JP2019009711A - Transmission/reception system - Google Patents

Abstract

A communication structure is provided. Kind Code: A1 The present invention discloses a communication structure for use in a mobile communication facility. The structure comprises a signal transmission module and a signal transmission/reception module, the signal transmission module comprising a plurality of arrayed antenna units, the signal transmission/reception module comprising a signal transmission/reception unit, a control unit and a power control unit; generating a spectrum signal by the signal transmitting/receiving module, transmitting the spectrum signal to the mobile communication equipment, receiving and transmitting a feedback signal by the mobile communication equipment, after the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module; the signal transmitting/receiving unit generates a feedback signal to the control unit, and after the feedback signal is identified by the control unit, the corresponding arrayed antenna units are controlled to improve communication quality; achieve [Selection drawing] Fig. 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication structure, and more particularly to a communication structure used to communicate with a mobile communication facility.

  With the development of communication technology, the demand for data services will continually increase, and in order to stimulate operators to study wireless systems, wireless system operators are constantly looking towards how to increase bandwidth and higher carrier frequencies. For example, fifth-generation (5G) wireless access is typically used in order to provide multi-Gigabits per second (Multi-Gbps) data rates in a micro-cell, ultra-fine cell or metropolitan cell type layout. -Waves, abbreviated as mm-waves) frequencies. Free space propagation loss or path loss increases at a relatively high frequency, and the antenna loss can be used to compensate for the path loss. The above path loss compensation can be realized by a high gain adaptive beam forming (Beam Forming, BF) solution. Adaptive beam steering using an analog camera or a mixed digital / analog solution that uses a full digital transmission / reception path such as a full digital transmission / reception path provided on each antenna to connect to a set of antennas, etc. ) Can be realized. The base station antenna array may include, for example, 8, 16, 32, 64 or more antenna elements (eg, small horn antennas).

  For example, 11-300 GHz millimeter wave (millimeter-wave) higher than the frequency currently used in the conventional wireless system is an electromagnetic wave between the microwave and the light wave, and the normal millimeter wave frequency band is 30 to 300 GHz. 1 to 10 mm. Millimeter waves can provide a relatively wide frequency band. The amount of information rapidly increases and the amount of transmitted data distribution increases day by day. The amount of transmitted data in the next generation 4G (Beyond 4G, B4G) increases 1000 times in 2020 and reaches 10,000 times in 2025. Millimeter wave (Mm-wave) spectrum band transmission technology is already regarded as one of the important communication technologies with high data distribution capacity, and the next generation 4G and further the fifth generation (5G) communication technology. It plays an extremely important role in development.

  Patent Document 1 relates to a method and system using wireless interface communication. Description of text: Beam identity information is included in signals emitted on multiple beams provided by a first station; receiving signals emitted from the first station on a second station; and based on the identity information The beam through which the signal received by the second station passes is identified. At least one beam using the radio interface transmission is selected between these stations. The station arranged for the communication is based on an antenna device used to receive a signal emitted from another station on a plurality of beams and beam identity information associated with the signal received by the other station. A controller for identifying the beam.

Document US2004 / 0214606 Al

  A main object of the present invention is to generate a control signal using a feedback signal of a mobile communication facility, and thus control antenna units arranged in a corresponding array of the communication structure, so that the mobile communication facility and the mobile communication facility It is to provide a communication structure that achieves the purpose of improving the communication quality between the communication structures.

  In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a communication structure, which includes a signal transmission module and a signal transmission / reception module. The signal transmission module includes antenna units arranged in a plurality of arrays. The signal transmission / reception module includes a signal transmission / reception unit, a control unit, and a power control unit. The control unit generates a drive signal to the power control unit, the power control unit generates a voltage to the signal transmission / reception unit, the signal transmission / reception unit generates a corresponding spectrum signal, and the signal transmission module When transmitting a spectrum signal and transmitting the spectrum signal to a mobile communication facility, the mobile communication facility receives and transmits a feedback signal, and after the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module, the feedback signal is The signal transmission / reception unit generates a feedback signal to the control unit, and after the control unit identifies the feedback signal, generates a control signal to the signal transmission module, and through the control signal By controlling the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array, To achieve the purpose of improving the signal quality.

