Fujitsu Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha

Fujitsu Limied

Yoshihiko Asano

Kazuo Nagatani

Hajime Hamada

Yasuyuki Oishi

Hidenobu Fukumasa

Hiroshi Kurihara

Kazuhiko Kobayashi

Toru Maniwa

Shuji Kobayakawa

Naofumi Okubo

Yoshimasa Daido

Michiharu Nakamura

Morihiko Minowa

Yoshinori Tanaka

Hiroyuki Seki

Tokuro Kubo

Koji Matsuyama

Tadashi Nakamura

Tamio Saito

Atsushi Yamashita

Kensuke Sawada

Noriyuki Kawaguchi

Yuji Ishizaka

Masanori Haba

Fukuzi Syouzi

Yoshito Syougi

A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.

Code multiplexing transmitting apparatus

The present invention reduces the scale of circuitry and shortens the code phase detection time needed to achieve initial synchronization. In a correlator for calculating correlation between a received spreading code contained in a received spread-spectrum signal and a reference spreading code, a combined code generator is included. The combined code generator outputs a combined spreading code by weighting and combining a plurality of phase-shifted reference spreading codes A&#x2013;A. Further, an arithmetic circuit calculates correlation between the received spreading code and the plurality of phase-shifted reference spreading codes simultaneously. A phase detection circuit detects the phase difference between the received spreading code and a reference spreading code, namely the phase of the received spreading code from the results of the arithmetic operation.

Correlator and delay lock loop circuit

When an antenna receives a signal, the signal is inputted to delayers through a frequency converter, A/D converters, quadrature demodulators, filters and simultaneously is inputted to a MUX. The receiving signal inputted to the MUX is transmitted to an interference canceler panel, and the interference canceler panel generates both an interference replica signal and a symbol replica signal. The interference canceler panel demodulates the receiving signal for a channel corresponding to the symbol replica signal using both the interference and symbol replica signals. The interference replica signal generated by the interference canceler panel is transmitted to a transmitting/receiving panel and is inputted to interference elimination units. The interference elimination units eliminates interference components by subtracting the interference replica signal from the receiving signal delayed by the delayers and transmits the signal to a baseband signal processing panel.

Code division multiplex radio equipment with interference canceler

A searcher for a CDMA receiver apparatus includes a correlator obtaining a correlation value between a spreading code sequence and a spreading code sequence within a received signal, and a non-linear processor carrying out a non-linear conversion to convert one of the correlation value and a predetermined value indicative of the correlation value into correlation value information which has a data width smaller than that of the one of the correlation value and the predetermined value. The correlation value information is used to carry out a search process to search for a synchronizing timing with respect to the spreading code sequence within the received signal.

Searcher for CDMA receiver apparatus

The present invention reduces the scale of circuitry and shortens the code phase detection time needed to achieve initial synchronization. In a correlator for calculating correlation between a received spreading code contained in a received spread-spectrum signal and a reference spreading code, a combined code generator is included. The combined code generator outputs a combined spreading code by weighting and combining a plurality of phase-shifted reference spreading codes A -A . Further, an arithmetic circuit calculates correlation between the received spreading code and the plurality of phase-shifted reference spreading codes simultaneously. A phase detection circuit detects the phase difference between the received spreading code and a reference spreading code, namely the phase of the received spreading code from the results of the arithmetic operation.

A multi-carrier signal received by an antenna is converted into a signal of an IF band by an RX, and converted into an I signal and a Q signal by an quadrature detector. The I signal and the Q signal as multi-carrier signals are converted into digital signals by an A/D converter, and input to complex filters. The complex filters extract a complex signal having a specified carrier. Then, complex filters shift the center frequency of the extracted complex signal into 0 Hz. The obtained base band signal is input to a finger, and despread and demodulated. The despread and demodulated signal is RAKE synthesized by a synthesis unit, and transmitted to a signal discrimination unit.

