IP Library Granted Patent US 8,462,615
Granted Patent B2
US 8,462,615 · App. 13/606,327 · Granted Jun 11, 2013

Transmission device, reception device, and radio communication method

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Patent No.
US 8,462,615
App. No.
13/606,327
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmitting apparatus includes an OFDM modulator that generates a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane. A second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the modulated second information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, and an OFDM modulation signal including the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol, wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers.

Claims (35)

1. A transmitting apparatus comprising:

an OFDM modulator that generates

a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being arranged at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane,

a second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the modulated second information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, wherein the third position is different from the first position,

an OFDM modulation signal including the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol, wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers; and

a transmitter that transmits the OFDM modulation signal.

2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol are arranged in a same subcarrier in the OFDM modulation signal.

3. A transmission method comprising:

generating a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being arranged at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane;

generating a second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the second modulated information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, wherein the third position is different from the first position, and

generating an OFDM modulation signal including the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol,

wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers; and

transmitting the OFDM modulation signal.

4. The reception method according to claim 3 , wherein the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol are arranged in a same subcarrier in the OFDM modulation signal.

5. A reception apparatus comprising:

a receptor that receives an OFDM modulation signal to which a first modulation symbol and a second modulation symbol are multiplexed, wherein

the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers,

the plurality of subcarriers include

the first modulation symbol arranged in a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane, and

the second modulation symbol arranged in a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane,

the first modulation symbol is a symbol to which a first information signal is modulated using a first modulation scheme,

the second modulation symbol is a symbol obtained by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the second modulated information signal is arranged to the third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane; and

a demodulator that separates the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol included in the OFDM signal, demodulates the first information signal from the first modulation symbol, and demodulates the second information signal from the second modulation symbol.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol are arranged in a same subcarrier in the received OFDM modulation signal.

7. A reception method comprising:

receiving an OFDM modulation signal to which a first modulation symbol and a second modulation symbol are multiplexed, wherein

the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers, the plurality of subcarriers include

the first modulation symbol arranged in a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane, and

the second modulation symbol arranged in a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane,

the first modulation symbol is a symbol to which a first information signal is modulated using a first modulation scheme,

the second modulation symbol is a symbol obtained by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the second modulated information signal is arranged to the third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane;

separating the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol included in the OFDM signal;

demodulating the first information signal from the first modulation symbol; and

demodulating the second information signal from the second modulation symbol.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol are arranged in a same subcarrier in the received OFDM modulation signal.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2016
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: HARRIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039772/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2016
From: MURAKAMI, YUTAKA; TAKABAYASHI, SHINICHIRO; ORIHASHI, MASAYUKI; MATSUOKA, AKIHIKO
To: MATSUSHITA ELETRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039201/0724 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 20, 2016
From: MATSUSHITA ELETRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039201/0729 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 038479/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2015
From: HARRIS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 035470/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2015
From: HARRIS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 034817/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2013
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: HARRIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030173/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2013
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: HARRIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029928/0372 →