IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,135
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,135 · App. 18/686,892 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Wireless communication method, wireless communication system, and transmitter

Inventors: Keita Kuriyama (Musashino, JP); Hayato Fukuzono (Musashino, JP); Masafumi Yoshioka (Musashino, JP); Toshifumi Miyagi (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04L25/03343H04B7/0456H04L2025/03585
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Patent No.
US 12,457,135
App. No.
18/686,892
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method according to an embodiment includes precoding a stream of a transmission signal in a time domain by using an FIR filter, controlling a transmission power of the precoded stream, amplifying the precoded stream such that the controlled transmission power is obtained; and performing control for changing a tap length in precoding such that the tap length is decreased in a case where a magnitude of a last tap coefficient in precoding is small and the tap length is increased in a case where the magnitude is large, with respect to a threshold value calculated on the basis of quality information of a received signal fed back from a reception device that has received the amplified stream or quality information of a received signal calculated by using at least characteristics of an amplifier.

Claims (27)

1. A wireless communication method of transmitting a signal from a transmission device to a reception device, the method comprising:

precoding a stream of a transmission signal in a time domain by using an FIR filter;

controlling a transmission power of the precoded stream;

amplifying the precoded stream such that the controlled transmission power is obtained; and

performing control for changing a tap length in precoding such that the tap length is decreased in a case where a magnitude of a last tap coefficient in precoding is small and the tap length is increased in a case where the magnitude is large, with respect to a threshold value calculated on the basis of quality information of a received signal fed back from the reception device that has received the amplified stream or quality information of a received signal calculated by using at least characteristics of an amplifier of the transmission device.

2. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring communication path information based on a training signal for a communication path between the transmission device and the reception device; and

calculating a precoding weight in precoding by using the communication path information, wherein

in performing control, control for changing the tap length in precoding is performed each time a precoding weight is calculated by using the communication path information.

3. A wireless communication system that transmits a signal from a transmission device to a reception device, the wireless communication system comprising:

a precoding circuitry configured to precode a stream of a transmission signal in a time domain by using an FIR filter;

a transmission power control circuitry configured to control a transmission power of the stream precoded by the precoding circuitry;

an amplifier that amplifies the stream precoded by the precoding circuitry under control of the transmission power control circuitry; and

a tap length control circuitry configured to perform control for changing a tap length in the precoding circuitry such that the tap length is decreased in a case where a magnitude of a last tap coefficient in the precoding circuitry is small and the tap length is increased in a case where the magnitude is large, with respect to a threshold value calculated on the basis of quality information of a received signal fed back from the reception device that has received the stream amplified by the amplifier or quality information of a received signal calculated by using at least characteristics of the amplifier.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a communication path information acquisition circuitry configured to acquire communication path information based on a training signal for a communication path between the transmission device and the reception device; and

a weight calculation circuitry configured to calculate a precoding weight in the precoding circuitry by using the communication path information, wherein

the tap length control circuitry performs control for changing the tap length in the precoding circuitry each time the weight calculation circuitry calculates a precoding weight by using the communication path information.

5. A transmission device comprising:

a precoding circuitry configured to precode a stream of a transmission signal in a time domain by using an FIR filter;

a transmission power control circuitry configured to control a transmission power of the stream precoded by the precoding circuitry;

an amplifier that amplifies the stream precoded by the precoding circuitry under control of the transmission power control circuitry; and

a tap length control circuitry configured to perform control for changing a tap length in the precoding circuitry such that the tap length is decreased in a case where a magnitude of a last tap coefficient in the precoding circuitry is small and the tap length is increased in a case where the magnitude is large, with respect to a threshold value calculated on the basis of quality information of a received signal fed back from the reception device that has received the stream amplified by the amplifier or quality information of a received signal calculated by using at least characteristics of the amplifier.

6. The transmission device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a communication path information acquisition circuitry configured to acquire communication path information based on a training signal for a communication path with the reception device; and

a weight calculation circuitry configured to calculate a precoding weight in the precoding circuitry by using the communication path information, wherein

the tap length control circuitry performs control for changing the tap length in the precoding circuitry each time the weight calculation circuitry calculates a precoding weight by using the communication path information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072499/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2024
From: KURIYAMA, KEITA; FUKUZONO, HAYATO; YOSHIOKA, MASAFUMI; MIYAGA, TOSHIFUMI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066573/0170 →
Continuity (1)
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