IP Library Granted Patent US 8,406,327
Granted Patent B2
US 8,406,327 · App. 12/956,579 · Granted Mar 26, 2013

Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, and transmission method

Inventor: Noritaka Deguchi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,406,327
App. No.
12/956,579
Granted
Mar 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus (a) generates a transmission symbol; (b) assigns, to the transmission symbol, a given number of units each formed of a symbol and a subcarrier in a frame which is formed of M (M is a positive integer) symbols and N (N is a positive integer) subcarriers and includes M×N units, and the given number being not more than M×N, to obtain the given number of identical transmission symbols; (c) multiplies the identical transmission symbols by a code sequence including a plurality of different elements; and (d) transmits the identical transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence.

Claims (51)

1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

a generator to generate a transmission symbol;

an assigning unit configured to assign, to the transmission symbol, a given number of units each formed of a time domain symbol and a frequency domain subcarrier in a frame which is formed of M (M is a positive integer) time domain symbols and N (N is a positive integer) frequency domain subcarriers and includes M×N units, and the given number of units including P (P is a positive integer not more than M) time domain symbols and Q (Q is a positive integer not more than N) frequency domain subcarriers;

a code multiplying unit configured to multiply the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by respective elements included in a code sequence, elements in the code sequence multiplied by transmission symbols in each time domain symbol being different from each other; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence,

wherein the Q frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the code multiplying unit multiplies the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by the code sequence including a plurality of elements, while cyclically shifting the code sequence for each time domain symbol.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the code multiplying unit multiplies the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by the code sequence including M×Q elements corresponding to M time domain symbols and Q frequency domain subcarriers in the frame.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the code multiplying unit multiplies the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by the code sequence including P×N elements corresponding to P time domain symbols and N frequency domain subcarriers in the frame.

5. A wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station, comprising:

a generator to generate a transmission symbol;

an assigning unit configured to assign, to the transmission symbol, a given number of units each formed of a time domain symbol and a frequency domain subcarrier in a frame which is formed of M (M is a positive integer) time domain symbols and N (N is a positive integer) frequency domain subcarriers and includes M×N units, and the given number of units including P (P is a positive integer not more than M) time domain symbols and Q (Q is a positive integer not more than N) frequency domain subcarriers;

a code multiplying unit configured to multiply the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by a code sequence including a plurality of elements, the code sequence being cyclically shifted by given subcarrier counts for time domain symbols, the subcarrier counts for time domain symbols corresponding to the base station; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence,

wherein the Q frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

6. A transmission method comprising:

generating a transmission symbol;

assigning, to the transmission symbol, a given number of units each formed of a time domain symbol and a frequency domain subcarrier in a frame which is formed of M (M is a positive integer) time domain symbols and N (N is a positive integer) frequency domain subcarriers and includes M×N units, and the given number of units including P (P is a positive integer not more than M) time domain symbols and Q (Q is a positive integer not more than N) frequency domain subcarriers;

multiplying the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by respective elements included in a code sequence, elements in the code sequence multiplied by transmission symbols in each time domain symbol being different from each other; and

transmitting the transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence, wherein the Q frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the multiplying multiplies the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by the code sequence including a plurality of elements, while cyclically shifting the code sequence for each time domain symbol.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the multiplying multiplies the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by the code sequence including M×Q elements corresponding to M time domain symbols and Q frequency domain subcarriers in the frame.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the multiplying multiplies the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by the code sequence including P×N elements corresponding to P time domain symbols and N frequency domain subcarriers in the frame.

10. A transmission method applied to a wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station, the method comprising:

generating a transmission symbol;

assigning, to the transmission symbol, a given number of units each formed of a time domain symbol and a frequency domain subcarrier in a frame which is formed of M (M is a positive integer) time domain symbols and N (N is a positive integer) frequency domain subcarriers and includes M×N units, and the given number of units including P (P is a positive integer not more than M) time domain symbols and Q (Q is a positive integer not more than N) frequency domain subcarriers;

multiplying the transmission symbols assigned to the given number of units by a code sequence including a plurality of elements, the code sequence being cyclically shifted by given subcarrier counts for time domain symbols, the subcarrier counts for time domain symbols corresponding to the base station; and

transmitting the transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence, wherein the Q frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

11. A wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station, comprising:

a generator to generate a transmission symbol;

a code multiplying unit configured to multiply the transmission symbol by a code sequence including a plurality of elements to generate transmission symbols, the code sequence being cyclically shifted by a given number of elements, the given number of elements varying with time domain symbols, the given number of elements of time domain symbols depending on the base station; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission symbols mapped on frequency domain subcarriers in a plurality of time domain symbols,

wherein the frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

12. A wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station, comprising:

a generator to generate a transmission symbol;

a mapping unit configured to map a transmission symbol on a given number of units each formed of P (P is a positive integer equal to or more than one) time domain symbols and Q (Q is a positive integer equal to or more than one) frequency domain subcarriers;

a code multiplying unit configured to multiply the transmission symbol mapped on the given number of units by a code sequence including N elements, the code sequence being cyclically shifted by a given number of elements, the given number of elements varying with time domain symbols, the given number of elements of time domain symbols depending on the base station; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence,

wherein the Q frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

13. The terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the Q is equal to the N.

14. A transmission method applied to a wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station, the method comprising:

generating a transmission symbol;

multiplying the transmission symbol by a code sequence including a plurality of elements to generate transmission symbols, the code sequence being cyclically shifted by a given number of elements, the given number of elements varying with time domain symbols, the given number of elements of time domain symbols depending on the base station; and

transmitting the transmission symbols mapped on frequency domain subcarriers in a plurality of time domain symbols,

wherein the frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

15. A transmission method applied to a wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station, the method comprising:

generating a transmission symbol;

mapping a transmission symbol on a given number of units each formed of P (P is a positive integer equal to or more than one) time domain symbols and Q (Q is a positive integer equal to or more than one) frequency domain subcarriers;

multiplying the transmission symbol mapped on the given number of units by a code sequence including N elements, the code sequence being cyclically shifted by a given number of elements, the given number of elements varying with time domain symbols, the given number of elements of time domain symbols depending on the base station; and

transmitting the transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence wherein the Q frequency domain subcarriers are continuous frequency domain subcarriers.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the Q is equal to the N.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2020
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051708/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2013
From: DEGUCHI, NORITAKA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 029852/0217 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-205088 · Jul 27, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
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