Reception apparatus, radio communication method, and radio communication system

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

a plurality of reception antennas configured to receive transmission signals transmitted from a plurality of transmission antennas;

a first interference processing section configured to perform a weighting processing of imparting a weight to reduce a multipath interference component corresponding to an intersymbol interference based on a multipath adjusting an amplitude of an inter-antenna interference component that a transmission signal from one transmission antenna gives to a transmission signal from another transmission antenna; and

a second interference processing section configured to remove the inter-antenna interference component with respect to each of the plurality of reception signals on which the weighting processing is performed,

wherein the first interference processing section includes

a weight calculation section configured to calculate a weight factor at which only the power of the multipath interference minimized on the basis of a propagation channel vector estimated on the basis of the reception signal and a correlation matrix between a plurality of transmission and reception antennas,

an equalizer configured to perform a weighting processing on the reception signal with the calculated weight factor, and

a correction section configured to add the inter-antenna interference component to the reception signal after the weighting processing.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first interference processing section further includes a despreading section configured to perform a despreading processing on the reception signal after the weighting processing which is output from the equalizer and output the signal to the correction section.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the correction section invalidates the addition processing on the reception signal in a case where the inter-antenna interference component to be added is lower than a previously set threshold.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the correction section adjusts an addition amount of the inter-antenna interference component in accordance with a processing result of the second interference processing section.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal-to-noise ratio estimation section configured to output an estimation result of the signal-to-noise ratio of the reception signal on the basis of the propagation channel vector to the correction section,

wherein the correction section invalidates the addition processing on the reception signal in a case where the estimation result of the signal-to-noise ratio is higher than a previously set threshold.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second interference processing section removes the inter-antenna interference component with respect to each of the plurality of reception signals through a maximum likelihood detection processing.

7. A radio communication method comprising:

receiving transmission signals transmitted from a plurality of transmission antennas by a plurality of reception antennas;

performing a first interference processing of imparting a weight to reduce a multipath interference component corresponding to an intersymbol interference based on a multipath adjusting an amplitude of an inter-antenna interference component that a transmission signal from one transmission antenna gives to a transmission signal from another transmission antenna; and

performing a second interference processing of removing the inter-antenna interference component with respect to each of the plurality of reception signals on which the processing of reducing the multipath interference component is performed,

wherein the first interference processing includes

calculating a weight factor at which only the power of the multipath interference is minimized on the basis of a propagation channel vector estimated on the basis of the reception signal and a correlation matrix between a plurality of transmission and reception antennas,

performing a weighting processing on the reception signal with the calculated weight factor, and

a correction processing of adding the inter-antenna interference component to the reception signal after the weighting processing.

8. The radio communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first interference processing further includes performing a despreading processing on the reception signal after the weighting processing to be output to the correction processing.

9. The radio communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the correction processing includes invalidating the addition processing on the reception signal in a case where the inter-antenna interference component to be added is lower than a previously set threshold.

10. The radio communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the correction processing includes adjusting an addition amount of the inter-antenna interference component in accordance with a result of the second interference processing.

11. The radio communication method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

outputting an estimation result of the signal-to-noise ratio of the reception signal on the basis of the propagation channel vector to the correction processing,

wherein the correction processing includes invalidating the addition processing on the reception signal in a case where the estimation result of the signal-to-noise ratio is higher than a previously set threshold.

12. The radio communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second interference processing includes removing the inter-antenna interference component with respect to each of the plurality of reception signals through a maximum likelihood detection processing.

13. A radio communication system comprising:

a transmission apparatus including a plurality of transmission antennas; and

a reception apparatus including

a plurality of reception antennas configured to receive transmission signals transmitted from the plurality of transmission antennas,

a first interference processing section configured to perform a weighting processing of imparting a weight to reduce a multipath interference component corresponding to an intersymbol interference based on a multipath adjusting an amplitude of an inter-antenna interference component that a transmission signal from one transmission antenna gives to a transmission signal from another transmission antenna, and

a second interference processing section configured to remove the inter-antenna interference component with respect to each of the plurality of reception signals on which the weighting processing is performed,

wherein the first interference processing section includes

a weight calculation section configured to calculate a weight factor at which only the power of the multipath interference is minimized on the basis of a propagation channel vector estimated on the basis of the reception signal and a correlation matrix between a plurality of transmission and reception antennas,

an equalizer configured to perform a weighting processing on the reception signal with the calculated weight factor, and

a correction section configured to add the inter-antenna interference component to the reception signal after the weighting processing.