IP Library Granted Patent US 8,170,512
Granted Patent B2
US 8,170,512 · App. 13/162,437 · Granted May 1, 2012

Wireless transmitter

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Patent No.
US 8,170,512
App. No.
13/162,437
Granted
May 1, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless transmitter that includes a phase rotating unit which adds phase rotation to signals which are respectively input to antennas and adds first phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the antennas and a second phase rotation for controlling the phases of arbitrary antennas among the antennas, wherein scheduling of users is performed on a per-chunk basis where a region defined in a frequency domain and in a time domain is divided into chunks in the frequency domain and in the time domain, and in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, the phase rotating unit adds the first phase rotation so that the maximum delay time between the antennas is set to either a predetermined first value which is smaller than 1/Fc or a predetermined second value which is larger than 1/Fc.

Claims (12)

1. A wireless transmitter comprising:

a plurality of transmission antennas; and

a phase rotating unit which adds phase rotation to signals which are respectively input to the plurality of transmission antennas,

wherein the phase rotating unit adds first phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the plurality of transmission antennas and second phase rotation for controlling the phases of arbitrary antennas among the plurality of transmission antennas,

wherein the wireless transmitter is used in a transmission system in which scheduling of users is performed on a per-chunk basis where a region defined in a frequency domain and in a time domain is divided into chunks in the frequency domain and in the time domain, and

in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, the phase rotating unit adds the first phase rotation so that the maximum delay time between the plurality of transmission antennas is set to either a predetermined first value which is smaller than 1/Fc or a predetermined second value which is larger than 1/Fc.

2. The wireless transmitter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first value is zero.

3. The wireless transmitter as recited in claim 1 , wherein a phase rotation amount added by the second phase rotation is a predetermined value.

4. The wireless transmitter as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a transmission unit which transmits pilot channels corresponding to the plurality of transmission antennas which are orthogonal to each other from the plurality of transmission antennas, respectively.

5. The wireless transmitter as recited in claim 4 , wherein each of the orthogonal pilot channels is generated by the multiplication of an orthogonal code.

6. The wireless transmitter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the phase rotating unit controls the second phase rotation for each of other parties of communication.

7. The wireless transmitter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the phase rotating unit does not add the first phase rotation to a pilot channel.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2015
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 036112/0627 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2015
From: IMAMURA, KIMIHIKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036067/0421 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA NAME FROM "SHARP CORPORATION" TO "SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030628 FRAME 0698. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 23, 2015
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035496/0281 →