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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Akinori Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Kihira, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Sogabe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus that can suppress an increase in circuit size and reduce influence of interference, includes reception array antenna elements, a reception digital beam forming (DBF) network that generates a reception beam signal for forming M reception beams using a reception signal, and reception filter banks (FBs) that generate frequency split reception beam signals obtained by frequency-splitting the reception beam signal. The communication apparatus includes an interference-source detecting unit that stores, for each reception beam, an interference candidate beam area estimated based on an initial reception beam characteristic, calculates, based on the frequency split reception beam signals, a reception spectrum, and calculates, based on the reception spectrum and a reception spectrum of a reception beam to the interference candidate beam area, an interference source area. The reception DFB network generates a reception beam signal to perform null formation in the direction of the interference source area.