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Orthogonal complex spreading method for multichannel and apparatus thereof

Patent RE40385 Issued on June 17, 2008.
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Application

No. 10932227 filed on 09/02/2004

US Classes:

375/141, End-to-end transmission system375/146, Transmitter375/298Quadrature amplitude modulation

Examiners

Primary: Burd, Kevin

Attorney, Agent or Firm

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International Class

H04B 1/707

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION


1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof, and in particular, to an improved orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof which arecapable of decreasing a peak power-to-average power ratio by introducing an orthogonal complex spreading structure and spreading the same using a spreading code, implementing a structure capable of spreading complex output signals using a spreading codeby adapting a permutated orthogonal complex spreading structure for a complex-type multichannel input signal with respect to the summed values, and decreasing a phase dependency of an interference based on a multipath component (when there is one chipdifference) of a self signal, which is a problem that is not overcome by a permutated complex spreading modulation method, by a combination of an orthogonal Hadamard sequence.

2. Description of the Conventional Art

Generally, in the mobile communication system, it is known that a linear distortion and non-linear distortion affect power amplifier. The statistical characteristic of a peak power-to-average power ratio has a predetermined interrelationship fora non-linear distortion.

The third non-linear distortion which is one of the factors affecting the power amplifier causes an inter-modulation product problem in an adjacent frequency channel. The above-described inter-modulation product problem is generated due to ahigh peak amplitude for thereby increasing an adjacent channel power (ACP), so that there is a predetermined limit for selecting an amplifier. In particular, the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system requires a very strict condition with respectto a linearity of a power amplifier. Therefore, the above-described condition is a very important factor.

In accordance with IS-97 and IS-98, the FCC stipulates a condition on the adjacent channel power (ACP). In order to satisfy the above-described condition, a bias of a RF power amplifier should be limited.

According to the current IMT-2000 system standard recommendation, a plurality of CDMA channels are recommended. In the case that a plurality of channels are provided, the peak power-to-average power ratio is considered as an important factor forthereby increasing efficiency of the modulation method.

The IMT-2000 which is known as the third generation mobile communication system has a great attention from people as the next generation communication system following the digital cellular system, personal communication system, etc. The IMT-2000will be commercially available as one of the next generation wireless communication system which has a high capacity and better performance for thereby introducing various services and international loaming services, etc.

Many countries propose various IMT-2000 systems which IC require high data transmission rates adapted for an internet service or an electronic commercial activity. This is directly related to the power efficiency of a RF amplifier.

The CDMA based IMT-2000 system modulation method introduced by many countries is classified into a pilot channel method and a pilot symbol method. Of which, the former is directed to the ETRI 1.0 version introduced in Korea and is directed toCDMA ONE introduced in North America, and the latter is directed to the NTT-DOCOMO and ARIB introduced in Japan and is directed to the FMA2 proposal in a reverse direction introduced in Europe.

Since the pilot symbol method has a single channel effect based on the power efficiency, it is superior compared to the pilot channel method which is a multichannel method. However since the accuracy of the channel estimation is determined bythe power control, the above description does not have its logical ground.

FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional complex spreading method based on a CDMA ONE method. As shown therein, the signals from a fundamental channel, a supplemental channel, and a control channel are multiplied by a Walsh code by each multiplier of amultiplication unit 20 through a signal mapping unit 10. The signals which are multiplied by a pilot signal and the Walsh signal and then spread are multiplied by channel gains A0, A1, A2 and A3 by a channel gain multiplication unit 30.

In a summing unit 40, the pilot signal multiplied by the channel gain A0 and the fundamental channel signal multiplied by the channel gain A1 are summed by a first adder for thereby obtaining an identical phase information, and the supplementalchannel signal multiplied by the channel gain A2 and the control channel signal multiplied by the channel gain A3 are summed by a second adder for thereby obtaining an orthogonal phase information.

