WO2007023923A1 - Ｍｉｍｏ－ｏｆｄｍ送信装置及びｍｉｍｏ－ｏｆｄｍ送信方法 - Google Patents

Ｍｉｍｏ－ｏｆｄｍ送信装置及びｍｉｍｏ－ｏｆｄｍ送信方法 Download PDF

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WO2007023923A1
WO2007023923A1 PCT/JP2006/316653 JP2006316653W WO2007023923A1 WO 2007023923 A1 WO2007023923 A1 WO 2007023923A1 JP 2006316653 W JP2006316653 W JP 2006316653W WO 2007023923 A1 WO2007023923 A1 WO 2007023923A1
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  • the present invention relates to a MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus and a MIMO-OFDM transmission method.
  • the present invention relates to a technique for realizing a suitable symbol configuration for frequency offset estimation, transmission path fluctuation (channel fluctuation) estimation, synchronization and signal detection in MIMO-OFDM communication.
  • FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a transmission / reception device and a frame configuration of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), which is an example of a wireless communication system using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), which is currently realized. ing.
  • a wireless LAN Local Area Network
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • FIG. 1 (a) shows an example of the configuration of a transmission apparatus.
  • a frame configuration signal generation unit 10 receives control information 9 such as a modulation method as input, determines a frame configuration, and receives a frame configuration signal 11 Is output.
  • the serial-parallel converter (SZP) 2 receives the frame configuration signal 11 and the digitally modulated baseband signal 1 as input, performs serial-parallel conversion, and outputs a parallel signal 3 according to the frame configuration.
  • Inverse Fourier transform unit (ifft) 4 receives parallel signal 3 as input, performs inverse Fourier transform, and outputs signal 5 after inverse Fourier transform.
  • Radio section 6 receives signal 5 after inverse Fourier transform as input, performs frequency conversion and outputs transmission signal 7.
  • the transmission signal 7 is transmitted as a radio wave from the antenna 8.
  • Fig. 1 (b) shows a configuration example of a receiving device.
  • the radio unit 14 receives a received signal 13 received by an antenna 12 and performs processing such as frequency conversion to generate a baseband signal 15. Output.
  • Synchronizer 16 receives baseband signal 15 as input, establishes time synchronization with the transmitter, and outputs timing signal 17.
  • the Fourier transform unit (fft) 18 receives the baseband signal 15 and the timing signal 17 as input, performs a Fourier transform on the baseband signal 15 based on the timing signal 17, and outputs a signal 19 after the Fourier transform.
  • the transmission path fluctuation estimation unit 20 receives the signal 19 and the timing signal 17 after the Fourier transform, detects a preamble in the signal after the Fourier transform, estimates the transmission path fluctuation, and transmits the transmission path fluctuation.
  • the fluctuation estimation signal 21 is output.
  • the frequency offset estimation unit 22 receives the signal 19 and the timing signal 17 after the Fourier transform, detects a preamble and a pilot symbol in the signal after the Fourier transform, estimates the frequency offset based on these symbols, and calculates the frequency. Outputs the offset estimation signal 23.
  • the demodulation unit 24 receives the signal 19 after the Fourier transform, the timing signal 17, the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal 21, and the frequency offset estimation signal 23 as input, and calculates the transmission path fluctuation and frequency offset in the signal 19 after the Fourier transform. Compensate, demodulate, and output received digital signal 25.
  • FIG. 1 (c) shows an image of the IEEE802.11a frame configuration (not an accurate frame configuration).
  • the vertical axis shows the frequency
  • the horizontal axis shows the time.
  • the preamble is inserted to estimate the channel fluctuation and frequency offset at the head (in some cases, signal detection is performed).
  • pilot symbols are inserted in specific carriers such as carrier 2 and carrier 5 and are used by the receiver to estimate frequency offset and phase noise.
  • the preamble and pilot symbols have known signal point arrangements in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes. Data is transmitted by data symbols.
  • Non-Patent Document 1 the wireless LAN system is described in Non-Patent Document 1.
  • Non-Patent Document 1 High speed physical layer (PHY) in 5GHz band "lEEE802.11a, 1999 Invention Disclosure
  • Non-Patent Document 1 shows the configuration of symbols for frequency offset estimation, channel fluctuation (channel fluctuation) estimation, synchronization and signal detection when OFDM is used.
  • Non-Patent Document 1 a MIMO system using spatial multiplexing, that is, Spatial Multiplexing or SDM: Spatial Division Multiplexing. It is possible to provide a wide range of services to users.
  • spatial multiplexing that is, Spatial Multiplexing or SDM: Spatial Division Multiplexing.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a MIMO-OFDM transmitter and a MIMO-OFDM transmission method that enable highly accurate frequency offset estimation, highly accurate transmission path fluctuation estimation, and highly accurate synchronization / signal detection. That is.
  • the MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus of the present invention transmits OFDM modulated data symbols from a plurality of antennas during a data transmission period, and transmits pilot symbols from specific carriers of the plurality of antennas during the data transmission period.
  • MIMO—OFDM transmitter, an OFDM signal forming unit that forms an OFDM signal transmitted by each antenna force, and a sequence that is orthogonal to each other on the same carrier between OFDM signals transmitted from each antenna at the same time Is assigned over the time axis direction, and pilot symbol mapping means for forming a pilot carrier is employed.
  • sequences that are orthogonal to each other are assigned to corresponding subcarriers between OFDM signals transmitted from each antenna at the same time in the time axis direction, and pilot carriers are assigned.
  • pilot symbols are multiplexed between multiple channels (antennas)
  • the pilot symbols of each channel can be extracted without using the channel estimation value (transmission path fluctuation estimation value)
  • the configuration of the frequency offset 'phase noise compensation portion can be simplified.
  • the pilot symbol mapping means when transmitting an OFDM signal from two antennas, has an orthogonal relationship between the first and second antennas on the same carrier. In the first and second antennas, different pilot signals are used in different carriers, and the same series of pilot signals are used in the first and second antennas.
  • the pilot carrier is formed so as to be used in the antenna.
  • the pilot symbol mapping means is provided between the first, second, and third antennas on the same carrier.
  • pilot signals of sequences that are orthogonal to each other are used, and in different carriers on which the pilot signals are arranged, antennas using pilot signals of different sequences exist, and pilot signals of the same sequence are used 2
  • the pilot carrier is formed so that there are more antennas.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional wireless communication system, in which (a) is a configuration example of a transmission device;
  • (b) is a configuration example of a receiving device
  • (c) is a diagram showing a transmission frame configuration example
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3A is a block diagram showing a configuration of a MIMO-OFDM receiver according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3B A diagram showing a relationship of transmission and reception antennas in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a frame configuration of a signal to be transmitted in each antenna power according to Embodiment 1.
  • (a) is a frame configuration of channel A
  • (b) is a diagram showing a frame configuration of channel B.
  • [FIG. 5] 5A is a BPSK signal point arrangement
  • FIG. 5B is a QPSK signal point arrangement
  • FIG. 5C is a 16QAM signal point arrangement
  • FIG. 5D is 64QAM.
  • Fig. 5E is a diagram showing the normalization coefficients multiplied by the signals of each modulation method.
  • FIG. 6 A diagram for explaining the signal point arrangement of pilot symbols in Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 11 A diagram showing temporal changes in the received strength of preambles and data symbols.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the signal point arrangement of preambles in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mapping unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus according to Embodiment 2
  • FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the MIMO-OFDM receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the relationship between transmitting and receiving antennas in Embodiment 2.
  • FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a frame configuration of a signal that also transmits each antenna force in Embodiment 2, where (a) is a frame configuration of channel A, (b) is a frame configuration of channel B, and (c) is a channel configuration. Diagram showing frame structure of C
  • FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing the configuration of Embodiment 3, where (a) shows the configuration of the terminal and (b) is a block diagram showing the configuration of the access point.
  • ⁇ 22 A diagram for explaining the signal point arrangement of the preamble in the third embodiment.
  • ⁇ 23 A diagram for explaining the signal point arrangement of the preamble in the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a frame configuration in Embodiment 4, where (a) shows the frame configuration of channel A, (b) shows the frame configuration of channel B, and (c) shows the frame configuration of channel C.
  • FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of a preamble configuration in the fourth embodiment
  • FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a frame configuration in the fifth embodiment, where (a) shows the channel A frame rate. (B) shows the frame configuration of channel B, (c) shows the frame configuration of channel C
  • FIG. 28 is a diagram for explaining signal point arrangement of pilot symbols in the fifth embodiment
  • FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the MIMO-OFDM transmitting apparatus in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 30 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mapping unit in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 31 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the mapping unit in the fifth embodiment
  • FIG. 34 is a diagram showing another frame configuration example in Embodiment 5, where (a) shows the frame configuration of channel A, (b) shows the frame configuration of channel B, and (c) shows the frame configuration of channel C. Illustration
  • FIG. 35 is a diagram showing another frame configuration example in Embodiment 5, where (a) shows the frame configuration of channel A, (b) shows the frame configuration of channel B, and (c) shows the frame configuration of channel C. Illustration
  • FIG. 36 is a diagram showing another frame configuration example according to Embodiment 5, in which (a) shows a frame configuration of channel A, (b) shows a frame configuration of channel B, and (c) shows a frame configuration of channel C. Illustration
  • FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a frame configuration in the seventh embodiment, where (a) shows a frame configuration of channel A, and (b) shows a frame configuration of channel B.
  • FIG. 40 is a diagram for explaining pilot symbol signal point arrangements in Embodiment 7.
  • FIG. 41 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the MIMO-OFDM transmitter of Embodiment 7
  • FIG. 42 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mapping unit in the seventh embodiment.
  • FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the MIMO-OFDM transmitter of Embodiment 8.
  • FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a frame configuration in the eighth embodiment, and (a) shows a channel A frame. (B) shows the frame configuration of channel B, (c) shows the frame configuration of channel C, and (d) shows the frame configuration of channel D.
  • FIG.46 Diagram showing the relationship between the modulation method of the reference symbol and the normalization coefficient when transmitting by 4-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system
  • FIG.48 Diagram showing an example of mapping reference symbols when transmitting with 4 transmit spatial multiplexing MIMO
  • FIG. 49 is a diagram showing another frame configuration example in Embodiment 8, (a) is a frame configuration of channel A, (b) is a frame configuration of channel B, (c) is a frame configuration of channel C, (d) shows the frame structure of channel D
  • Frame configuration signal generation section 112 receives control information 111 such as a modulation scheme as an input, generates frame configuration signal 113 including frame configuration information, and outputs this.
  • control information 111 such as a modulation scheme as an input
  • frame configuration signal 113 including frame configuration information
  • Mapping section 102A includes channel A transmission digital signal 101A, frame configuration signal
  • a baseband signal 103A based on the frame configuration is generated and output.
  • the serial / parallel conversion unit 104A receives the baseband signal 103A and the frame configuration signal 113 as input, performs serial / parallel conversion based on the frame configuration signal 113, and performs normal conversion.
  • Signal 105A is output.
