IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,025,363
Granted Patent B2
US 11,025,363 · App. 17/007,149 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Data processing method, precoding method, and communication device

Inventors: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP); Tomohiro Kimura (Osaka, JP); Mikihiro Ouchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
H04L1/0004H03M13/255H04B7/0413H04L1/003H04L1/0003H04L1/0057H04L1/0067H04L1/0071H04L1/08H04L5/005
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Patent No.
US 11,025,363
App. No.
17/007,149
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An encoder outputs a first bit sequence having N bits. A mapper generates a first complex signal s1 and a second complex signal s2 with use of bit sequence having X+Y bits included in an input second bit sequence, where X indicates the number of bits used to generate the first complex signal s1, and Y indicates the number of bits used to generate the second complex signal s2. A bit length adjuster is provided after the encoder, and performs bit length adjustment on the first bit sequence such that the second bit sequence has a bit length that is a multiple of X+Y, and outputs the first bit sequence after the bit length adjustment as the second bit sequence. As a result, a problem between a codeword length of a block code and the number of bits necessary to perform mapping by a set of modulation schemes is solved.

Claims (30)

1. A transmission method comprising:

encoding first information according to a first coding rate and a first code length to generate a first encoded data sequence;

encoding second information according to the first coding rate and a second code length to generate a second encoded data sequence, the second code length being different from the first code length;

mapping the first encoded data sequence onto 16 signal points defined by a first 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme to generate a first modulation symbol sequence;

mapping the second encoded data sequence onto 16 signal points defined by a second 16 QAM scheme to generate a second modulation symbol sequence;

generating pilot symbols which are known symbols between a transmission device and a reception device;

generating a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol based on the first modulation symbol sequence and the pilot symbols;

generating a second OFDM symbol based on the second modulation symbol sequence and the pilot symbols;

transmitting a signal generated based on the first OFDM symbol and the second OFDM symbol, wherein

the 16 signal points are representable on an I/Q plane having a real axis and an imaginary axis such that a distance between adjacent signal points has nonuniformity,

the 16 signal points defined by the first 16 QAM scheme have a first arrangement pattern on the I/Q plane, and

the 16 signal points defined by the second 16 QAM scheme have a second arrangement pattern on the I/Q plane different from the first arrangement pattern.

2. A reception method comprising:

receiving a signal including a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and a second OFDM symbol;

extracting pilot symbols from the first OFDM symbol and the second OFDM symbol, a first modulation symbol sequence from the first OFDM symbol, and a second modulation symbol sequence from the second OFDM symbol, the pilot symbols being known symbols between a transmission device and a reception device;

demodulating the first modulation symbol sequence mapped on 16 signal points defined by a first 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme to generate a first encoded data sequence based on the pilot symbols;

demodulating the second modulation symbol sequence mapped on 16 signal points defined by a second 16 QAM scheme to generate a second encoded data sequence based on the pilot symbols;

decoding the first encoded data sequence according to a first coding rate and a first code length to generate first information; and

decoding the second encoded data sequence according to the first coding rate and a second code length to generate second information, the second code length being different from the first code length, wherein

the 16 signal points are representable on an I/Q plane having a real axis and an imaginary axis such that a distance between adjacent signal points has nonuniformity,

the 16 signal points defined by the first QAM scheme have a first arrangement pattern on the I/Q plane, and

the 16 signal points defined by the second 16 QAM scheme have a second arrangement pattern on the I/Q plane different from the first arrangement pattern.

3. A reception device comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive a signal including a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and a second OFDM symbol;

OFDM symbol processing circuitry configured to extract pilot symbols from the first OFDM symbol and the second OFDM symbol, a first modulation symbol sequence from the first OFDM symbol, and a second modulation symbol sequence from the second OFDM symbol, the pilot symbols being known symbols between a transmission device and the reception device;

demapping circuitry configured to demodulate the first modulation symbol sequence mapped on 16 signal points defined by a first 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme to generate a first encoded data sequence based on the pilot symbols, the demapping circuitry being configured to demodulate the second modulation symbol sequence mapped on 16 signal points defined by a second 16 QAM scheme to generate a second encoded data sequence based on the pilot symbols; and

decoding circuitry configured to decode the first encoded data sequence according to a first coding rate and a first code length to generate first information, the decoding circuitry being configured to decode the second encoded data sequence according to the first coding rate and a second code length to generate second information, the second code length being different from the first code length, wherein

the 16 signal points are representable on an I/Q plane having a real axis and an imaginary axis such that a distance between adjacent signal points has nonuniformity,

the 16 signal points defined by the first 16 QAM scheme have a first arrangement pattern on the I/Q plane, and

the 16 signal points defined by the second 16 QAM scheme have a second arrangement pattern on the I/Q plane different from the first arrangement pattern.

Priority Claims (3)
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