Multi-carrier radio transmission system, transmission device, and reception device
US7843960B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-carrier radio transmission system able to improve frequency utilization efficiency, and a transmission device and a reception device used in the multi-carrier radio transmission system are disclosed. In the transmission device, at least one sub-carrier set to be the virtual sub-carrier is dynamically designated according to sub-carrier arrangement information. The reception device used in the above system includes an adaptive array antenna unit that is adaptively controlled so that signal components associated with the virtual sub-carriers in the received signals are reduced, and a determination unit that determines a pattern to be used in communications among plural sub-carrier arrangement patterns in which at least some of virtual sub-carrier arrangements are different. Because the virtual sub-carrier arrangement patterns can be used as identification information of radio signals, it is possible to improve utilization of frequency resources compared to the related art.
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