  • Inverse Fourier transform section 106A receives parallel signal 105A as input and performs inverse Fourier transform.
  • the signal 107A after the inverse Fourier transform is output.
  • Radio section 108A receives signal 107A after inverse Fourier transform, performs processing such as frequency conversion, and outputs transmission signal 109A.
  • Transmission signal 109A is output as a radio wave from antenna 110A.
  • MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus 100 generates channel B transmission signal 109B by performing the same processing for channel B as for channel A. It should be noted that the element indicated by adding BJ at the end of the reference symbol is the part related to channel B, and the target signal is only channel B, not channel A. The same processing as that for channel A indicated with “A” at the end of the code is performed.
  • FIG. 3A shows an example of a configuration of a receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • radio section 203X receives reception signal 202X received by reception antenna 201X, performs processing such as frequency conversion, and outputs baseband signal 204X.
  • Fourier transform section 205X receives baseband signal 204X as input, performs Fourier transform, and outputs signal 206X after Fourier transform.
  • the synchronization unit 211 receives the baseband signals 204X and 204Y as input, and establishes time synchronization with the transmitter, for example, by detecting a reference symbol, The timing signal 212 is output.
  • the configuration of the reference symbols will be described in detail later using FIG.
  • Frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 213 receives signals 206X and 206Y after Fourier transform, extracts pilot symbols, estimates frequency offset' phase noise from the pilot symbols, and outputs phase distortion estimation signal 214. (Phase distortion including frequency offset) is output. The configuration of the pilot symbols will be described in detail later using FIG.
  • Channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation section 207A receives signal 206X after Fourier transform as input.
  • Channel A reference symbol is extracted, for example, channel A transmission path fluctuation is estimated based on the reference symbol, and channel A transmission path estimation signal 208A is output.
  • Channel B transmission path fluctuation estimation section 207B receives as input the signal 206X after Fourier transformation, extracts a reference symbol of channel B, estimates channel B transmission path fluctuation based on the reference symbol, for example, B transmission path estimation signal 208B is output.
  • Channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation section 209A and channel B transmission path fluctuation estimation section 209B are such that the signal of interest is not a signal received by antenna 201X but a signal received by antenna 201Y. Basically, the same processing as the channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation unit 207A and the channel B transmission path fluctuation estimation unit 207B described above is performed.
  • Frequency offset 'Phase noise compensation unit 215 includes channel A transmission path estimation signals 208A and 21OA, channel B transmission path estimation signals 208B and 210B, Fourier transformed signals 206X and 206Y, and phase distortion estimation signal 214. , The phase distortion of each signal is removed, and the channel ⁇ transmission path estimation signal 220 ⁇ , 222 ⁇ after phase compensation, the channel ⁇ ⁇ transmission channel estimation signal 220 ⁇ , 222 ⁇ after phase compensation, and after phase compensation Fourier transform The 221X and 221Y signals are output.
  • the signal processing unit 223 performs, for example, an inverse matrix operation, and outputs a baseband signal 224A for channel IV and a baseband signal 224B for channel B.
  • the transmission signal from the antenna AN1 is Txa (t)
  • the transmission signal from the antenna AN2 is Txb (t)
  • the reception signal of the antenna AN3 is If Rl (t) and antenna AN4 receive signal is R2 (t) and the transmission path fluctuations are hi 1 (t), hl2 (t), h21 (t) and h22 (t), respectively, Is established.
  • the signal processing unit 223 obtains a channel A signal and a channel B signal, for example, by performing an inverse matrix operation using Equation (1).
  • the signal processing unit 223 executes this calculation for all subcarriers.
  • estimation of hi 1 (t), hl2 (t), h21 (t), and h22 (t) is performed by the transmission path fluctuation estimation units 207 A, 209 A, 207 B, and 209 B.
  • Compensation section 225A receives channel A baseband signal 224A, extracts pilot symbols, estimates and compensates frequency offset of baseband signal 224A based on the pilot symbols, and performs frequency offset Outputs compensated baseband signal 226A.
  • Channel A demodulation section 227A receives baseband signal 226A after frequency offset compensation, demodulates data symbols, and outputs received data 228A.
  • MIMO-OFDM receiving apparatus 200 performs similar processing on channel B baseband signal 224B to obtain received data 228B.
  • FIG. 4 shows a frame configuration of channel A (FIG. 4 (a)) and channel B (FIG. 4 (b)) of one time frequency in the present embodiment.
  • channels A FIG. 4 (a)
  • channel B FIG. 4 (b)
  • signals of the same time and the same carrier are multiplexed in space.
  • a symbol called a preamble is sent.
  • This preamble is composed of a guard symbol 301 and a reference symbol 302.
  • the guard symbol 301 is (0, 0) in the in-phase I-orthogonal Q-plane.
  • the reference symbol 302 is, for example, a symbol having a known coordinate other than (0, 0) in the in-phase I and one orthogonal Q plane.
  • Channel A and channel B are configured so that no interference occurs between them.
  • guard symbol 301 when the guard symbol 301 is allocated to the channel A as in carrier 1 and time 1, the reference symbol 302 is allocated to channel B, and the reference symbol is allocated to channel A as carrier 2 and time 1
  • different symbols are arranged on channel A and channel B, such as guard symbol 301 is arranged on channel B.
  • Information symbol (data symbol) 303 is a symbol for transmitting data.
  • the modulation scheme is BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM.
  • the signal point arrangement in the in-phase I, quadrature Q-plane, etc. at this time will be described in detail using FIG.
  • the control symbol 304 is a symbol for transmitting control information such as a modulation scheme, an error correction coding scheme, and a coding rate.
  • the no-lot symbol 305 is a symbol for estimating a phase variation due to a frequency offset and phase noise.
  • the pilot symbol 305 for example, a symbol having a known coordinate in the in-phase I and one orthogonal Q plane is used. Pilot symbol 305 is arranged in carrier 4 and carrier 9 in both channel A and channel B.
  • frame structures can be shared between IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11g, and spatially multiplexed MIMO systems, so that the frame configuration can be shared. It becomes possible to plan.
  • FIG. 5 shows signal point arrangements in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes of BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, and 64 QAM, which are modulation schemes of information symbol 303 in FIG. 4, and their normalization coefficients.
  • FIG. 5A is a BPSK signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and orthogonal X planes, and its coordinates are as shown in FIG. 5A.
  • Fig. 5B shows the QPSK signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are shown in Fig. 5B.
  • Fig. 5C shows the 16QAM signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are shown in Fig. 5C.
  • Fig. 5D shows the 64QAM signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are shown in Fig. 5D.
  • Figure 5E supplements the constellation of Figure 5A and Figure 5D to keep the average transmit power constant between modulation schemes.
  • the relationship between the modulation method and the multiplication coefficient (that is, the normalization coefficient) is shown.
  • the coordinates of FIG. 5B need to be multiplied by the value of lZsqrt (2) as shown in FIG. 5E.
  • sqrt (x) square root of x.
  • FIG. 6 shows the arrangement of pilot symbols 305 in FIG. 4 in the present embodiment on the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes.
  • FIG. 6 (a) shows an example of the signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 4 of channel A shown in FIG. 4 (a).
  • FIG. 6 (b) shows an example of signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 4 of channel B shown in FIG. 4 (b).
  • FIG. 6 (c) shows an example of signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 9 of channel A shown in FIG. 4 (a).
  • FIG. 6 (d) shows an example of signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 9 of channel B shown in FIG. 4 (b).
  • these arrangements use BPSK modulation, but are not limited.
  • the feature of the signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 in Fig. 6 is that the signal point arrangement of channel A and channel B of the same carrier carrier is orthogonal (cross-correlation is zero).
  • the signal point arrangement of channel A and carrier 4 from time 11 to time 14 is orthogonal to the signal point arrangement of channel B and carrier 4 from time 11 to time 14.
  • the signal point arrangement for channel A and carrier 9 from time 11 to time 14 and the signal point arrangement for channel B and carrier 9 from time 11 to time 14 are also orthogonal.
  • QPSK modulation may be used or the modulation scheme rule may not be followed.
  • the same signal point is used for channel A carrier 4 and channel B carrier 9, and channel A carrier 9 and channel B carrier 4.
  • Arrangement (same pattern) (Here, pattern # 1 and pattern # 2 are named as shown in Fig. 6). The reason is explained in detail in FIG. However, the same pattern does not mean that the signal point arrangement is exactly the same. For example, the same pattern can be regarded as the same pattern even when the phase relationship is different between the in-phase I and the orthogonal Q plane.
  • channel A or channel B and carriers 4 and 9
  • the power that makes the signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 3 05 different If this is the same, this can lead to an increase in transmission peak power It is because there is sex.
  • the patterns defined above may be the same. That is, it is important that the signal point arrangement is different.
  • FIG. 7 is an example of the configuration of the frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 213 in FIG. 3A.
  • Pilot carrier extraction section 602 receives signal 206X (or 206Y) after Fourier transform as input, and extracts a subcarrier that is pilot symbol 305. Specifically, carrier 4 and carrier 9 signals are extracted. Therefore, pilot carrier extraction section 602 outputs carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and carrier 9 baseband signal 604.
  • the code storage unit 605 stores, for example, the pattern # 1 of FIG. 6, and outputs the signal 606 of the pattern # 1 according to the timing signal 212.
  • the code storage unit 607 stores, for example, the pattern # 2 of FIG. 6 and outputs the signal 608 of the pattern # 2 according to the timing signal 212.
  • the selection unit 609 receives the timing signal 212, the signal # 606 of the pattern # 1, the signal 608 of the pattern # 2, and outputs the signal of the pattern # 2 as the selection signal 610 (X), and the selection signal 61 1 ( Output the signal of pattern # 1 as Y).
  • the code multiplier 612A receives the baseband signal 603 of carrier 4 and the selection signal 611 (Y) as inputs, multiplies the baseband signal 603 of carrier 4 and the selection signal 611 (Y), and outputs the channel of carrier 4 A baseband signal 613A is generated and output.
  • the reason is as follows.
  • the baseband signal 603 of carrier 4 is a signal in which the baseband signal of channel A and the baseband signal of channel B are multiplexed.
  • multiplying the signal of select signal 611 (Y), or pattern # 1 gives the baseband of channel B with zero cross-correlation
  • the signal components are removed, and only the channel A baseband signal components can be extracted.
  • code multiplication section 614A receives carrier 9 baseband signal 604 and selection signal 610 (X) as input, and multiplies carrier 9 baseband signal 604 and selection signal 610 (X) to obtain a carrier.
  • Nine channel A baseband signals 615A are generated and output.
  • Code multiplier 612B receives carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and selection signal 610 (X) as input, and multiplies carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and selection signal 610 (X), thereby generating carrier 4 channel.
  • B baseband signal 613B is generated and output.
  • the code multiplier 614B receives the baseband signal 604 of carrier 9 and the selection signal 611 (Y) as inputs, multiplies the baseband signal 604 of carrier 9 and the selection signal 611 (Y), and outputs the channel of carrier 9 B baseband signal 615B is generated and output.