It is a schematic diagram which shows a communication system. It is a schematic diagram which shows a communication structure.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described through specific specific examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in the present specification.

  First, referring to FIG. 1, it is a schematic diagram showing a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the communication structure 2 is a transmission / reception structure used for communication with the mobile communication facility 1, and the mobile communication facility 1 is one of a smartphone, a navigation system, and a tablet computer. is there. The structure includes a signal transmission module 21 and a signal transmission / reception module 22. The signal transmission module 21 includes a plurality of antenna units arranged in an array; for example, the antenna unit is one of an array antenna, a phased array antenna, and a dish antenna. The signal transmission / reception module 22 includes a signal transmission / reception unit 221, a control unit 222, and a power control unit 223.

  In the present embodiment, the signal transmission / reception module 22 generates a control signal using the feedback signal of the mobile communication facility 1, and thus controls the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array of the signal transmission module 21, Communication quality between the mobile communication facility 1 and the communication structure 2 is improved. The signal transmission / reception module 22 generates a drive signal to the power control unit 223 by the control unit 222. The power control unit 223 receives the drive signal and generates a voltage in the signal transmission / reception unit 221. The signal transmitting / receiving unit 221 generates a corresponding spectrum signal and transmits the spectrum signal by the signal transmission module 21, and the spectrum signal source is one of a high frequency signal, a medium frequency signal, and a low frequency signal. is there. When the spectrum signal is transmitted to the mobile communication facility 1, the mobile communication facility 1 receives and transmits a feedback signal. After the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module 21, the signal transmission module 21 The feedback signal is transmitted to the signal transmission / reception unit 221. The signal transmitting / receiving unit 221 transmits a feedback signal to the control unit 222, and after the control unit 222 identifies the feedback signal, generates a control signal to the signal transmission module 21. Through this, the signal transmission / reception module 22 controls the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array of the signal transmission module 21 through the control signal, thereby communicating between the mobile communication facility 1 and the communication structure 2. Improve quality.

  For example, the signal transmission module 21 of the communication structure 2 can transmit and receive signals using a phased array antenna array. When the signal transmission side entity is reduced, more signals are transmitted. The launcher and receiver can be accommodated.

  For example, the signal transmission / reception module 22 can be realized using a control chip, and the control chip can be a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor, a single chip, or a dedicated control circuit. The signal transmission / reception module 22 may further include a heat dissipation structure.

  By way of example, the power control unit 223 generates a plurality of power supply signals to use power within at least one signal transmission module 22 (for example, the signal transmission / reception module 22) or the communication structure 2. Used to supply. For example, these power supply signals include a first power supply signal and a second power supply signal, and the output voltage and current of the first power supply signal are + 7V and 9A, respectively, and the output voltage and current of the second power supply signal are − 7V, 300 mA. However, the mode of realization of the present invention is not limited to the numerical values in the above example; it can be realized that the power control unit 223 can generate a required power supply signal in view of the demand in the circuit implementation of the communication structure 2. Further, to explain with an example, in order to meet the needs of power management, the power control unit 223 can be further realized to output a corresponding power signal in response to an input drive signal.

  Hereinafter, various applications of the communication structure 2 will be described with examples.

  In one embodiment, the communication structure 2 is arranged as a base station, which is used to communicate with mobile communication equipment, and can be applied in any communication system to which this embodiment can be applied. In order to improve the communication quality between the mobile communication facility and the communication structure 2, the communication structure 2 passes through the signal transmission module 21 and the signal transmission / reception module 22 to at least one mobile communication within the signal coverage of the communication structure 2. Detect if there is equipment. When the communication structure 2 can detect at least one mobile communication facility, the communication structure 2 controls the antenna units of the communication structure 2 to control communication quality between the base station and the at least one mobile communication facility. Have a pattern to improve.

