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US 10,404,395 · App. 15/579,685 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Transmission device and transmission method

Inventors: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP); Tomohiro Kimura (Osaka, JP); Mikihiro Ouchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04J11/0023H04B7/0456H04B7/063H04B7/10H04J11/00H04L25/02H04B1/02H04B1/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,404,395
App. No.
15/579,685
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first transmission signal and a second transmission signal are generated from a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal by using a precoding matrix, and parameters of the precoding matrix are calculated from feedback information.

Claims (252)

1. A transmission method, comprising:

generating a first transmission signal z 1 (t) and a second transmission signal z 2 ( t ) by calculating Equation (1):

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MATH

.

⁢

1

]

(

z

1

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(

t

)

z

2

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(

t

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)

=

(

a

0

0

b

)

⁢

(

cos

⁢

⁢

θ

sin

⁢

⁢

θ

sin

⁢

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θ

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cos

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θ

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(

s

1

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(

t

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s

2

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(

1

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from a first modulated signal s 1 (t) and a second modulated signal S 2 ( t ); and

transmitting the first transmission signal z 1 (t) from a first transmission antenna, and transmitting the second transmission signal z 2 (t) from a second transmission antenna having a different polarization than the first transmission antenna,

wherein θ, a, and b are derived based on feedback information, and θ, a, and b satisfy:

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MATH

.

⁢

2

]

b

=

h

11

⁡

(

t

)

h

22

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(

t

)

×

a

⁢

⁢

and

⁢

⁢

θ

=

-

δ

+

n

⁢

⁢

π

⁢

⁢

radians

⁢

(

n

⁢

⁢

is

⁢

⁢

an

⁢

⁢

integer

)

,

wherein h 11 (t) represents channel characteristics between the first transmission antenna and a first reception antenna having the same polarization as the first transmission antenna at a receiver side,

wherein h 22 (t) represents channel characteristics between the second transmission antenna and a second reception antenna having the same polarization as the second transmission antenna at the receiver side, and

wherein δ is an angle between the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna in an ideal state and the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna when in a reception antenna state in which the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna are actually installed or when the reception antenna state is changed.

2. A transmission device, comprising:

a signal processor that generates a first transmission signal z 1 (t) and a second transmission signal z 2 ( t ) by calculating Equation (1):

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MATH

.

⁢

3

]

(

z

1

⁡

(

t

)

z

2

⁡

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=

(

a

0

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b

)

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cos

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⁢

θ

sin

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⁢

θ

sin

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θ

-

cos

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(

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(

t

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s

2

⁡

(

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)

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1

)

from a first modulated signal s 1 (t) and a second modulated signal s 2 ( t ); and

a transmitter that transmits the first transmission signal z 1 (t) from a first transmission antenna, and transmits the second transmission signal z 2 ( t ) from a second transmission antenna having a different polarization than the first transmission antenna,

wherein θ, a, and b are derived based on feedback information, and θ, a, and b satisfy:

b

=

h

11

⁡

(

t

)

h

22

⁡

(

t

)

×

a

⁢

⁢

and

⁢

⁢

θ

=

-

δ

+

n

⁢

⁢

π

⁢

⁢

radians

⁢

(

n

⁢

⁢

is

⁢

⁢

an

⁢

⁢

integer

)

,

[

MATH

.

⁢

4

]

wherein h 11 (t) represents channel characteristics between the first transmission antenna and a first reception antenna having the same polarization as the first transmission antenna at a receiver side,

wherein h 22 (t) represents channel characteristics between the second transmission antenna and a second reception antenna having the same polarization as the second transmission antenna at the receiver side, and

wherein δ is an angle between the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna in an ideal state and the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna when in a reception antenna state in which the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna are actually installed or when the reception antenna state is changed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2018
From: MURAKAMI, YUTAKA; KIMURA, TOMOHIRO; OUCHI, MIKIHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-141955 · Jul 16, 2015 · national
JP 2016-092928 · May 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62184412 · Jun 25, 2015
Provisional Application 62173096 · Jun 9, 2015
Related Publication 20180167154A1 · Jun 14, 2018