IP Library Granted Patent US 9,344,171
Granted Patent B2
US 9,344,171 · App. 14/804,733 · Granted May 17, 2016

Transmission method, transmission device, reception method, and reception device

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Patent No.
US 9,344,171
App. No.
14/804,733
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a precoding method for generating, from a plurality of baseband signals, a plurality of precoded signals to be transmitted over the same frequency bandwidth at the same time, including the steps of selecting a matrix F[i] from among N matrices, which define precoding performed on the plurality of baseband signals, while switching between the N matrices, i being an integer from 0 to N−1, and N being an integer at least two, generating a first precoded signal z 1 and a second precoded signal z 2 , generating a first encoded block and a second encoded block using a predetermined error correction block encoding method, generating a baseband signal with M symbols from the first encoded block and a baseband signal with M symbols the second encoded block, and precoding a combination of the generated baseband signals to generate a precoded signal having M slots.

Claims (22)

1. A phase weight altering method comprising the steps of:

encoding a first plurality of bits to a first encoded block and a second encoded block by using a predetermined error correction block encoding method;

mapping the first encoded block to a first baseband signal s 1 with M symbols and the second encoded block to a second baseband signal s 2 with M symbols, M being an integer that is at least two;

selecting a matrix F[i] from among N matrices while switching between the N matrices, the N matrices defining phase weight altering performed on the plurality of baseband signals, i being an integer variable from 0 to (K−1), K being an integer that is at least two and less than N, and N being an integer that is at least three; and

generating a first phase weight altered signal z 1 and a second phase weight altered signal z 2 by phase weight altering, in accordance with the selected matrix F[i], the first baseband signal s 1 and the second baseband signal s 2 to be transmitted over the same frequency bandwidth at the same time, wherein

the first phase weight altered signal z 1 and the second phase weight altered signal z 2 satisfying the equation (z 1 , z 2 ) T =F[i](s 1 , s 2 ) T ,

(z 1 , z 2 ) T being a transposed vector of (z 1 , z 2 ), and

(s 1 , s 2 ) T being a transposed vector of (s 1 , s 2 ).

2. The phase weight altering method of claim 1 , wherein

the first phase weight altered signal z 1 is transmitted from a first antenna with a first frequency bandwidth at a first time,

the second phase weight altered signal z 2 is transmitted from a second antenna with the first frequency bandwidth at the first time.

3. A phase weight altering apparatus comprising:

an error correction coder that encodes a first plurality of bits to a first encoded block and a second encoded block by using a predetermined error correction block encoding method;

a mapper that maps the first encoded block to a first baseband signal s 1 with M symbols and the second encoded block to a second baseband signal s 2 with M symbols, M being an integer that is at least two;

a weighting information generator that selects a matrix F[i] from among N matrices while switching between the N matrices, the N matrices defining phase weight altering performed on the plurality of baseband signals, i being an integer variable from 0 to (K−1), K being an integer that is at least two and less than N, and N being an integer that is at least three; and

a weighting calculator that generates a first phase weight altered signal z 1 and a second phase weight altered signal z 2 by phase weight altering, in accordance with the selected matrix F[i], the first baseband signal s 1 and the second baseband signal s 2 to be transmitted over the same frequency bandwidth at the same time, wherein

the first phase weight altered signal z 1 and the second phase weight altered signal z 2 satisfy the equation (z 1 , z 2 ) T =F[i](s 1 , s 2 ) T ,

(z 1 , z 2 ) T being a transposed vector of (z 1 , z 2 ), and

(s 1 , s 2 ) T being a transposed vector of (s 1 , s 2 ).

4. The phase weight altering apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising,

the first phase weight altered signal z 1 from a first antenna with a first frequency bandwidth at a first time, and

the second phase weight altered signal z 2 from a second antenna with the first frequency bandwidth at the first time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
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