WO2005002103A1 - 送信方法、送信装置及び通信システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transmission method, a transmission device, and a communication system for simultaneously transmitting data from a plurality of antennas.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a conventional frame configuration.
- a transmission signal A and a transmission signal B are signals transmitted simultaneously from different antennas.
- the transmission signal A and the transmission signal No. B are composed of a group of symbols including the same data.
- S y A and S y B in the figure indicate symbols, and the complex conjugate is indicated by “*”.
- the transmission signal A is framed in the order of the data symbol SyA and one SyB *
- the transmission signal B is framed in the order of the data symbol SyB and SyA *.
- the transmission signal A and the transmission signal B are transmitted in synchronization. Therefore, data symbols S y A and S y B are transmitted simultaneously, and one data symbol S y B * and S y A * are transmitted simultaneously.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a conventional communication system.
- the transmitting device 11 includes an antenna 12 and an antenna 13.
- the transmitting device 11 transmits the transmitting signal A illustrated in FIG. 1 from the antenna 12 and the transmitting signal B illustrated in FIG. 1 from the antenna 13 to the receiving device 21.
- the receiving device 21 receives the signal transmitted from each antenna of the transmitting device 11 with the antenna 22.
- the signal received by antenna 22 combines the transmission signals of transmission signal A and transmission signal B. Therefore, the signal is separated into transmission signal A and transmission signal B, and then demodulated.
- the transmission device 11 transmits the transmission signal A from the antenna 12 and the transmission signal B from the antenna 13, and the signals transmitted from each antenna are transmitted through different transmission paths ( received by the receiving device via hi (t) and h2 (t)).
- the frame configuration is as shown in FIG. 1, and the receiving apparatus 21 can improve reception quality.
- 3 * 3 ⁇ 3 7] 6 * is demodulated as S y A and S y B in the receiving apparatus, and substantially the same information as S y A and S y B It is. As a result, the same information was transmitted twice, and the data transmission efficiency was poor. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide a communication method, a transmission device, and a communication system that improve data transmission efficiency when transmitting data using a plurality of antennas.
- the above object is achieved by a first transmission method in which a transmitting device includes a plurality of antennas and transmits a plurality of signals including the same data from a plurality of antennas, and a plurality of signals including different data from each other.
- One of the second transmission methods for transmitting from each of the plurality of antennas is determined based on the transmission path between transmission and reception. This is achieved by determining only the modulation method among the methods and modulation methods.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a conventional frame configuration
- Figure 2 shows a conventional communication system.
- Figure 3A shows the frame configuration of modulated signal A and modulated signal B in transmission method X.
- Figure 3B shows the frame configuration of modulated signal A and modulated signal B in transmission method Y.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a communication system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transmitting apparatus in the base station apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving device in the communication terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 7A is a diagram showing that the received signal arrives as a direct wave
- FIG. 7B is a diagram showing that a received signal arrives only with scattered waves not including a direct wave
- FIG. 8 shows a communication procedure of a base station apparatus and a communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Sequence Diagram
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing how the transmission method and the modulation method applied by the base station apparatus according to Embodiment 1 change with time
- Figure 10 is a diagram for explaining how to change the transmission method and modulation method.
- Figure 11 shows the number of transmission bits per unit time by combining transmission method X and transmission method Y with each modulation method. Diagram,
- Figure 12 shows the input / output characteristics of the amplifier.
- FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between a base station apparatus and a communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a state of a change over time of a transmission method and a modulation method applied by the base station apparatus according to Embodiment 2.
- Figure 15A is a diagram showing the frame configuration of modulated signal A and modulated signal B in transmission method X.
- FIG. 15B is a diagram showing a frame configuration of modulated signal A and modulated signal B in transmission method Y.
- Figure 16A is a diagram showing the frame structure of transmission method X
- Figure 16B is a diagram showing the frame structure of transmission method Y
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure of a base station apparatus and a communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a state of a transmission method and a modulation method applied by the base station device according to Embodiment 3 that changes with time.
- FIG. 21 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between a base station apparatus and a communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a state of change with time transition of a transmission method and a modulation method applied by the base station apparatus according to Embodiment 4.
- Figure 23 shows the frame configuration when CDD is performed using 12 symbols.
- Figure 24 shows the configuration of a channel multiplexing communication system using a beam spatial mode represented by an eigenmode in an MIMO system. Figure showing the
- FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a transmission device included in the base station device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.
- FIG. 26A is a diagram showing a communication state of the following type: o int—t o—mu 1 t i p o int type;
- FIG. 26B is a diagram showing a point-to-oint type communication mode
- FIG. 26C is a diagram showing a point-to-oint type communication mode
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing transmission according to the number of communication partners. Diagram for explaining the effect of switching methods
- FIG. 28 is a diagram for explaining the effect of switching the transmission method according to the number of communication partners.
- FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between the base station device and the communication terminal device.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a frame configuration according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3A shows a frame configuration of modulation signal A and modulation signal B in transmission method X
- FIG. 3B shows a frame configuration of modulation signal A and modulation signal B in transmission method Y.
- Propagation model estimation symbol 1 ⁇ 1 and radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103 are symbols for the receiving device of the communication partner to estimate channel fluctuation, and include a pilot symbol, a preamble, a control symbol, a known symbol, and a unit symbol. This is called a single card.
- the transmission method notification symbol 102 is a symbol indicating the transmission method (X or Y) of the modulated signal transmitted by the base station apparatus, the modulation scheme, and the error correction scheme.
- the data symbol 104 is user information such as audio data, image data, and character data transmitted from the base station device to the communication terminal device.
- the transmission method X is a transmission method disclosed in the above document, similar to the above-described conventional example, in which data symbols containing the same data (hereinafter, referred to as “space-time coding”) are transmitted from two antennas. Send.
- space-time coding data symbols containing the same data
- the modulation signal A is the data symbol S y A, -S y B *
- modulated signal B is composed of data symbols S y B and S y A * in that order.
- a frame is formed using data symbols whose information is different from each other.
- the modulation signal A is composed of data symbols S y A and S y C
- the modulation signal B is It consists of data symbols S y B and S y D.
- both transmission method X and transmission method Y shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B transmit modulated signal A and modulated signal B in synchronization.
- transmission method X data symbols _SyB * and SyA * are transmitted simultaneously, and in transmission method Y, data symbol S yC and SyD will be transmitted at the same time.
- modulated signal A and modulated signal B the same kind of symbol is transmitted at the same time.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a communication system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- a base station apparatus 201 includes an antenna 202 and an antenna 203, and communicates with a communication terminal apparatus 251 via a wireless line.
- the communication terminal device 251 includes an antenna 252 and an antenna 253. This figure shows a state where a signal is being transmitted from base station apparatus 201 to communication terminal apparatus 251.
- the channel fluctuation in the transmission path between the antenna 202 and the antenna 252 is defined as h11 (t), and the channel fluctuation in the transmission path between the antenna 202 and the antenna 253 is defined as hi2 (t).
- the channel fluctuation between antenna 203 and antenna 252 is h 21 (t)
- the channel fluctuation between antenna 203 and antenna 253 is h 22 (t).
- t indicates time.
- the channel fluctuations hll (t), h12 (t), h21 (t), and h22 (t) are calculated by the communication terminal 251 using the propagation model estimation symbol 101 and the radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103. Is estimated.