The thusly obtained in-phase information and quadrature-phase information are multiplied by a PN1 code and PN2 code by a spreading unit 50, and the identical phase information multiplied by the PN2 code is subtracted from the identical phaseinformation multiplied by the PN1 code and is outputted as an I channel signal, and the quadrature-phase information multiplied by the PN1 code and the in-phase information multiplied by the PN2 code are summed and are outputted through a delay unit as aQ channel signal.

The CDMA ONE is implemented using a complex spreading method. The pilot channel and the fundamental channel spread to a Walsh code 1 are summed for thereby forming an in-phase information, and the supplemental channel spread to the Walsh code 2and the control channel spread to a Walsh code 3 are summed for thereby forming an quadrature-phase information. In addition, the in-phase information and quadrature-phase information are complex-spread by PN codes.

FIG. 2A is a view illustrating a conventional CDMA ONE method, and FIG. 2B is a view illustrating a maximum eye-opening point after the actual shaping filter of FIG. 2A.

As shown therein, in the CDMA ONE, the left and right information, namely, the in-phase information (I channel) and the upper and lower information, namely, the quadrature-phase information (Q channel) pass through the actual phase shaping filterfor thereby causing a peak power, and in the ETRI version 1.0 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, a peak power may occur in the transverse direction for thereby causing deterioration.

In view of the crest factor and the statistical distribution of the power amplitude, in the CDMA ONE, the peak power is generated in vertical direction, so that the irregularity problem of the spreading code and an inter-interference problemoccur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof overcome the aforementioned problems encountered in the conventional art.

The CDMA system requires a strict condition for a linearity of a power amplifier, so that the peak power-to-average power ratio is important. In particular, the characteristic of the IMT-2000 system is determined based on the efficiency of themodulation method since multiple channels are provided, and the peak power-to-average power ratio is adapted as an important factor.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof which have an excellent power efficiency compared to the CDMA-ONE introduced in U.S.A. and the W-CDMAintroduced in Japan and Europe and is capable of resolving a power unbalance problem of an in-phase channel and a quadrature-phase channel as well as the complex spreading method.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof which is capable of stably maintaining a low peak power-to-average power ratio.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof in which a spreading operation is implemented by multiplying a predetermined channel data among dataof a multichannel by an orthogonal Hadamard sequence and a gain and, multiplying a data of another channel by an orthogonal Hadamard sequence and a gain, summing the information of two channels in complex type, multiplying the summed information of thecomplex type by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence of the orthogonal type, obtaining a complex type, summing a plurality of channel information of the complex type in the above-described manner and multiplying the information of the complex type of themultichannel by a spreading code sequence.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof which is capable of decreasing the probability that the power becomes a zero state by preventing theFIR filter input state from exceeding . -.90° in an earlier sample state, increasing the power efficiency, decreasing the consumption of a bias power of a back-off of the power amplifier and saving the power of a battery.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel and an apparatus thereof which is capable of implementing a POCQPSK (Permutated Orthogonal Complex QPSK) which is anothermodulation method and has a power efficiency similar with the OCQPSK (Orthogonal Complex QPSK).

In order to achieve the above objects, there is provided an orthogonal complex spreading method for a multichannel which includes the steps of complex-summing αn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying an orthogonalHadamard sequence WM,n1 by a first data Xn1 of a n-th block and αn2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 which is obtained by multiplying an orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n2 by a second data Xn2 of a n-th block; complex-multiplyingαn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1n2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 which is summed in the complex type and WM,n3 jWM,n4 of the complex type using a complex multiplier and outputting as an in-phase information and quadrature-phase information;and summing only in-phase information outputted from a plurality of blocks and only quadrature-phase information outputted therefrom and spreading the same using a spreading code.

In order to achieve the above objects, there is provided an orthogonal complex spreading apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention which includes a plurality of complex multiplication blocks for distributing the data ofthe multichannel and complex-multiplying αn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1n2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 in which αn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n1 with the first dataXn1 of the n-th block and the gain αn1 and αn2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n2 with the second data Xn2 of the n-th block and the gain αn2 andWM,n3 WM,n4 using the complex multiplier; a summing unit for summing only the in-phase information outputted from each block of the plurality of the complex multiplication blocks and summing only the quadrature-phase information; and aspreading unit for multiplying the in-phase information and the quadrature-phase information summed by the summing unit with the spreading code and outputting an I channel and a Q channel.

