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Akihiko Matsuoka, Kanagawa JP

Akihiko Matsuoka, Kanagawa JP

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20080200195Multi-Mode Control Station, Radio Communication System, Radio Station, and Radio Communication Control Method - The overall throughput of the radio communication traffic in a radio communication area in a radio communication environment where a plurality of types of radio communication systems are mixedly used in a neighboring radio communication area is improved. When a multi-mode control station (08-21-2008
20080260069APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - In a multivalue modulation type with one pilot symbol inserted for every 3 or more symbols, signal points of each one symbol immediately before and after a pilot symbol are modulated using a modulation type different from that for pilot symbols. In this way, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the accuracy in estimating the reference phase and amount of frequency offset by pilot symbols and improve the bit error rate characteristic in the signal to noise ratio in quasi-coherent detection with symbols whose symbol synchronization is not completely established.10-23-2008
20080299937Sampling Filter - The present invention aims at providing a sampling filter capable of changing a filtering characteristic without use of a complicate waveform as a control signal. A sampling filter 12-04-2008
20080317148WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - The invention performs orthogonal frequency division multiplex processing on a transmission signal to form an OFDM modulation signal (daubed in FIG.) and performs orthogonal frequency division multiplex processing and code division multiple access processing on a transmission signal to form an OFDM-CDM modulation signal (shaded in FIG.) to transmit the OFDM modulation signal and the OFDM-CDM modulation signal, which makes it possible to transmit data in a very high rate using the OFDM modulation signal while making it possible to transmit data in a higher quality using the OFDM-CDM modulation signal than using the OFDM-modulation signal, although it is slightly inferior to OFDM modulation in terms of high rate transmission.12-25-2008
20090046818RECEPTION DEVICE - It is possible to demodulate a plurality of modulated signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas by using a comparatively small-size circuit with a preferable error ratio characteristic. Partial bit judgment units (02-19-2009
20090051422Filter Device - Provided is a switched capacitor type filter device having a steep characteristic with a small number of taps. The filter device includes positive polarity selecting switches (02-26-2009
20090103516SYNCHRONIZATION DETECTING CIRCUIT AND MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Multimode wireless communication apparatus supports plural wireless communication methods and includes synchronization detecting part. Digital signals output from first A/D part and second A/D part are combined by synchronization detecting part. Synchronization detecting part converts sampling frequencies of respective digital signals and performs other processes when combining digital signals. Synchronization detecting part detects synchronization timing for plural wireless communication methods by plurally performing correlation operation corresponding to respective wireless communication methods for digital signals combined, thereby providing a multimode wireless communication apparatus with its size and power consumption reduced.04-23-2009
20090103650METHOD FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - In a multivalue modulation type with one pilot symbol inserted for every 3 or more symbols, signal points of each one symbol immediately before and after a pilot symbol are modulated using a modulation type different from that for pilot symbols. In this way, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the accuracy in estimating the reference phase and amount of frequency offset by pilot symbols and improve the bit error rate characteristic in the signal to noise ratio in quasi-coherent detection with symbols whose symbol synchronization is not completely established.04-23-2009
20090104880WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus and a communication control method wherein even if there occurs a change in communication control information due to a function change, an appropriate correction is implemented to improve the communication quality. A wireless communication apparatus (04-23-2009
20090116572COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus in which only a terminal having a specific positional relationship can perform communication through a relatively simple arrangement. When initial setting is performed or communication is started, a timing calculating section (05-07-2009
20090116594RADIO RECEIVER - A radio receiver including a reception processing system that uses a discrete-time frequency conversion to acquire a signal having a sampling rate corresponding to a local frequency, wherein the reception characteristic is improved when the reception processing system is applied to a system having a wide reception channel band. The radio receiver (05-07-2009
20090135760MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A multimode wireless communication apparatus that supports plural wireless communication systems and switches wireless communication systems to communicate. The apparatus includes a signal processor capable of switching wireless communication systems by plural manners; and a controller that directs to the signal processor a combination of manners of switching wireless communication systems according to a communication environment. The signal processor switches wireless communication systems according to the combination of manners of switching wireless communication systems directed from the controller.05-28-2009
20090150470FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATION CIRCUIT - Provided is a fast Fourier transformation circuit capable of optimizing an operation resource while matching a plurality of communication systems. In this circuit, an FFT circuit (06-11-2009
20090187615DIGITAL FILTER - Provided is a digital filter for radio communication processing capable of dynamically modifying the characteristic and simultaneously processing a plurality of systems. In the digital filter, calculation core groups (07-23-2009
20090257531SAMPLING FILTER APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention has an object to provide a sampling filter apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus, which are capable of changing a filter characteristic without employing complex waveforms as control signals, and also, capable of performing filtering process operations without performing a decimation, while utilizing a wide frequency space. A sampling filter apparatus 10-15-2009
20090270061SAMPLING MIXER AND RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sampling mixer and a receiver, capable of optimizing a sampling rate of an output signal in response to a fractional band of a modulation band with respect to an RF frequency of the received signal. A sampling mixer of the present invention, includes a history capacitor 10-29-2009
20090285329TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - Even when there is limit placed upon transmission power control time, the transmission power control method enables accurate control transmission power. The transmission power control method includes: a first measuring step of measuring, in a symbol interval before a symbol interval where mode of the power amplifier changes, output power of the power amplifier before mode changes; a first setting step of setting target power of the power amplifier after mode changes based on a measurement result obtained in the first measuring step and a transmission power control signal; a second measuring step of measuring, in the symbol interval where mode of the power amplifier changes, output power of the power amplifier after mode changes, the output power being controlled using the target power set in the first setting step; and a second step of setting corrected target power based on a measurement result obtained in the second measuring step.11-19-2009