- the transmission method X has a lower transmission speed than the transmission method Y, but the reception quality is good.
- transmission method Y has a higher transmission rate than transmission method X, but the reception quality tends to deteriorate.
- transmission method Y has the property that the reception quality is significantly degraded when a direct wave is received. For this reason, it is conceivable that transmission method X is used when a direct wave is received, and transmission method Y is used when a direct wave is not received.
- the transmission method X having high reception quality due to the strong error resilience and the transmission method Y having high transmission speed are determined according to the state of the transmission path, thereby achieving both improvement in reception quality and transmission speed.
- by switching between transmission method X and transmission method Y, and also switching the modulation method it is possible to further improve both reception quality and transmission speed.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transmitting apparatus in base station apparatus 201 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- a frame generation instructing unit 401 transmits a transmission method (X or Y) and a modulation method (for example, QPSK) based on the transmission method request information and the modulation method request information transmitted from the communication terminal device 25 1. , 16QAM, or 64QAM), and the determined content is converted to a data sequence generation unit 402, a transmission processing unit 4003, and a transmission processing unit 400 using a frame generation instruction signal S1.
- X or Y a transmission method
- a modulation method for example, QPSK
- the data sequence generating section 402 transmits the modulated signal A having the frame configuration as shown in FIG. 3 from the transmission digital signal according to the instruction of the frame generation instructing section 401.
- a transmission digital signal S3 of the transmission digital signal S2 and the modulation signal B is generated.
- the generated transmission digital signal S 2 of modulated signal A is output from data sequence generation section 402 to transmission processing section 403, and transmission digital signal S 3 of modulation signal B is generated by data sequence generation section 402. Is output to the transmission processing unit 404.
- the transmission processing unit 4003 performs transmission modulation processing on the modulated digital signal A of the modulated signal A output from the data sequence generation unit 402, and the transmission processing unit 404 performs modulation output from the data sequence generation unit 402.
- the transmission processing is performed according to the instruction from the frame generation instructing unit 401. Since the internal configurations of the transmission processing unit 403 and the transmission processing unit 404 are the same, the configuration of the transmission processing unit 403 will be described below.
- the modulation section 4003 can perform modulation using a plurality of modulation methods, and the transmission digital signal S2 of the modulation signal A output from the data sequence generation section 402 is instructed from the frame generation instruction section 401. Modulation using the specified modulation method. Modulated signal S 4 is output from modulating section 400 3 to spreading section 4 32.
- Spreading section 4 0 3 2 multiplies signal S 4 output from modulating section 4 0 3 1 by a spreading code, and outputs modulated signal A after spreading to radio section 4 0
- the circuit 403 performs predetermined radio processing (DZA conversion, upcoming, etc.) on the spread signal S5, and outputs the radio-processed signal S6 to the amplifier 430.
- Amplifier 4003 4 power-amplifies signal S 6 output from radio section 4 33 3, and wirelessly transmits power-amplified signal S 7 from antenna 202 to communication terminal apparatus 25 1.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the receiving device in communication terminal device 25 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- antenna 25 2 receives a composite signal S 51 of the signals transmitted from antennas 202 and 203 of base station apparatus 201, Performs predetermined radio processing (down conversion, AZD conversion, etc.) on the signal S 51 received by the antenna 25 2,
- the signal S52 is output to the despreading section 502.
- Despreading section 502 multiplies signal S52 output from radio / wireless section 501 by a spreading code to perform despreading.
- the despread signal S53 is converted from the despreading section 502 to the frame synchronization section 503, the first transmission path estimation section 504, the second transmission path estimation section 505, and the demodulation section 510.
- the frame synchronization section 503 generates the modulated signal A and the modulated signal B based on the signal S53 output from the despreading section 502 and the signal S56 output from the despreading section 507.
- the frame is synchronized and a timing signal S57 is formed.
- the timing signal S570 is output from the frame synchronization section 503 to the first transmission path estimation sections 504 and 508, the second transmission path estimation sections 505 and 509, and the demodulation section 510. .
- the first transmission path estimating section 504 forms the modulated signal A out of the signal S53 output from the despreading section 502 in accordance with the timing signal S57 output from the frame synchronizing section 503.
- the channel estimation of the modulated signal A that is, the channel fluctuation estimation is performed.
- the transmission path information of the estimated modulated signal A is output from the first transmission path estimation section 504 to the demodulation section 5110 and the eigenvalue calculation section 5122 as a transmission path estimation signal S58.
- the transmission path estimation signal S58 of the modulation signal A corresponds to hll (t) in Expression (2).
- the second transmission path estimator 505 forms the modulated signal B of the signal S53 output from the despreader 502 in accordance with the timing signal S57 output from the frame synchronizer 503.
- the transmission path (channel fluctuation) of the modulated signal B is estimated using the propagation model estimation symbol 101 and the radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103.
- the transmission path information of the estimated modulated signal B is output as a transmission path estimation signal S59 from the second transmission path estimating section 505 to the demodulating section 5110 and the eigenvalue calculating section 5122.
- the transmission path estimation signal S59 of the modulated signal B corresponds to hi2 (t) in equation (2).
- the signal S 54 received by the antenna 25 3 is transmitted to the radio section 506, the despreading section 507, the first transmission path estimation section 508 and the second transmission path estimation section 509.
- the transmission channel estimation signal S 60 output from the first transmission channel estimation unit 508 to the demodulation unit 5 10 corresponds to h 21 (t) in the equation (2), and is demodulated from the second transmission channel estimation unit 509.
- Transmission channel estimation signal S61 output to section 510 corresponds to h 22 (t) in equation (2).
- the demodulation unit 510 performs the transmission channel estimation output from the first transmission channel estimation units 504 and 508 and the second transmission channel estimation units 505 and 509 in accordance with the timing signal S57 output from the frame synchronization unit 503. Using the signals S58, S59, S60, and S61, the signals S53 and S56 output from the despreading unit 502 and the despreading unit 507 are demodulated, and the received digital signal of the modulated signal A and the modulated signal are demodulated. Obtain B's received digital signal.
- the demodulation section 510 uses the transmission method notification symbol 102 of the signals S53 and S56 output from the despreading section 502 and the despreading section 507 to determine the transmission method (X or Y), modulation scheme, Acquire the error correction method, and demodulate the data symbols according to the acquired contents.
- Received electric field strength estimating section 511 estimates received electric field strength based on signals S53 and S56 output from despreading section 502 and despreading section 507, and estimates the estimation result as received electric field strength estimated signal S62. Output to modulation scheme determining section 513 and transmission method determining section 514.
- the received electric field strength means an effective carrier power.
- the transmission path estimation section and the reception field strength estimation section 511 of the first transmission path estimation sections 504 and 508 and the second transmission path estimation sections 505 and 509 include a transmission path estimation section and a reception field strength estimation section 5 1 1 Either or both functions as transmission channel estimation means.
- the eigenvalue calculating unit 512 uses the channel information output from the first channel estimating units 504 and 508 and the second channel estimating units 505 and 509 as channel matrices as shown in Equation (2). The eigenvalue is calculated. The calculated eigenvalue is output from eigenvalue calculation section 512 to modulation scheme determination section 513 and transmission method determination section 514 as eigenvalue signal S63.
