US6169768B1
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Receiving apparatus and method
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1998-04-30
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Granted: 2001-01-02
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Expires: 2018-04-30
Abstract
Abstract A multiplication circuit is removed from a receiving apparatus which receives an orthogonally modulated information sequence. The real-number part and the imaginary-number part of a transmission parameter converted into a frequency range are input to hard determination circuits, respectively. The hard determination circuits convert the respective components into 1-bit data in accordance with a predetermined threshold value. Differential decoding circuits differentially decode the real-number part and the imaginary-number part which are converted into 1-bit data, respectively, and output the obtained data to cumulative addition circuits. The cumulative addition circuits cumulatively add the differentially demodulated data and supply it to identification-distance measurement circuits, respectively, and also to a selector. The identification-distance measurement circuits determine the identification distance, cause the selector to select the components with a greater distance and to supply them to a majority decision circuit. The majority decision circuit makes a majority decision of the data selected by the selector.
Inventors
- 👤 Takahiro Okada
- 👤 Osamu Ito
- 👤 Tamotsu Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:25
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L25/00; H04L25/02; H04L25/06; H04L1/00; H04L1/08; H04L27/00; H04L27/26; H04L27/2601; H04L27/2647
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A receiving apparatus for receiving an orthogonally modulated information sequence, comprising: receiving means for receiving said orthogonally modulated information sequence; demodulation means for orthogonally demodulating said information sequence received by said receiving means in accordance with predetermined orthogonal axes; selection means for selecting an axis with the highest likelihood by referring to the components of each axis contained in the information sequence demodulated by said demodulation means; and reproduction means for reproducing said information sequence by using the components corresponding to the axis selected by said selection means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A receiving apparatus for receiving an orthogonally modulated information sequence, comprising: receiving means for receiving said orthogonally modulated information sequence; demodulation means for orthogonally demodulating said information sequence received by said receiving means in accordance with predetermined orthogonal axes; selection means for selecting an axis with the highest likelihood by referring to the components of each axis contained in the information sequence demodulated by said demodulation means; and reproduction means for reproducing said information sequence by using the components corresponding to the axis selected by said selection means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said information sequence is coded repeatedly, said apparatus further comprising computation means for computing, for each axis, the distance between a threshold value and said information sequence, and said selection means selects an axis with the highest likelihood by using the distance computed by said computation means between said threshold value for each axis and said information sequence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said information sequence is such that the same information is added to a plurality of subcarriers and is coded repeatedly on the basis of multicarrier transmission.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said information sequence is such that the same information is added to a plurality of time slots and is coded repeatedly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said information sequence is differentially modulated, and there is further provided decoding means for decoding, for each axis, the components of each axis contained in the information sequence demodulated by said demodulation means; and wherein said reproduction means is operative to make a majority decision of information corresponding to the axis selected by said selection means from among information which is differentially decoded by said decoding means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
92 words
A receiving method for receiving an orthogonally decoded information sequence, comprising: a receiving step for receiving said orthogonally modulated information sequence; a demodulation step for orthogonally demodulating said information sequence received in said receiving step in accordance with predetermined orthogonal axes; a selection step for selecting an axis with the highest likelihood by referring to the components of each axis contained in the information sequence demodulated in said demodulation step; and a reproduction step for reproducing said information sequence by using the components corresponding to the axis selected in said selection step.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
92 words
A receiving method for receiving an orthogonally decoded information sequence, comprising: a receiving step for receiving said orthogonally modulated information sequence; a demodulation step for orthogonally demodulating said information sequence received in said receiving step in accordance with predetermined orthogonal axes; a selection step for selecting an axis with the highest likelihood by referring to the components of each axis contained in the information sequence demodulated in said demodulation step; and a reproduction step for reproducing said information sequence by using the components corresponding to the axis selected in said selection step.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
134 words
A receiving apparatus for receiving an orthogonally modulated information sequence, comprising: an input circuit comprising an antenna and an IF converter for receiving said orthogonally modulated information sequence; an orthogonal demodulator for orthogonally demodulating said information sequence received by said input circuit in accordance with predetermined orthogonal axis; a comparator having first and second inputs for receiving signals representing first and second distances between a threshold value and each axis of said orthogonal axes and an output for outputting a signal having a value based on a comparison of said distances; and a selector having first and second inputs for receiving each said axis, a control input connected to said output of said comparator, and an output for outputting said axis with the highest likelihood based on said control input signal from said comparator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
134 words
A receiving apparatus for receiving an orthogonally modulated information sequence, comprising: an input circuit comprising an antenna and an IF converter for receiving said orthogonally modulated information sequence; an orthogonal demodulator for orthogonally demodulating said information sequence received by said input circuit in accordance with predetermined orthogonal axis; a comparator having first and second inputs for receiving signals representing first and second distances between a threshold value and each axis of said orthogonal axes and an output for outputting a signal having a value based on a comparison of said distances; and a selector having first and second inputs for receiving each said axis, a control input connected to said output of said comparator, and an output for outputting said axis with the highest likelihood based on said control input signal from said comparator.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising first and second distance measurement circuits to compute said first and second distances, said distance measurement circuits each having an input to receive input data associated with one said axis and an output connected to one said input of said comparator.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said information sequence is coded repeatedly.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein said information and sequence is such that the same information is added to a plurality of subcarriers and is coded repeatedly on the basis of multicarrier transmission.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein said information sequence is such that the same information is added to a plurality of time slots and is coded repeatedly.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
75 words
A receiving apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein said information sequence is differentially modulated and said receiving apparatus further comprises a decoding circuit for decoding, for each axis, the components of each axis contained in said information sequence demodulated by the demodulator, and a majority decision circuit for making a majority decision of information corresponding to the axis selected by the selector from among the information which is differentially decoded by said decoding circuit.
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