Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
View Patent ↗A wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method wherein even when the permissible delay amount of data is small, the permissible delay thereof can be satisfied. A data type determining part ( 101 ) determines whether the delay of transport data or control information should be allowed or not. A pilot signal insertion control part ( 102 ) decides, based on pilot insertion interval information and allowable delay information, that a pilot signal is placed adjacently to data that is not allowed to delay. A multiplexing part ( 106 ) multiplexes encoded and modulated transport data with the pilot signal generated by a pilot signal generating part ( 105 ) in such a manner that realizes the placement decided by the pilot signal insertion control part ( 102 ).
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a mapping unit configured to map a pilot signal for control information or a pilot signal for data to a symbol; and
a transmitting unit configured to transmit the pilot signal that is mapped,
wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal such that a number of symbols to which the pilot signal for the control information is mapped are greater than a number of symbols to which the pilot signal for the data is mapped.
2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal such that a number of symbols, to which the pilot signal for the control information is mapped, per a predefined time, are greater than a number of symbols, to which the pilot signal for the data is mapped, per the predefined time.
3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal such that the pilot signal for the control information is denser than the pilot signal for the data.
4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal for the control information to all subcarriers.
5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal for the control information to a part of all subcarriers.
6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal for the control information close to a symbol, to which the control information is mapped.
7. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal for the control information just after a symbol, to which the control information is mapped.
8. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal for the control information just before a symbol, to which the control information is mapped.
9. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said mapping unit maps the pilot signal for the control information between symbols, to which the control information is mapped.
10. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is an ACK/NACK or a channel quality indicator.
11. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control information is scheduling information.
12. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control information allows little delay.
13. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pilot signal is used for demodulation of the control information or the data.
14. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pilot signal is used for channel estimation.
15. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitting unit transmits the pilot signal by multiplexing with the control information or the data.
16. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitting unit transmits the pilot signal in a single carrier.
17. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitting unit transmits the pilot signal by amplifying transmission power thereof.
18. A communication method comprising:
mapping a pilot signal for, using a unit, control information or a pilot signal for data to a symbol; and
transmitting the pilot signal that is mapped,
wherein the pilot signal is mapped such that a number of symbols to which the pilot signal for the control information is mapped are greater than a number of symbols to which the pilot signal for the data is mapped.