- the modulation scheme determining unit 5 13 as a modulation scheme requesting unit is composed of the received electric field strength estimation signal S 62 output from the received electric field strength estimation unit 5 11 1 and the eigen direct signal output from the eigen value calculation unit 5 1 2 Based on S63, a modulation scheme required for base station apparatus 201 is determined and output as modulation scheme request information. Note that the modulation scheme may be determined only by the received field strength, and in this case, the influence on the transmission speed and transmission quality is small.
- the transmission method determination unit 5 14 as a transmission method request unit includes an eigen value signal S 63 output from the eigen value calculation unit 5 12 and an estimation signal S 6 2 (output from the reception electric field strength estimation unit 5 11 1).
- the transmission method X or the transmission method Y applied by the base station apparatus 201 at the start of communication is determined based on the received electric field strength.
- the determined information is output from the communication terminal device 251, as transmission method request information.
- the eigenvalue signal S 63 output from the eigen-direct calculation unit 5 12 includes two eigenvalues, and these two eigenvalues are represented by I 1, ⁇ Two
- the calculation result of (t) reflects the state of the probability density distribution of the eigenvalues.
- tan- 1 (Q / I) is calculated from the I component and the Q component of the received baseband signal.
- Figure 7 is a diagram in which tan- 1 (Q / I) is plotted on the horizontal axis and the probability density is plotted on the vertical axis.
- Fig. 7A shows a case where a direct wave is received, and the possibility that a peak appears in the phase of the direct wave increases.
- FIG. 7B shows a case where only the scattered wave that does not include the direct wave is received, and the possibility that a peak appears is reduced.
- the probability density of tan- 1 (Q / I) is obtained by determining whether or not a direct wave is received. It can be specified by judging whether or not it is in a state.
- the magnitude of the eigenvalue can also be represented by a probability density distribution, and the reception quality depends on the distribution of the eigenvalue.Therefore, whether or not the reception quality is that of receiving a direct wave is determined based on the distribution of the eigenvalue. You can judge.
- the transmission method notification symbol 102 is information for notifying the transmission method, modulation method, and error correction method of the modulated signal. If the transmission method notification symbol 102 is not correctly demodulated, it is difficult to demodulate data. Therefore, transmission method notification symbol 102 should be transmitted in transmission method X, and the modulation method should be transmitted in BPS ⁇ . It is even better to incorporate error correction. As a result, the error tolerance of the transmission method notification symbol 102 becomes higher, and the demodulation accuracy of this symbol can be increased. Therefore, the transmission method, modulation method, and error correction method in the communication terminal device 25 1 can be accurately determined. Can be obtained.
- the base station apparatus 201 can accurately transmit the information on the transmission method, modulation scheme, and error correction scheme of the data symbol 104 to the communication terminal apparatus 251, and the communication terminal apparatus 2 It is possible to avoid a situation in which the data cannot be demodulated by 51.
- the transmission method ⁇ is determined at the start of communication, by transmitting the transmission method notification symbol using the transmission method X, the modulation method and the error correction method can be transmitted accurately. The quality will be improved. Then, the transmission method X and the transmission method ⁇ Since both modulation signals are transmitted in two systems, the transmission method is changed without changing the number of antennas of the transmission device of the base station apparatus, that is, the transmission method ⁇ is changed to the transmission method X. Since the transmission method notification symbol is accurately transmitted without changing the hardware of the wireless device, the data reception Quality can be easily improved.
- FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between base station apparatus 201 and communication terminal apparatus 251 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- step (hereinafter abbreviated as “ST”) 601 communication terminal apparatus 251 makes a request for starting communication to base station apparatus 201, and base station apparatus 201 receives this request.
- a request acceptance notification notifying that base station apparatus 201 has accepted the communication start request in ST601 is made to communication terminal apparatus 251.
- the propagation model estimation symbol 101 shown in FIG. 3 is also transmitted.
- communication terminal apparatus 251 estimates channel fluctuation using propagation model estimation symbol 101 transmitted in ST 602, and base station apparatus 201 base station apparatus 201 based on the eigenvalue of the channel matrix shown in equation (2).
- the transmission method (X or ⁇ ) of the modulated signal to be transmitted and the modulation method are determined, and the determined transmission method and modulation method are requested to the base station apparatus 201.
- the base station device 201 receives this request.
- base station apparatus 201 determines a transmission method and a modulation method based on the request for the transmission method and the modulation method transmitted from communication terminal apparatus 251, and notifies the determined transmission method and the modulation method of the transmission method. It transmits to communication terminal apparatus 251 using symbol 102.
- base station apparatus 201 transmits radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103 and data symbol 104 to communication terminal apparatus 251 using the transmission method and modulation scheme determined in ST 604 according to the frame configuration shown in FIG. .
- communication terminal apparatus 251 again determines only the modulation scheme based on radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103 during communication with base station apparatus 201, and requests base station apparatus 201 for the determined modulation scheme.
- Base station apparatus 201 accepts this request.
- base station apparatus 201 again determines only the modulation scheme based on the modulation scheme request transmitted from communication terminal apparatus 251 and transmits the transmission method notification symbol.
- the communication terminal device 251 is notified using the file 102.
- base station apparatus 201 transmits radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103 and data symbol 104 to communication terminal apparatus 251 using the modulation scheme determined in ST 607 according to the frame configuration shown in FIG.
- base station apparatus 201 notifies communication terminal apparatus 251 of the end of communication, and communication terminal apparatus 251 receives this notification, and the communication ends.
- FIG. 9 shows how the transmission method and modulation method applied by base station apparatus 201 change over time in the above-described series of communication procedures.
- QPSK QPSK
- 16QAM 16QAM
- 64 QAM 64 QAM
- the change in the modulation method at times t2, t3, t8, and t9 is a result of reflecting the modulation method request in ST 606 shown in FIG. 8, and is changed to a modulation method according to the radio wave propagation environment. Is done.
- the transmission method is determined at the start of communication, and from the start of communication to the end of communication. Does not change the transmission method, but only the modulation method.
- FIG. 10 will be described.
- communication between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus starts at time 0, and transmission methods X and QPSK are used at times t1 to t2.
- the transmission method is changed from transmission method X to transmission method Y, and the modulation method is changed from QPSK to 16QAM.
- the transmission method is changed from transmission method Y to transmission method X, and the modulation method is changed from 16 QAM to 64 QAM.
- only the transmission method is changed from X to Y, and at time t5, only the modulation method is changed from 64QAM to 16QAM.
- the estimation accuracy of the radio wave propagation environment is improved, a combination suitable for the radio wave propagation environment can be selected.
- the communication terminal device performs highly accurate estimation, the radio wave propagation The stability of the system depends on the accuracy of the environment estimation, which makes it difficult to reduce the size and power consumption of the terminal device.
- the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus do not need to perform complicated communication procedures.
- the accuracy of estimating the radio wave propagation environment of the communication terminal device may be reduced, and the communication terminal device may be reduced in size and power consumption, and the processing load of the entire system may be prevented from increasing. Can be.
- the transmission method Y has a high data transmission rate. 1
- the propagation model has a great effect on the reception quality.
- FIG. 11 shows the number of transmission bits per unit time by combining transmission method X and transmission method Y with each modulation method.
- the transmission method Y can transmit twice the number of transmission bits of the transmission method X in each modulation scheme.
- transmission method X has a combination with 409 QAM. Need to be realized.