In order to achieve the above objects, there is provided an orthogonal complex spreading apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention which includes first and second Hadamard sequence multipliers for allocating themultichannel to a predetermined number of channels, splitting the same into two groups and outputting αn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying the data Xn1 of each channel by the gain αn1 and the orthogonalHadamard sequence WM,n1; a first adder for outputting × ×α×× ##EQU00001## which is obtained by summing the output signals from the first Hadamard sequence multiplier; a second adder for outputting × ×α×× ##EQU00002## which is obtained by summing the output signals from the second Hadamard sequence multiplier; a complex multiplier for receiving the output signal from the first adder and the output signal from the second adderin the complex form of × ×α××α×× ##EQU00003## and complex-multiplying WM,j jPWM,Q which n=1 consist of the orthogonal Hadamard code WM,j, and the permutated orthogonal Hadamard codePWM,Q that WM,Q and a predetermined sequence P are complex-multiplied; a spreading unit for multiplying the output signal from the complex multiplier by the spreading code; a filter for filtering the output signal from the spreading unit; and amodulator for multiplying and modulating the modulation carrier wave, summing the in-phase signal and the quadrature-phase signal and outputting a modulation signal of the real number.

Additional advantages, objects and other features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may belearned from practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained as particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional multichannel complex spreading method of a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) ONE method;

FIG. 2A is a view illustrating a constellation plot of a conventional CDMA ONE method;

FIG. 2B is a view illustrating a maximum open point after the actual shaping filter of FIG. 2A;

FIG. 3A is a view illustrating a constellation plot of a conventional ETRI version 1.0 method;

FIG. 3B is a view illustrating a maximum open point after the actual pulse shaping filter of FIG. 3A;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a multichannel orthogonal complex spreading apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 5A is a circuit diagram illustrating the complex multiplexor of FIG. 4;

FIG. 5B is a circuit diagram illustrating the summing unit and spreading unit of FIG. 4;

FIG. 5C is a circuit diagram illustrating another embodiment of the spreading unit of FIG. 4;

FIG. 5D is a circuit diagram illustrating of the filter and modulator of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6A is a view illustrating a constellation plot of an OCQPSK according to the present invention;

FIG. 6B is a view illustrating a maximum open point after the actual pulse shaping filter of FIG. 6A;

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a power peak occurrence statistical distribution characteristic with respect to an average power between the conventional art and the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating an orthogonal Hadamard sequence according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram illustrating the complex multiplier according to the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus for a voice service according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus having a high quality voice service and a low transmission rate according to the present invention;

FIG. 13A is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus for a QPSK having a high transmission rate according to the present invention;

FIG. 13B is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus for a data having a high transmission rate according to the present invention;

FIG. 14A is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus for a multimedia service having a QPSK data according to the present invention;

FIG. 14B is a circuit diagram illustrating a multichannel permutated orthogonal complex spreading apparatus for a multimedia service according to the present invention;

FIG. 15A is a phase trajectory view of an OCQPSK according to the present invention;

FIG. 15B is a phase trajectory view of a POCQPSK according to the present invention; and

FIG. 15C is a phase trajectory view of a complex spreading method according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The complex summing unit and complex multiplier according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present invention, two complexes (a jb) and (c jd) are used, where a, b, c and d representpredetermined real numbers.

A complex summing unit outputs (a c) j(b d), and a complex multiplier outputs ((a×c)-(b×d)) j((b×c) (a×d)). Here, a spreading code sequence is defined as SC, an information data is defined as Xn1, and Xn2, again constant is defined as αn1 and αn2, and an orthogonal Hadamard sequence is defined as WM,n1, WM,n2, WM,n3, WM,n4, WM,I, WM,Q, where M represents a M×M Hadamard matrix, and n1, n2, n3 and n4represents index of a predetermined vector of the Hadamard matrix. For example, n3 represents a Hadamard vector which is a third vector value written into the n-th block like the n-th block 100n of FIG. 4. The Hadamard M represents a Hadamard matrix. For example, if the matrix W has values of 1 and -1, in the WT×W, the main diagonal terms are M, and the remaining products are zero. Here, T represents a transpose.

