Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Wi-fi One, LLC

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Harris Corporation

Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Incorporated Administrative Agency

Shinichiro Takabayashi

Masayuki Orihashi

Yutaka Murakami

Akihiko Matsuoka

Katsuaki Abe

Takaaki Kishigami

Yasuaki Yuda

Yoichi Nakagawa

Takashi Fukagawa

Masato Ukena

Job Cleopa Msuya

Michiaki Matsuo

Tsuneo Hikokubo

A transmission apparatus and method include modulating a transmission signal using a first modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes to generate a first symbol sequence. A second symbol, generated using a phase shift keying (PSK) modulation scheme, is inserted in the first symbol sequence to generate a first modulation signal for transmission. A second modulation signal is received that includes a third symbol generated using a PSK modulation scheme and inserted in a second symbol sequence generated using a second modulation scheme selected from the plurality of modulation schemes. The third symbol is extracted from the received modulation signal. A transmission path associated with the received modulation signal is estimated using the third symbol. A received data signal from the second symbol sequence included in the received modulation signal is output using the estimated transmission path.

Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus and digital radio communication method

A transmitting apparatus includes an OFDM modulator that generates a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being arranged at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane and a second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the modulated second information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, wherein the third position is different from the first position. An OFDM modulation signal includes the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol, wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers. A transmitter transmits the OFDM modulation signal.

Transmission device, reception device, and radio communication method

A wireless communication method is provided for a transmission apparatus that transmits an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) signal using a communication band that comprises a plurality of subcarrier groups each including a plurality of subcarriers. The method includes specifying which subcarrier group and how many subcarriers are to be used to transmit the OFDM signal and determining a configuration of a transmission frame, generating the OFDM signal by mapping data symbols according to the determined configuration of the transmission frame, and transmitting the generated OFDM signal. The number of subcarriers to be used to transmit the OFDM signal is variable, the OFDM signal may be generated using a plurality of modulation schemes including QPSK and 16QAM, and a plurality of mapping patterns are prepared for each of the plurality of modulation schemes.

Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method

A transmitting apparatus, includes a signal generator that generates a modulation signal by modulating transmission data using one of a plurality of modulation schemes, a first modulation scheme having a higher m-ary modulation value than other modulation schemes and a pilot signal generator generates a pilot signal. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal generator generates an OFDM signal by selecting the modulation signal and the pilot signal according to the frame timing signal. The OFDM signal is converted to a radio signal, is amplified and is transmitted to an antenna. The pilot signal is inserted in the OFDM signal per a predetermined OFDM symbol and per a predetermined subcarrier and has a lower amplitude than a maximum amplitude of the first modulation scheme in an in-phase-quadrature (IQ) plane.

Radio communication apparatus capable of switching modulation schemes

A transmission method includes modulating a transmission signal using a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes, to generate a first symbol sequence and generating at least one second symbol including a pilot symbol generated using a PSK modulation scheme. The method includes changing an insertion interval of the second symbol to be inserted in the first symbol sequence, to generate a modulation signal and transmitting the modulation signal. The second symbol is configured for synchronization in a reception apparatus.

A communication method of a base station transmits a modulation signal based on an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) modulation scheme to a plurality of communication terminals. The method includes forming a transmission frame on which a first subcarrier group and a second subcarrier group are arranged, and determining on a per frame basis, which subcarrier group of the first subcarrier group and the second subcarrier group is allocated to each of the plurality of communication terminals and what number of subcarriers are selected from the subcarrier group that is allocated to each of the plurality of communication terminals. The method further includes forming the transmission frame based on the determined subcarrier group and the determined number of subcarriers, transmitting the modulation signal including the transmission frame, and receiving feedback information including radio propagation condition estimation information from each of the plurality of communication terminals.

A transmitting apparatus includes an OFDM modulator that generates a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane. A second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the modulated second information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, and an OFDM modulation signal including the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol, wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers.

A transmission method includes generating first symbols for transmitting data, a signal point of each of the first symbols on an in-phase and quadrature-phase plane comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component and generating a second symbol, the second symbol being a pilot symbol. The method further includes selecting an insertion pattern of the second symbol, from a plurality of predetermined insertion patterns, inserting the second symbol in the first symbols based on the selected insertion pattern to generate a transmission signal, and transmitting the transmission signal. The first symbols are generated using a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes.

A wireless communication method for a transmission apparatus that transmits an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) signal using a communication band, which comprises a plurality of subcarrier groups each including a plurality of subcarriers. The method includes specifying which subcarrier group and how many subcarriers are to be used to transmit the OFDM signal, determining a configuration of a transmission frame, generating the OFDM signal by mapping data symbols according to the determined configuration of the transmission frame, and transmitting the generated OFDM signal.

Wireless communication method and transmission apparatus

A wireless communication method of a base station that transmits a modulation signal based on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme to a plurality of terminals. The method includes determining, for each terminal of the plurality of terminals, which subcarrier group or how many symbols along a time axis are to be allocated in a transmission frame, the transmission frame including a first period in which first transmission symbols are arranged and a second period in which second transmission symbols which are different from the first transmission symbols are arranged. The method also includes forming the transmission frame according to a determined allocation, wherein a plurality of symbols on a frequency axis for transmitting N bits (N is a natural number) are arranged within a part of the first period, by using a modulation scheme whereby N bits can be transmitted using one symbol. The method further includes transmitting the modulation signal using the transmission frame.

Wireless communications apparatus and wireless communications method

In a multivalue modulation type with one pilot symbol inserted for every 3 or more symbols, signal points of each one symbol immediately before and after a pilot symbol are modulated using a modulation type different from that for pilot symbols. In this way, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the accuracy in estimating the reference phase and amount of frequency offset by pilot symbols and improve the bit error rate characteristic in the signal to noise ratio in quasi-coherent detection with symbols whose symbol synchronization is not completely established.

Method for digital wireless communications

Wireless communication apparatus adopting a time division duplex system for transmission and reception using plural antennas, deviation of amplitude and phase occurring between transmission and reception circuits is detected and corrected using a communication signal. Channel estimation means detects channel information based on reception output of N reception circuits having a one-to-one correspondence with N antennas. Correction value detection means finds a correction value for correcting deviation occurring between each of N transmission circuits and each of the N reception circuits based on the channel information. A wireless communication apparatus transmits an already known signal (training signal) to a base station with which the wireless communication apparatus conducts communications. The base station executes channel estimation based on the already known signal and generates and transmits a correction signal (probe signal). The correction value detection means of the wireless communication apparatus detects the correction value using the correction signal.

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