- the reception quality when the transmission method X is set to 496 QAM is worse than the reception quality when the transmission method Y is set to 640 QAM. Therefore, in order to improve both the reception quality and the transmission speed, it is not preferable to realize 496 QAM by the transmission method X.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing input / output characteristics of the amplifier.
- the horizontal axis is the input level
- the vertical axis is the output level
- the input range of QPSK is Al
- the input range of 64 QAM is A2
- the input range of 409 QAM is A3.
- the two different input / output characteristics are shown by the solid and dotted lines, respectively.
- An amplifier having input / output characteristics indicated by a solid line (hereinafter referred to as “amplifier Pl”) has an input characteristic in the range of A 2, and an amplifier having input / output characteristics indicated by a dotted line (hereinafter referred to as “amplifier P 2 )),
- the input characteristics are in the range of A3. If the modulation method does not change, the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal, that is, the input range does not change regardless of the transmission method. Also, in general, the larger the number of modulation levels, the larger the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal.
- the maximum modulation multi-level number is 64 QAM in the transmission method Y
- the transmission speed by the combination of transmission method Y and 64 Q AM In order to realize the transmission method X using the transmission method X, it is necessary to use the modulation method of 496 QAM, and in this case, the amplifier P2 must be used.
- the output characteristics of amplifier P2 cover a wider range of output levels than the output characteristics of amplifier P1, and the receiver processes signals with a wide range of fluctuations.Therefore, the receiver must ensure the linearity of this signal. Instead, the circuit configuration becomes complicated.
- the amplifier P2 consumes more power than the amplifier P1, so that the power efficiency is low and the scale of the amplifier itself is large.
- the number of transmitting antennas is changed to four, and when switching to transmitting modulated signals from each of the four transmitting antennas, the number of transmitting antennas is changed to four.
- modulation multi-level number is not limited to the single carrier scheme, and is the same when a multi-carrier scheme including the OFDM scheme is used. Also, the vector spreading method may or may not be used.
- each of the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, and the base station apparatus generates a plurality of modulated signals A and B each including the same data.
- transmission method X which transmits from different antennas
- transmission method Y which transmits modulated signals A and B containing different data from multiple antennas.
- the communication terminal apparatus estimates a propagation model using the propagation model estimation symbol transmitted from the base station apparatus at the start of communication, and requests a transmission method.
- the communication terminal apparatus When communicating with another communication terminal device, it receives the radio wave propagation environment estimation symbols and data symbols transmitted by the base station device, estimates the propagation model using these, and uses the transmission method at the start of communication. May be required. This eliminates the need to insert a propagation model estimation symbol into the frame, and can further increase the data transmission rate. Further, in the present embodiment, the communication terminal apparatus determines the transmission method and the modulation method based on the eigenvalue and the received electric field strength. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the bit error rate, the bucket loss rate, The transmission method and the modulation method may be determined based on at least one of the frame error rates and the received electric field strength. For example, if the received field strength is strong but the bit error rate is high, the transmission method X is decided.
- the transmission method is not changed during communication.
- This embodiment describes a case where the transmission method is changed during communication. Since the configurations of the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus according to the present embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, FIGS. 5 and 6 will be substituted, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- ST 1101 to ST 1108 in this figure are the same as ST601 to ST608 in FIG. 8, and ST111 to ST1114 are the same as ST605 to ST608. Omitted.
- the communication terminal apparatus estimates channel fluctuation using the propagation model estimation symbol transmitted from the base station apparatus, and based on the eigenvalue of the channel matrix shown in equation (2) of the first embodiment.
- the transmission method and the modulation method applied by the base station apparatus are determined during communication.
- the communication terminal device determines the determined transmission method and modulation method. Request to the base station device.
- the base station device receives this request.
- the base station apparatus determines a transmission method and a modulation scheme based on the request transmitted from the communication terminal apparatus, and notifies the determined combination to the communication terminal apparatus using the transmission method notification symbol.
- the base station apparatus notifies the communication terminal apparatus of the end of communication, the communication terminal apparatus receives this notification, and the communication ends.
- Figure 14 shows how the transmission method and modulation method applied by the base station apparatus change over time in such a series of communication procedures.
- QPSK three modulation schemes are used: QPSK :, 16 QAM, and 64 QAM.
- communication between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus starts at time t0, and that transmission methods X and QPSK are used from time t1 to t2.
- transmission methods X and QPSK are used from time t1 to t2.
- transmission methods X and 16QAM are used at time t2
- transmission methods X and 16QAM are used.
- transmission methods X and 64QAM are used.
- the communication terminal device requests a change in the transmission method and the modulation method, and requests the transmission method Y for the transmission method and a request to maintain 64 QAM for the modulation method.
- transmission method Y is changed to transmission method Y, and the modulation method is maintained at 64 QAM. From time t5 to t6, transmission method Y and 64QAM are used.
- the predetermined time interval is set so that the transmission method is not unnecessarily changed.
- the propagation model when the communication time is long, the propagation model may change. Therefore, by changing the transmission method during communication, the propagation model is changed during communication. Even if it changes, it is possible to achieve both improved reception quality and higher transmission speed.
- the propagation model is not estimated, communication is forcibly started by transmission method X, and the propagation model is estimated using the radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol during communication. It may be performed. This eliminates the need to insert a propagation model estimation symbol into the frame, so that the data transmission speed can be further increased.
- Embodiments 1 and 2 the spread spectrum communication method has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the same applies to a single carrier method in which a spreading section is removed or an OFDM method. Can be implemented.
- Embodiment 1 describes the case of the spread spectrum communication system, but Embodiment 3 of the present invention describes a case where the transmission method and the modulation system at the start of communication in the OFDM system are fixed. .
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a frame configuration according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. However, parts in FIG. 15 common to FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the OFDM scheme is a scheme in which symbols are arranged not only in the time direction but also in the frequency direction. Here, the number of carriers is four. Each carrier is arranged in the order of a transmission method notification symbol 102, a radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol 103, and a data symbol 104.
- FIG. 15A is a diagram showing a frame configuration of modulated signal A and modulated signal B in transmission method X.
- Carrier 1 the arrangement is the same as that of the data symbol shown in FIG. 3A, and the data symbol with this arrangement is transmitted.
- FIG. 15B is a diagram showing a frame configuration of modulated signal A and modulated signal B in transmission method Y.
- Carrier 1 the arrangement is the same as that of the data symbols shown in Fig. 3B.
- Carrier 1 transmits data symbols with different information contents.
- carrier 2 to carrier 4 data symbols having different information contents are arranged similarly to carrier 1, and the arranged data symbols are transmitted.
- FIG. 15 shows the case of the OFDM system in which data symbols are encoded in the time domain
- the case of the OFDM system in which the data symbols are encoded in the frequency domain as shown in FIG. 16 may be used.
- Fig. 16A shows the frame configuration of transmission method X
- Fig. 16B shows the frame configuration of transmission method Y.
- the received signal at carrier 1 and time t is R l (t, 1) in antenna 2 52 shown in FIG. 4
- the received signal at carrier 2 and time t is R l (t, 2). Then, the following equation holds.
- carrier 3 and carrier 4 may be similarly coded.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. However, parts in FIG. 17 common to FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 5, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- a data sequence generation unit 1401 converts a transmission digital signal according to an instruction (frame generation instruction signal S71) of a frame generation instruction unit 401 into a signal as shown in FIG.