The data Xn1, Xn2, WM,n1, WM,n2, WM,n3, WM,n4, WM,I, and WM,Q, and SC are combined data consisting of 1 or -1, and any and αn2 represent real number.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a multichannel orthogonal complex spreading apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown therein, there is provided a plurality of complex multipliers 100 through 100n in which a data of a predetermined channel is multiplied by a gain and orthogonal Hadamard sequence, and a data of another channel is multiplied by theorthogonal Hadamard sequence for thereby complex-summing two channel data, the orthogonal Hadamard sequence of the complex type is multiplied by the complex-summed data, and the data of other two channels are complex-multiplied in the same mannerdescribed above. A summing unit 200 sums and outputs the output signals from the complex multipliers 100 through 100n. A spreading unit 300 multiplies the output signal from the summing unit 200 with a predetermined spreading code SC for therebyspreading the signal. A pulse shaping filter 400 filters the data spread by the spreading unit 300. A modulation wave multiplier 500 multiplies the output signal from the filter 400 with a modulation carrier wave and outputs the modulated data throughan antenna.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first complex multiplier 100 complex-sums α11W.sub.M,11X11 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,11 with the data X11 of one channel and the gain α11 andα12W.sub.M,12X12 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,12 with the data X12 of another channel and the gain α12, and complex-multipliesα11W.sub.M,11X1112W.sub.M,12X12 and the complex-type orthogonal sequence WM,13X11 jWM,14 using the complex multiplier 111.

In addition, the n-th complex multiplier 100n complex-sums αn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n1 with the data Xn1 of another channel and the gain αn1 andαn2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n2 with the data Xn2 of another channel and the gain αn2, and complex-multipliesαn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1n2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 and the complex-type orthogonal sequence WM,n3X11 jWM,n4 using the complex multiplier 100n.

The complex multiplication data outputted from the n-number of the complex multipliers are summed by the summing unit 200, and the spreading code SC is multiplied and spread it by the spreading unit 300. The thusly spread data are filtered bythe pulse shaping filter 600, and the modulation carried e.sup./2πfct is multiplied by the multiplier 700, and then the function Re{*} is processed, and the real data s(t) is outputted through the antenna. Here, Re{*} represents that a predeterminedcomplex is processed to a real value through the Re{*} function.

The above-described function will be explained as follows: × ×α××α××× × ##EQU00004## where K represents a predetermined integer greater than or equal to 1, n represents an integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than K and is identical with each channel number of the multichannel.

Each of the complex multipliers 110 through 100n is identically configured so that two different channel data are complex-multiplied.

As shown in FIG. 5A, one complex multiplier includes a first multiplier 101 for multiplying the data X11 by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,11 a second multiplier for multiplying the input signal from the first multiplier by thegain α11, a third multiplier 103 for multiplying the data X12 of the other channel by another orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,12, a fourth multiplier 104 for multiplying the output signal from the third multiplier 103 by the gainα12, fifth and sixth multipliers 105 and 106 for multiplying the output signals α11W.sub.M,11X11 from the second multiplier 102 and the output signals α11W.sub.M,12X12 from the fourth multiplier 102 by theorthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,13, respectively, seventh and eighth multipliers 107 and 108 for multiplying the output signal α11W.sub.M,11X11 from the second multiplier 102 and the output signal α12W.sub.M,12X12from the fourth multiplier 102 by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,14, sequentially, a first adder 109 for summing the output signal ( ac) from the fifth multiplier 105 and the output signal (-bd) from the eighth multiplier 108 and outputtingin-phase information (ac-bd), and a second adder 110 for summing the output signal (bc) from the sixth multiplier 106 and the output signal (ad) from the seventh multiplier 107 and outputting the quadrature-phase information (bc ad).