20100029224POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - By compensating for a detection result of the detector in feedback control of output power of the power amplifier, the polar modulation transmission apparatus is able to realize accurate transmission power control. Polar modulation transmission apparatus 02-04-2010
20100029225POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - By compensating for a detection result of the detector in feedback control of output power of the power amplifier, the polar modulation transmission apparatus is able to realize accurate transmission power control. Polar modulation transmission apparatus 02-04-2010
20100066429POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE FORMING DEVICE AND POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Provided is a power voltage forming device which can correct an offset voltage of a high-frequency power amplifier without degrading distortion characteristic of a high-frequency power amplifier. The power voltage forming device (03-18-2010
20100098016WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication method of a base station transmits a modulation signal based on an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) scheme to a plurality of communication terminals. The method includes using a transmission frame on which a first subcarrier group and a second subcarrier group are arranged, the first subcarrier group on which a signal using a first transmission scheme is arranged, and the second subcarrier group on which a signal using a second transmission scheme different from the signal using the first transmission scheme in transmission quality is arranged. The method also includes determining, on a per frame basis, which subcarrier group is allocated to each of the plurality of communication terminals and how many subcarriers are allocated to said each of the plurality of communication terminals, and forming the transmission frame based on the determined information. The method further includes transmitting the modulation signal using the transmission frame.04-22-2010
20100128815Receiving Apparatus and Transmitting Apparatus - A partial bit demodulation section that demodulates partial bits among a plurality of bits that form 1 symbol of each modulated signal using a detection method different from likelihood detection, signal point reduction sections that reduce the number of candidate signal points using demodulated partial bits, and a likelihood detection section obtains received digital signals by performing likelihood detection based on the Euclidian distances between the reduced candidate signal points and a reception point, are provided. By this, only some bits which are unlikely to be erroneous are found by the partial bit demodulation section, and other bits can be found by the likelihood detection section, enabling bit error rate performances to be effectively improved with a comparatively small computational complexity.05-27-2010
20100172444METHOD FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - In a multivalue modulation type with one pilot symbol inserted for every 3 or more symbols, signal points of each one symbol immediately before and after a pilot symbol are modulated using a modulation type different from that for pilot symbols. In this way, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the accuracy in estimating the reference phase and amount of frequency offset by pilot symbols and improve the bit error rate characteristic in the signal to noise ratio in quasi-coherent detection with symbols whose symbol synchronization is not completely established.07-08-2010
20100202562TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A transmitting apparatus includes a first OFDM modulator that generates a first OFDM modulation signal by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, the first OFDM modulation signal having a plurality of subcarriers. A second OFDM modulator generates a second OFDM modulation signal by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, the second OFDM modulation signal having a plurality of subcarriers, and that generates a third OFDM modulation signal by changing a second position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane in which a signal point of the second OFDM modulation signal is positioned, to a third position, the third position being different from a first position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane in which a signal point of the first OFDM modulation signal is positioned. A multiplexer generates a multiplexed signal to be transmitted in a common frequency band, by multiplexing the first OFDM modulation signal and the third modulation signal. A transmitter transmits the multiplexed signal.08-12-2010
20100215119RECEPTION APPARATUS - A reception apparatus includes a plurality of antennas for receiving modulation signals of channels in the same frequency band, an received signal strength intensity estimation unit for estimating the reception received signal strength intensity of each reception signal, transmission path fluctuation estimation units for estimating a transmission path fluctuation of each channel of the reception signal, phase difference estimation units for calculating a phase difference of the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal of a predetermined channel of each antenna and outputting it as a phase difference signal, and a signal selection unit for selecting and outputting a reception quadrate baseband signal for isolating a signal of each channel from the reception signals and a transmission path fluctuation estimation signal of each channel. Thus, by isolating and demodulating a plurality of multiplexed modulated signals received, it is possible to improve the data transmission rate.08-26-2010
20100291885MULTIMODE-COMPAIBLE POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND MULTIMODE RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - An object of the invention is to provide a multimode polar modulation device and a multimode radio communication method for making it possible to decrease the distortion compensation processing data capacity while maintaining the distortion compensation accuracy and also making it possible to efficiently store the distortion compensation processing data corresponding to a multimode modulation signal adaptively acquired in memory.11-18-2010
20110002421RECEPTION DEVICE - It is possible to demodulate a plurality of modulated signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas by using a comparatively small-size circuit with a preferable error ratio characteristic. Partial bit judgment units (01-06-2011
20110044412MULTI-ANTENNA RECEPTION APPARATUS, MULTI-ANTENNA RECEPTION METHOD, MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND MULTI-ANTENNA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Soft decision sections (02-24-2011
20110085590METHOD FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - In a multivalue modulation type with one pilot symbol inserted for every 3 or more symbols, signal points of each one symbol immediately before and after a pilot symbol are modulated using a modulation type different from that for pilot symbols. In this way, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the accuracy in estimating the reference phase and amount of frequency offset by pilot symbols and improve the bit error rate characteristic in the signal to noise ratio in quasi-coherent detection with symbols whose symbol synchronization is not completely established.04-14-2011
20110158350RECEIVING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A partial bit demodulation section that demodulates partial bits among a plurality of bits that form 1 symbol of each modulated signal using a detection method different from likelihood detection, signal point reduction sections that reduce the number of candidate signal points using demodulated partial bits, and a likelihood detection section that obtains received digital signals by performing likelihood detection based on the Euclidian distances between the reduced candidate signal points and a reception point, are provided. By this means, only some bits which are unlikely to be erroneous are found by the partial bit demodulation section, and other bits can be found by the likelihood detection section, enabling bit error rate performances to be effectively improved with a comparatively small computational complexity.06-30-2011

Patent applications by Akihiko Matsuoka, Kanagawa JP