IP Library Granted Patent US 8,942,304
Granted Patent B2
US 8,942,304 · App. 14/110,795 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Signal generating method and signal generating device

Inventors: Yutaka Murakami (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Kimura (Osaka, JP); Mikihiro Ouchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04B7/046H04W52/42H04B7/0413H04B7/0682H04B7/0426H04B7/0617H04B7/0862H04J11/0033
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Patent No.
US 8,942,304
App. No.
14/110,795
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission method for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal in the same frequency at the same time. Each signal has been modulated according to a different modulation scheme. The transmission method applies precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix, applies different power change to each signal, and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.

Claims (179)

1. A transmission method comprising:

applying precoding to a first modulated signal s 1 and a second modulated signal s 2 to generate a first precoded signal z′ 1 and a second precoded signal z′ 2 , the first modulated signal s 1 having been modulated by a first modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by a, the second modulated signal s 2 having been modulated by a second modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by b, and a and b being integers satisfying a<b;

performing a phase change on at least one of the first precoded signal z′ 1 and the second precoded signal z′ 2 to generate a first transmission signal z 1 and a second transmission signal z 2 ; and

transmitting the first transmission signal z 1 and the second transmission signal z 2 respectively from a first antenna and a second antenna at the same time at the same frequency,

the precoding being represented by a precoding matrix

F

=

1

α

2

+

1

(

j

0

α

×

j

o

α

×

j

0

j

π

)

where α=0,

a phase change scheme for the phase change being changed regularly, and

the transmission method further comprising:

performing a power change involving multiplication by a weighting factor u a and multiplication by a weighting factor u b , the weighting factor u a being used for the generation of the first transmission signal z 1 from the first modulated signal s 1 , the weighting factor u b being used for the generation of the second transmission signal z 2 from the second modulated signal s 2 , and the weighting factor u a and the weighting factor u b satisfying u a <u b .

2. A transmission apparatus comprising:

a weighting unit applying precoding to a first modulated signal s 1 and a second modulated signal s 2 to generate a first precoded signal z′ 1 and a second precoded signal z′ 2 ,

a phase changer performing a phase change on at least one of the first precoded signal z′ 1 and the second precoded signal z′ 2 to generate a first transmission signal z 1 and a second transmission signal z 2 ; and

a transmission unit transmitting the first transmission signal z 1 and the second transmission signal z 2 respectively from a first antenna and a second antenna at the same time at the same frequency,

the first modulated signal s 1 having been modulated by a first modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by a, the second modulated signal s 2 having been modulated by a second modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by b, and a and b being integers satisfying a<b,

the precoding being represented by a precoding matrix

F

=

1

α

2

+

1

(

j

0

α

×

j

o

α

×

j

0

j

π

)

where α=0,

a phase change scheme for the phase change being changed regularly, and

the transmission apparatus further comprising:

a power changer performing a power change involving multiplication by a weighting factor u a and multiplication by a weighting factor u b , the weighting factor u a being used for the generation of the first transmission signal z 1 from the first modulated signal s 1 , the weighting factor u b being used for the generation of the second transmission signal z 2 from the second modulated signal s 2 , and the weighting factor u a and the weighting factor u b satisfying u a <u b .

3. A reception method comprising:

acquiring a reception signal obtained by receiving a first transmission signal z 1 and a second transmission signal z 2 respectively transmitted from a first antenna and a second antenna at the same time at the same frequency, the first transmission signal z 1 and the second transmission signal z 2 having been generated by a predetermined generation process; and

obtaining reception data by applying a demodulation process corresponding to the predetermined generation process to the reception signal,

the predetermined generation process including:

applying precoding to a first modulated signal s 1 and a second modulated signal s 2 to generate a first precoded signal z′ 1 and a second precoded signal z′ 2 ; and

performing a phase change on at least one of the first precoded signal z′ 1 and the second precoded signal z′ 2 to generate the first transmission signal z 1 and the second transmission signal z 2 ,

the first modulated signal s 1 having been modulated by a first modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by a, the second modulated signal s 2 having been modulated by a second modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by b, a and b being integers satisfying a<b,

the precoding being represented by a precoding matrix

F

=

1

α

2

+

1

(

j

0

α

×

j

o

α

×

j

0

j

π

)

where α=0,

a phase change scheme for the phase change being changed regularly, and

the predetermined generation process further including:

performing a power change involving multiplication by a weighting factor u a and multiplication by a weighting factor u b , the weighting factor u a being used for the generation of the first transmission signal z 1 from the first modulated signal s 1 , the weighting factor u b being used for the generation of the second transmission signal z 2 from the second modulated signal s 2 , and the weighting factor u a and the weighting factor u b satisfying u a <u b .

4. A reception apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit acquiring a reception signal obtained by receiving a first transmission signal z 1 and a second transmission signal z 2 respectively transmitted from a first antenna and a second antenna at the same time at the same frequency, the first transmission signal z 1 and the second transmission signal z 2 having been generated by a predetermined generation process; and

a demodulator obtaining reception data by applying a demodulation process corresponding to the predetermined generation process to the reception signal,

the predetermined generation process including:

applying precoding to a first modulated signal s 1 and a second modulated signal s 2 to generate a first precoded signal z′ 1 and a second precoded signal z′ 2 ; and

performing a phase change on at least one of the first precoded signal z′ 1 and the second precoded signal z′ 2 to generate the first transmission signal z 1 and the second transmission signal z 2 ,

the first modulated signal s 1 having been modulated by a first modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by a, the second modulated signal s 2 having been modulated by a second modulation scheme at a modulation level denoted by b, a and b being integers satisfying a<b,

the precoding being represented by a precoding matrix

F

=

1

α

2

+

1

(

j

0

α

×

j

o

α

×

j

0

j

π

)

where α=0,

a phase change scheme for the phase change being changed regularly, and

the predetermined generation process further including:

performing a power change involving multiplication by a weighting factor u a and multiplication by a weighting factor u b , the weighting factor u a being used for the generation of the first transmission signal z 1 from the first modulated signal s 1 , the weighting factor u b being used for the generation of the second transmission signal z 2 from the second modulated signal s 2 , and the weighting factor u a and the weighting factor u b satisfying u a <u b .

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 Mar 25, 2014
From: MURAKAMI, YUTAKA; KIMURA, TOMOHIRO; OUCHI, MIKIHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032512/0937 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-093540 · Apr 19, 2011 · national
JP 2011-140749 · Jun 24, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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