- a transmission digital signal S72 of the modulation signal A and a transmission digital signal S73 of the modulation signal B corresponding to the frame configuration are generated.
- the generated transmission digital signal S72 of modulated signal A is output from data sequence generation unit 1401 to transmission processing unit 1442, and transmission of modulation signal B digital signal S73 is transmitted to transmission processing unit.
- the transmission processing section 1442 is a modulation signal output from the data sequence generation section 1441.
- the transmission processing unit 1405 transmits a frame generation instruction unit for the transmission digital signal S73 of the modulated signal B output from the data sequence generation unit 1441, respectively. Perform transmission processing according to the instruction from 401. Since the internal configurations of the transmission processing unit 1402 and the transmission processing unit 1405 are the same, the configuration of the transmission processing unit 1442 will be described below.
- the SZP conversion section 1403 converts the serial signal S74 output from the modulation section 4003 into a parallel signal S75, and converts the converted parallel signal S75 into the IDFT section 1404. Output to
- the IDFT section 144 performs an inverse discrete Fourier transform on the parallel signal S75 output from the SZP conversion section 1443, thereby forming an OFDM signal S76.
- the formed OFDM signal S76 is output to the radio section 4003.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. However, parts in FIG. 18 common to FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 6, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- Radio section 501 performs predetermined radio processing (down conversion, AZD conversion, etc.) on signal S 90 received by antenna 25 2, and converts signal S 91 after radio processing to DFT section 150 1 And the received electric field strength estimating section 1509.
- the DFT section 1501 performs a discrete Fourier transform on the signal S91 output from the radio section 501, and outputs the converted signal S92 to the first transmission path estimating section 1 502, the second channel estimation unit 1503 and the demodulation unit 1507.
- the first transmission path estimator 1502 uses the radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol of the modulation signal A in the signal S92 output from the DFT section 1501, and estimates the transmission path of the modulation signal A, That is, the channel fluctuation is estimated.
- the channel information of the estimated modulated signal A is output from the first channel estimator 1502 to the demodulator 1507 as a channel estimation signal S93.
- the second transmission path estimating section 1503 estimates the transmission path (channel fluctuation) of the modulated signal B using the radio wave propagation environment estimation symbol of the modulated signal B in the signal S 92 output from the DFT ⁇ 1501.
- the channel information of the estimated modulated signal B is output from the second channel estimator 1503 to the demodulator 1507 as a channel estimation signal S94.
- the transmission path signals S 93 and S 94 output from the first transmission path estimating section 1502 and the second transmission path estimating section 1503 include transmission path information on carriers 1 to 4.
- the signal S95 received by the antenna 253 is subjected to the same processing as the above-described processing in the radio section 506, the DFT section 1504, the first channel estimation section 1505, and the second channel estimation section 1506. Therefore, the detailed description is omitted.
- the demodulation section 1507 uses the transmission path information S 93, S 94, S 98, and S 99 output from the first transmission path estimation sections 1502 and 1505 and the second transmission path estimation sections 1503 and 1 506 to generate a DFT section.
- the signals S92 and S97 output from the DFT unit 1501 and the DFT unit 1 504 are demodulated.
- the demodulation section 1507 uses the transmission method notification symbols of the signals S92 and S97 output from the DFT ⁇ l 501 and the DFT section 1504 to determine the transmission method (X or Y) of the signal, the modulation method, and the like. ⁇ Acquire the error correction method, demodulate the data symbols according to the acquired contents, and obtain the received digital signal S 100 of the modulated signal A and the received digital signal S 101 of the modulated signal B. Note that demodulation is performed based on the relational expressions of Expressions (1) and (2). The demodulated signal is output from demodulation section 1507 as reception digital signals S 100 and S 101, and is output to reception quality estimation section 1508.
- Receiving quality estimating section 1508 calculates a bit error rate, a bucket loss rate, a frame error rate, and the like based on signals S100 and S101 output from demodulating section 1507, and estimates the receiving quality.
- the estimation result is output as reception quality estimation signal S102 from reception quality estimation section 1508 to transmission method determination section 1510 and modulation scheme determination section 1511.
- the received electric field strength estimating unit 1509 outputs the signals output from the radio units 501 and 506. Based on the received signals S91 and S96, the received electric field strength is estimated, and the estimation result is output to the transmission method determining section 1510 and the modulation method determining section 1511, as the received electric field strength estimation signal S103. .
- the transmission method determining unit 1510 is configured to perform a base station based on the reception quality estimation signal S102 output from the reception quality estimation unit 1508 and the reception field strength estimation signal S103 output from the reception field strength estimation unit 1509.
- the transmission method X or the transmission method Y required for the device is determined at a predetermined timing described later, and is output as transmission method request information. For example, if the received electric field strength is secured but the received quality is not secured, the transmission method X is determined. If the received quality is sufficiently secured for the received electric field strength, the transmission method Y is determined. To determine.
- Modulation scheme determining section 1 51 1 base station based on reception quality estimation signal S 102 output from reception quality estimation section 1508 and reception field strength estimation signal S 103 output from reception field strength estimation section 1509.
- the modulation method required for the station device is determined at a predetermined timing described later.
- the determined scheme is output from the communication terminal as modulation scheme request information.
- the modulation scheme request information and the transmission method request information are transmitted to the base station device.
- FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- communication terminal apparatus requests communication start to base station apparatus, and base station apparatus accepts this request.
- the base station receives the communication start request made in ST 1601, and transmits radio wave propagation environment estimation symbols and data symbols to the communication terminal using transmission method X and a modulation scheme of BPSK.
- the reception quality of data symbols immediately after the start of communication can be improved, and high demodulation accuracy can be realized in the communication terminal device.
- ST1603 to ST1609 correspond to ST603 to ST609 in Fig. 8. The detailed explanation is omitted.
- FIG. 20 shows how the transmission method and modulation method applied by the base station apparatus change over time in such a series of communication procedures.
- three modulation schemes are used: Q PSK, 16 QAM, and 64 QAM.
- communication between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus starts at time t0, and transmission methods X and BPSK are forcibly used at times t1 to t3.
- the communication terminal requests to change the transmission method and modulation method.
- only the modulation method is changed from BPSK to 16QAM, and from time t3 to t5, transmission methods X and 16QAM are used.
- the communication terminal device requests to change only the modulation method.
- time t5 only the modulation method is changed again, and the 16QAM is changed to 64QAM. From time t5 to t6, transmission method X and 64 QAM are used, and communication ends at time t7.
- transmission methods X and BPSK are forcibly used at time t9 to t11.
- time t10 there is a request to change the transmission method and modulation method from the communication terminal.
- time t11 the transmission method is changed from X to Y
- the modulation method is changed from BPSK to 16QAM
- time t1 l the transmission method Y and 16QAM are used.
- time t12 there is a request to change only the modulation scheme from the communication terminal apparatus, and at time t13, only the modulation scheme is changed again, and 16QAM is changed to QPSK. From time t13 to t14, transmission method Y and QPSK are used, and communication ends at time t15.
- the base station apparatus forcibly uses the transmission method X and BPSK, which have high error resilience and high reception quality, at the start of communication, thereby simplifying the communication procedure from the start of communication to data transmission.
- the communication terminal device can reliably demodulate data immediately after the start of communication.
- each of the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, and the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal each including the same data are provided.
- the transmission method and the modulation method are fixed at the start of communication, only the transmission method may be fixed and the modulation method may be selectable.
