IP Library Granted Patent US 7,415,000
Granted Patent B2
US 7,415,000 · App. 10/380,506 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Data transmission apparatus and data transmission method

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Patent No.
US 7,415,000
App. No.
10/380,506
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In base station 100, TA control amount calculating section 106 calculates a time alignment control amount based on a signal received from communication terminal station 150. Then, TA control amount rounding section 107 performs rounding on the time alignment control amount to obtain a time aliment control amount of the predetermined number of significant digits and a rounding error amount. Reception timing correcting section 109 corrects the reception timing detected in reception timing detecting section 103, using the rounding error amount. Receiving section 104 obtains demodulated data from a received signal at the corrected reception timing.

Claims (21)

1. A data transmission apparatus comprising:

a calculating section that calculates a time alignment control amount for controlling transmission timing in a communicating party apparatus, based on a signal received from the communicating party apparatus;

a rounding section that performs rounding on the time alignment control amount to obtain a time alignment control amount of a predetermined number of significant digits and a rounding error amount;

a detecting section which receives, from the communicating party apparatus, a signal transmitted at transmission timing corresponding to a rounding-processed time alignment control amount and detects reception timing based on the signal received;

a correcting section that corrects the reception timing detected in the detecting section, using the rounding error amount obtained in the rounding; and

a receiving section that obtains demodulate data from a received signal at the reception timing corrected in the correcting section.

2. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the number of significant digits in the rounding in the rounding section is made variable.

3. A base station apparatus comprising the data transmission apparatus according to claim 2 .

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the rounding section determines the number of significant digits in the rounding corresponding to a radius of a cell of the base station apparatus.

5. A base station apparatus comprising the data transmission apparatus according to claim 1 .

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the rounding section determines the number of significant digits in the rounding corresponding to a radius of a cell of the base station apparatus.

7. A data transmission program recorded on a computer readable medium and executable by a computer, the program making the computer perform a process comprising:

calculating a time alignment control amount based on a received signal;

rounding the time alignment control amount;

correcting reception timing using a rounding error amount obtained in the rounding; and

receiving demodulated data from the received signal at the reception timing corrected in the correcting.

8. A data transmission method comprising:

calculating a time alignment control amount based on a received signal at a data transmission apparatus;

rounding the time alignment control amount at the data transmission apparatus;

correcting reception timing at the data transmission apparatus using a rounding error amount obtained in the rounding; and

receiving demodulated data from the received signal at the reception timing corrected in the correcting step at the data transmission apparatus.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039361/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 032437/0638 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032326/0707 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032180/0115 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2013
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031814/0732 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2003
From: ISHIKAWA, KIMIHIKO
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014362/0926 →