Receiver and receiving method in multi-carrier spread-spectrum communications

The present invention relates to a demodulator which receives a signal transmitted via phase modulation or multivalue QAM modulation, and decides transmitted data based on the received signal. The present invention enhances a transmission-line estimate by using tentatively decided data symbols as pilot symbols and in estimating a transmission line without a decrease in accuracy of transmission-line estimate even when an error rate of the tentatively decided data symbols is increased. The demodulator includes a pilot-based transmission-line estimation unit for estimating transmission-line characteristics by using pilot symbols. A tentative-data-decision unit for tentatively deciding data symbols based on the pilot-based transmission-line estimate. A data-based transmission-line estimation unit for estimating the transmission-line characteristics by using the tentatively decided data. Weight-coefficient-multiplication units for multiplying pilot-based and data-based transmission-line estimates by respective weights having a ratio therebetween varying in accordance with reliability of the tentatively ascertained data. A pilot&data-based transmission-line estimation unit for obtaining a transmission-line estimate by averaging weighted transmission-line estimates.

Demodulator

There are disclosed a radiocommunication apparatus and a radiocommunication system. There are provided a receiving section capable of receiving a plurality of types of signals which have been spread through use of different spread code information according to a CDMA scheme in a transmitting-side radiocommunication apparatuses; and a spread demodulation section which carries out despread processing for the common signal portions of the plurality of types of signals received by the receiving section through use of a composite spread code formed from a plurality of spread codes. Accordingly, it becomes possible to significantly improve the quality of received signals.

Radiocommunication apparatus, and radiocommunication system

To achieve soft handoff control between base transceiver stations (BTS) served by mobile telephone switching offices (MTSOs), a communication line logically isolated from the MTSOs is provided between adjacent BTSs. Traffic information is transferred between the BTSs via the communication line, thereby achieving a soft handoff with the control taken by one of the BTSs.

Method for carrying out soft handoff in mobile communication system, and

SIR measurement for measuring S/N ratio, which is the ratio of a desired signal power to noise power, or S/I ratio, which is the ratio of desired signal power to interference signal power, uses a signal-point position altering unit for taking absolute values of an I component (in-phase component) and Q component (quadrature component) of a received signal to convert the received signal to a signal in the first quadrant of an I-Q orthogonal coordinate system, and for squaring the average value of the converted signal to obtain first average power (desired power) S, a received-power arithmetic unit for calculating the average value of the square of the received signal to obtain second average power, and for subtracting the desired power S from the received power to obtain noise power or interference power I, and a SIR arithmetic unit for calculating S/N ratio or S/I ratio from the desired signal power S and noise power or interference signal power I, and for outputting the ratio calculated.

SIR or SNR measurement apparatus

A code multiplexing wireless apparatus for amplifying a code-multiplexed signal and then transmitting the amplified signal includes the following to reduce output back-off, improve the efficiency of a power amplifier and suppress broadening of the frequency spectrum: (1) a code-multiplexed signal generator for multiplying each item of transmission data by a spreading code sequence and combining spread-spectrum modulated signals to generate a code-multiplexed signal, (2) a signal-peak suppressing unit for holding the envelope of the code-multiplexed signal below a set level, and (3) a power amplifier for amplifying the code-multiplexed signal and transmitting the amplified code-multiplexed signal from an antenna.

Code multiplexing wireless apparatus

A constant-amplitude wave combination type amplifier includes a first amplifier outputting a first amplified output, and a second amplifier outputting a second amplified output. The constant-amplitude wave combination type amplifier also includes a first constant-amplitude wave generating circuit for combining an input wave and the second amplified output from the second amplifier and for generating a first constant-amplitude wave which is input to the first amplifier, and a second constant-amplitude wave generating circuit for combining the input wave and the first amplified output from the first amplifier and for generating a second constant-amplitude wave. Further, the constant-amplitude wave combination type amplifier includes a wave combining circuit for combining the first and second constant-amplitude waves and for generating an output wave.

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