IP Library Granted Patent US 8,121,175
Granted Patent B2
US 8,121,175 · App. 12/850,988 · Granted Feb 21, 2012

Radio communication device and response signal diffusion method

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Patent No.
US 8,121,175
App. No.
12/850,988
Granted
Feb 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a radio communication device which can suppress inter-code interference between an ACK/NACK signal and a CQI signal which are code-multiplexed. In this device, a diffusion unit ( 214 ) diffuses the ACK/NACK signal inputted from a judgment unit ( 208 ) by using a ZC sequence. A diffusion unit ( 219 ) diffuses the CQI signal by using a cyclic shift ZC sequence. By using a Walsh sequence, a diffusion unit ( 216 ) further diffuses the ACK/NACK signal which has been diffused by using the ZC sequence. A control unit ( 209 ) controls the diffusion unit ( 214 ), the diffusion unit ( 216 ), and the diffusion unit ( 219 ) so that the minimum value of the difference between the CQI signals from a plurality of mobile stations and a cyclic shift amount of the ACK/NACK signal is not smaller than the minimum value of the difference between the cyclic shift amounts of the ACK/NACK signals from the plurality of mobile stations.

Claims (27)

1. A base station comprising:

a transmitting unit configured to transmit data to a mobile station; and

a receiving unit configured to receive an ACK/NACK signal or a CQI signal, which is spread with a sequence defined by one of a plurality of cyclic shift values and which is transmitted from the mobile station;

wherein the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal is spread, in each symbol that forms the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal, using one of first cyclic shift values, which form a portion of the plurality of the cyclic shift values and which are adjacent to each other, for the ACK/NACK signal, and using one of second cyclic shift values, which are not within the portion of the plurality of the cyclic shift values, for the CQI and a cyclic shift value between the first cyclic shift values and the second cyclic shift values is not used for either the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , further comprising a despreading unit configured to despread the ACK/NACK signal.

3. The base station according to any of claims 1 , further comprising a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the CQI signal.

4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein both a symbol that forms the ACK/NACK signal and a symbol that forms a CQI signal transmitted from another mobile station are mapped to a same symbol, or both a symbol that forms the CQI signal and a symbol that forms an ACK/NACK signal transmitted from another mobile station are mapped to a same symbol.

5. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein both the ACK/NACK signal and a CQI signal which is transmitted from another mobile station, or both the CQI signal and an ACK/NACK signal which is transmitted from another mobile station, are mapped to a resource in a same frequency and in a same slot.

6. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK signal is code-multiplexed with a CQI signal transmitted from another mobile station, or the CQI signal is code-multiplexed with an ACK/NACK signal transmitted from another mobile station.

7. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein said sequence has a length 12 as the sequence defined by a cyclic shift value.

8. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK signal is spread with one of a plurality of orthogonal sequences.

9. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein said one of the orthogonal sequences has a length 4.

10. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal is received on a control channel, and the sequence defined by a cyclic shift value is determined from the control channel.

11. A base station comprising:

a transmitting unit configured to transmit data to a mobile station; and

a receiving unit configured to receive an ACK/NACK signal or a CQI signal, which is spread with a sequence defined by one of a plurality of cyclic shift values and which is transmitted from the mobile station;

wherein the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal is spread, in each symbol that forms the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal, using one of a plurality of adjacent cyclic shift values, which form a portion of the plurality of the cyclic shift values, for the ACK/NACK signal, and using a cyclic shift value, which is separated by a predefined interval from the plurality of adjacent cyclic shift values, for the CQI signal, and the predefined interval is greater than a minimum interval between the plurality of adjacent cyclic shift values for the ACK/NACK signal.

12. The base station according to claim 11 , further comprising a despreading unit configured to despread the ACK/NACK signal.

13. The base station according to claim 11 , further comprising a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the CQI signal.

14. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the predefined interval is 2.

15. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein both a symbol that forms the ACK/NACK signal and a symbol that forms a CQI signal transmitted from another mobile station are mapped to a same symbol, or both a symbol that forms the CQI signal and a symbol that forms an ACK/NACK signal transmitted from another mobile station are mapped to a same symbol.

16. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein both the ACK/NACK signal and a CQI signal which is transmitted from another mobile station, or both the CQI signal and an ACK/NACK signal which is transmitted from another mobile station, are mapped to a resource in a same frequency and in a same slot.

17. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the ACK/NACK signal is code-multiplexed with a CQI signal transmitted from another mobile station, or the CQI signal is code-multiplexed with an ACK/NACK signal transmitted from another mobile station.

18. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein said sequence has a length 12 as the sequence defined by a cyclic shift value.

19. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the ACK/NACK signal is spread with one of a plurality of orthogonal sequences.

20. The base station according to claim 19 , wherein said one of the orthogonal sequences has a length 4.

21. The base station according to claims 11 , wherein the ACK/NACK signal or the CQI signal is received on a control channel, and the sequence defined by a cyclic shift value is determined from the control channel.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2017
From: FUTAGI, SADAKI; NAKAO, SEIGO; IMAMURA, DAICHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044099/0081 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039361/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 032437/0638 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032326/0707 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032180/0115 →