Radio transmission or reception apparatus and beam forming method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a radio transmission or reception apparatus and a beam forming method thereof. The apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises: an array antenna for forming multiple beams having different directivities so as to transmit or receive signals through the multiple beams; a digital unit for synthesizing an orthogonal polarization pair so as to generate multi-beam signals for forming the multiple beams; and an RF unit for frequency-converting the multi-beam signals so as to output each of the frequency converted multi-beam signals to the array antenna.
1. A radio transmission and reception apparatus comprising:
an array antenna configured to form multiple beams having different directivities and transmit and receive signals through the multiple beams;
a digital unit configured to synthesize orthogonal polarization pairs and generate multi-beam signals for forming the multiple beams; and
a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to frequency-convert the multi-beam signals and output each of the multi-beam signals to the array antenna,
wherein the digital unit includes:
a polarization synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the orthogonal polarization pairs from heterogeneous polarization signals;
a polarization allocation unit configured to allocate the orthogonal polarization pairs to each of the multiple beams; and
a polarization allocation control unit configured to generate a polarization allocation control signal for each of the multiple beams according to a number of multiple beams and a polarization component of a reference beam and provide the polarization allocation control signal to the polarization allocation unit.
2. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple beams has a different directivity in vertical and horizontal directions.
3. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the digital unit further includes:
a multi-beam forming unit configured to generate the multi-beam signals for forming the multiple beams in the array antenna based on the orthogonal polarization pair allocated to each of the multiple beams.
4. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the polarization synthesizing unit is configured to convert polarization of an input signal into a first orthogonal polarization pair and a second orthogonal polarization pair.
5. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first orthogonal polarization pair is any one of a ±45 degree orthogonal polarization pair or a vertical/horizontal orthogonal polarization pair.
6. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second orthogonal polarization pair is the other of a ±45 degree orthogonal polarization pair or a vertical/horizontal orthogonal polarization pair.
7. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the polarization allocation unit is configured to allocate the synthesized first orthogonal polarization pair and second orthogonal polarization pair to each of the multiple beams.
8. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the polarization allocation unit is configured to allocate the first orthogonal polarization pair to a first beam among the multiple beams, and allocate the second orthogonal polarization pair to a second beam adjacent to the first beam.
9. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the digital unit further includes a magnitude/phase correction unit configured to correct magnitudes and phases of the orthogonal polarization pairs allocated to the multi-beam signals.
10. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the digital unit further includes a polarization synthesis calibration unit configured to compare the magnitudes and phases of the orthogonal polarization pairs allocated to the multi-beam signals during polarization synthesis with the magnitudes and phases of the RF chains of the RF unit to determine the correction of the magnitudes and phases, and output correction signals to the magnitude/phase correction unit.
11. The radio transmission and reception apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the polarization synthesizing unit is configured to synthesize the multi-beam signals and the heterogeneous orthogonal polarization pairs; and
the polarization allocation unit is configured to allocate any one of the orthogonal polarization pairs synthesized to the multi-beam signals to each of the multiple beams.
12. A radio transmission and reception apparatus comprising:
an array antenna configured to form multiple beams having different directivities and transmit and receive signals through the multiple beams;
a digital unit configured to synthesize orthogonal polarization pairs to an input signal, allocate any one of the orthogonal polarization pairs to each of the multiple beams, and allocate heterogeneous orthogonal polarization pairs to adjacent beams among the multiple beams; and
an RF unit configured to frequency-convert a polarization signal of the orthogonal polarization pair allocated to each of the multiple beams, and set a phase of each polarization signal to output a beam signal to the array antenna,
wherein the RF unit includes;
a plurality of RF chains configured to convert a frequency of each polarization signal, and
a multi-beam forming unit configured to differently set the phase of each polarization signal to generate an analog multi-beam signal,
wherein the digital unit further includes a magnitude/phase correction unit configured to correct magnitudes and phases of the orthogonal polarization pairs allocated to each of the multi-beams.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the digital unit further includes a polarization synthesis calibration unit configured to compare magnitudes and phases of the orthogonal polarization pairs allocated to the multi-beam signals during polarization synthesis with magnitudes and phases of RF chains of the RF unit to determine correction of the magnitudes and phases, and output correction signals to the magnitude/phase correction unit.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the digital unit includes a multi-beam forming unit configured to generate multi-beam signals for forming the multiple beams in the array antenna based on the orthogonal polarization pair allocated to each of the multiple beams.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the digital unit further includes a polarization allocation control unit configured to generate a polarization allocation control signal for each of the multiple beams according to the number of multiple beams and a polarization component of a reference beam.
16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each of the multiple beams has a different directivity in vertical and horizontal directions.
17. A beam forming method of a radio transmission and reception apparatus, comprising:
synthesizing orthogonal polarization pairs and generating multi-beam signals for forming multiple beams;
frequency-converting the multi-beam signals through RF chains and outputting each of the multi-beam signals to an array antenna; and
forming multiple beams having different directivities from the multi-beam signals in the array antenna,
wherein, among the multiple beams, heterogeneous orthogonal polarization pairs are allocated to adjacent beams among the multiple beams, and phases of the orthogonal polarization pair allocated to each of the multiple beams are differently set,
wherein the method further comprises:
generating a polarization allocation control signal for each of the multiple beams according to a number of the multiple beams and a polarization component of a reference beam and providing the polarization allocation control signal to a polarization allocation unit.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein synthesizing orthogonal polarization pairs includes converting polarization of an input signal into a first orthogonal polarization pair and a second orthogonal polarization pair.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first orthogonal polarization pair is any one of a ±45 degree orthogonal polarization pair or a vertical/horizontal orthogonal polarization pair, and the second orthogonal polarization pair is the other of a ±45 degree orthogonal polarization pair or a vertical/horizontal orthogonal polarization pair.
20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising correcting magnitudes and phases of the orthogonal polarization pairs allocated to the multi-beam signals.