  The above embodiment in which the communication structure 2 is arranged as a base station can be further applied to a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) system or a next generation mobile communication system, for example, a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) system. Through this, the communication structure 2 further efficiently distributes communication resources (for example, bandwidth, power) to the at least one mobile communication facility to perform signal transmission / reception of various communication services, for example, voice, Send and receive images, videos, and other data.

  In an embodiment applied to a mobile communication system based on 4G or 5G technology, the communication structure 2 arranged as a base station is within the signal coverage of the communication structure 2 through the signal transmission module 21 and the signal transmission / reception module 22. It is possible to detect whether there is at least one mobile communication facility, for example detecting the presence or absence of a mobile communication facility compatible with 4G or 5G based technology and thus controlling it together with the antenna unit.

  In order to perform detection, the signal transmission / reception module 22 generates a drive signal to the power control unit 223 by the control unit 222. The power control unit 223 receives the drive signal and generates a voltage in the signal transmission / reception unit 221 to drive the signal transmission / reception unit 221, for example, to activate the signal transmission / reception unit 221, or to operate with low power Return from mode to normal operating mode. The signal transmission / reception unit 221 generates a corresponding spectrum signal and transmits the spectrum signal by the signal transmission module 21, and the spectrum signal is one of a high frequency signal, a medium frequency signal, and a low frequency signal. . By way of example, a spectrum signal is a signal used to detect (or locate) a mobile communication facility, and the spectrum signal is realized in any form having base station identification data, test request, positioning request or test information. In this way, after receiving the spectrum signal, the mobile communication facility 1 identifies the spectrum signal as a signal for detection (or positioning) of the base station and generates a feedback signal that the base station wants to obtain. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this example of a spectral signal.

  When the spectrum signal is transmitted to the mobile communication facility 1, the mobile communication facility 1 receives and transmits a feedback signal. By way of example, the feedback signal can be realized in any form having identification information, test results, positioning results or other information of the mobile signal equipment 1, for example the feedback signal is transmitted by the mobile signal equipment 1 to the spectral signal. The signal strength of the base station recorded for the mobile signal equipment 1 after receiving the signal; thus, after the base station receives the feedback signal, the feedback signal is fed back from the mobile signal equipment. Can be identified and applied. However, implementation of the present invention is not limited to this feedback signal example.

  After the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module 21, the signal transmission module 21 transmits the feedback signal to the signal transmission / reception unit 221. The signal transmission / reception unit 221 generates a feedback signal to the control unit 222. After identifying the feedback signal, the control unit 222 can confirm that there is at least one mobile communication facility compatible with 4G or 5G based technology within the signal coverage of the base station. Therefore, the control unit 222 generates a control signal to the signal transmission module 21. By way of example, the feedback signal is implemented as having identification information, test results, positioning results or other information of the mobile signal equipment 1 so that the control unit 222 is based on the feedback signal and beam By generating the control signal using a forming technique, at least one of parameters such as phase and amplitude of the antenna units can be controlled, and the base station and the at least one movement can be controlled by the antenna units. A pattern for improving communication quality between the communication facilities 1 is provided.

  Through this, in the embodiment of the mobile communication system applied to the technology based on 4G or 5G, the signal transmission / reception module 22 controls the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array of the signal transmission module 21 by the control signal. As a result, the communication quality between the mobile communication facility 1 and the communication structure 2 arranged as a base station is improved.

  Also, in the above embodiment, when the mobile communication system is further required, or under a trigger of a certain condition (for example, base station start-up, reset or other base station request) or other state (for example, communication quality It can be implemented to perform detection under (for calibration and improvement). However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this example, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied in other situations.

  The embodiments described above are merely to clarify the features and effects of the present invention, and do not limit the substantial technical contents of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will depart from the spirit of the present invention. The above embodiment can be improved and modified. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is as set forth in the claims below.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile communication equipment 2 Communication structure 21 Signal transmission module 22 Signal transmission / reception module 221 Signal transmission / reception unit 222 Control unit 223 Power control unit

The present invention relates to a transmission / reception system , and more particularly to a transmission / reception system used to communicate with a mobile communication facility.