  • channel A carrier 4 and channel B carrier 9 and channel A carrier 9 and channel B carrier 4 have the same signal point arrangement (same pattern).
  • the code storage units 605 and 607 in FIG. 7 can be shared, leading to a simplified receiver.
  • the power described in the example of pilot symbol 305 that is orthogonal in units of 4 symbols, such as time 11 to time 14, is not limited to the unit of 4 symbols! /.
  • the accuracy of frequency offset 'phase noise can be ensured by forming an orthogonal pattern with about 2 to 8 symbols. . If the period of the orthogonal pattern is too long, there is a high possibility that the orthogonality cannot be ensured, and the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation accuracy will be degraded.
  • the case where two modulated signals with two transmit antennas are transmitted has been described. However, the number of transmit antennas with three or more transmit antennas is not limited to this, and even when three or more modulated signals are transmitted with the same carrier. The effect similar to the above can be obtained by orthogonalizing existing pilot symbols 305 in units of several symbols.
  • FIG. 8 shows signal points in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes of the preamble according to the present embodiment.
  • the reference symphonor 302 is placed on the carrier 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. Being! /, Shows the signal point arrangement for times 1, 3, 5, and 7.
  • the signal formed at times 1, 3, 5, and 7 of carrier 2 the signal formed at times 1, 3, 5, and 7 of carrier 4, and the times 1, 3, 5, and 7 of carrier 6 Signal to be formed
  • carrier 8 time 1, 3, 5, 7 signal formed
  • carrier 10 time 1, 3, 5, 7 signal formed
  • carrier 12 time 1, 3, 5, 7 formed
  • the phase relationship is different in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes.
  • carriers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 are different in phase relationship but have the same pattern, which leads to simplification of the receiving apparatus.
  • the even carrier pattern and the odd carrier pattern are the same, the receiving apparatus can be further simplified. However, even if they are different, there are some advantages in terms of simplification of the receiving apparatus. This is because only one pattern signal is needed. Similarly, adopting the same pattern for channel A and channel B leads to further simplification of the receiving device, but there are some advantages even if different patterns are employed.
  • FIG. 9 shows a detailed configuration of transmission path fluctuation estimation sections 207 and 209 of the receiving apparatus of FIG. 3A.
  • channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation is taken as an example.
  • the signal extraction unit 802-1 of the carrier 1 receives the signal 206X (206Y) after the Fourier transform and inputs the reference symbol 302 (time 2) of the carrier 1 in the channel A preamble shown in Fig. 4 (a). , 4, 6, 8) are extracted and the carrier 1 reference signal 803-1 is output.
  • Carrier 2 signal extraction section 802-2 receives Fourier-transformed signal 206X (206Y) as input, and carrier 2 reference symbol 302 (time 1) in the preamble of channel A shown in Fig. 4 (a). , 3, 5, 7) are extracted and the carrier 2 reference signal 803-2 is output.
  • the pattern signal generator 804 outputs a pattern signal 805 of (1, 0), (1-1, 0), (1-1, 0), (1, 0) in the in-phase I, one orthogonal Q plane ( (See the pattern in Figure 8.)
  • Multiplier 806-1 receives carrier 1 reference signal 803-1 and pattern signal 805, and multiplies carrier 1 reference signal 803-1 by pattern signal 805 and performs signal processing such as averaging. , Carrier 1 transmission path fluctuation estimation signal 807-1 is output.
  • Multiplier 806-1 to multiplier 806-12 operate in the same manner, and estimate the channel 2 fluctuation of carrier 2.
  • the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal 807_12 of the carrier 12 is output from the signal 807_2.
  • the normal serial conversion unit 810 receives the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal 8 07-1 to the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal 807-12 from carrier 1 to carrier 12, and performs parallel-serial conversion to obtain the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal.
  • the pattern signal generation unit 804 can be shared by the carrier 1 to the carrier 12, the memory capacity of the pattern signal generation unit 804 can be reduced and the signal processing can be shared. And the receiving device can be simplified by this amount.
  • FIG. 8 shows signal point arrangements in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes when the reference symbol 302 is BPSK modulated, and the signal points when the data symbol 303 is BPSK modulated. This is the same as the arrangement, and the normalization coefficient for multiplication is the same as when the data symbol 303 is BPSK modulated. However, if this is done, if the receiver is equipped with an analog / digital converter to perform digital signal processing, the influence of quantization errors will increase. An example of signal point arrangement on the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes to alleviate this problem will be described.
  • FIG. 10 shows an example of signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and orthogonal Q planes to alleviate this problem.
  • BPSK modulation is used.
  • the normalization coefficient is set to 1.0
  • FIG. 11 (a) shows the waveform of the time variation of the received signal when the preamble signal point arrangement is performed as shown in FIG. 8
  • FIG. 11 (b) shows the waveform of FIG.
  • the average received power of the preamble is smaller than the average received power of data symbol 303.
  • This phenomenon is caused by the presence of the guard symbol 301 when the same signal point arrangement as that of the data symbol 303 is performed in the reference symbol 302 of the preamble.
  • the received signal is When converted to a digital signal by a digital converter, the quality of the received preamble signal is degraded due to the effects of quantization errors.
  • the average received power of the preamble is the same level as the average received power of data symbol 303 as shown in FIG. 11 (b). Become. Therefore, even if the received signal is converted into a digital signal by an analog / digital converter, the influence of the quantization error is reduced and the quality of the received signal of the preamble is ensured.
  • FIG. 12 shows a signal point arrangement method when the signal point arrangement of reference symbol 302 is set to QPSK based on the same idea as described above.
  • FIG. 12 shows an example of signal point arrangement on the in-phase I-orthogonal Q plane when the normalization coefficient is set to 1 and QPSK modulation is performed on the reference symbol 302.
  • the average received power of the preamble is the same level as the average received power of the data symbol 303, and even if it is converted to a digital signal by analog or digital conversion, the preamble The received signal is less affected by the quantization error and the quality is ensured.
  • the constellation in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane after multiplication by the normalization coefficient is ( ⁇ l / sqrt (2), ⁇ 1 / sqrt (2))
  • the signal constellation in the in-phase I-orthogonal Q-plane after multiplication of the 302 normalization coefficient is ( ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1) according to the above rule (see Fig. 12).
  • FIG. 13 shows an example of the configuration of mapping section 102A (102B) of transmitting apparatus in FIG. 2 of the present embodiment.
  • Data modulation section 1103 receives transmission digital signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) and frame configuration signal 1102 as input, and information on the modulation scheme included in frame configuration signal 1102.
  • the transmission digital signal 101 A (101B) is modulated based on the information and timing, and the modulated signal 1104 of the data symbol 303 is output.
  • Preamble mapping section 1105 receives frame configuration signal 1102 as input, and outputs preamble modulation signal 1106 based on the frame configuration.
  • the code storage unit # 1 (1107) outputs the signal 1108 of the pattern # 1.
  • the code storage unit # 2 (1109) outputs a signal 1110 of pattern # 2.
  • Pilot symbol mapping section 1111 receives pattern 1 signal 1108, pattern 2 signal 1110, and frame configuration signal 1102 as input, generates modulated signal 1112 of pilot symbol 305, and outputs this.
  • Signal generation section 1113 receives modulation signal 1104 of data symbol 303, modulation signal 1106 of the preamble, and modulation signal 1112 of pilot symbol 305, and generates baseband signal 103A (103B) according to the frame configuration. Output this.
  • An important feature of the above-described embodiment is that, in other words, a plurality of antenna forces are also OFDM-modulated data symbols 303 in a data transmission period, and the plurality of antennas are transmitted in a period different from the data transmission period.
  • the symbol mapping means for channel estimation preamble mapping unit 1105) that forms a symbol for channel estimation that is a times the signal point amplitude of the same modulation scheme in the modulation scheme of data symbol 303
  • OFDM modulation means for OFDM-modulating the data symbol 303 and the transmission path estimation symbol OFDM-modulating the data symbol 303 and the transmission path estimation symbol.
  • the present embodiment the example using the OFDM method has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to this. Even when a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method is used, the same method is used. be able to.
  • the case where there are two antennas for transmission and reception has been described as an example. However, this embodiment is not limited to this, and even if the number of reception antennas is three or more, this embodiment is affected. However, it can be implemented in the same way.
  • the frame configuration is not limited to that of the present embodiment.
  • pilot symbols 305 for estimating distortion such as frequency offset and phase noise are arranged in a specific subcarrier and transmit multiple antenna power.
  • the number of subcarriers that transmit the lot symbol 305 is not limited to the two in this embodiment. Then, in the case of other numbers of antennas, embodiments for other transmission methods will be described in detail later.
  • the pilot symbol 305, the reference symbol 302, the guard symbol 301, the preamble and the power named here and explained in other ways will not have any effect on this embodiment. The same applies to other embodiments.
  • FIG. 14 shows an example of the configuration of the transmission apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • the MIM O-OFDM transmitter 1200 in FIG. 14 differs from FIG. 2 in that a channel C transmitter is added.
  • FIG. 15 shows an example of the configuration of the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • Figure 15 Components that operate in the same manner as in FIG. In FIG. 15, since three channels of modulated signals are transmitted from the transmission device, channel C transmission path fluctuation estimation units 207C and 209C are added and the number of antennas is compared to the configuration of FIG. 3A. Because one is added, the necessary configuration is added to that amount.
  • FIG. 16 shows the relationship between transmission and reception antennas in the present embodiment.
  • the transmission signal from the antenna 1401 is Txa (t)
  • the transmission signal from the antenna 1402 is Txb (t)
  • the transmission signal from the antenna 1403 is Txc (t)
  • the reception signal of the antenna 1404 is Rl.
  • the received signal of antenna 1405 is R2 (t)
  • the received signal of antenna 1406 is R3 (t)
  • the transmission path fluctuations are hi 1 (t), hl2 (t), hl3 (t), h21 ( If t), h22 (t), h23 (t), h31 (t), h32 (t), h33 (t), the following relational force holds.
  • the signal processing unit 223 in FIG. 15 obtains a channel A signal, a channel B signal, and a channel C signal, for example, by performing an inverse matrix operation using Equation (2).
  • the signal processing unit 223 performs this calculation for all subcarriers.
  • the estimation of hll (t), hl2 (t), hl3 (t), h21 (t), h22 (t), h23 (t), h31 (t), h32 (t), h33 (t) is This is performed by the transmission path fluctuation estimation units 207A, 209A, 1301A, 207B, 209B, 1301B, 207C, 209C, and 1301C.
  • FIG. 17 shows an example of a frame configuration in the present embodiment, and components corresponding to those in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.
  • Fig. 17 (a) shows an example of the frame configuration of channel A with a time-one frequency
  • Fig. 17 (b) shows an example of a frame configuration of channel B with a time-one frequency
  • Fig. 17 (c) shows an example of a frame configuration of channel C with a time-one frequency Is shown.