Therefore, the first and-second multipliers 101 and 102 multiply the data X11 by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,11 and the gain α11 for thereby obtaining α11W.sub.M,11X11 (-a). In addition, the third andfourth multipliers 103 and 104 multiply the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,12 and the gain α12 for thereby obtaining α12W.sub.M,12X12 (=b). The fifth and sixth multipliers 105 and 106 multiplyα11W.sub.M,11X11 (=a) and α12W.sub.M,12X12 (=b) by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,13 (=c), respectively, for thereby obtaining α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,13 (=ac) andα12W.sub.M,12X12W.sub.M,13 (=bc), and the fifth and sixth multipliers 105 and 106 multiply α11W.sub.M,11X11 (=a) and α12W.sub.M,12X12 (=b) by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,14 (=d) for therebyobtaining α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,14 (=ad) and α12W.sub.M,12X12W.sub.M,14 (=bd). In addition, the first adder 109 computes (α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,13)-(α12W.sub.M,12X.s- ub.12WM,14)(=ac-bd), namely, α12W.sub.M,12X12W.sub.M,14 is subtracted from α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,13. In addition, the second adder 110 computes (α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,14) (α12W.sub.M,12X.s-ub.12WM,13) (ad bc), namely, α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,14 (=ad) is added with α12W.sub.M,12X12W.sub.M,13 (=bc).

FIG. 4 illustrates the first complex multiplier 100 which is configured identically with the n-th complex multiplier 100n. Assuming that α11W.sub.M,11X11 is "a", α12W.sub.M,12X12 is "b". the orthogonal Hadamardsequence WM,13 is "c", and the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,14 is "d", the expression "(a jb) (c jd)=ac-bd j (bc ad)" is obtained. Therefore, the signal outputted from the first complex multiplier 100 becomes the in-phase information"ac-bd" and the quadrature-phase information "bc ad".

In addition, FIG. 5B is a circuit diagram illustrating the summing unit and spreading unit of FIG. 4, and FIG. 5C is a circuit diagram illustrating another embodiment of the spreading unit of FIG. 4.

As shown therein, the summing unit 200 includes a first summing unit 210 for summing the in-phase information A1(=(ac-bd), . . . , An outputted from a plurality of complex multipliers, and a second summing unit 220 for summing thequadrature-phase information B1(=bc ad) outputted from the complex multipliers.

The spreading unit 300 includes first and second multipliers 301 and 302 for multiplying the output signals from the first adder 210 and the second adder 220 of the summing unit 200 by the spreading sequence SC, respectively. Namely, the signalsare spread to the in-phase signal (I channel signal) and the quadrature-phase signal (Q channel signal) using one spreading code SC.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5C, the spreading unit 300 includes first and second multipliers 310 and 320 for multiplying the output signals from the first and second adders 210 and 220 of the summing unit 200 by the spreading sequence SC1,third and fourth multipliers 330 and 340 for multiplying the output signals from the first and second adders 210 and 220 by a spreading sequence SC2, respectively, a first adder 350 for summing the output signal ( ) from the first multiplier 310 and theoutput signal (-) from the third multiplier 330 and outputting an I channel signal, and a second summing unit 360 for summing the output signal ( ) from the second multiplier 320 and the output signal ( ) from the fourth multiplier 340 and outputting a Qchannel signal.

Namely, in the summing unit 200, the in-phase information and the quadrature-phase information of the n-number of the complex multipliers are summed by the first and second summing units 210 and 220. In the spreading unit 300, the in-phaseinformation summing value (g) and the quadrature phase information summing value (h) from the summing unit 200 are multiplied by the first spreading code SC1 (1) by the first and second multipliers 310 and 320 for thereby obtaining g1 and h1, and thein-phase information summing value (g) and the quadrature phase information summing value (h) from the summing unit 200 are multiplied by the second spreading code SC2(m) by the third and fourth multipliers 330 and 340 for thereby obtaining gm and hm,and the first adder 350 computes gl-hm in which hm is subtracted from gl, and the second adder 360 computes hl gm in which hl is added by gm.

