IP Library Granted Patent US 9,667,326
Granted Patent B2
US 9,667,326 · App. 15/341,558 · Granted May 30, 2017

Transmission method, transmission device, reception method and reception device

Inventors: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP); Tomohiro Kimura (Osaka, JP); Mikihiro Ouchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04B7/0413H04B7/06H04B7/0682H04B7/08H04L27/3405
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Patent No.
US 9,667,326
App. No.
15/341,558
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission method includes mapping processing, phase change processing, and transmission processing. In the mapping processing, a plurality of first modulation signals and a plurality of second modulation signals are generated using a first mapping scheme, and a plurality of third modulation signals and a plurality of fourth modulation signals are generated using a second mapping scheme. In the phase change processing, a phase change is performed on the plurality of second modulation signals and the plurality of fourth modulation signals using all N kinds of phases. In the transmission processing, the first modulation signals and the second modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from different antennas, and the third modulation signals and the fourth modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from the different antennas.

Claims (44)

1. A transmission method comprising:

mapping processing of

generating a plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and a plurality of second modulated signals s 2 using a first mapping scheme, the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 being equal to the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , and

generating a plurality of third modulated signals s 3 and a plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 using a second mapping scheme, the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being equal to the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 ,

each of the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme involving 16 signal points, the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme being different from each other in a signal point arrangement;

phase change processing of

performing a phase change on the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 using N kinds of phases, and performing the phase change on the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 using the N kinds of phases, the N being an integer of 2 or more, the N kinds of phases being determined by a function of frequency; and

transmission processing of

transmitting the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 using a first antenna,

transmitting each of the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 subjected to the phase change using a second antenna at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding one of the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , and

transmitting each of the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 subjected to the phase change using the second antenna at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 .

2. A transmission device comprising:

mapping circuitry which, in operation,

generates a plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and a plurality of second modulated signals s 2 using a first mapping scheme, the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 being equal to the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 , and

generates a plurality of third modulated signals s 3 and a plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 using a second mapping scheme, the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 being equal to the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 ,

each of the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme involving 16 signal points, the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme being different from each other in a signal point arrangement;

phase change circuitry which, in operation,

performs a phase change on the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 using N kinds of phases, and

performs the phase change on the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 using the N kinds of phases,

the N being an integer of 2 or more,

the N kinds of phases being determined by a function of frequency; and

transmission circuitry which, in operation,

transmits the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 using a first antenna,

transmits each of the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 subjected to the phase change using the second antenna at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , and

transmits each of the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 subjected to the phase change using the second antenna at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 .

3. A reception method comprising:

reception processing of acquiring reception signals,

the reception signals being signals obtained by receiving a plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , a plurality of third modulated signals s 3 , a plurality of second modulated signals s 2 , and a plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 , the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 being transmitted from a first antenna, the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 and the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being transmitted from a second antenna,

each of the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 being transmitted at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , each of the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being transmitted at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 ,

the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 being modulated signals subjected to a phase change using N kinds of phases before the transmission, the N being an integer of 2 or more, the N kinds of phases being determined by a function of frequency, the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being modulated signals subjected to the phase change using the N kinds of phases before the transmission,

the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and the plurality of pre-phase-change second modulated signals s 2 being generated using a first mapping scheme, the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 being equal to the plurality of pre-phase-change second modulated signals s 2 ,

the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 and the plurality of pre-phase-change fourth modulated signals s 4 being generated using a second mapping scheme, the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 being equal to the plurality of pre-phase-change fourth modulated signals s 4 ,

each of the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme involving 16 signal points, the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme being different from each other in a signal point arrangement; and

demodulation processing of demodulating the reception signals using a first de-mapping scheme corresponding to the first mapping scheme and a second de-mapping scheme corresponding to the second mapping scheme.

4. A reception device comprising:

reception circuitry which, in operation, acquires reception signals,

the reception signals being signals obtained by receiving a plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , a plurality of third modulated signals s 3 , a plurality of second modulated signals s 2 , and a plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 , the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 being transmitted from a first antenna, the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 and the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being transmitted from a second antenna,

each of the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 being transmitted at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 , each of the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being transmitted at a same frequency and a same time as a frequency and a time of a corresponding modulated signal of the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 ,

the plurality of second modulated signals s 2 being modulated signals subjected to a phase change using N kinds of phases before the transmission, the N being an integer of 2 or more, the N kinds of phases being determined by a function of frequency,

the plurality of fourth modulated signals s 4 being modulated signals subjected to a phase change using the N kinds of phases before the transmission,

the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 and the plurality of pre-phase-change second modulated signals s 2 being generated using a first mapping scheme, the plurality of first modulated signals s 1 being equal to the plurality of pre-phase-change second modulated signals s 2 ,

the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 and the plurality of pre-phase-change fourth modulated signals s 4 being generated using a second mapping scheme, the plurality of third modulated signals s 3 being equal to the plurality of pre-phase-change fourth modulated signals s 4 ,

each of the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme involving 16 signal points, the first mapping scheme and the second mapping scheme being different from each other in a signal point arrangement; and

demodulation circuitry which, in operation, demodulates the reception signals using a first de-mapping scheme corresponding to the first mapping scheme and a second de-mapping scheme corresponding to the second mapping scheme.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (3)
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