  • signals of the same carrier for the same time in channels A, B, and C are likely to be multiplexed in space.
  • H32 (t) symbols for estimating the channel fluctuation corresponding to h33 (t)
  • This symbol is composed of a guard symbol 301 and a reference symbol 302.
  • the guard symbol 301 is (0, 0) in the in-phase I-orthogonal Q-plane.
  • the reference symbol 302 is, for example, a symbol having a known coordinate other than (0, 0) in the in-phase I and one orthogonal Q plane.
  • Channel A, channel B, and channel C are configured so that no interference occurs between them.
  • guard symbol 301 is arranged in channel B and channel C, and channel as in carrier 2 and time 1
  • guard symbol 3 01 is placed in channel A and channel C
  • reference symbol 302 is placed in channel C as in carrier 3 and time 1
  • guard symbols 301 are arranged on channel A and channel B.
  • the reference symbol 302 is arranged on only one channel in a certain carrier and time
  • the guard symbol 301 is arranged on the remaining channels.
  • carrier 1 and carrier 4 are reference symbols 302, transmission path fluctuations can be estimated. Therefore, at time 1, it is possible to accurately estimate the channel variations of all carriers of channel A. Similarly, channel B and channel C can accurately estimate channel fluctuations for all carriers. Similarly, from time 2 to time 8, it is possible to estimate the channel change of all carriers of channel A, channel B, and channel C. Therefore, the frame configuration in FIG. 17 can estimate the transmission path fluctuations of all carriers at all the times from time 1 to time 8, and therefore, it is possible to estimate the transmission path fluctuations with very high accuracy.
  • the receiver is equipped with analog / digital modulation to perform digital signal processing, it will be in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes to reduce the influence of quantization error.
  • Fig. 18 shows an example of the preamble signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane (example of arrangement of channel 1, times 1, 2, and 3).
  • the modulation scheme of reference symbol 302 is BPSK.
  • FIG. 19 shows a signal point arrangement method when the signal point arrangement of reference symbol 302 is QPSK.
  • FIG. 19 shows an example of signal point arrangement on the in-phase I-orthogonal Q plane when the normalization coefficient is set to 1 and QPSK modulation is performed on the reference symbol 302.
  • the average received power of the preamble is the same level as the average power of the data symbol 303, and even if it is converted into a digital signal by an analog digital converter, The received signal is less affected by the quantization error and the received quality is ensured.
  • 1.225 in Fig. 19 is obtained from 1. 255 sqrt (3) Zsqrt (2)
  • the constellation in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane after multiplication by the normalization coefficient is ( ⁇ l / sqrt (2), ⁇ 1 / sqrt (2)), which is the reference symbol
  • the signal constellation in the in-phase I-orthogonal Q-plane after multiplication of the 302 normalization coefficient is (sqrt (3) / sqrt (2), sqrt (3) / sqrt (2)) (See Figure 19).
  • the detailed configuration and operation of the preamble, the pilot signal generation method, the transmission device that generates the preamble, and the reception device that receives the modulation signal of the present embodiment according to the present embodiment In particular, the case where the number of transmitting and receiving antennas is 3 was explained. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the estimation accuracy of frequency offset, transmission path fluctuation and synchronization, so that it is possible to improve the signal detection probability, and to simplify the transmission device and the reception device. it can.
  • the example using the OFDM method has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to this example, and the same is applied even when a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method is used. be able to. Further, even if the number of receiving antennas is greater than this, this embodiment is not affected and can be implemented in the same manner.
  • a spatial multiplexing MIMO system two transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO with two transmission antennas and two transmission modulation signals and a spatial multiplexing M IMO system (three transmission spaces) with three transmission antennas and three transmission modulation signals are used.
  • a detailed description will be given of the preamble configuration in a communication scheme in which multiplex MIMO) is switched according to the communication environment (for example, reception quality).
  • FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a communication form in the present embodiment.
  • Figure 20 (a) is a terminal, Figure 20
  • (b) indicates an access point (AP).
  • AP access point
  • transmitting apparatus 1902 receives transmission digital signal 1901 as input, outputs modulated signal 1903, and modulated signal 1903 is output from antenna 1904 as a radio wave.
  • the transmission digital signal 1901 includes communication status information for the AP to switch communication methods, for example, information such as bit error rate, packet error rate, and received electric field strength! To do.
  • the receiving apparatus 1907 receives the received signal 1 906 received by the antenna 1905 and outputs a received digital signal 1908.
  • Transmission method determination section 1909 receives received digital signal 1908 as input, determines a communication method (that is, MIMO scheme and modulation scheme) based on the communication status information included in received digital signal 1908, and uses this information.
  • Control information 1910 including is output.
  • Transmitting device 1912 receives control information 1910 and transmission digital signal 1911 as input, modulates transmission digital signal 1911 based on the determined communication method, outputs modulated signal 1913, and outputs this modulated signal. 1913 is transmitted from the antenna.
  • FIG. 14 shows an example of a detailed configuration of the transmission device 1912 in FIG. 20 (b).
  • the frame configuration signal generation unit 112 in FIG. 14 receives the control information 111, that is, the control information 1910 in FIG. 20, based on this, determines the modulation scheme and the MIMO scheme, and determines the frame configuration signal including this information. No. 113 is output.
  • the transmission unit of channel C does not operate when the frame configuration signal 113 indicates the 2-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO scheme. This makes it possible to switch between the 2-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system and the 3-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system.
  • the frame configuration when the 2-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO scheme is selected is as shown in Fig. 4 described in Embodiment 1, and the frame configuration when the 3-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO scheme is selected is shown.
  • the configuration of the program is as shown in FIG. 17 described in the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 21 shows the normalization coefficients employed in each Ml MO system and each modulation system when the normalization coefficient in 2-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO and BPSK is 1.
  • the reason for setting the normal coefficient in this way is to make the total transmission power of the modulation signals transmitted by the AP equal regardless of the modulation scheme and the number of modulation signals to be transmitted. Therefore, in the case of the same modulation method, if the normalization coefficient of 2 transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO is X, the normalization coefficient of 3 transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO is sqrt (2) / sqrt (3) times X .
  • the signal point arrangement on the in-phase I-orthogonal Q-plane of the preamble at this time will be described.
  • the signal in the in-phase I-quadrature Q plane of the reference symbol 302 in the preamble is used to reduce the influence of the quantization error generated in the analog 'digital converter' of the receiver.
  • the dot arrangement is as shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 12 as described in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 21 considering the normalization coefficient of FIG. 21 and the explanation of the second embodiment, in order to reduce the influence of the quantization error caused by the analog conversion of the receiving apparatus, FIG. It is necessary to arrange the signal points as shown in Fig. 23. In this way, even if the AP switches between the 2-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system and the 3-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system, the influence of the quantization error in the preamble can be reduced in the receiving apparatus.
  • the power described in the case where the average received power of the data symbol 303 and the preamble are made equal is described as an example. If the average received power of the preamble is larger than the average received power of the data symbol 303, the received There are many cases where quality is ensured. The idea described above can also be applied in this case.
  • the modulation method #X of data symbol 303 is used for reference symbol 302
  • the signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane after multiplication of the normalization coefficient in reference symbol 302 is expressed as two transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO. It is only necessary to observe the same rule for the 3 system and 3 transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system
  • the present invention is not limited to this example, and the same is applied even when a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method is used. be able to. Moreover, even if the number of receiving antennas is 3 or more, this embodiment is not affected and can be implemented in the same manner.
  • Embodiment 2 the configuration of the preamble of the three-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO system has been described.
  • the preamble configuration as in Embodiments 1 and 2 is used, as the number of antennas increases, the interval at which the reference symbols 302 exist becomes longer, and therefore the estimation accuracy of transmission path fluctuations in the receiver may deteriorate. Becomes higher.
  • the present embodiment proposes a preamble configuration method to alleviate this problem.
  • Fig. 24 illustrates an example of a frame configuration in the present embodiment.
  • the characteristic part is the preamble structure.
  • the basic operation when transmitting the frame signal of FIG. 24 is the same as the case of transmitting the frame signal of FIG. 17 described in the second embodiment, and channel A, channel B, channel of the same carrier and the same time.
  • the C signal is transmitted in different antenna forces and is multiplexed in space.
  • FIG. 25 shows a detailed configuration of preambles of time 1 and time 2 of carrier 1 and carrier 2 in particular.
  • a general OFDM modulation signal is generated for channel A in which all of carrier 1 to carrier 12 are reference symbols 302.
  • special signal processing is performed after inverse Fourier transformation ⁇ 106 in FIG.
  • channel 2 at time 2, channel C at time 3, and check at time 4.
  • A a general OFDM modulation signal is generated.
  • special signal processing is performed.
  • channel 1 of channel 1 carrier 2
  • channel (I, Q) channel (I, Q)
  • channel A and channel B, channel A and Channel C is in a situation where Cyclic Delay Diversity is applied alternately.
  • the transmission path fluctuation estimation unit of the receiving apparatus can perform the transmission path estimation of the channel to which the cyclic delay diversity is applied by performing equalization processing. Therefore, in channel 1 at time 1, channel A and channel B channel variations can be estimated simultaneously, and at time 1 carrier 2, channel A and channel C channel variations can be estimated simultaneously.
  • Cyclic Delay Diversity which can estimate channel fluctuations for three channels at the same time. This has the disadvantages of lowering the diversity gain and increasing the circuit scale of the receiver.
  • phase amount to be shifted symbol amount or time may be expressed, for example, It is very important to match with 0.5 symbols. This is because the receiver can share the circuit for simultaneous estimation of channel A and channel B channel fluctuations and the circuit for simultaneous estimation of channel A and channel C channel fluctuations.
  • the present invention can be applied to the force of 4 antennas or more described in the case of 3 transmissions.
  • the power described in the example using the OFDM method is not limited to this, and even when using a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method, the same can be implemented.
  • the power explained for switching between 2-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO and 3-transmission spatial multiplexing MIMO is not limited to this.
  • one-system transmission Ml The same can be done when switching is included in the case of not performing MO.
  • the relationship between the communication method and the normalization coefficient at that time is as shown in Fig. 26.
  • the case where the number of transmission antennas is two has been described.
  • the configuration of the pilot carrier when the number of transmission antennas is three will be described.
  • FIG. 27 shows an example of a frame structure of a transmission signal formed by the transmission apparatus according to the present embodiment, and the elements corresponding to those in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.
  • 27A shows the frame configuration of channel A
  • FIG. 27B shows the frame configuration of channel B
  • FIG. 27C shows the frame configuration of channel C.
  • pilot symbols (pilot carriers) 305 are arranged in carrier 3, carrier 5, carrier 8, and carrier 10 except for the time for transmitting reference symbol 302 and control symbol 304.
  • FIG. 28 shows the signal point arrangement and characteristics of pilot symbols 305 for channel A, channel B, and channel C.
  • FIG. 28 shows the signal point arrangement and characteristics of pilot symbols 305 for channel A, channel B, and channel C.