The main purpose of the present invention utilizes the feedback signal of the mobile communication equipment generates a control signal, thus to control the antenna units arranged in correspondence of an array of the reception system, the mobile communication equipment and the It is to provide a transmission / reception system that achieves an object of improving communication quality between transmission / reception systems .

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a transmission / reception system , and the structure includes a signal transmission module and a signal transmission / reception module. The signal transmission module includes antenna units arranged in a plurality of arrays. The signal transmission / reception module includes a signal transmission / reception unit, a control unit, and a power control unit. The control unit generates a drive signal to the power control unit, the power control unit generates a voltage to the signal transmission / reception unit, the signal transmission / reception unit generates a corresponding spectrum signal, and the signal transmission module When transmitting a spectrum signal and transmitting the spectrum signal to a mobile communication facility, the mobile communication facility receives and transmits a feedback signal, and after the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module, the feedback signal is The signal transmission / reception unit generates a feedback signal to the control unit, and after the control unit identifies the feedback signal, generates a control signal to the signal transmission module, and through the control signal By controlling the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array, To achieve the purpose of improving the signal quality.

It is a schematic diagram which shows a communication system. It is a schematic diagram which shows a transmission / reception system .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the transmission / reception system 2 is a transmission / reception structure used for communicating with the mobile communication facility 1, and the mobile communication facility 1 is one of a smartphone, a navigation system, and a tablet computer. is there. The structure includes a signal transmission module 21 and a signal transmission / reception module 22. The signal transmission module 21 includes a plurality of antenna units arranged in an array; for example, the antenna unit is one of an array antenna, a phased array antenna, and a dish antenna. The signal transmission / reception module 22 includes a signal transmission / reception unit 221, a control unit 222, and a power control unit 223.

In the present embodiment, the signal transmission / reception module 22 generates a control signal using the feedback signal of the mobile communication facility 1, and thus controls the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array of the signal transmission module 21, to improve the communication quality between the mobile communication equipment 1 and the receiving system 2. The signal transmission / reception module 22 generates a drive signal to the power control unit 223 by the control unit 222. The power control unit 223 receives the drive signal and generates a voltage in the signal transmission / reception unit 221. The signal transmitting and receiving unit 221 generates a spectrum signal of the corresponding and transmits the spectrum signal by the signal transmitting module 21, the spectrum signal is in one of the high-frequency signal, the intermediate frequency signal and a low frequency signal is there. When the spectrum signal is transmitted to the mobile communication facility 1, the mobile communication facility 1 receives and transmits a feedback signal. After the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module 21, the signal transmission module 21 The feedback signal is transmitted to the signal transmission / reception unit 221. The signal transmitting / receiving unit 221 transmits a feedback signal to the control unit 222, and after the control unit 222 identifies the feedback signal, generates a control signal to the signal transmission module 21. The signal transceiver module 22 through which, by controlling the antenna units arranged in correspondence of the array of the signal transmission module 21 via the control signal, the communication between the mobile communication equipment 1 and the receiving system 2 Improve quality.

By way of example, signaling module 21 of the receiving system 2, it can perform transmission and reception of signals by using a phased array antenna array and reducing the signal sender entity, more signal The launcher and receiver can be accommodated.

By way of example, said power control unit 223 generates a plurality of power signals at least one of the signal transmission module 22 internal use power (e.g. signal transceiver module 22) or to the use of the transmission and reception system 2 Used to supply. For example, these power supply signals include a first power supply signal and a second power supply signal, and the output voltage and current of the first power supply signal are + 7V and 9A, respectively, and the output voltage and current of the second power supply signal are − 7V, 300 mA. However, the mode of realization of the present invention is not limited to the numerical values in the above example; it can be realized that the power control unit 223 can generate a required power supply signal by looking at the demand in the circuit implementation of the transmission / reception system 2. Further, to explain with an example, in order to meet the needs of power management, the power control unit 223 can be further realized to output a corresponding power signal in response to an input drive signal.

