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Granted Patent B2
US 10,721,724 · App. 16/085,444 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Wireless communication system and communication method

Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto (Yokosuka, JP); Jun Terada (Yokosuka, JP); Shigeru Kuwano (Yokosuka, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
H04W72/042H04W16/02H04W88/08H04W92/16H04W80/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,721,724
App. No.
16/085,444
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication system includes a control device and at least one communication device. The control device includes a scheduler configured to generate control information for a process of a physical layer in wireless communication between the communication device and a terminal, an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by performing encoding on data to be transmitted to the terminal on the basis of the control information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the control information to the communication device when the control information is generated and transmits the encoded data to the communication device when the encoded data is generated. The communication device includes a reception unit configured to the control information and the encoded data from the control device; and a signal processing unit configured to perform signal processing for transmitting the encoded data received by the reception unit to the terminal on the basis of the control information received by the reception unit.

Claims (28)

1. A wireless communication system comprising a control device and at least one communication device,

wherein the control device includes a scheduler, an encoder and a transmitter,

the scheduler is configured to generate control information for a process of a physical layer in wireless communication between the at least one communication device and a terminal and output the control information to the encoder and the transmitter,

the encoder is configured to generate encoded data by performing encoding on data to be transmitted to the terminal on a basis of the control information and output the encoded data to the transmitter, and

the transmitter is configured to transmit the control information to the at least one communication device regardless of a start and a completion of generating the encoded data by the encoder, and the transmitter is further configured to transmit the encoded data to the at least one communication device when the encoded data is generated, and

wherein the at least one communication device includes:

a receiver configured to receive the control information and the encoded data from the control device; and

a signal processor configured to perform signal processing for transmitting the encoded data received by the receiver to the terminal on a basis of the control information received by the receiver.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the encoder is further configured to start encoding of the data when the encoder reads the control information output from the scheduler,

wherein the signal processor is further configured to start signal processing for the encoded data when the signal processor reads the control information received by the receiver,

wherein, in the control device, transmitting the control information by the transmitter and encoding the data by the encoder are performed in parallel, and

wherein, in the at least one communication device, reading the control information by the signal processor and receiving the encoded data by the receiver are performed in parallel.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one communication device comprises a plurality of communication devices connected to the control device, and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the control information and the encoded data to one of the plurality of communication devices that uses the control information and the encoded data.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one communication device comprises a plurality of communication devices connected to the control device,

wherein the transmitter is further configured to broadcast the control information and the encoded data to the plurality of communication devices, and

wherein the receiver is further configured to select the control information and the encoded data for a subject device among the control information and the encoded data received from the control device, outputs the selected control information and the selected encoded data to the signal processor, and discards the control information and the encoded data for the other communication devices.

5. A communication method in a wireless communication system including a control device and at least one communication device, the communication method comprising:

a scheduling step of generating, by the control device, control information for a process of a physical layer in wireless communication between the at least one communication device and a terminal;

an encoding step of generating, by the control device, encoded data by performing encoding on data to be transmitted to the terminal on a basis of the control information;

a first transmission step of transmitting, by the control device, the control information to the at least one communication device regardless of a start and a completion of the encoding step;

a first reception step of receiving, by the at least one communication device, the control information from the control device;

a second transmission step of transmitting, by the control device, the encoded data to the at least one communication device when the encoded data is generated;

a second reception step of receiving, by the at least one communication device, the encoded data from the control device; and

a signal processing step of performing, by the at least one communication device, signal processing for transmitting the encoded data received in the reception step to the terminal on a basis of the control information received in the reception step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2018
From: MIYAMOTO, KENJI; TERADA, JUN; KUWANO, SHIGERU
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046881/0740 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-076553 · Apr 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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Cited By (1)
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