  • FIG. 28 shows the signal point arrangement and characteristics of pilot symbols 305 for channel A, channel B, and channel C.
  • FIG. 28 shows the signal point arrangement and characteristics of pilot symbols 305 for channel A, channel B, and channel C.
  • the feature at this time is that the signal point arrangements of channel A, channel B, and channel C of the same carrier are orthogonal to each other (cross-correlation is the outlet).
  • the signal point arrangement of channel C and carrier 3 from time 11 to time 14 (FIG. 28 (c)) are orthogonal.
  • Signal points are arranged so that such orthogonality is established even after time 15.
  • the forces shown in the case of BPSK may be QPSK modulation as long as they are orthogonal, or may not follow the rules of the modulation scheme.
  • the same signal point arrangement is used.
  • each series is named series # 1, series # 2, series # 3, series # 4, series # 5, and series # 6.
  • channel B is an example that does not satisfy this condition.
  • FIG. 29 shows a configuration example of a MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus in the present embodiment.
  • parts that operate in the same manner as in FIG. 14 are given the same reference numerals as in FIG. Ml MO—OFDM transmitter 2800 [Koo! /, Mapping ⁇ 2802 ⁇ , transmission data 2801, frame configuration signal 113 as input, channel ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ baseband signal 103 ⁇ , channel ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ baseband signal 103 ⁇ , channel C
  • the baseband signal 103C is output.
  • the subsequent operations are the same as those described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
  • FIG. 30 shows an example of a detailed configuration of the mapping unit 2802 of FIG.
  • Data modulation section 2902 receives transmission data 2801 and frame configuration signal 113 as input, generates modulation signal 2903 of data symbol 303 in accordance with frame configuration signal 113, and outputs this.
  • Preamble mapping section 2904 receives frame configuration signal 113 as input, generates preamble modulation signal 2905 according to frame configuration signal 113, and outputs this.
  • Sequence # 1 storage section 2906 outputs signal # 2907 of sequence # 1 in FIG.
  • Sequence # 2 storage section 2908 outputs sequence 2 signal 2909 in FIG.
  • Sequence # 3 storage unit 2910 outputs sequence # 3 signal 2911 in FIG.
  • Sequence # 4 storage unit 2912 outputs signal 2913 of sequence # 4 in FIG.
  • Sequence # 5 storage section 2914 outputs sequence # 5 signal 2915 in FIG.
  • Sequence # 6 storage unit 2916 outputs signal 2917 of sequence # 6 in FIG.
  • Pilot symbol mapping section 2918 includes signal 2907 of sequence # 1, signal 2 909 of sequence # 2, signal 2911 of sequence # 3, signal 2913 of sequence # 4, signal 2915 of sequence # 5, sequence # 6 Using signal 2917 and frame configuration signal 113 as input, modulated signal 2919 of pilot symbol 305 according to frame configuration signal 113 is generated and output.
  • Signal generation section 2920 receives modulation signal 2903 of data symbol 303, modulation signal 2905 of the preamble, and modulation signal 2919 of pilot symbol 305, and receives channel A modulation signal 103A, channel B modulation signal 103B, and channel C.
  • FIG. 30 In the configuration of FIG. 30, only six series storage units are required. This is because, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 28, a certain sequence is used in two or more subcarriers (in FIG. 28, it is used in two subcarriers). As a result, the circuit scale of the transmission device can be reduced. On the other hand, unlike FIG. 28, if all different series are used, twelve series storage units are required, which increases the circuit scale.
  • mapping unit 2802 in FIG. 29 may be configured as shown in FIG. 31, for example.
  • the code # 1 storage unit 3001 stores “1, 1, —1, — 1”
  • the code # 2 storage unit 3003 stores “1, —1, 1, —1”.
  • Pilot symbol mapping unit 2919 receives pattern # 1 signal 3002, pattern # 2 signal 3004, and frame configuration signal 113 output from code # 1 storage unit 3001, code # 2 storage unit 3003 as pilots.
  • the modulation signal 2920 of symbol 305 is output.
  • the pilot symbol mapping unit 2919 generates six types of sequences # 1 to # 6 from two basic types of patterns by shifting a code using a shift register. Therefore, it is possible to configure only two storage units as shown in FIG.
  • the configuration of the transmission apparatus can be simplified by configuring the pilot carrier as shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 15 shows an example of the configuration of the receiving apparatus.
  • the configuration of the frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 213 in FIG. Will be described in detail.
  • FIG. 32 is an example of the configuration of frequency offset phase noise estimating section 213 in FIG. 15 according to the present embodiment.
  • the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation unit 213 in FIG. 32 includes a pilot carrier extraction unit 3101, sequence storage units 3108-1 to 3108-6, a sequence selection unit 3110, and a carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimation unit.
  • Pilot subcarrier extraction section 3101 receives signal 206X (or 206 Y, 206 ⁇ ) after Fourier transform as input, and extracts a subcarrier that is pilot symbol 305. Specifically, the signals of carriers 3, 5, 8, and 10 are extracted. Therefore, the pilot subcarrier extraction unit 3101 performs the baseband signal 3102— # 3 for carrier 3, the baseband signal 3102— # 5 for carrier 5, the baseband signal 3102— # 8 for carrier 8, and the baseband signal for carrier 10 3102—Outputs # 10.
  • Sequence # 1 storage section 3108-1 stores sequence # 1 in FIG. 28 and outputs sequence # 1 signal 3109-1 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 2 storage section 3108-2 stores sequence # 2 in FIG. 28, and outputs sequence # 2 signal 3109-2 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 3 storage section 3108-3 stores sequence # 3 in FIG. 28, and outputs sequence # 3 signal 3109-3 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Series # 4 storage unit 3108-4 stores sequence # 4 in FIG. 28, and outputs sequence # 4 signal 3109-4 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 5 storage section 3108-5 stores sequence # 5 in FIG. 28, and outputs sequence # 5 signal 3109-5 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 6 storage section 3108-6 stores sequence # 6 in FIG. 28, and outputs sequence # 6 signal 3109-6 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence selection section 3110 receives sequence # 1 signal 3109-1, sequence # 2 signal 3109-2, sequence
  • sequence # 3 signal 3109—3, sequence # 4 signal 3109-4, sequence # 5 signal 3109-5, sequence # 6 signal 3109-6 and timing signal 212 are input, sequence # 5 is signal 3111, Series # 1 to signal 3112, sequence # 4 to signal 3113, sequence # 3 to signal 3114, sequence # 6 to signal 3115, sequence # 5 to signal 3116, sequence # 2 to signal 3117, sequence # 1 to signal 3118, sequence # 3 to signal 3119, sequence # 4 to signal 3120, sequence # 6 Is assigned to signal 312 1 and sequence # 2 is assigned to signal 3122 and output.
  • Frequency offset of carrier 3 'phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 has code multipliers 3103A, 3103B, 3103C, and rank variation estimation units 3105A, 3105B, 3105C. Frequency offset for each channel 'estimate phase noise.
  • the code multiplier 3103A receives the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the signal 3111 of series # 5, and receives the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the signal 311 1 of series # 5. By multiplying, carrier A channel A baseband signal 3104A— # 3 is generated and output. The reason is as follows.
  • Baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 is a signal in which the baseband signal of channel A, the baseband signal of channel B, and the baseband signal of channel C are multiplexed. Multiplying this multiple signal by signal # 3111 of sequence # 5 removes the components of channel B baseband signal and channel C baseband signal, which have zero cross-correlation, and channel A baseband signal. This is because only signal components can be extracted.
  • Phase variation estimator 3105A uses carrier 3 channel A baseband signal 3104A—
  • phase fluctuation is estimated based on this signal, and channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 3 is output.
  • the code multiplier 3103B generates the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the sequence.
  • the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of the carrier 3 is multiplied by the signal 3112 of the carrier # 1, and the baseband signal 3104B— # 3 of the carrier B channel B is generated by multiplying the signal 3112 of the carrier # 1 by the signal # 3112. Is output.
  • the code multiplier 3103C receives the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the signal 3113 of series # 4, and multiplies the baseband signal 3 102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the signal 3113 of series # 4. Thus, the baseband signal 3104C— # 3 of channel 3 of carrier 3 is generated and output.
  • Phase variation estimators 3105B and 3105C input carrier B channel B baseband signal 3 104B # 3 and carrier 3 channel C baseband signal 3104C # 3, respectively. Phase fluctuation is estimated based on these signals, and a channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B_ # 3 and a channel C phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106C_ # 3 are output.
  • Carrier 5 frequency offset 'Phase noise estimator 3123— # 5 operates in the same way as Carrier 3 frequency offset' Phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 described above, except that the signal to be processed is different. Then, the channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 5, the channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B— # 5, and the channel C phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106C— # 5 for the carrier 5 are output.
  • the carrier 8 frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 3123— # 8 also operates in the same way as the carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 described above, except that the signal to be processed is different.
  • Channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 8 channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B— # 8, and channel C phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106C— # 8.
  • the carrier 10 frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 3123— # 10 also operates in the same way as the carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 described above, except that the signal to be processed is different. Then, the channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 10, the channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B— # 10, and the channel C phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106C— # 10 for the carrier 10 are output.
  • FIG. 33 differs from FIG. 32 in that sequence storage units 3108-1 to 3108-6 are replaced with code storage units 3201-1 and 3201-2.
  • the code # 1 storage unit 3201-1 stores "1, 1, -1, 1, -1", and the code # 2 storage unit 3201_2 stores 1, -1, 1, -1 ".
  • the 3203 generates six types of sequences # 1 to # 6 by shifting the basic two types of codes input from the code storage units 3201-1 and 3201-2 using a shift register. As a result, it is possible to configure only two storage units, so that the configuration can be simplified compared to the configuration shown in Fig. 32. What can be done is the power of assigning the same series of pilot symbols 305 to multiple channels and / or multiple carriers.
  • sequence storage units 3108-1 to 3108-1 in FIG. 3108-6 can be shared, or the code storage units 320 1-1 and 3201-2 in Fig. 33 can be shared, leading to simplification of the receiving device.
  • pilot symbol 305 for estimating distortion due to frequency offset or phase noise is arranged on a specific subcarrier.
  • frame structure of pilot symbol 305 that is different from FIG. 27 will be described.
  • FIG. 34, FIG. 35, and FIG. 36 show a frame configuration example of a transmission signal different from FIG.
  • pilot symbol 305 is arranged at a specific time of a specific carrier.
  • 34 (a) shows the frame configuration of channel A
  • FIG. 34 (b) shows the frame configuration of channel B
  • FIG. 34 (c) shows the frame configuration of channel C.
  • pilot symbols 305 are multiplexed on channel A, channel B, and channel C
  • pilot symbols sequences that are orthogonal to each other between channels of the same carrier are used, and The pilot symbol sequence is repeatedly used.