Hereinafter, various applications of the transmission / reception system 2 will be described with examples.

In one embodiment, the transmission / reception system 2 is arranged as a base station, and the base station is used to communicate with a mobile communication facility, and can be applied to any communication system to which this embodiment can be applied. To improve the communication quality between the mobile communication equipment and the transmitting and receiving system 2, the reception system 2, at least one mobile communication in the signal coverage of the transmitting and receiving system 2 through the signal transmission module 21 and the signal transceiver module 22 Detect if there is equipment. The transmitting and receiving system 2, if it can detect at least one mobile communication equipment, by controlling these antenna units of the receiving system 2 the communication quality between one mobile communication equipment even base station and said at these antenna units Have a pattern to improve.

The above embodiment in which the transmission / reception system 2 is arranged as a base station can be applied to a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) system or a next generation mobile communication system, for example, a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) system. Through which the transmitting and receiving system 2 further even efficiently communication resources (eg, bandwidth, power) of said at that distributed to one mobile communication equipment performs signal transmission and reception of various communication services, such as voice, Send and receive images, videos, and other data.

In the embodiment applied to a mobile communication system based on 4G or 5G technologies, transmitting and receiving system 2 arranged as a base station, through the signal transmission module 21 and the signal transceiver module 22 in the signal coverage of the transmitting and receiving system 2 It is possible to detect whether there is at least one mobile communication facility, for example detecting the presence or absence of a mobile communication facility compatible with 4G or 5G based technology and thus controlling it together with the antenna unit.

Through this, in the embodiment of the mobile communication system applied to the technology based on 4G or 5G, the signal transmission / reception module 22 controls the antenna units arranged in a corresponding array of the signal transmission module 21 by the control signal. Thus, the communication quality between the mobile communication facility 1 and the transmission / reception system 2 arranged as a base station is improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile communication equipment 2 Transmission / reception system 21 Signal transmission module 22 Signal transmission / reception module 221 Signal transmission / reception unit 222 Control unit 223 Power control unit

Claims (9)

A transmission / reception system used to communicate with a mobile communication facility, the system comprising:
A signal transmission module comprising antenna units arranged in a plurality of arrays;
A signal transmission / reception unit, a control unit, and a power control unit, wherein the control unit generates a drive signal in the power control unit, and the power control unit receives the drive signal and generates a voltage in the signal transmission / reception unit. When the signal transmission / reception unit generates a corresponding spectrum signal, transmits the spectrum signal by the signal transmission module, and transmits the spectrum signal to the mobile communication facility, the mobile communication facility receives and transmits the feedback signal. And after the feedback signal is received by the signal transmission module, the feedback signal is transmitted to the signal transmission / reception unit, the signal transmission / reception unit generates a feedback signal to the control unit, and the control unit generates the feedback signal. Identified Generates a control signal to the signaling module, to control the antenna units arranged in the corresponding array via the control signal, and a signal transceiver module to achieve the purpose of improving the communication quality,
A communication structure characterized by including:   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the signal transmission module is one of an array antenna, a phased array antenna, and a dish antenna.   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the spectrum signal source is a high-frequency signal.   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the spectrum signal source is a medium frequency signal.   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the spectrum signal source is a low-frequency signal.   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the signal transmission / reception module is a control chip.   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication facility is one of a smartphone, a navigation system, and a tablet computer.   The power control unit is used to generate a plurality of power supply signals and supply power for use of the communication structure, the power supply signal including a first power supply signal and a second power supply signal, and the first power supply The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the output voltage and current of the signal are + 7V and 9A, respectively, and the output voltage and current of the second power supply signal are -7V and 300mA, respectively.   The communication structure according to claim 1, wherein the signal transmission / reception module further includes a heat dissipation structure.

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