Wireless communication system, wireless communication device and wireless communication method
A wireless communication system and device improve throughput in a propagation path environment where retransmission is repeated. In a transmission-side wireless communication device, transmission signal storage memories hold bit sequences related to two packet signals for which NACK has been returned, a helper packet generation unit operates the exclusive OR of bit sequences related to two or more of a predetermined number of packet signals held in the transmission signal storage memories, and a coding unit to a transmitting and receiving antenna transmits an auxiliary packet generated by coding a bit sequence of a helper packet that is a result of the exclusive OR operation when the number of packet signals for which NACK has been returned reaches the predetermined number.
1. A wireless communication system, comprising a wireless communication device on a transmission side that transmits a packet signal generated by encoding a bit sequence to be transmitted, and a wireless communication device on a reception side that sends back an ACKnowledgement (ACK) indicating that the packet signal has been received normally or a Negative ACKnowledgement (NACK) indicating that the packet signal could not be received normally,
wherein said wireless communication device on the transmission side performs:
storing in a first memory the bit sequence concerning the packet signal for which NACK has been sent back;
operating exclusive-or on the bit sequences concerning a predetermined number, which is two or greater, of the packet signals stored in the first memory; and
transmitting an auxiliary packet signal generated by encoding a bit sequence resulting from the exclusive-or operation in a case where a number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back has reached the predetermined number,
and wherein said wireless communication device on the reception side performs:
calculating a likelihood information on a received packet signal;
storing in a second memory the likelihood information on the received packet signal for which NACK has been sent back; and
decoding the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back on a basis of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the likelihood information on the predetermined number of packet signals stored in the second memory in a case where the auxiliary packet signal has been received, and
wherein in said decoding, said wireless communication device on the reception side carries out a decoding process that corresponds to the encoding on each piece of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back, updates each piece of the likelihood information after the decoding process on a basis of a mutual information of the corresponding packet signals, carries out an operation that corresponds to the exclusive-or operation on each piece of the likelihood information after being updated, and reflects each piece of the likelihood information resulting from the operation in the decoding process concerning the corresponding packet signals.
2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein said wireless communication device on the transmission side transmits a plurality of packet signals generated by encoding a plurality of bit sequences having correlations, and
wherein said wireless communication device on the reception side has three or more decoders for carrying out the decoding process that corresponds to the encoding on each piece of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back,
wherein in said decoding, updates the likelihood information after the decoding process by one decoder from among the decoders on a basis of the likelihood information after the decoding process by another decoder, and reflects the likelihood information after being updated in the decoding process by said another decoder.
3. The wireless communication system according to claim 2 ,
wherein said wireless communication device on the reception side has a structure where the decoders are connected in annular form or a structure where the decoders are connected in all combination,
wherein in said decoding, updates the likelihood information after the decoding process by one decoder from among the decoders that are connected in either structure on a basis of the likelihood information after the decoding process by another decoder, and reflects the likelihood information after being updated in the decoding process by said another decoder.
4. A wireless communication device on a reception side for sending back, to a wireless communication device on a transmission side that transmitted a packet signal generated by encoding a bit sequence to be transmitted, an ACKnowledgement (ACK) indicating that the packet signal has been received normally or a Negative ACKnowledgement (NACK) indicating that the packet signal could not be received normally in response to the reception of the packet signal,
wherein said wireless communication device on the transmission side operates exclusive-or on the bit sequence concerning the packet signals for which NACK has been sent back in a case where a number of these packet signals has reached a predetermined number, which is two or greater, and transmits an auxiliary packet signal generated by encoding the bit sequence resulting from the exclusive-or operation,
wherein said wireless communication device on the reception side performs:
calculating a likelihood information on a received packet signal;
storing in a memory the likelihood information on the packet signal for which NACK has been sent back; and
decoding the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back on a basis of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the likelihood information on the predetermined number of packet signals stored in the memory in a case where the auxiliary packet signal has been received, and
wherein in said decoding, said wireless communication device on the reception side carries out a decoding process that corresponds to the encoding on each piece of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back, updates each piece of the likelihood information after the decoding process on a basis of a mutual information of the corresponding packet signals, carries out an operation that corresponds to the exclusive-or operation on each piece of the likelihood information after being updated, and reflects each piece of the likelihood information resulting from the operation in the decoding process concerning the corresponding packet signals.
5. A wireless communication method according to which a wireless communication device on a reception side that has received a packet signal generated by encoding a bit sequence to be transmitted sends back, to a wireless communication device on a transmission side that transmitted the packet signal, an ACKnowledgement (ACK) indicating that the packet signal has been received normally or a Negative ACKnowledgement (NACK) indicating that the packet signal could not be received normally,
wherein said wireless communication device on the transmission side operates exclusive-or on the bit sequence concerning the packet signals for which NACK has been sent back in a case where a number of these packet signals has reached a predetermined number, which is two or greater, and transmits an auxiliary packet signal generated by encoding the bit sequence resulting from the exclusive-or operation,
wherein said wireless communication device on the reception side performs:
calculating a likelihood information on the received packet signal;
storing in a memory the likelihood information on the packet signal for which NACK has been sent back; and
decoding the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back on a basis of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the likelihood information on the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back in a case where the auxiliary packet signal has been received,
wherein in said decoding, said wireless communication device on the reception side carries out a decoding process that corresponds to the encoding on each piece of the likelihood information on the auxiliary packet signal and the predetermined number of packet signals for which NACK has been sent back, updates each piece of the likelihood information after the decoding process on a basis of a mutual information of the corresponding packet signals, carries out an operation that corresponds to the exclusive-or operation on each piece of the likelihood information after being updated, and reflects each piece of the likelihood information resulting from the operation in the decoding process concerning the corresponding packet signals.