- the transmission method and the modulation method are selected based on the reception quality such as the bit error rate, the packet loss rate, and the frame error rate.
- the eigenvalue of the channel matrix described in the first embodiment May be performed based on
- Embodiment 3 describes a case where the transmission method is changed only once during communication without selecting a transmission method and a modulation method at the time of starting communication.
- Embodiment 4 of the present invention A case where the transmission method is changed at predetermined time intervals will be described.
- FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 are substituted, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 21 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. However, only ST1906 and ST1907 in this figure are different from ST1606 and ST1607 in Fig. 19, and the other steps are the same as in Fig. 19. Only ST 906 and ST 907 will be described.
- the base station equipment A transmission method and a modulation method to be applied to the base station are determined, and the determined content is requested to the base station apparatus.
- the base station device receives this request.
- the base station apparatus determines a transmission method and a modulation method based on the request transmitted from the communication terminal apparatus, and uses the transmission method notification symbol to determine the determined transmission method and modulation method. Notify the communication terminal device.
- FIG. 22 shows how the transmission method and modulation method applied by the base station apparatus change over time in such a series of communication procedures.
- QPSK three modulation schemes are used: QPSK :, 16 QAM, and 64 QAM.
- communication between the base station apparatus and the communication terminal apparatus is started at time t0, and transmission methods X and BPSK are forcibly used at times t1 to t3.
- the communication terminal makes a request to change the transmission method from X to Y and the modulation method from BPSK to 16QAM, and from time t3 to t5, the transmission methods Y and 16QAM are used.
- the communication terminal device requests to change only the modulation method from 16 QAM to 64 QAM, and from time t5 to t6, the transmission method Y and 64QAM are used.
- the communication terminal device requests a change of the transmission method and the modulation method, and requests to maintain the transmission method from Y to X and the modulation method at 64 QAM.
- the transmission method is changed during communication, and between times t7 and t9, transmission methods X and 64QAM are used.
- the communication terminal makes a request to change only the modulation method from 64QAM to 16QAM, and from time t9 to t11, transmission method X and 16QAM are used. Further, at time t 10, the communication terminal again requests to change only the modulation method from 16 QAM to QPSK, and from time t 1 l to t 12, the transmission method X and QPSK are used, and the time t The communication ends in 1 3.
- a predetermined time interval Is an interval that does not unnecessarily change the transmission method.
- the propagation model when the communication time is long, the propagation model may change. Therefore, by changing the transmission method during communication, the propagation model is changed during communication. Even if it changes, it is possible to achieve both improved reception quality and higher transmission speed.
- the OFDM method has been described.1
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- an OFDM method using a spread spectrum method using a spread spectrum method may be similarly implemented. be able to.
- a multicarrier system other than the OFDM system can be similarly implemented.
- a method using a space-time block code or a space-time trellis code is used as transmission method X, and a plurality of different methods are used as transmission method Y as shown in equation (2).
- a transmission method X different from the space-time block code and the space-time trellis code cyclic delay diversity ( A transmission method that can obtain diversity gain such as CDD (Cyclic Delay Diversity) will be described.
- transmission signal A and transmission signal B are frames transmitted from different antennas.
- transmission signal A is transmitted from antenna 202 shown in FIG. 4
- transmission signal B is transmitted from antenna 203 shown in FIG. Sent.
- the transmission signal A is composed of symbols S y 1, S y 2,..., S y 1 1, and S y 12 used in CDD, and each symbol has a time i + 1, i + 2, ⁇ ⁇ , i Sent by +1, 1, i + 12.
- the transmission signal B is obtained by cyclically shifting the arrangement of the symbols of the transmission signal A by six symbols, and is composed of Sy7, Sy8, ..., Sy5, and Sy6 in order. It is transmitted at times i + l, i + 2, 1 ⁇ 2, i + 1 1, i + 12.
- Embodiments 1 to 4 can be implemented by using CDD as a transmission method similar to the space-time block code and the space-time trellis code.
- Embodiment 5 describes a method using CDD different from space-time block code and space-time trellis code as transmission method X.
- Embodiment 6 of the present invention further employs MIMO (Multiple-Input The following describes the case where the transmission mode X is a communication mode called an eigenmode in a multiple-output system.
- MIMO Multiple-Input
- the transmitting station transmits the transmission channel signature vector.
- the signal converted into a vector is transmitted from the transmitting array antenna to the receiving station, and the receiving station associates the signal received from the receiving array antenna with the transmitting channel signature vector.
- the reception channel signature vector a communication method of detecting and demodulating a transmission signal can be realized.
- a singular vector (eigenvector) or a singular vector (eigenvector) of a channel matrix is used as a communication mode for multiplexing transmission of signals comprising a plurality of channels in a communication space.
- eigenmode for example, shown in the document "Eigen-beam space division multiplexing (E-SDM) method in MIMO channel” IEICE, IEICE RCS 2002-53, May 2002)
- E-SDM Eigen-beam space division multiplexing
- This eigenmode is a method in which these singular vectors and eigenvectors are used as channel signature vectors.
- the channel matrix is a matrix having, as elements, complex channel coefficients of combinations of all or some of the antenna elements of the transmission array antenna and all or some of the antenna elements of the reception array antenna.
- FIG. 24 shows a configuration of a channel multiplexing communication system using a beam spatial mode represented by an eigenmode in a MIMO system.
- the multiplex frame generation unit 2301 generates a plurality of transmission frames for mapping the input transmission data sequence to a multiplex channel, and the generated plurality of transmission frames is a vector multiplexing unit 2303.
- Output to The transmission channel analysis unit 2302 based on the channel state information between the base station apparatus 230 and the communication terminal apparatus 230, divides a plurality of transmission channel signature vectors to form a multiplexed channel. calculate.
- the transmission channel analysis unit 2302 outputs the calculated transmission channel signature vector to the vector multiplexing unit 2303.
- the beta multiplexing unit 2303 multiplies each transmission frame output from the multiplexed frame generation unit 2301 by a separate channel output vector output from the transmission channel analysis unit 2302 and synthesizes them. .
- the beta multiplexing unit 2303 transmits the combined signal to the communication terminal device 230 via the transmission array antenna 2304.
- the reception channel analysis unit 23111 Based on the channel state information between the base station apparatus 230 and the communication terminal apparatus 230, the reception channel analysis unit 23111 receives a plurality of reception channel signatures in order to separate the multiplexed transmission signal. Calculate the vector. The reception channel analysis unit 231 outputs the calculated plurality of reception channel vectors to the multiplexed signal separation unit 231 3.
- the multiplexed signal demultiplexing section 2 3 13 multiplies the signal (received signal) received via the reception array antenna 2 3 12 by each of the channel output signals from the reception channel analysis section 2 3 1 1. Generates multiple received frames To do.
- the multiplexed signal demultiplexing unit 2 3 13 outputs the generated plurality of received frames to the multi-frame synthesis unit 2 3 14.
- Multiframe combining section 2314 combines the signals mapped to the multiplexed channels to obtain a received data sequence.
- base station apparatus 230 has a function of switching between transmission method X and transmission method Y for transmission, and the configuration of the transmission apparatus of base station apparatus 230 is shown in FIG. Shown in However, parts in FIG. 25 common to FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 5, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the signal processing unit 2401 uses the channel state information from the communication partner (communication terminal device 2310). Then, the signal processing described above is performed. On the other hand, if the transmission method request information indicates the transmission method Y, that is, the transmission method as shown in equation (2), the signal processing unit 2401 does not perform signal processing and converts the signal S5 to the signal SI. Output as 10 and output signal S9 as signal S111.
