Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100041413 | RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, RADIO TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - It is possible to provide a radio communication system, a radio base station device, and a radio terminal device capable of reducing the power consumption in a radio terminal device without thinning pilot signals used for measuring upstream line quality. In the radio base station device ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100070828 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMITTER APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD - A transmitter apparatus wherein a simple structure is used to successfully suppress the degradation of error rate performance that otherwise would be caused by fading or the like. There are included encoding parts ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100077276 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, ENCODER, AND ENCODING METHOD - In such a relationship between information transmitted by a primary BCH, for example, and information transmitted by a non-primary BCH as a case of the transmission for a first information sequence that is easy to keep receiving quality and a second information sequence that is difficult to keep receiving quality, a transmitting device and a receiving device are disclosed for making it possible to improve an error rate of the second information sequence. In the devices, an encoder ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100118987 | Transmitter Apparatus, Receiver Apparatus, and Wireless Communication Method - When space-time block code signals are to be transmitted, the patterns thereof are changed in accordance with data to be transmitted. This advantageously allows a good-quality data transmission to be achieved by the space-time block code signals. In addition, since data can be transmitted by use of the patterns of the space-time block code signals, the data transmission efficiency can be improved. | 05-13-2010 |
20100172421 | MIMO RECEIVER AND MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An MIMO receiver and MIMO communication system which can have a small hardware scale even if the number of antennas used for MIMO communication. In a radio communication device ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100192047 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING METHOD - A transmitting device and method enabling improvement of the reception quality on the receiving side when the LDPC-CC (Low-Density Parity-Check Convolutional Codes) encoding is used. The transmitting device ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100218066 | ENCODING DEVICE AND DECODING DEVICE - Disclosed are an encoding device and a decoding device which can effectively reduce the decoding failure frequency in LDPC encoding/decoding. A loss correction encoding device ( | 08-26-2010 |
20110113300 | DECODING METHOD, DECODING DEVICE, INTERLEAVING METHOD, AND TRANSMITTER - A decoding device allowing a high-speed decoding operation. In a decoding section ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110138258 | ENCODING DEVICE AND DECODING DEVICE - An encoding device and decoding device for improving an error floor while taking advantage of the features of a convolutional code capable of encoding/decoding an information sequence with an arbitrary length are disclosed. An error correction encoding section ( | 06-09-2011 |
20120324309 | DECODING METHOD AND DECODING APPARATUS - A decoding device allowing a high-speed decoding operation. In a decoding section ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130145228 | ENCODING METHOD - An encoder and decoder using LDPC-CC (Low Density Parity Check-Convolutional Codes) is disclosed. The encoder exhibits encoding rates realized with a small circuit-scale and a high data reception quality. In the encoder ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130155989 | TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission method includes generating a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals, each signal including different data and some of the plurality of OFDM signals including pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are assigned to a predetermined subcarrier in predetermined time. At least one of the plurality of OFDM signals is assigned the pilot symbols to the predetermined subcarrier in the predetermined time, and other OFDM signals are assigned data to the predetermined subcarrier in the predetermined time. The method further includes converting each of the plurality of OFDM signals to a radio signal and transmitting each of the radio signals from a different antenna. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159816 | TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A transmitter apparatus wherein a simple structure is used to successfully suppress the degradation of error rate performance that otherwise would be caused by fading or the like. There are included encoding parts ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130176965 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A wireless communication method for a transmission apparatus that transmits an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) signal using a communication band, which comprises a plurality of subcarrier groups each including a plurality of subcarriers. The method includes specifying which subcarrier group and how many subcarriers are to be used to transmit the OFDM signal, determining a configuration of a transmission frame, generating the OFDM signal by mapping data symbols according to the determined configuration of the transmission frame, and transmitting the generated OFDM signal. | 07-11-2013 |
20130189929 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device transmits and receives a signal by a wireless communication using a millimeter wave frequency band. The wireless communication device includes an antenna section having directivities in a plurality of different directions, an antenna control section adapted to form a directivity in a prescribed direction among the plurality of directivities of the antenna section, a direction and position estimation section adapted to estimate direction and position information of a wireless communication device to be communicated with, which is a target for the wireless communication, in accordance with a receiving signal received by the antenna section having the directivity formed, and a display section adapted to display the estimated direction and position information of the wireless communication device to be communicated with. | 07-25-2013 |
