IP Library Granted Patent US 10,587,330
Granted Patent B2
US 10,587,330 · App. 16/486,968 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Reception device and wireless communication system

Inventors: Daiki Hoshi (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuhiro Nakada (Tokyo, JP); Kei Ito (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Kato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H04B7/0874H04B7/0413H04L1/0041H04L1/0048H04L1/0054
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Patent No.
US 10,587,330
App. No.
16/486,968
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reception device including reception antennas is provided. In the reception device, a demodulation unit is configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of antenna combinations of the reception antennas, log likelihood ratios of coded bits of error correction code obtained from reception signals of the reception antennas. A mutual information amount calculation unit is configured to calculate an average mutual information amount based on the log likelihood ratios corresponding to each of the antenna combinations. An antenna combination selection unit is configured to output determination information for specifying one of the antenna combinations for which the average mutual information amount is the maximum. A signal selection unit is configured to select the log likelihood ratios corresponding to the specified antenna combination based on the determination information, and a decoding unit is configured to decodes the selected log likelihood ratios.

Claims (17)

1. A reception device having a plurality of reception antennas, the reception device comprising:

a demodulation unit configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of antenna combinations of the reception antennas, log likelihood ratios of coded bits of error correction code obtained from reception signals of the reception antennas;

a mutual information amount calculation unit configured to calculate an average mutual information amount based on the log likelihood ratios corresponding to each of the antenna combinations;

an antenna combination selection unit configured to output determination information for specifying one of the antenna combinations for which the average mutual information amount is the maximum;

a signal selection unit configured to select the log likelihood ratios corresponding to the specified antenna combination based on the determination information; and

a decoding unit configured to decode the selected log likelihood ratios.

2. The reception device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an interference detection unit configured to detect a signal component, including an interference wave component, for each of the reception signals of the reception antennas; and

a loss correction unit configured to perform a processing of removing the signal component detected by the interference detection unit,

wherein, the loss correction unit performs the processing on the reception signals when the interference detection unit and the loss correction unit are provided in a front end of the demodulation unit, and

wherein the loss correction unit performs the processing on the log likelihood ratios outputted from the demodulation unit when the interference detection unit and the loss correction unit are provided in a back end of the demodulation unit.

3. A wireless communication system comprising:

a transmission device configured to perform error correction coding on input information bits to generate coded bits, digitally modulate the coded bits, and transmit the modulated coded bits; and

the reception device of claim 1 .

4. A wireless communication system comprising:

a transmission device configured to perform error correction coding on input information bits to generate coded bits, digitally modulate the coded bits, and transmit the modulated coded bits; and

the reception device according to claim 2 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0058 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: HOSHI, DAIKI; NAKADA, TATSUHIRO; ITO, KEI; KATO, HIROKI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 051659/0151 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-036053 · Feb 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200036432A1 · Jan 30, 2020
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