- Embodiments 1 to 4 can be carried out by using the eigenmode as a transmission method similar to the space-time block code and the space-time trellis code.
- Embodiment 7 of the present invention describes a method for switching between the transmission method using the eigenmode described in Embodiment 6 and the transmission method as shown in equation (2).
- Commonly known communication forms include a point-to-mu1 tipoint type communication form shown in Fig. 26 ⁇ , a point-to-point type communication form shown in Fig. 26B, and Fig. 26C. There is a point-to-point type communication mode shown in the figure below.
- the base station is communicating with multiple communication terminals simultaneously.
- B shows a state where two communication terminals are communicating.
- Fig. 26C shows a situation where the base station and one communication terminal are communicating.
- the following points are considered as points to be improved in the eigenmode.
- the eigenmode be used in a communication mode of p int-t o-o int type. That is, by using the eigenmode in the point-to-point type communication mode, the transmission method (transmission method Y) as shown in equation (2) can be obtained without considering the points to be improved in the eigenmode. The transmission speed can be increased and the reception quality can be improved as compared with the use.
- the transmission method in order to switch the transmission method according to the number of communication partners, it is necessary to transmit the number of communication partners with which the local station is communicating to the communication partner. Must be inserted.
- the transmission method After the transmission method is set, it is possible to achieve both data transmission speed and transmission quality by changing the modulation scheme as described in Embodiments 1 to 4. Note that the setting of the transmission method uses the method described in the first to fourth embodiments.
- FIG. 27 in the cell of the base station communicating with the two communication terminals A and B, two other communication terminals C and D can communicate in the eigenmode. .
- the eigenmode transmission method forms an eigenbeam toward the communication partner, so that the base station or other communication terminal This is because there is no need to interfere with A and B.
- communication terminals C and D which are performing communication using the eigenmode, perform communication method Y (in Fig. 28, base stations, communication terminals A and B).
- an interrupt mode for forcibly terminating communication using the eigenmode may be set in the transmission signal of the base station.
- FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram showing a communication procedure between the base station device and the communication terminal device.
- the communication terminal device requests the base station device to start communication, and transmits a transmission method (a transmission method using an eigenmode or a transmission method as shown in equation (2)). Method), and the base station apparatus accepts this request.
- the transmission method required by the communication terminal device should use the eigenmode, especially if the communication terminal device wants to communicate one-to-one (point-to-one point, eer-to-peer) with the communication partner ft. And the transmission method used.
- the base station device switches the transmission method according to the current communication mode. That is, the transmission method is switched according to whether one-to-many communication is being performed. Specifically, when one-to-many (point-to-mu 1 tioint) communication is performed, the transmission method is determined as shown in Expression (2), and communication (only) with the communication terminal device that has received the request is performed. In the case of (point-to-point type), the transmission method using the eigenmode is determined, and in ST2802, the communication terminal device is notified of one of the determined transmission methods.
- the communication terminal apparatus requests a modulation scheme suitable for the determined transmission method, and the base station apparatus receives this request.
- the base station apparatus determines a modulation scheme based on the transmitted modulation scheme request information, and notifies the communication terminal apparatus of the determined modulation scheme.
- the base station apparatus transmits data to the communication terminal apparatus using the transmission method notified in ST2802 and the modulation scheme notified in ST2804.
- the communication method used for data communication in ST 2805 and The communication terminal device transmits data to the base station device using the modulation method.
- the base station apparatus notifies the communication terminal apparatus of the communication end, and the communication terminal apparatus receives this notification, and the communication ends.
- the transmission method Y is used as shown in Expression (2).
- the transmission method can improve both the data transmission speed and the transmission quality of the system.
- the communication terminal device has been described as an example of the receiving device, and the base station device has been described as an example of the transmitting device.
- the base station device may function as a receiving device.
- the receiving apparatus determines the transmission method and the modulation method.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the transmitting apparatus can determine the eigenvalue and the received electric field strength from the receiving apparatus. By receiving the notification, the transmission method and the modulation method may be determined.
- the power of transmitting a data symbol transmitted by transmission method X as S y A *, which is a complex conjugate of S y A and S y A is not limited to this.
- S y A may be repeatedly transmitted.
- the number of transmitting antennas and the number of receiving antennas are each described as two, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of transmitting antennas and the number of receiving antennas may each be three or more.
- the number of transmission processing units for example, a modulation unit, a spreading unit, a radio unit, an amplifier, etc.
- the number of transmission processing units for example, a modulation unit, a spreading unit, a radio unit, an amplifier, etc.
- an arbitrary plurality of antennas may be selected from three or more antennas.
- the number of transmitting antennas may be four, and four modulated signals may be transmitted from the four antennas.
- transmission method A using space-time code and transmission method B without space-time code when the number of transmitting antennas is two, Transmission method X and transmission method Y, and any of transmission method ⁇ and transmission method ⁇ can be arbitrarily selected. Note that even if the maximum value of the modulation level of the transmission method X and the transmission method ⁇ is larger than the maximum value of the modulation level of the transmission method ⁇ and the transmission method ⁇ , the complexity of the circuit configuration of the communication terminal device may be reduced. Has no effect.
- a plurality of antennas may be treated as a set of antennas. That is, each of the antennas 202 and the antennas 203 may be a plurality of antennas.
- a first transmission method in which a transmission device having a plurality of antennas transmits a plurality of signals containing the same data from a plurality of antennas, respectively, A transmission method determining step of determining one of a second transmission method for transmitting a plurality of signals from a plurality of antennas, a modulation method determining step of determining one of a plurality of modulation methods, and communication. And a control step of controlling whether or not to perform the determination processing in the transmission method determination step and the modulation scheme determination step in accordance with a communication procedure with the other party.
- the first transmission method having high error resilience and the second transmission method having a high data transmission rate are switched and the modulation scheme is switched according to the communication procedure with the communication partner. Transmission efficiency can be improved.
- the control step performs control such that the transmission method determination step does not perform the determination processing during data transmission, and only the modulation scheme determination step performs the determination processing.
- both the transmission method and the modulation method are determined during the data transmission, that is, the change is not performed.
- less processing is required as compared with a case where both the transmission method and the modulation method are changed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the processing load of the system from increasing.
- the modulation method applied to the first transmission method and the modulation method applied to the second transmission method may be configured such that a maximum value of a modulation multilevel number is equal. did.
- the power consumption of the corresponding amplifier also increases as the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal increases, so that the maximum value of the modulation multi-level number applied to both the first transmission method and the second transmission method By making the values equal, it is possible to suppress an increase in power consumption of the amplifier.
- the first transmission method or the second transmission method is determined based on a transmission path.
- the second transmission method determines the first or second transmission method on the basis of the transmission path, because the possibility of deteriorating the reception quality by receiving the direct wave increases. Therefore, when direct waves are received, the first transmission method is used to avoid deterioration of reception quality, and when no direct waves are received, data transmission is performed by using the second transmission method. Efficiency can be improved.
- the transmission method used at the start of communication is determined in advance in the transmission method determination step, and the modulation method used at the start of communication is determined in advance in the modulation method determination step. did.
