IP Library Granted Patent US 8,989,237
Granted Patent B2
US 8,989,237 · App. 14/110,783 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Relay method and relay device

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,989,237
App. No.
14/110,783
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.

Claims (140)

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit acquiring a first reception signal and a second reception signal each obtained by receiving a plurality of signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas at the same time at the same frequency; and

a demodulation unit demodulating the first reception signal and the second reception signal, wherein

the first reception signal is acquired by receiving a first transmission signal z1 and a second transmission signal z2, where the first transmission signal z1 and the second transmission signal z2 are generated for each of a plurality of slots by performing a precoding process that corresponds to one matrix, selected from among N matrices F[i] by hopping between the N matrices for each of the plurality of slots, on a first modulated signal s1 and a second modulated signal s2 respectively, and i is an integer no less than 0 and no greater than N−1, and N is an integer 3 or greater,

the second reception signal is acquired by receiving a first transmission signal z1 and a second transmission signal z2, where the first transmission signal z1 and the second transmission signal z2 are generated, by performing a precoding process that corresponds to one matrix selected from among a plurality of matrices based on information fed back by the reception apparatus, on a first modulated signal s1 and a second modulated signal s2, respectively,

the first transmission signal z1 and the second transmission signal z2 included in the first reception signal satisfy (z1, z2) T =F[i](s1, s2) T ,

the precoding matrices F[i] satisfy

F

[

i

]

=

1

α

2

+

1

(

11

(

i

)

α

×

j

(

θ

11

(

i

)

+

λ

)

α

×

21

(

i

)

j

(

θ

21

(

i

)

+

λ

+

π

)

)

where λ represents an arbitrary angle, and α represents a positive real number, and

θ 11 (i) and θ 21 (i) satisfy

e j(θ 11 (x)−θ 21 (x)) ≠e j(θ 11 (y)−θ 21 (y)) for ∀ x,∀y ( x≠y;x,y= 0,1,2 , . . . ,N− 2 ,N− 1).

2. A reception method for use in a reception apparatus, the reception method comprising:

acquiring a first reception signal and a second reception signal each obtained by receiving a plurality of signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas at the same time at the same frequency; and

demodulating the first reception signal and the second reception signal, wherein

the first reception signal is acquired by receiving a first transmission signal z1 and a second transmission signal z2, where the first transmission signal z1 and the second transmission signal z2 are generated for each of a plurality of slots by performing a precoding process that corresponds to one matrix, selected from among N matrices F[i] by hopping between the N matrices for each of the plurality of slots, on a first modulated signal s1 and a second modulated signal s2 respectively, and i is an integer no less than 0 and no greater than N−1, and N is an integer 3 or greater,

the second reception signal is acquired by receiving a first transmission signal z1 and a second transmission signal z2, where the first transmission signal z1 and the second transmission signal z2 are generated, by performing a precoding process that corresponds to one matrix selected from among a plurality of matrices based on information fed back by the reception apparatus, on a first modulated signal s1 and a second modulated signal s2, respectively,

the first transmission signal z1 and the second transmission signal z2 included in the first reception signal satisfy (z1, z2) T =F[i](s1, s2) T ,

the precoding matrices F[i] satisfy

F

[

i

]

=

1

α

2

+

1

(

11

(

i

)

α

×

j

(

θ

11

(

i

)

+

λ

)

α

×

21

(

i

)

j

(

θ

21

(

i

)

+

λ

+

π

)

)

where λ represents an arbitrary angle, and α represents a positive real number, and

θ 11 (i) and θ 21 (i) satisfy

e j(θ 11 (x)−θ 21 (x)) ≠e j(θ 11 (y)−θ 21 (y)) for ∀ x,∀y ( x≠y;x,y= 0,1,2 , . . . ,N− 2 ,N− 1).

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 038299/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2013
From: MURAKAMI, YUTAKA; KIMURA, TOMOHIRO; OUCHI, MIKIHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031558/0299 →