  • channel A different series of pilot symbols 305 are used for different subcarriers. That is, in the example of FIG. 34, from time 6 to time 9, the same mapping as the pilot from time 11 to time 14 in FIG. 28 is performed, and then from time 12 to time 15 in FIG. The mapping is performed according to the same rules as those in time 11 to time 14 in FIG. Accordingly, when the frame configuration in FIG. 34 is used under the same conditions as described above, the same effects as described above can be obtained.
  • pilot symbols 305 are arranged in a plurality of consecutive subcarriers at a specific time.
  • the pilot symbol sequences are orthogonal to each other.
  • time 6, carrier 8 to carrier 11 pilot signal (pilot symbol) 305, channel B, time 6, carrier 8 to carrier 11 pilot signal, and channel C time 6, carrier 8
  • the pilot signal 305 of carrier 11 is orthogonal.
  • pilot signal of channel A, time 12, carrier 2 to carrier 5, the pilot signal of channel B, time 12, carrier 2 to carrier 5, and the pilot signal of channel C, time 12, carrier 2 are also carrier 5
  • the signals are orthogonal.
  • pilot signals for channel A, time 12, carrier 8 to carrier 11, pilot signals for channel B, time 12, carrier 8 to carrier 11, and pilot signals for channel C, time 12, carrier 8 to carrier 11. are orthogonal.
  • the same sequence is used for channel A, time 6, carrier 2 to carrier 5 pilot signals, and channel C, time 6, carrier 8 to carrier 11, and so on. If the same series is used, the circuit scale can be reduced. The effect of can be obtained.
  • the power described here using multiple subcarriers as an example here is the same as that even if pilot symbols 305 are discretely assigned to subcarriers to such an extent that orthogonality is not lost. Can do.
  • the same effect can be obtained even if assignment is made over both the time axis and the frequency axis. In any case, if pilot symbols 305 are assigned in the frequency axis or time axis direction so that orthogonality is not lost, the same effect as described above can be obtained.
  • the pilot symbol 305 that is orthogonal in units of 4 symbols has been described as an example, but is not limited to units of 4 symbols.
  • an orthogonal pattern is formed with about 2 to 8 symbols, it is possible to ensure frequency offset 'phase noise estimation accuracy. It is considered possible. If the period of the orthogonal pattern is too long, there is a high possibility that orthogonality cannot be ensured, and the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation accuracy will deteriorate.
  • Channel A, channel B, and channel C pilot signals on the same carrier are orthogonal.
  • the increase in transmit peak power without degrading the estimation accuracy of the frequency offset 'phase noise can be suppressed, and a simple configuration can be achieved.
  • a transmission apparatus can be realized.
  • the present embodiment the example using the OFDM method has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to this example, and even when a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method is used, the same method is used. be able to.
  • the force described in the case of having three antennas for transmission and reception is not limited to this.
  • embodiments for other transmission methods will be described in detail later.
  • the powers named and explained here as pilot symbols, reference symbols, guard symbols, and preambles have no effect on the present embodiment. The same applies to other embodiments.
  • the power explained by using the words “channel A”, “channel B”, and “channel C” is used for ease of explanation. It has no effect.
  • the configuration of the pilot symbols has been described using the word pattern, but in the present embodiment, the word sequence is used as in the fifth embodiment. Form 1 will be described. In other words, the present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment in the basic concept and basic configuration.
  • Frame configuration signal generation section 112 receives control information 111 such as a modulation scheme as input, generates frame configuration signal 113 including frame configuration information, and outputs this.
  • Mapping section 102A receives channel A transmission digital signal 101A and frame configuration signal 113 as input, generates baseband signal 103A based on the frame configuration, and outputs this.
  • Serial / parallel conversion section 104A receives baseband signal 103A and frame configuration signal 113 as input, performs serial / parallel conversion based on frame configuration signal 113, and outputs normal signal 105A.
  • Inverse Fourier transform unit 106A receives parallel signal 105A as input and performs inverse Fourier transform.
  • the signal 107A after the inverse Fourier transform is output.
  • Radio section 108A receives signal 107A after inverse Fourier transform, performs processing such as frequency conversion, and outputs transmission signal 109A.
  • Transmission signal 109A is output as a radio wave from antenna 110A.
  • MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus 100 generates channel B transmission signal 109B by performing the same processing for channel B as for channel A. It should be noted that the element indicated by adding BJ at the end of the reference symbol is the part related to channel B, and the target signal is only channel B, not channel A. The same processing as that for channel A indicated with “A” at the end of the code is performed.
  • FIG. 3A illustrates an example of a configuration of a reception device in this embodiment.
  • radio section 203X receives reception signal 202X received by reception antenna 201X, performs processing such as frequency conversion, and outputs baseband signal 204X.
  • Fourier transform section 205X receives baseband signal 204X as input, performs Fourier transform, and outputs signal 206X after Fourier transform.
  • the synchronization unit 211 receives the baseband signals 204X and 204Y as input, and establishes time synchronization with the transmitter, for example, by detecting a reference symbol.
  • the timing signal 212 is output. The configuration of the reference symbols will be described in detail later using FIG.
  • Frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 213 receives signals 206X and 206Y after Fourier transform as inputs, extracts pilot symbols, estimates frequency offset' phase noise from pilot symbols, and outputs phase distortion estimation signal 214. (Phase distortion including frequency offset) is output. The configuration of the pilot symbols will be described in detail later using FIG.
  • Channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation section 207A receives signal 206X after Fourier transform as input, extracts a reference symbol of channel A, and, for example, based on the reference symbol Estimate channel A channel fluctuation and output channel A channel estimation signal 208A
  • Channel B channel fluctuation estimation section 207B receives the signal 206X after Fourier transform, extracts a channel B reference symbol, estimates channel B channel fluctuation based on the reference symbol, for example, B transmission path estimation signal 208B is output.
  • Channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation section 209A and channel B transmission path fluctuation estimation section 209B are such that the signal of interest is not the signal received by antenna 201X but the signal received by antenna 201Y. Basically, the same processing as the channel A transmission path fluctuation estimation unit 207A and the channel B transmission path fluctuation estimation unit 207B described above is performed.
  • Frequency offset 'Phase noise compensation unit 215 includes channel A transmission path estimation signals 208A and 21OA, channel B transmission path estimation signals 208B and 210B, Fourier transformed signals 206X and 206Y, and phase distortion estimation signal 214. , The phase distortion of each signal is removed, and the channel ⁇ transmission path estimation signal 220 ⁇ , 222 ⁇ after phase compensation, the channel ⁇ ⁇ transmission channel estimation signal 220 ⁇ , 222 ⁇ after phase compensation, and after phase compensation Fourier transform The 221X and 221Y signals are output.
  • the signal processing unit 223 performs, for example, an inverse matrix operation, and outputs a baseband signal 224A for channel ⁇ and a baseband signal 224B for channel B.
  • the transmission signal from the antenna AN1 is Txa (t)
  • the transmission signal from the antenna AN2 is Txb (t)
  • the reception signal of the antenna AN3 is If the received signal of Rl (t) and antenna AN4 is R2 (t) and the channel fluctuations are hi 1 (t), hl2 (t), h21 (t) and h22 (t), respectively, Equation (1)
  • Equation (1) The following relational expression holds.
  • the signal processing unit 223 obtains a channel A signal and a channel B signal, for example, by performing an inverse matrix operation using Equation (1).
  • the signal processing unit 223 executes this calculation for all subcarriers.
  • the estimation of hi 1 (t), hl2 (t), h21 (t), and h22 (t) is performed by the transmission path fluctuation estimation units 2 07A, 209A, 207B, and 209B.
  • Compensator 225A receives channel A baseband signal 224A, extracts pilot symbols, and baseband signals based on pilot symbols The frequency offset of 224A is estimated and compensated, and the baseband signal 226A after the frequency offset compensation is output.
  • Channel A demodulation section 227A receives baseband signal 226A after frequency offset compensation, demodulates data symbols, and outputs received data 228A.
  • MIMO-OFDM receiving apparatus 200 performs similar processing on channel B baseband signal 224B to obtain received data 228B.
  • FIG. 4 shows a frame configuration of channel A (FIG. 4 (a)) and channel B (FIG. 4 (b)) of one time frequency in the present embodiment.
  • channels A FIG. 4 (a)
  • channel B FIG. 4 (b)
  • signals of the same time and the same carrier are multiplexed in space.
  • a symbol called a preamble is transmitted.
  • This preamble is composed of a guard symbol 301 and a reference symbol 302.
  • the guard symbol 301 is (0, 0) in the in-phase I-orthogonal Q-plane.
  • the reference symbol 302 is, for example, a symbol having a known coordinate other than (0, 0) in the in-phase I and one orthogonal Q plane.
  • Channel A and channel B are configured so that no interference occurs between them.
  • guard symbol 301 when the guard symbol 301 is allocated to the channel A as in carrier 1 and time 1, the reference symbol 302 is allocated to channel B, and the reference symbol is allocated to channel A as carrier 2 and time 1
  • different symbols are arranged on channel A and channel B, such as guard symbol 301 is arranged on channel B.
  • Information symbol (data symbol) 303 is a symbol for transmitting data.
  • the modulation method is BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM.
  • the signal point arrangement in the in-phase I, quadrature Q-plane, etc. at this time will be described in detail using FIG.
  • the control symbol 304 is a symbol for transmitting control information such as a modulation scheme, an error correction coding scheme, and a coding rate.
  • the no-lot symbol 305 is a symbol for estimating phase fluctuations due to frequency offset and phase noise.
  • the pilot symbol 305 for example, a symbol having a known coordinate in the in-phase I and one orthogonal Q plane is used. Pilot symbol 305 is arranged in carrier 4 and carrier 9 in both channel A and channel B.
  • frame structures can be shared between IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11g, and spatially multiplexed MIMO systems, so that the frame configuration can be shared. It becomes possible to plan.
  • FIG. 5 shows signal point arrangements in the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes of BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, and 64 QAM, which are modulation schemes of information symbol 303 in FIG. 4, and their normalization coefficients.
  • Fig. 5A shows the BPSK signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are as shown in Fig. 5A.
  • Fig. 5B shows the QPSK signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are shown in Fig. 5B.
  • Fig. 5C shows the 16QAM signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are shown in Fig. 5C.
  • Fig. 5D shows the 64QAM signal point arrangement in the in-phase I and quadrature Q plane, and its coordinates are shown in Fig. 5D.
  • Figure 5E shows the relationship between the modulation scheme and the multiplication factor (i.e., normalization factor) to correct the signal point arrangement of Fig. 5A and Fig. 5D so that the average transmission power remains constant between modulation schemes. ing.
  • the coordinates of FIG. 5B need to be multiplied by the value of lZsqrt (2) as shown in FIG. 5E.
  • sqrt (x) square root of x.
  • FIG. 6 shows the arrangement of pilot symbols 305 in FIG. 4 in the present embodiment on the in-phase I and quadrature Q planes.
  • FIG. 6 (a) shows an example of the signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 4 of channel A shown in FIG. 4 (a).
  • FIG. 6 (b) shows an example of signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 4 of channel B shown in FIG. 4 (b).
