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US 12,206,177 · App. 17/978,255 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Method and apparatus for radio signal transmission and reception in communication system

Inventors: Jung Hoon Oh (Daejeon, KR); Jang Yeol Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jae Ho Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Joon Lee (Daejeon, KR); In Kui Cho (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H01Q21/24H01Q15/24
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Patent No.
US 12,206,177
App. No.
17/978,255
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operation method of a first communication node may comprise: receiving one or more polarized radio signals transmitted from a second communication node included in the communication system through one or more receive polarized antennas included in the first communication node; performing a receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation so that a detection result for a magnitude of an electric field excited by the one or more polarized radio signals is maximized; and receiving a first polarized signal transmitted from the second communication node through at least part of the one or more receive polarized antennas based on a result of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation.

Claims (21)

1. An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system, the operation method comprising:

receiving one or more polarized radio signals transmitted from a second communication node included in the communication system through one or more receive polarized antennas included in the first communication node;

performing a receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation so that a detection result for a magnitude of an electric field excited by the one or more polarized radio signals is maximized; and

receiving a first polarized signal transmitted from the second communication node through at least part of the one or more receive polarized antennas based on a result of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation,

wherein the performing of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation comprises:

passing an electric field excited by the one or more polarized radio signals through a rubidium vapor cell in a Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) state, the rubidium vapor cell being included in the first communication node; and

detecting the magnitude of the electric field based on a degree in which an EIT signal is separated in the rubidium vapor cell.

2. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation comprises:

obtaining a first detection result through electric field detection when an alignment state of the one or more receive polarized antennas is a first alignment state;

changing the alignment state of the one or more receive polarized antennas to a second alignment state;

obtaining a second detection result through electric field detection when the alignment state of the one or more receive polarized antennas is the second alignment state; and

determining an alignment state of the one or more receive polarized antennas based on a result of comparison between the first detection result and the second detection result.

3. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more receive polarized antennas include at least a first receive polarized antenna and a second receive polarized antenna, and the performing of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation comprises:

performing electric field detection while changing whether to turn on/off each of the first and second receive polarized antennas, in a situation in which a third alignment state of the first receive polarized antenna and a fourth alignment state of the second receive polarized antenna are different from each other;

selecting one of the third alignment state and the fourth alignment state based on a result of the electric field detection; and

determining to receive the first polarized signal through one receive polarized antenna corresponding to the selected alignment state.

4. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more receive polarized antennas include at least a first receive polarized antenna and a second receive polarized antenna, and the performing of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation comprises:

performing electric field detection while changing whether to turn on/off each of the first and second receive polarized antennas, in a situation in which alignment states of the first receive polarized antenna and the second receive polarized antenna are different from each other;

selecting a relatively favorable fifth alignment state and a relatively unfavorable sixth alignment state among the alignment states of the first receive polarized antenna and the second receive polarized antenna based on a result of the electric field detection; and

adjusting a direction of a receive polarized antenna corresponding to the sixth alignment state based on the fifth alignment state.

5. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation further comprises transmitting a first indication signal indicating that the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation is completed to the second communication node, and the first polarized signal is transmitted from the second communication node based on the first indication signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: OH, JUNG HOON; KIM, JANG YEOL; LEE, JAE HO; LEE, HYUN JOON; CHO, IN KUI
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 061605/0740 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0148258 · Nov 1, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0142606 · Oct 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230135487A1 · May 4, 2023
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