IP Library Granted Patent US 8,270,533
Granted Patent B2
US 8,270,533 · App. 12/846,169 · Granted Sep 18, 2012

Transmitter/receiver and data transmission/reception method in communication system

Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Patent No.
US 8,270,533
App. No.
12/846,169
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmitter for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a serial/parallel (S/P) conversion unit configured to convert data into an I signal and a Q signal; multiplication units configured to multiply the converted I and Q signals by orthogonal sequences, respectively; conversion units configured to Hilbert-transform the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences; addition units configured to add the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences and the Hilbert-transformed Q and I signal, respectively; and an intermediate frequency (IF)/radio frequency (RF) unit configured to up-convert the added I signal and the added Q signal and transmit the converted I and Q signals.

Claims (53)

1. A transmitter for transmitting data in a communication system, comprising:

a serial/parallel (S/P) conversion unit configured to convert data into an in-phase (I) signal and a quadrature-phase (Q) signal;

multiplication units configured to multiply the converted I and Q signals by orthogonal sequences, respectively;

conversion units configured to Hilbert-transform the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences;

addition units configured to add the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences and the Hilbert-transformed Q and I signal, respectively; and

an intermediate frequency (IF)/radio frequency (RF) unit configured to up-convert the added I signal and the added Q signal and transmit the converted I and Q signals.

2. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the added I signal and the added Q signal are signals obtained by modulating the I and Q signals of the data through a vestigial sideband (VSB)/single sideband (SSB) modulation scheme.

3. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the S/P conversion unit transmits the data inputted in a serial form into data paths corresponding to the I and Q signals, respectively.

4. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the multiplication units comprise:

a first multiplication unit configured to multiply the converted I signal by a first orthogonal sequence; and

a second multiplication unit configured to multiply the converted Q signal by a second orthogonal sequence.

5. The transmitter of claim 4 , wherein the conversion units comprise:

a first conversion unit configured to Hilbert-transform the I signal multiplied by the first orthogonal sequence; and

a second conversion unit configured to Hilbert-transform the Q signal multiplied by the second orthogonal sequence.

6. The transmitter of claim 5 , wherein the addition units comprise:

a first addition unit configured to add the I signal multiplied by the first orthogonal sequence and the Hilbert-transformed Q signal and output the I signal modulated through a vestigial sideband (VSB)/single sideband (SSB) modulation scheme; and

a second addition unit configured to add the Q signal multiplied by the second orthogonal sequence and the Hilbert-transformed I signal and output the Q signal modulated through the VSB/SSB modulation scheme.

7. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the IF/RF frequency unit converts the added I signal and the added Q signal from a baseband into IF and RF bands.

8. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the orthogonal sequences are Hadamard sequences.

9. A receiver for receiving data in a communication system, comprising:

an RF/IF unit configured to receive I and Q signals of data and down-convert the received I and Q signals;

conversion units configured to Hilbert-transform the down-converted I and Q signals;

addition units configured to add the down-converted I and Q signals and the Hilbert-transformed Q and I signals, respectively;

multiplication units configured to multiply the added I signal and the added Q signal by orthogonal sequences, respectively; and

a serial/parallel conversion unit configured to convert the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences and restore the data.

10. The receiver of claim 9 , wherein the received I and Q signals are signals obtained by modulating the I and Q signals of the data through a VSB/SSB modulation scheme.

11. The receiver of claim 9 , wherein the RF/IF unit converts the received I and Q signals from RF and IF bands into a baseband.

12. The receiver of claim 9 , wherein the conversion units comprise:

a first conversion unit configured to Hilbert-transform the down-converted I signal; and

a second conversion unit configured to Hilbert-transform the down-converted Q signal.

13. The receiver of claim 12 , wherein the addition units comprise:

a first addition unit configured to add the down-converted I signal and the Hilbert-transformed Q signal; and

a second addition unit configured to add the down-converted Q signal and the Hilbert-transformed I signal.

14. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the multiplication units comprise:

a first multiplication unit configured to multiply the added I signal by a first orthogonal sequence; and

a second multiplication unit configured to multiply the added Q signal by a second orthogonal sequence.

15. The receiver of claim 9 , wherein the P/S conversion unit receives the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences from data paths corresponding to the I and Q signals, respectively, and outputs the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences as the restored data in a serial form.

16. The receiver of claim 9 , wherein the orthogonal sequences are Hadamard sequences.

17. A data transmission method in a communication system, comprising:

converting serial data into parallel I and Q signals, and orthogonalizing the I and Q signals by multiplying the converted I and Q signals by orthogonal Hadamard sequences, respectively;

modulating the orthogonalized I and Q signals through a vestigial sideband (VSB)/single sideband (SSB) modulation scheme; and

up-converting the modulated I and Q signals from a baseband into IF and RF bands, and transmitting the converted I and Q signals.

18. The data transmission method of claim 17 , wherein said modulating the orthogonalized I and Q signals through the VSB/SSB modulation scheme comprises:

Hilbert-transforming the orthogonalized Q signal, and adding the orthogonalized I signal and the Hilbert-transformed Q signal; and

Hilbert-transforming the orthogonalized I signal, and adding the orthogonalized Q signal and the Hilbert-transformed I signal.

19. A data reception method in a communication system, comprising:

receiving I and Q signals of data, and down-converting the received I and Q signals from RF and IF bands into a baseband;

demodulating the down-converted I and Q signals through a demodulation scheme corresponding to a vestigial sideband (VSB)/single sideband (SSB) modulation scheme;

multiplying the demodulated I and Q signals by orthogonal Hadamard sequences, respectively, to restore the I and Q signals of the data; and

converting the restored I and Q signals from a parallel form into a serial form to restore the data.

20. The data reception method of claim 19 , wherein said demodulating the down-converted I and Q signals through the demodulation scheme corresponding to the VSB/SSB modulation scheme comprises:

Hilbert-transforming the down-converted Q signal, and adding the down-converted I signal and the Hilbert-converted Q signal; and

Hilbert-transforming the down-converted I signal, and adding the down-converted Q signal and the Hilbert-converted I signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2010
From: PARK, SUNG-IK; LIM, HYOUNGSOO; KIM, HEUNG-MOOK; KANG, DONGHOON; OH, WANGROK
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 024760/0831 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2009-0104633 · Oct 30, 2009 · national
KR 10-2010-0051402 · May 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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