20130223371 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission apparatus includes a modulation signal generating section and a MIMO transmitting section. The modulation signal generating section generates: (i) a first OFDM modulation signal, in which a plurality of subcarriers include a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol, in both a first time period and a second time period; and (ii) a second OFDM modulation signal, in which the plurality of subcarriers include a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol in the first time period, while in the second time period an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component of every subcarrier included in the plurality of subcarriers are zero. The MIMO transmitting section transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and transmits the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223567 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band. A reception apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of antennas that receive a plurality of OFDM modulation signals; a plurality of OFDM demodulators that transform the plurality of OFDM modulation signals to a plurality of reception signals using Fourier transform; an estimator that outputs a distortion estimation signal using one or more symbols for demodulation included in the plurality of reception signals; and a demodulator that compensates for distortion of the reception signals using the distortion estimation signal and demodulates a data symbol included in the reception signals. | 08-29-2013 |
20130254638 | ENCODER, DECODER, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - There is provided an encoder that provides a termination sequence with a simple structure for LDPC-CC encoding and reduces an amount of the termination sequence transmitted to a transmission line. The LDPC-CC encoder connects a first encoder to a second encoder to perform encoding and thereby carry out LDPC-CC encoding, the first encoder performing encoding based on an partial parity check matrix for information bits obtained by extracting a sequence corresponding to the information bits in a parity check matrix and the second encoder performing encoding based on a partial parity check matrix for parity bits obtained by extracting a sequence corresponding to the parity bits in the parity check matrix. A termination sequence generator generates a termination sequence including the same number of bits as the memory length of the first encoder and provides the generated termination sequence as an input sequence. | 09-26-2013 |
20130315343 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - In a communication system in which propagation path error tolerance is improved by switching the modulation method or error correction method adaptively according to the state of the propagation path, signals MX, MY, CX, and CY indicating the modulation method and error correction method used by the transmitting side are transmitted arranged at discrete locations within the same frame. By this means, the possibility of discretely arranged signals MX and MY, or CX and CY, both degrading is made low even if the transmit signal experiences fading or propagation path fluctuations. As a result, it is possible for the modulation method information signal and/or error correction method information signal to be restored correctly on the receiving side. | 11-28-2013 |
20130322564 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - Of any one of a transmission method X of transmitting modulated signal A and modulated signal B including the same data from a plurality of antennas and a transmission method Y of transmitting modulated signal A and modulated signal B having different data from the plurality of antennas, a base station apparatus does not change the transmission method during data transmission and changes only the modulation scheme. The base station apparatus transmits modulated signal A and modulated signal B to a communication terminal apparatus using the determined transmission method and modulation scheme. In this way, it is possible to improve data transmission efficiency when transmitting data using the plurality of antennas. | 12-05-2013 |
20130329836 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. In contrast, as modulated signal A, modulated symbols S1(i) and S1(i)′ obtained by changing the signal point arrangement of the same data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. As a result the reception quality can be changed intentionally at time i and time i+1, and therefore using the demodulation result of modulated signal A of a time when the reception quality is good enables both modulated signals A and B to be demodulated with good error rate performances. | 12-12-2013 |
20130346832 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A transmitter apparatus wherein a relatively simple structure is used to suppress burst errors without changing the block sizes of encoded blocks even when the number of modulation multi-values is increased. An encoding part subjects transport data to a block encoding process to form block encoded data. A modulating part modulates the block encoded data to form data symbols; and an arranging (interleaving) part arranges(interleaves) the block encoded data in such a manner that the intra-block encoded data of the encoded blocks, which include their respective single different data symbol, get together, and then supplies the arranged(interleaved) block encoded data to the modulating part. In this way, there can be provided a transmitter apparatus wherein a relatively simple structure is used to suppress burst errors without changing the block sizes of encoded blocks even when the number of modulation multi-values is increased. | 12-26-2013 |
20140010331 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A method of generating modulation signals is disclosed including generally three steps. A plurality of modulation signals are generated, each of which is to be transmitted from a different one of a plurality of antennas in an identical frequency band, wherein each modulation signal includes a pilot symbol sequence including a plurality of pilot symbols used for demodulation. Each of the pilot symbol sequences is inserted at the same temporal point in each modulation signal, wherein the pilot symbol sequences are orthogonal to each other with zero mutual correlation among the plurality of modulation signals, each pilot symbol having a non-zero amplitude, the quantity of the plurality of pilot symbols in each sequence being greater than the quantity of the plurality of modulation signals to be transmitted. The plurality of modulation signals each including different transmission data and one of the pilot symbol sequences are output to the antennas. | 01-09-2014 |