As shown in FIG. 5D, the filter 400 includes first and second pulse shaping filters 410 and 420 for filtering the I channel signal which is the in-phase information shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C and the Q channel signal which is the quadrature phaseinformation signal. The modulation unit 500 includes first and second multipliers 510 and 520 for multiplying the output signals from the first and second pulse shaping filters 410 and 420 by cos(2πfct) and sin (2πfct), and an adder 530for summing the output signals from the multipliers 510 and 520 and outputting a modulation data S(t).

Here, the orthogonal Hadamard sequences may be used as a Walsh code or other orthogonal code.

For example, from now on, the case that the orthogonal Hadamard sequence is used for the 8×8 Hadamard matrix shown in FIG. 8 will be explained.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example of the Hadamard (or Walsh) code. Namely, the case that the sequence vector of a k-th column or row is set to Wk-1 based on the 8×8 Hadamard matrix is shown therein. In this case, if k is 1, Wk-1represents W0 of the column or row, and if k is 5, Wk-1 represents W4 of the column or row.

Therefore, in order to enhance the efficiency of the present invention, the orthogonal Hadamard sequence which multiplies each channel data is determined as follows.

In the M×M Hadamard matrix, the sequence vector of the k-th column or row is set to Wk-1, and WM,n1=W0, WM,n2=W2p (where p represents a predetermined number of (M/2)-1), and WM,n3=W2n-2,WM,n4=W2n-1 (where n represents the number of n-th blocks), and αn1W.sub.0X.sub.n1n2W.sub.2pX.sub.n2 and W2n-2 jW2n-1. The case that only first complex multiplier is used in the embodiment of FIG. 4, namely,the data of two channels are complex-multiplied will be explained. In the M×M (M=8) Hadamard matrix, if the k-th column or row sequence vector is set to Wk-1, it is possible to determine WM,11=W0, WM,12=W2, orWM,12=W4, and WM,13=W0, WM,14=W1. In addition, it is possible to complex-multiply α11W.sub.0X.sub.1112W.sub.2X.sub.12 or α11W.sub.0X.sub.1112W.sub.4X.sub.12 andW0 jW1.

In the case that two complex multipliers shown in FIG. 4 are used, the second complex multiplier determines WM,21=W0, WM,22=W4, and WM,23=W2, and WM,24=W3, so that it is possible to complex-multiplyα21W.sub.0X.sub.2122W.sub.4X.sub.22 and W2 jW3.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, when the spreading is implemented by using the spreading code SC, one spreading code may be used, and as shown in FIG. 5C, two spreading codes SC1 and SC2 may be used for thereby implementing the spreadingoperation.

In order to achieve the objects of the present invention, the orthogonal Hadamard sequence directed to multiplying each channel data may be determined as follows.

The combined orthogonal Hadamard sequence may be used instead of the orthogonal Hadamard sequence for removing a predetermined phase dependency based on the interference generated in the multiple path type of self-signal and the interferencegenerated by other users.

For example, in the case of two channels, when the sequence vector of the k-th column or row is set to Wk-1 in the M×M (M=8) Hadamard matrix, and the sequence vector of the m-th column or row is set to Wm, the first M/2 or thelast M/2 is obtained based on the vector Wk-1 and the last M/2 or the first M/2 is obtained based on Wm-1, so that the combined orthogonal Hadamard vector is set to Wk-1//m-1, and WM,11=W0, WM,12=W4//1,WM//=W0, WM,Q=W1/4 are determined, so that it is possible to complex-multiply α11W.sub.0X.sub.1112W.sub.4//1X11 and W0 jPW1//4.

In the case of three channels, the sequence vector of the k-th column or row is set to Wk-1 based on the M×M (M=8) Hadamard matrix, and the sequence vector of the m-th column or row is set to WM, so that the first M/2 or the lastM/2 is obtained from the vector Wk-1, and the last M/2 or the first M/2 is obtained from Wm-1, and the combined orthogonal Hadamard vector is set to Wk-1//m-1, and the summed value ofα11W.sub.0X.sub.1112W.sub.4//1X12 and α21W.sub.2X.sub.21 and W0 jPW1//4 are complex multiplied based on WM,11=W0, WM,12=W4//1, WM,21=W1, and WM,I=W0,WM,Q=W1//4.

