DS/CDMA receiver having an interference cancelling function capable of asssuring a desired reception quality in a narrow-band DS/CDMA

Claim 2

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (111, 121), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal, where m represents a plural number; first through m-th adaptive interference cancellers (110, 120) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference on the received signal; first through m-th interference canceller control means (115, 125) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, and connected to said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers, respectively, for controlling said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers, respectively; and an all output combiner (101) connected to said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 3

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers comprises an adaptive filter (112 or 122) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations.

Claim 4

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers comprises: an adaptive filter (112 or 122) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations; and phase synchronizing means (507 or 113 or 123) for compensating for phase fluctuation of an output signal of said adaptive filter.

Claim 5

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (211, 221), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal, where m represents a plural number; first through m-th adaptive interference cancellers (212+213, 222+223) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference on the received signal; single interference canceller control means (204) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units and connected to said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers for controlling said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers in common; and an all output combiner (201) connected to said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 6

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (211, 221), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal, where m represents a plural number; first through m-th adaptive interference cancellers (212+213, 222+223) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference on the received signal; single interference canceller control means (204) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units and connected to said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers for controlling said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers in common; and an all output combiner (201) connected to said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 7

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers comprises an adaptive filter (212 or 222) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations.

Claim 8

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers comprises: an adaptive filter (212 or 222) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations; and phase synchronizing means (507 or 213 or 223) for compensating for phase fluctuation of an output signal of said adaptive filter.

Claim 9

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 4, wherein said single interference canceller control means controls said first through said m-th adaptive interference cancellers in common on the basis of best quality control information relating to one of the received signals of said first through said m-th receiving units that has a best signal quality among the received signals of said first through said m-th receiving units.

Claim 10

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (311, 321), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal having a primary wave component and a secondary wave component following said primary wave component, where m represents a first plural number; first through m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers (313 n +314 n , 323 n +324 n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the primary wave component of said received signal; first through m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers (313 1 +314 1 , 323 1 +324 1 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the secondary wave component of said received signal; first through m-th primary interference canceller control means (304 1n , 304 2n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, and connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively, for controlling said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively; first through m-th secondary interference canceller control means (304 11 , 304 21 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively, for controlling said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively; and an all output combiner (301, 315, 325) connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 11

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (311, 321), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal having a primary wave component and a secondary wave component following said primary wave component, where m represents a first plural number; first through m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers (313 n +314 n , 323 n +324 n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the primary wave component of said received signal; first through m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers (313 1 +314 1 , 323 1 +324 1 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the secondary wave component of said received signal; first through m-th primary interference canceller control means (304 1n , 304 2n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, and connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively, for controlling said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively; first through m-th secondary interference canceller control means (304 11 , 304 21 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively, for controlling said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers, respectively; and an all output combiner (301, 315, 325) connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 12

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers comprises an adaptive filter (313 n or 323 n or 313 1 or 323 1 ) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations.

Claim 13

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers comprises: an adaptive filter (313 n or 323 n or 313 1 or 323 1 ) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations; and phase synchronizing means (507 or 314 n or 324 n or 314 1 or 324 1 ) for compensating for phase fluctuation of an output signal of said adaptive filter.

Claim 14

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (411, 421), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal having a primary wave component and a secondary wave component following said primary wave component, where m represents a first plural number; first through m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers (413 n +414 n , 423 n +424 n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the primary wave component of said received signal; first through m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers (413 1 +414 1 , 423 1 +424 1 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the secondary wave component of said received signal; single primary interference canceller control means (404 n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units and connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers for controlling said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers in common; single secondary interference canceller control means (404 1 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers for controlling said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers in common; and an all output combiner (401, 415, 425) connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 15

A DS/CDMA receiver comprising: first through m-th receiving units (411, 421), each of which receives a DS/CDMA signal as a received signal having a primary wave component and a secondary wave component following said primary wave component, where m represents a first plural number; first through m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers (413 n +414 n , 423 n +424 n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the primary wave component of said received signal; first through m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers (413 1 +414 1 , 423 1 +424 1 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units, respectively, each of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers cancelling an interference for the secondary wave component of said received signal; single primary interference canceller control means (404 n ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units and connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers for controlling said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers in common; single secondary interference canceller control means (404 1 ) connected to said first through said m-th receiving units and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers for controlling said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers in common; and an all output combiner (401, 415, 425) connected to said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and connected to said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers for combining all of output signals of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and of said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers.

Claim 16

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers comprises an adaptive filter (413 n or 423 n or 413 1 or 423 1 ) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations.

Claim 17

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers and said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers comprises: an adaptive filter (413 n or 423 n or 413 1 or 423 1 ) for cancelling said interference with respect to all other stations by adaptively making its tap coefficients orthogonal to spreading codes of said all other stations; and phase synchronizing means (507 or 414 n or 424 n or 414 1 or 424 1 ) for compensating for phase fluctuation of an output signal of said adaptive filter.

Claim 18

A DS/CDMA receiver as claimed in claim 11, wherein: said single primary interference canceller control means controls said first through said m-th primary adaptive interference cancellers in common on the basis of primary wave best quality control information relating to one of the primary wave components of the received signals of said first through said m-th receiving units that has a best signal quality among the primary wave components of the received signals of said first through said m-th receiving units; said single secondary interference canceller control means controlling said first through said m-th secondary adaptive interference cancellers in common on the basis of secondary wave best quality control information relating to one of the secondary wave components of the received signals of said first through said m-th receiving units that has a best signal quality among the secondary wave components of the received signals of said first through said m-th receiving units.