20140068370 | CONVOLUTIONAL CODE ENCODING METHOD - An encoder and decoder using LDPC-CC (Low Density Parity Check-Convolutional Codes) is disclosed. In the encoder ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140086366 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A transmitting apparatus and method transmits different modulated signals from a plurality of antennas, and employs a configuration that includes a modulation section that obtains a modulated signal by performing signal point mapping of transmit bits using a signal point arrangement that is divided into a plurality of signal point sets on the IQ plane, whereby the minimum distance between signal points within a signal point set is smaller than the minimum signal point distance between signal point sets; and an antenna that transmits a modulated signal obtained by the modulation section. A signal point generating apparatus generates a first and second symbols to be transmitted by first and second antennas, respectively. | 03-27-2014 |
20140126412 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication method of a base station transmits a modulation signal based on an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) modulation scheme to a plurality of communication terminals. The method includes forming a transmission frame on which a first subcarrier group and a second subcarrier group are arranged, and determining on a per frame basis, which subcarrier group of the first subcarrier group and the second subcarrier group is allocated to each of the plurality of communication terminals and what number of subcarriers are selected from the subcarrier group that is allocated to each of the plurality of communication terminals. The method further includes forming the transmission frame based on the determined subcarrier group and the determined number of subcarriers, transmitting the modulation signal including the transmission frame, and receiving feedback information including radio propagation condition estimation information from each of the plurality of communication terminals. | 05-08-2014 |
20140133598 | TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, RECEPTION SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD - MIMO-OFDM communication is provided which allows high accuracy estimation of frequency offset, high accuracy estimation of a transmission path fluctuation and high accuracy synchronization/signal detection. Pilot symbol mapping is provided for forming pilot carriers by assigning orthogonal sequences to corresponding subcarriers among OFDM signals which are transmitted at the same time from respective antennas in the time domain. Even when pilot symbols are multiplexed among a plurality of channels (antennas), this allows frequency offset/phase noise to be estimated with high accuracy. | 05-15-2014 |
20140177619 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band. A reception apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of antennas that receive a plurality of OFDM modulation signals; a plurality of OFDM demodulators that transform the plurality of OFDM modulation signals to a plurality of reception signals using Fourier transform; an estimator that outputs a distortion estimation signal using one or more symbols for demodulation included in the plurality of reception signals; and a demodulator that compensates for distortion of the reception signals using the distortion estimation signal and demodulates a data symbol included in the reception signals. | 06-26-2014 |
20140247899 | TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATOR, TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, RECEPTION SIGNAL GENERATOR, AND RECEPTION SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. In contrast, as modulated signal A, modulated symbols S1(i) and S1(i)′ obtained by changing the signal point arrangement of the same data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. As a result the reception quality can be changed intentionally at time i and time i+1, and therefore using the demodulation result of modulated signal A of a time when the reception quality is good enables both modulated signals A and B to be demodulated with good error rate performances. | 09-04-2014 |
20140254721 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND DIGITAL RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A transmission method includes modulating a transmission signal using a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes, to generate a first symbol sequence and generating at least one second symbol including a pilot symbol generated using a PSK modulation scheme. The method includes changing an insertion interval of the second symbol to be inserted in the first symbol sequence, to generate a modulation signal and transmitting the modulation signal. The second symbol is configured for synchronization in a reception apparatus. | 09-11-2014 |
20140307828 | TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS, RECEPTION SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, AND RECEPTION SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS - Of any one of a transmission method X of transmitting modulated signal A and modulated signal B including the same data from a plurality of antennas and a transmission method Y of transmitting modulated signal A and modulated signal B having different data from the plurality of antennas, a base station apparatus does not change the transmission method during data transmission and changes only the modulation scheme. The base station apparatus transmits modulated signal A and modulated signal B to a communication terminal apparatus using the determined transmission method and modulation scheme. In this way, it is possible to improve data transmission efficiency when transmitting data using the plurality of antennas. | 10-16-2014 |
20140325304 | ENCODING METHOD, ENCODER, AND DECODER - A low-density parity check convolution code (LDPC-CC) is made, and a signal sequence is sent after being subjected to an error-correcting encodement using the low-density parity check convolution code. In this case, a low-density parity check code of a time-variant period (3g) is created by linear operations of first to 3g-th (letter g designates a positive integer) parity check polynomials and input data. | 10-30-2014 |
20150039974 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF ENCODING TRANSMISSION DATA - An encoder and decoder using LDPC-CC (Low Density Parity Check—Convolutional Codes) is disclosed. In the encoder ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150063271 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiver receives, using a plurality of antennas, a multiplexed signal that includes (i) a first OFDM modulation signal with a subcarrier carrying a symbol including multiplex information and a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol and (ii) a second OFDM modulation signal with a subcarrier carrying a symbol including multiplex information and a subcarrier carrying the pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying the data symbol. A decoder uses the symbol including multiplex information and decodes the data symbol. | 03-05-2015 |