IP Library Granted Patent US 9,729,212
Granted Patent B1
US 9,729,212 · App. 15/356,768 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Radio apparatus and receiving method

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Patent No.
US 9,729,212
App. No.
15/356,768
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A radio apparatus includes a first antenna that transmits and receives a radio signal, a second antenna that receives a radio signal, a plurality of filters that acquire signals with mutually different frequencies from a received signal that is received by the second antenna, an amplification unit that is arranged in front of the plurality of filters and amplifies the received signal, and a control unit that controls whether or not the received signal is amplified by the amplification unit depending on a condition of radio communication by the first antenna and the second antenna.

Claims (27)

1. A radio apparatus comprising:

a first antenna that transmits and receives a radio signal;

a second antenna that receives a radio signal;

a plurality of filters that acquire signals with mutually different frequencies from a received signal that is received by the second antenna;

an amplification unit that is arranged in front of the plurality of filters and amplifies the received signal; and

a control unit that controls whether or not the received signal is amplified by the amplification unit depending on a condition of radio communication by the first antenna and the second antenna.

2. The radio apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit includes

a bypass switch that bypasses the amplification unit, and

a bypass determination unit that determines whether or not the received signal is caused to bypass the amplification unit based on transmission power of a radio signal that is transmitted from the first antenna and information that indicates whether or not carrier aggregation that uses a plurality of carriers with mutually different frequencies is executed, and controls the bypass switch.

3. The radio apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the bypass determination unit determines that the received signal is caused to bypass the amplification unit in a case where the transmission power of the radio signal that is transmitted from the first antenna is greater than a predetermined threshold and the carrier aggregation is executed.

4. The radio apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the amplification unit amplifies the received signal with a variable gain, and

the control unit includes a gain determination unit that determines a gain of the amplification unit based on transmission power of a radio signal that is transmitted from the first antenna and information that indicates whether or not carrier aggregation that uses a plurality of carriers with mutually different frequencies is executed.

5. The radio apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the gain determination unit sets a gain that attenuates the received signal on the amplification unit in a case where the transmission power of the radio signal that is transmitted from the first antenna is greater than a predetermined threshold and the carrier aggregation is executed.

6. The radio apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a separation unit that separates the received signal that is received by the second antenna into a plurality of signals in mutually different frequency bands, wherein

the amplification unit includes a plurality of amplifiers that are arranged just behind the separation unit and respectively amplify the signals in different frequency bands that are output from the separation unit, and

the control unit controls presence or absence of amplification by each of the plurality of amplifiers depending on a frequency band where a radio signal that is transmitted from the first antenna belongs thereto.

7. The radio apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the control unit prevents an amplifier that amplifies a signal in a frequency band where a radio signal that is transmitted from the first antenna belongs thereto from amplifying the signal while causing an amplifier that amplifies a signal in another frequency band to amplify the signal.

8. A receiving method by a radio apparatus that includes a first antenna that transmits and receives a radio signal and a second antenna that receives a radio signal, the receiving method comprising:

receiving a radio signal by the second antenna;

determining whether or not the received signal received by the second antenna is amplified depending on a condition of radio communication by the first antenna and the second antenna; and

controlling, in accordance with a result at the determining, presence or absence of amplification of the received signal by an amplification unit arranged in front of a plurality of filters that acquire signals with mutually different frequencies from the received signal.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2016
From: TOTA, KAZUYUKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 040656/0048 →