- the communication procedure from the start of communication to data transmission can be simplified by forcibly applying a transmission method and a modulation method with high error resilience at the start of communication. Can reliably demodulate the data immediately after the start of communication.
- control step may control the transmission method determination step to perform the determination processing at a longer time interval than the modulation scheme determination step performs the determination processing. did.
- the propagation model may change.Therefore, by changing the transmission method at a longer time interval than by changing the modulation method, the propagation model can be changed during communication. Even if the model changes, it is possible to achieve both improved reception quality and increased transmission speed.
- the transmission method determining step uses cyclic delay diversity as the first transmission method.
- the transmission method according to the present invention wherein the transmission method determination step uses an eigenmode using a singular vector or an eigenvector of a channel matrix as a channel vector in a MIMO system as the first transmission method. It was used as
- the data transmission efficiency can be improved by using a transmission method using cyclic delay diversity or an eigenmode as the first transmission method.
- the transmission method determination step switches between the first transmission method and the second transmission method according to the number of communication partners.
- the transmission method using the eigenmode can reduce the interference given to other communication stations, and the number of communication partners can be reduced.
- the second transmission method it is possible to avoid a decrease in data transmission efficiency.
- a communication system is a wireless communication system including: a transmission device including a plurality of antennas; and a reception device that receives signals transmitted from the plurality of antennas of the transmission device.
- Transmission path estimation means for estimating the transmission path for signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas; a first transmission method for transmitting a plurality of signals each containing the same data from a plurality of antennas; and data different from each other Transmission method requesting means for determining, based on the estimated transmission path, one of the second transmission method for transmitting the determined plurality of signals from the plurality of antennas, respectively, and requesting the transmission apparatus for the determined transmission method.
- Expression requesting means, and control means for controlling whether or not to perform request processing in the transmission method requesting means and the modulation scheme requesting means in accordance with a communication procedure with the transmitting apparatus.
- Generating means for generating a signal corresponding to the transmission method requested by the receiving device; And a transmission processing unit that modulates the signal generated by the generation unit with the modulation scheme requested from the antenna, and transmits the modulated signal from each antenna.
- the transmitting apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of transmitting antennas, a first transmitting method of transmitting a plurality of signals containing the same data from each of the plurality of antennas, and a plurality of signals containing different data.
- Transmission method determining means for determining one of the second transmission methods for transmitting from each of the plurality of antennas, modulation method determining means for determining any of the plurality of modulation methods, and according to a communication procedure with a communication partner.
- Control means for controlling whether or not to perform the determination processing in the transmission method determining means and the modulation scheme determining means; and transmitting a signal to which the determined transmission method and modulation scheme are applied from the plurality of antennas.
- a transmission processing means for switching between the first transmission method having a high error resilience and the second transmission method having a high data transmission rate and switching the modulation method according to the communication procedure with the communication partner, the data transmission is performed. Transmission efficiency can be improved.
- the transmitting apparatus of the present invention in the above-described configuration, employs a configuration in which the control unit performs control such that the transmission method determining unit does not perform the determining process during data transmission, and only the modulation scheme determining unit performs the determining process.
- both the transmission method and the modulation method are determined during the data transmission, that is, the change is not performed, which requires less processing than when both the transmission method and the modulation method are changed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the processing load of the system from increasing.
- the transmission apparatus of the present invention in the above configuration, wherein the transmission processing means comprises: a modulation scheme applied to the first transmission method and a modulation scheme applied to the second transmission method; A configuration is adopted in which the maximum value is set to the same modulation method. According to this configuration, as the modulation multi-level number increases, the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal increases, and the power consumption of the corresponding amplifier also increases as the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal increases. By making the maximum of the modulation multi-values applied to both the first and second transmission methods equal, it is possible to suppress an increase in the power consumption of the amplifier.
- the transmitting apparatus of the present invention in the above configuration, is configured such that the transmission method used at the start of communication is determined in advance by the transmission method determining means, and the modulation scheme used at the start of communication is determined in advance by the modulation scheme determining means. take.
- the communication procedure from the start of communication to data transmission can be simplified by forcibly applying a transmission method and a modulation method with high error resilience at the start of communication. Can reliably demodulate the data immediately after the start of communication.
- the transmitting apparatus of the present invention in the above configuration, employs a configuration in which the control means controls the transmission method determining means to perform the determining process at a longer time interval than the modulation method determining means performs the determining process.
- the propagation model may change.Therefore, by changing the transmission method at longer time intervals than by changing the modulation method, the propagation model can be changed during communication. Even if the model changes, it is possible to achieve both improved reception quality and increased transmission speed.
- the transmitting apparatus of the present invention employs a configuration in which the transmission method determining means uses cyclic delay diversity as the first transmission method.
- the transmission apparatus of the present invention in the above configuration, wherein the transmission method determining means uses an eigenmode or a eigenvector of a channel matrix as a first transmission method in a MIMO system as a first transmission method.
- the configuration used is used.
- the data transmission efficiency can be improved by using a transmission method using a cyclic delay diversity or an eigenmode as the first transmission method. Can be improved.
- the transmission apparatus of the present invention in the above configuration, employs a configuration in which the transmission method determination means switches between the first transmission method and the second transmission method according to the number of communication partners.
- the transmission method using the eigenmode can reduce interference given to other communication stations, and the number of communication partners can be reduced to multiple.
- the second transmission method it is possible to avoid a decrease in data transmission efficiency.
- the receiving apparatus includes: a first transmission method for transmitting a plurality of signals each including the same data from a plurality of antennas; and a plurality of signals each including a different data from a plurality of antennas.
- Transmission method determining means for determining one of the second transmission methods to be transmitted, modulation method determining means for determining any of a plurality of modulation methods, and a communication procedure with a communication partner.
- a control means for controlling whether or not to perform the determination process in the transmission method determination means and the modulation method determination means, and a request means for requesting the communication partner of the determined transmission method and modulation method is adopted.
- the receiving apparatus of the present invention adopts a configuration in which the control means controls the transmission method determining means so as not to perform the determining process during data reception, and only the modulation scheme determining means performs the determining process.
- both the transmission method and the modulation method are determined during the data reception, that is, the change is not performed, so that less processing is required as compared with a case where both the transmission method and the modulation method are changed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the processing load of the system from increasing.
- the receiving apparatus of the present invention in the above configuration, includes a transmission path and A transmission path estimating means for estimating the received electric field strength or any one thereof, wherein the transmission method determining means determines a transmission method based on the estimation result estimated by the transmission path estimating means. Take.
- the requesting unit determines whether the first transmission method with high error resilience and the second transmission method with high data transmission rate are based on the transmission path and / or the received electric field strength estimated for the received signal. By determining either one, it is possible to improve data transmission efficiency and reception quality.
- the receiving apparatus may be configured such that the modulation scheme applied to the first transmission method and the modulation scheme applied to the second transmission method have the same maximum value of the number of modulation levels. take.
- the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal increases, and the power consumption of the corresponding amplifier also increases as the amplitude fluctuation range of the modulation signal increases.
- a first transmission method in which a transmitting device includes a plurality of antennas and transmits a plurality of signals including the same data from a plurality of antennas, and a plurality of signals including different data
- the modulation method among the transmission method and modulation method both the data transmission rate and the reception quality can be improved.
- the present invention is suitable for use in a base station device having a plurality of antennas and a communication terminal device.
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