IP Library Granted Patent US 7,646,822
Granted Patent B2
US 7,646,822 · App. 10/570,790 · Granted Jan 12, 2010

Antenna selective diversity

Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,646,822
App. No.
10/570,790
Granted
Jan 12, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmitting apparatus that transmits signals from a plurality of antennas, and can improve the security of communication compared with a conventional system. In this apparatus, an antenna changing section ( 105 ) stores an antenna change pattern in internal memory, and each time a clock signal is input, generates an antenna change signal directing an antenna change in accordance with the antenna change pattern, and outputs this signal to an antenna selection section ( 106 ). Based on the antenna change signal, the antenna selection section ( 106 ) selects two different antennas from among the transmitting antennas ( 107 - 1 through 107 - 3 ) as transmitting antennas of transmit signal A output from a radio section ( 104 - 1 ) and transmit signal B output from a radio section ( 104 - 2 ), and performs radio transmission of transmit signal A and transmit signal B using the selected transmitting antennas.

Claims (22)

1. A transmission method of a transmitting apparatus having a plurality of modulation sections, a signal forming section, a transmitting section and a plurality of transmitting antennas, the method comprising:

modulating, in the plurality of modulation sections, different transmission data to generate modulation signals;

generating, in the signal forming section, encoded signals by orthogonalizing at least a part of the modulation signals;

adding, in the signal forming section, pilot signals of varying time-domain arrangements between communicating parties to the encoded signals to generate transmission signals; and

transmitting the transmission signals in the transmitting section from the plurality of transmitting antennas.

2. The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the time-domain arrangements of the pilot signals are changed based on a communication state.

3. A transmission method of a transmitting apparatus having a plurality of modulation sections, a signal forming section, a transmitting section and a plurality of transmitting antennas, the method comprising:

modulating, in the plurality of modulation sections, different transmission data to generate modulation signals;

generating, in the signal forming section, encoded signals by orthogonalizing at least a part of the modulation signals;

generating, in the signal forming section, transmission signals by varying time-domain arrangements of the encoded signals between communicating parties to generate transmission signals; and

transmitting the transmission signals in the transmitting section from the plurality of transmitting antennas.

4. The transmission method according to claim 3 , wherein the time-domain arrangements of the encoded signals are changed based on a communication state.

5. A transmitting apparatus having a plurality of transmitting antennas, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

a plurality of modulation sections that modulate different transmission data to generate modulation signals;

a signal forming section that generates encoded signals by orthogonalizing at least a part of the modulation signals and adds pilot signals of varying time-domain arrangements between communicating parties to the encoded signals to generate transmission signals; and

a transmitting section that transmits, from the plurality of transmitting antennas, the transmission signals outputted from the signal forming section.

6. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the signal forming section changes the time-domain arrangements of the pilot signals based on a communication state.

7. A transmitting apparatus having a plurality of transmitting antennas, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

a plurality of modulation sections that modulate different transmission data to generate modulation signals;

a signal forming section that generates encoded signals by orthogonalizing at least a part of the modulation signals and varies time-domain arrangements of the encoded signals between communicating parties to generate a plurality of transmission signals; and

a transmitting section that transmits the transmission signals outputted from the signal forming section from the plurality of transmitting antennas.

8. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the signal forming section changes the time-domain arrangements of the encoded signals based on a communication state.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 14, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021835/0421 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2007
From: KOBAYASHI, KIYOTAKA; MURAKAMI, YUTAKA; ORIHASHI, MASAYUKI; MATSUOKA, AKIHIKO
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018971/0912 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2003-318809 · Sep 10, 2003 · national
JP 2004-258919 · Sep 6, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070030918A1 · Feb 8, 2007