  • FIG. 6 (c) shows an example of signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 9 of channel A shown in FIG. 4 (a).
  • FIG. 6 (d) shows an example of signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 from time 11 to time 18 of carrier 9 of channel B shown in FIG. 4 (b).
  • these arrangements use BPSK modulation, but are not limited.
  • the feature of the signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 305 in Fig. 6 is that the signal point arrangement of channel A and channel B of the same carrier carrier is orthogonal (cross-correlation is zero).
  • the signal point arrangement of channel A, carrier 4 from time 11 to time 14 is orthogonal to the signal point arrangement of channel B, carrier 4 from time 11 to time 14.
  • the signal point arrangement for channel A and carrier 9 from time 11 to time 14 and the signal point arrangement for channel B and carrier 9 from time 11 to time 14 are also orthogonal.
  • QPSK modulation may be used or the modulation scheme rule may not be followed.
  • the same signal is used for channel A carrier 4 and channel B carrier 9, and channel A carrier 9 and channel B carrier 4.
  • Point arrangement does not mean the same signal point arrangement. For example, even if only the phase relationship is different in the in-phase I and orthogonal X planes, they can be regarded as the same pattern.
  • channel A carrier 4 and channel B Carrier 9 have the same signal point arrangement, that is, the same A series may be used.
  • the signal point arrangement of pilot symbol 3 05 is different, that is, the power is a different sequence. This is because the peak power may increase.
  • FIG. 3A the advantage of being orthogonal will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3A and 37.
  • FIG. 37 is an example of the configuration of the frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 213 in FIG. 3A.
  • Pilot carrier extraction section 602 receives signal 206X (or 206Y) after Fourier transform as input, and extracts a subcarrier that is pilot symbol 305. Specifically, the signals of carriers 4 and 9 are extracted. Therefore, pilot carrier extracting section 602 outputs carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and carrier 9 baseband signal 604.
  • the sequence # 1 storage unit 3601 stores, for example, the sequence # 1 of "1, -1, 1, 1, -1" in Fig. 6, and the sequence # 1 signal 3602 is stored in accordance with the timing signal 212. Output.
  • Sequence # 2 storage section 3603 stores, for example, sequence # 2 of "1, 1, 1 1, 1" in Fig. 6, and in accordance with timing signal 212, sequence # 2 signal 3604 is stored. Output.
  • the selection unit 609 receives the timing signal 212, the sequence # 1 signal 3602, the sequence # 2 signal 3604, the selection signal 610 as the selection signal 610, and the selection signal 611 as the sequence # 1. Output a signal.
  • Code multiplier 612A receives carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and selection signal 611 as input, and multiplies carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and selection signal 611 to generate carrier 4 channel A baseband signal 613A. Generate and output this. The reason is as follows.
  • Carrier 4 baseband signal 603 is a signal in which the channel A baseband signal and the channel B baseband signal are multiplexed.
  • the selection signal 611 that is, the signal of sequence # 1
  • the component of the baseband signal of channel B with zero cross-correlation is removed, and only the component of the baseband signal of channel A is extracted. The power that can be.
  • code multiplication section 614A receives carrier 9 baseband signal 604 and selection signal 610 as inputs, and multiplies carrier 9 baseband signal 604 and selection signal 610 to obtain carrier 9 Generates and outputs channel A baseband signal 615A.
  • Code multiplier 612B receives carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and selection signal 610 as input, and multiplies carrier 4 baseband signal 603 and selection signal 610 to obtain carrier 4 channel B baseband signal 613B. Generate and output this.
  • the code multiplier 614B receives the baseband signal 604 of carrier 9 and the selection signal 611 as inputs, and multiplies the baseband signal 604 of carrier 9 and the selection signal 611 to obtain the baseband signal 615B of channel 9 of carrier 9 Generate and output this.
  • the frequency offset 'phase noise it is possible to compensate for the frequency offset 'phase noise before the signal is separated (signal processing unit 223). Even after the signal processor 223 separates the channel A signal and the channel B signal into signals, the pilot symbol 305 can be used to remove the frequency offset 'phase noise. Can be compensated for.
  • channel A carrier 4 and channel B carrier 9 and channel A carrier 9 and channel B carrier 4 have the same signal point arrangement (same series). This makes it possible to share the sequence storage units 3601 and 3603 in FIG. It leads to an abbreviation.
  • the force described in the example of pilot symbol 305 orthogonal to each other in 4 symbol units is not limited to 4 symbol units! /.
  • the accuracy of frequency offset 'phase noise can be ensured by forming an orthogonal pattern with about 2 to 8 symbols. . If the period of the orthogonal pattern is too long, there is a high possibility that the orthogonality cannot be ensured, and the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation accuracy will be degraded.
  • FIG. 38 shows an example of the configuration of mapping section 102A (102B) of transmitting apparatus of FIG. 2 of the present embodiment.
  • Data modulation section 1103 receives transmission digital signal ⁇ ( ⁇ ) and frame configuration signal 1102 as input, and transmits transmission digital signal 101 A (101B) based on the modulation scheme information and timing included in frame configuration signal 1102. ) Is modulated and a modulated signal 1104 of data symbol 303 is output.
  • Preamble mapping section 1105 receives frame configuration signal 1102 as input, and outputs preamble modulation signal 1106 based on the frame configuration.
  • Sequence # 1 storage section 3701 outputs sequence # 1 signal 3702.
  • sequence # 2 storage unit 3703 outputs sequence # 2 signal 3704.
  • Pilot symbol mapping section 1111 receives sequence # 1 signal 3702, sequence # 2 signal 3 704, and frame configuration signal 1102 as input, generates modulated signal 1112 of pilot symbol 305, and outputs this.
  • Signal generation section 1113 receives data symbol 303 modulated signal 1104, preamble modulated signal 1106, and pilot symbol 305 modulated signal 1112 as input, and generates baseband signal 103A (103B) according to the frame configuration, Output this.
  • the detailed configuration and operation of the preamble, the method of generating the pilot signal of the present embodiment, the transmission device that generates the preamble, and the reception device that receives the modulation signal of the present embodiment are explained above. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the estimation accuracy of frequency offset, transmission path fluctuation and synchronization, so that it is possible to improve the signal detection probability, and to simplify the transmission device and the reception device. Can do.
  • Pilot signals of channel A and channel B on the same carrier are orthogonal. • Different sequences are used for different carriers with pilot signals in the same channel.
  • the increase in transmit peak power without degrading the estimation accuracy of the frequency offset 'phase noise can be suppressed, and a simple configuration can be achieved.
  • a transmission apparatus can be realized.
  • the present embodiment the example using the OFDM method has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and the same is applied even when a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method is used. be able to.
  • the case where there are two antennas for transmission and reception has been described as an example.
  • this embodiment is not limited to this, and even if the number of reception antennas is three or more, this embodiment is affected.
  • the frame configuration is not limited to that of the present embodiment.
  • pilot symbols 305 for estimating distortion such as frequency offset and phase noise are arranged in a specific subcarrier and transmit multiple antenna power.
  • the number of subcarriers for transmitting 5 is not limited to 2 in this embodiment. Then, in the case of other numbers of antennas, embodiments for other transmission methods will be described in detail later.
  • the pilot symbol 305, the reference symbol 302, the guard symbol 301, the preamble and the power named here and explained in other ways will not have any effect on this embodiment. The same applies to other embodiments.
  • the force explained using the words “channel A” and “channel B” in the embodiment is used for ease of explanation. Is not something that gives
  • the frame configuration is not limited to the force described by taking the frame configuration of Fig. 4 as an example.
  • pilot symbol 305 has the same power as described in the example of arrangement on a specific subcarrier, but is not limited to this.
  • the arrangement is similar to that shown in FIGS. 34, 35, and 36 described in Embodiment 5. Can be implemented. However, it is important to arrange so that the orthogonality of the no-lot signal is ensured.
  • Embodiments 1 and 6 the power for explaining the method of arranging pilot symbols 305 on two subcarriers when the number of transmission signals is 2 and the number of antennas is 2.
  • the number of pilot symbols The method of transmitting 305 by placing it on four subcarriers will be described in detail.
  • FIG. 39 shows an example of the frame configuration of the transmission signal in the present embodiment, and the same reference numerals are assigned to the components corresponding to those in FIG. 39A shows the frame configuration of channel A, and FIG. 39B shows the frame configuration of channel B.
  • pilot symbols (pilot carriers) 305 are arranged in carrier 3, carrier 5, carrier 8, and carrier 10, except for the time for transmitting reference symbol 302 and control symbol.
  • FIG. 40 shows the signal point arrangement of pilot symbols 305 of channel A and channel B and their characteristics.
  • the feature at this time is that, as in the first embodiment, the signal point arrangements of channel A and channel B of the same carrier are orthogonal (cross-correlation is zero).
  • the signal point constellation from time 11 to time 14 for channel A and carrier 3 (Fig. 40 (a)) and the signal point constellation from time 11 to time 14 for channel B and carrier 3 (Fig. 40 (b)) ) are orthogonal! /
  • the Signal point arrangement is performed so that such orthogonality is established even after time 15.
  • FIG. 40 if the forces shown in the case of BPSK are orthogonal, QPSK modulation may be used, or the modulation scheme rule may not be followed.
  • channel A carrier 3 (Fig. 40 (a)
  • channel B carrier 10 (Fig. 40 (h)
  • channel B carrier 3 (Fig. 40 (b)) and channel A carrier 5 (Fig. 40 (c)
  • channel B carrier 5 (Fig. 40 (d)
  • channel A carrier 8 (Fig. 40 (e)
  • channel B carrier 8 (Fig. 40 (f))
  • channel A carrier 10 (Fig. 40 (g))
  • each series is named series # 1, series # 2, series # 3, and series # 4.
  • FIG. 41 shows a configuration example of a MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus in the present embodiment.
  • the MIMO-OFDM transmitter 400 in FIG. 41 differs from FIG. 29 in that there is no channel C transmitter, and the other operations are the same as in FIG.
  • FIG. 42 shows an example of a detailed configuration of the mapping unit 2802 in FIG.
  • Data modulation section 2902 receives transmission data 2801 and frame configuration signal 113 as input, generates modulation signal 2903 of data symbol 303 in accordance with frame configuration signal 113, and outputs this.
  • Preamble mapping section 2904 receives frame configuration signal 113 as input, generates a modulated signal 2905 of the preamble according to frame configuration signal 113, and outputs this.
  • Sequence # 1 storage section 2906 outputs sequence # 1 signal 2907 in FIG.
  • Sequence # 2 storage section 2908 outputs sequence 2 signal 2909 in FIG. Series # 3 storage unit 2910 40 series # 3 signal 2911 is output.
  • the sequence # 4 storage unit 2912 outputs the signal 2913 of the sequence # 4 in FIG.
  • Pilot symbol mapping section 2918 receives sequence # 1 signal 2907, sequence # 2 signal 2 909, sequence # 3 signal 2911, sequence # 4 signal 2913, and frame configuration signal 113 as a frame configuration.
