IP Library Granted Patent US 9,374,156
Granted Patent B2
US 9,374,156 · App. 14/150,997 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and communication system for formatting data

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Patent No.
US 9,374,156
App. No.
14/150,997
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and a communication system are provided that allow a reduction in a frame loss due to interference caused by use of the same channel. A transmitting apparatus disposed in a base station includes a GPS receiver for receiving a GPS signal, a timing generator for controlling respective function blocks in accordance with the GPS signal and an inter-base-station control signal so as to precisely synchronize the timing of frame transmission among base stations, the front-end transmission processing unit including for converting transmission information into transmission time slots, a frame generator for generating a frame including a plurality of time slots and one frame guard, and a back-end transmission processing unit for transmitting the generated frame as a radio signal.

Claims (19)

1. A transmitting apparatus in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless communication system, comprising:

a transmission processing unit configured to transmit at least one transmission OFDM signal in a transmission period among a series of transmission periods, each transmission period including a guard interval;

wherein the at least one transmission OFDM signal includes, in addition to the guard interval included in each transmission period, a no transmission signal period whose length is less than a length of the series of transmission periods, the no transmission signal period following after the series of transmission periods during a time period different from that of the guard interval.

2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guard interval is set before an effective symbol period in a transmission period.

3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a length of an effective symbol period in a transmission period is longer than a length of a guard interval in the transmission period.

4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the length of the no transmission signal period is longer than a length of a guard interval.

5. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission processing unit includes a modulator for modulating transmission information by a proper modulation scheme selected on a basis of electric field strength information received from a communication terminal to which the at least one transmission OFDM signal is transmitted.

6. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission processing unit generates a period by adding a predetermined guard interval to an effective symbol period.

7. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a cellular communication mechanism, an interface for connecting an internet, a receiver configured to receive a GPS signal, and an antenna.

8. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a timing generator for generating a timing signal on a basis of a GPS signal and an inter-base-station control signal for achieving synchronization among base stations, thereby precisely synchronizing timing of frame transmission among the base stations.

9. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission processing unit includes a modulator for modulating transmission information.

10. A transmitting device in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless communication system, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

provide at least one transmission OFDM signal in a transmission period among a series of transmission periods, each transmission period including a guard interval,

wherein the at least one transmission OFDM signal includes, in addition to the guard interval included in each transmission period, a no transmission signal period whose length is less than a length of the series of transmission periods, the no transmission signal period following after the series of transmission periods during a time period different from that of the guard interval.

11. The transmitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the guard interval is set before an effective symbol period in a transmission period.

12. The transmitting device according to claim 10 , wherein a length of an effective symbol period in a transmission period is longer than a length of a guard interval in the transmission period.

13. The transmitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the length of the no transmission signal period is longer than a length of a guard interval.

14. The transmitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising at least one of a cellular communication mechanism, an interface for connecting an internet, a receiver configured to receive a GPS signal, and an antenna.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: WI-FI ONE, LLC
To: REDWOOD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058026/0232 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2021
From: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC
To: WI-FI ONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 058014/0725 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 23, 2018
From: WI-FI ONE, LLC
To: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046222/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2018
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: WI-FI ONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 045853/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2014
From: TAKAHASHI, HIROAKI; SUZUKI, MITSUHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032082/0988 →