st RS) arranged in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot;

arranging channel quality indicator (CQI) signals in 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th symbols of a CQI signals transmission slot and arranging two second reference signals (2nd RS), which are produced by multiplying two reference signal sequences with values having opposite phases from each other, in 2nd and 6th symbols of the CQI signals transmission slot; and

transmitting the CQI signals and the second reference signals (2nd RS) arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot.

7. The radio communication method according to claim 6 , wherein

a physical resource, which supports a mixture of a format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal and a format for transmitting CQI signals, is used to transmit the ACK/NACK signal and the first reference signals (1st RS) arranged in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot or the CQI signals and the second reference signals (2nd RS) arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot.

8. The radio communication method according to claim 7 , wherein

in said physical resource block, the format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal is associated with a sequence defined by a first cyclic shift value and the format for transmitting CQI signals is associated with a sequence defined by a second cyclic shift value different from the first cyclic shift value.

9. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a spreading unit configured to spread an acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal with an orthogonal sequence, which is selected from a plurality of orthogonal sequences, the plurality of orthogonal sequences including more orthogonal sequences that render two values respectively corresponding to Nth symbol and Mth symbol of an ACK/NACK signal transmission slot in phase, than orthogonal sequence(s) that render said two values in opposite phases from each other;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the spread ACK/NACK signal in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot;

an arranging unit configured to arrange two reference signals (RS), which are produced by multiplying two reference signal sequences with values having opposite phases from each other, in the Nth symbol and the Mth symbol of a CQI signals transmission slot, and to arrange channel quality indicator (CQI) signals in symbols of the CQI signals transmission slot other than the Nth symbol and the Mth symbol, wherein

the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the reference signals (RS) and the CQI signals arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot.

10. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

the transmitting unit transmits the spread ACK/NACK signal in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot or the reference signals (RS) and the CQI signals arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot using a physical resource that supports a mixture of a format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal and a format for transmitting CQI signals.

11. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

in the physical resource block, the format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal is associated with a sequence defined by a first cyclic shift value and the format for transmitting CQI signals is associated with a sequence defined by a second cyclic shift value different from the first cyclic shift value.

12. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

the plurality of orthogonal sequences include orthogonal sequences of [+1,+1, +1,+1] and [+1, −1, −1,+1] having a sequence length of 4 corresponding to 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th symbols of 7 symbols included in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot; and

the Nth symbol is the 2nd symbol and the Mth symbols is the 6th symbol.

13. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a controlling unit configured to control multiplication of the two reference signal sequences with values having opposite phases from each other based on a signal transmitted from a base station.

14. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a spreading unit configured to spread an acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal with an orthogonal sequence, which is selected from a plurality of orthogonal sequences, the plurality of orthogonal sequences including more orthogonal sequences that render two values respectively corresponding to 2nd symbol and 6th symbol of an ACK/NACK signal transmission slot in phase, than orthogonal sequence(s) that render said two values in opposite phases from each other, each of the plurality of orthogonal sequences having a sequence length of 4 corresponding to 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th symbols of 7symbols included in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot;

an arranging unit configured to arrange the spread ACK/NACK signal in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th symbols of the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot and to arrange first reference signals (1st RS) in 3rd, 4th and5th symbols of the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the ACK/NACK signal and the first reference signals (1st RS) arranged in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot, wherein

the arranging unit is further configured to arrange channel quality indicator (CQI) signals in 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and7th symbols of a CQI signals transmission slot and to arrange two second reference signals (2nd RS), which are produced by multiplying two reference signal sequences with values having opposite phases from each other, in 2nd and 6th symbols of the CQI signals transmission slot, and

the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the CQI signals and the second reference signals (2nd RS) arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot.

15. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the transmitting unit transmits the ACK/NACK signal and the first reference signals (1st RS) arranged in the ACK/NACK signal transmission slot or the second reference signals (2nd RS) and the CQI signals arranged in the CQI signals transmission slot using a physical resource that supports a mixture of a format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal and a format for transmitting CQI signals.

16. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein

in said physical resource block, the format for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal is associated with a sequence defined by a first cyclic shift value and the format for transmitting CQI signals is associated with a sequence defined by a second cyclic shift value different from the first cyclic shift value.