  • a modulated signal 2919 of the pilot symbol 305 according to the signal 113 is generated and output.
  • Signal generation section 2920 receives modulation signal 2903 of data symbol 303, modulation signal 2905 of the preamble, and modulation signal 2919 of pilot symbol 305, and outputs channel A modulation signal 103A and channel B modulation signal 103B. .
  • FIG. 42 In the configuration of FIG. 42, only four series storage units are required. This is because, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 42, a certain series is used in two or more subcarriers (in FIG. 42, it is used in two subcarriers). is there. As a result, the circuit scale of the transmission device can be reduced. On the other hand, unlike FIG. 42, if all different series are used, eight series storage units are required, which increases the circuit scale.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the receiving apparatus.
  • the configuration of the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation unit 213 in FIG. 3 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
  • FIG. 43 is an example of a configuration of frequency offset and phase noise estimation section 213 of FIG. 3A according to the present embodiment.
  • the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation unit 213 in Fig. 43 includes a pilot carrier extraction unit 3101, a sequence storage unit 3108-1 to 3108-4, a sequence selection unit 3110, and a carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimation unit. 3123— # 3 and carrier 5 frequency offset ⁇ Phase noise estimator 3123— # 5 and carrier 8 frequency offset ⁇ Phase noise estimator 3123— # 8 and carrier 10 frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 3123 — # Has 10 and.
  • Neuro subcarrier extraction section 3101 receives signal 206X (or 206 Y) after Fourier transform as input, and extracts subcarriers that are pilot symbols 305. Specifically, the signals of carriers 3, 5, 8, and 10 are extracted. Therefore, pilot subcarrier extraction section 31 01 performs carrier 3 baseband signal 3102 # 3 and carrier 5 baseband signal 310. 2—Output baseband signal 3102— # 5 of carrier 8 3102—Output baseband signal 3102_ # 10 of # 8, carrier 10.
  • Sequence # 1 storage section 3108-1 stores sequence # 1 in FIG. 40 and outputs sequence # 1 signal 3109-1 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 2 storage section 3108-2 stores sequence # 2 in FIG. 40, and outputs sequence # 2 signal 3109-2 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 3 storage section 3108-3 stores sequence # 3 in FIG. 40 and outputs sequence # 3 signal 3109-3 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence # 4 storage unit 3108-4 stores sequence # 4 in FIG. 40, and outputs sequence # 4 signal 3109_4 in accordance with timing signal 212.
  • Sequence selection unit 3110 receives signal 3109-1 of sequence # 1, signal 3109-2 of sequence # 2, and sequence
  • sequence # 3 signal 3109—3, sequence # 4 signal 3109—4 and timing signal 212 are input, sequence # 1 is signal 3111, sequence # 2 is signal 3112, sequence # 2 is signal 3114, sequence # 3 is assigned to signal 3115, sequence # 3 is assigned to signal 3117, sequence # 4 is assigned to signal 3118, sequence # 4 is assigned to signal 3120, and sequence # 1 is assigned to signal 3121.
  • Carrier 3 frequency offset 'Phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 has code multipliers 3103 A and 3103B and phase fluctuation estimators 3105A and 3105B. Estimate noise.
  • the code multiplier 3103A receives the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the signal 3111 of series # 1, and the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the signal 311 1 of series # 1. By multiplying, carrier A channel A baseband signal 3104A— # 3 is generated and output. The reason is as follows.
  • the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 is a signal in which the baseband signal of channel A and the baseband signal of channel B are multiplexed.
  • this multiplexed signal is multiplied by signal # 3111 in sequence # 1, the baseband signal component of channel B with zero cross-correlation is removed, and only the baseband signal component of channel A is extracted. It ’s like that.
  • Phase variation estimator 3105A uses carrier 3 channel A baseband signal 3104A—
  • the code multiplier 3103B generates the baseband signal 3102— # 3 of carrier 3 and the sequence.
  • the baseband signal 3102—carrier 3 of carrier 3 is multiplied by the signal 3112 of carrier # 2, and the baseband signal 3104B— # 3 of carrier B channel B is generated by multiplying the signal 3112 of carrier # 3 by the sequence # 2. Is output.
  • Phase variation estimator 3105B uses carrier 3 channel B baseband signal 3104B—
  • phase fluctuation is estimated based on this signal, and channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B— # 3 is output.
  • Carrier 5 frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 3123— # 5 operates in the same way as carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 described above, except that the signal to be processed is different. Then, the channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 5 and the channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B— # 5 for the carrier 5 are output.
  • the carrier 8 frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 3123— # 8 also operates in the same way as the carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 described above, except that the signal to be processed is different. Channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 8 for channel 8, and channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106B_ # 8 are output.
  • the carrier 10 frequency offset 'phase noise estimator 3123— # 10 operates in the same manner as the carrier 3 frequency offset' phase noise estimator 3123— # 3 described above, except that the signal to be processed is different. Then, channel A phase fluctuation estimation signal 3106A— # 10 for channel 10 and channel B phase fluctuation estimation signal 310 6B_ # 10 are output.
  • the pilot symbol 305 orthogonally in units of 4 symbols has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to units of 4 symbols.
  • the accuracy of frequency offset / phase noise estimation can be ensured by forming an orthogonal pattern with about 2 to 8 symbols. It is done. If the period of the orthogonal pattern is too long, there is a high possibility that orthogonality cannot be ensured, and the frequency offset 'phase noise estimation accuracy will deteriorate.
  • Pilot signals of channel A and channel B on the same carrier are orthogonal. • Different sequences are used for different carriers with pilot signals in the same channel.
  • the example using the OFDM method has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to this example, and even when a single carrier method, another multicarrier method, or a spread spectrum communication method is used, the same method is used. be able to.
  • the case where there are two antennas for transmission and reception has been described as an example.
  • this embodiment is not limited to this, and even if the number of reception antennas is three or more, this embodiment is affected. However, it can be implemented in the same way.
  • the frame configuration is not limited to that of the present embodiment.
  • pilot symbols 305 for estimating distortion such as frequency offset and phase noise are arranged in a specific subcarrier and transmit multiple antenna power.
  • the number of subcarriers that transmit the no-lot symbol 305 is not limited to the four in this embodiment. Then, in the case of other numbers of antennas, embodiments for other transmission methods will be described in detail later.
  • the pilot symbol 305, the reference symbol 302, the guard symbol 301, the preamble and the power named here and explained in other ways will not have any effect on this embodiment. The same applies to other embodiments.
  • the force explained using the words “channel A” and “channel B” in the embodiment is used for ease of explanation. Is not something that gives
  • the frame configuration is not limited to the force described with the frame configuration in Fig. 39 as an example.
  • the pilot symbol 305 is not limited to the power described in the example in which the pilot symbol 305 is allocated to a specific subcarrier.
  • the pilot symbol 305 is not limited to this, and the same applies to the case shown in FIG. 34, FIG. 35, and FIG. Can be implemented. However, it is important to arrange the pilot signals so as to ensure orthogonality.
  • FIG. 44 shows a configuration example of a MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus in the present embodiment.
  • mapping section 4302 receives transmission digital signal 4301 and frame configuration signal 113 as inputs, and digital signal 103A for channel A, digital signal 103B for channel B, digital signal 103C for channel C, Outputs channel D digital signal 103D.
  • the element indicated by "A” at the end of the reference symbol is a part related to channel A
  • the element indicated by "B” is a part related to channel B
  • the elements shown with “C” are the parts related to channel C
  • the elements shown with “D” are the parts related to channel D, and the target signal is different.
  • the same processing as the part related to channel A indicated by adding “A” to the end of the reference numeral described in the first embodiment is performed.
  • FIG. 45 shows an example of a frame configuration of a transmission signal formed by the transmission apparatus according to the present embodiment, and components corresponding to those in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.
  • Figure 45 (a) shows the frame structure of channel A
  • Figure 45 (b) shows the frame structure of channel B
  • Figure 45 (c) shows the frame structure of channel C
  • Figure 45 (d) shows the frame structure of channel D. ing.
  • the most characteristic point is the configuration of the preamplifier.
  • the reference symbols 302 and the guard (null) symbols 301 are alternately arranged on the frequency axis.
  • the reference symbol 302 is not arranged but is composed of guard (null) symbols 3 01.
  • the simplest possible configuration is to insert a reference symbol 302 every three symbols.
  • the correlation of channel fluctuations on the frequency axis is due to the effects of multipath.
  • a wireless communication system is also conceivable in which the frequency becomes lower as the distance increases. In such a wireless communication system, it is not preferable to insert a reference symbol 302 every three symbols. Note that this is not necessarily undesirable.
  • the reference symbol 302 is Even if it is inserted every other line, reception quality may not be affected.
  • OFDM symbols at a certain time (generic name for the symphonies of all subcarriers within a certain time; refer to Fig. 45 (d)).
  • Guard (null) symbols 301 are inserted alternately.
  • a configuration in which the reference symbols 302 and the guard (null) symbols 301 are alternately arranged in the OFD M symbols of all channels cannot be taken. This is because, in this case, the reference symbol 302 collides between channels.
  • Fig. 45 it is possible to avoid collision of reference symbols 302 between channels without separating the reference symbols 302 on the frequency axis even when the number of channels increases. become.
  • FIG. 46 shows the relationship between the modulation scheme of the reference symbol 302 and the normalization coefficient when transmitting four modulation signals.
  • the power described in the case where the average received power of the data symbol 303 and the preamble are made equal is described as an example.
  • the reception quality is higher when the average received power of the preamble is larger than the average received power of the data symbol 303. Is often secured.
  • the idea described above can also be applied in this case.
  • the present invention even if the number of channels increases, the reference symbol 302 is not separated so much on the frequency axis, and a transmission frame configuration that can avoid collision of the reference symbols 302 between the channels is shown in FIG. Although 45 has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same effect can be obtained even if a frame configuration as shown in FIG. 49 is used.
  • the power to place a symbol (preamble) for estimating channel fluctuation at the beginning of a frame is not limited to this. You may arrange in. For example, in order to improve the estimation accuracy, a method of inserting between the data symbol 303 and the data symbol 303 can be considered.
  • the force for arranging the preamble in all carriers that is, from carrier 1 to carrier 12, for example, it may be partially arranged as carrier 3 to carrier 10.
  • the term “preamble” has no meaning. Therefore, the name is not limited to this, but may be called a pilot symbol control symbol.
  • the present invention is similarly applied to the case where one antenna illustrated in the above-described embodiment is configured by a plurality of antennas and the signal of one channel described above is transmitted using the plurality of antennas. can do.
  • the power using the word channel is one expression used to distinguish the signals transmitted by each antenna, and the word channel is used for a stream, a modulated signal, Furthermore, even if it is replaced with a term such as a transmitting antenna, it does not affect the embodiment described above.
  • the MIMO-OFDM transmission apparatus and MIMO-OFDM transmission method of the present invention are widely applicable to wireless communication systems such as wireless LAN and cellular.

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