In addition, in the case of two channels, when the sequence vector of the k-th column or row of the M×M (M=8) Hadamard vector matrix is set to Wk-1, and the sequence vector of the m-th column or row is set to Wm, the first M/2 orthe last M/2 is obtained from the vector Wk-1, and the last M/2 or the first M/2 is obtained from Wm-1, so that the combined orthogonal Hadamard vector is set to W-1//m-1, and the summed value ofα11W.sub.0X.sub.1112W.sub.2//1X12 and W0 jPW1//2 are complex-multiplied based on WM,11=W0, WM,12=W2//1, and WM,I=W0, WM,Q=W1//2.

In addition, in the case of three channels, when the sequence vector of the k-th column or row of the M×M (M=8) Hadamard vector matrix is set to Wk-1, and the sequence vector of the m-th column or row is set to Wm, the first M/2or the last M/2 is obtained from the vector Wk-1, and the last M/2 or the first M/2 is obtained from Wm-1, so that the combined orthogonal Hadamard vector is set to Wk-1//m-1, and the summed value ofα11W.sub.0X.sub.1112W.sub.2//1X12 and α21W.sub.4W.sub.2l and W0 jPW1//2 are complex-multiplied based on WM,11=W0, WM,12=W2//1, WM,21=W4, and WM,I=W0,WM,Q=W1//2.

Here, so far the cases of two channels and three channels were explained. The cases of two channels and three channels may be selectively used in accordance with the difference of the impulse response characteristic difference of the pulseshaping bandpass filter.

FIG. 6A is a view illustrating a constellation plot of the OCQPSK according to the present invention, FIG. 6B is a view illustrating a maximum eye-opening point after the actual pulse shaping filter of FIG. 6A, and FIG. 7 is a view illustrating apower peak occurrence statistical distribution characteristic with respect to an average power between the OCQPSK according to the present invention and the conventional CDMA ONE and version ETRI 1.0. As shown therein, the embodiment of FIG. 6A issimilar with that of FIG. 2A. However, there is a difference in the point of the maximum eye-opening point after the actual pulse shaping filter. Namely, in FIG. 6B, the range of the upper and lower information (Q channel) and the left and rightinformation (I channel) are fully satisfied. This causes the difference of the statistical distribution of the peak power-to-average power.

FIG. 7 illustrates the peak power-to-average power ratio obtained based on the result of the actual simulation between the present invention and the conventional art.

In order to provide the identical conditions, the power level of the control or signal channel is controlled to be the same as the power level of the communication channel (Fundamental channel, supplemental channel or the In-phase channel and theQuadrature channel), and the power level of the pilot channel is controlled to be lower than the power level of the communication channel by 4 dB. In the above-described state, the statistical distributions of the peak power-to-average power arecompared.

In the case of OCQPSK according to the present invention, the comparison is implemented using the first complex multiplier 100 and the n-th complex multiplier 100n shown in FIG. 4. The first block 100 is implemented based on WM,11=W0,WM,12=W4, WM,13=W0, and WM,14=W1, and the n-th block 100n is implemented based on WM,n1=W0, WM,n2=W4, WM,n3=W2, and WM,n4=W3. In addition, the SCI is used as the SC1 for the spreadingcode. In this case, the SC2 is not used.

In the case of OCQPSK, the probability that the instantaneous power exceeds the average power value (0 dB) by 4 dB is 0.03%, and in the case of CDMA ONE, the same is 0.9%, and in the case of the ETRI version 1.0, the same is 4%. Therefore, inthe present invention, the system using the CDMA technique has very excellent characteristic in the peak to average power ratio sense, and the method according to the present invention is a new modulation method which eliminates the cross talk problem.

FIG. 9 illustrates a permutated orthogonal complex spreading modulation (POCQPSK) according to the present invention.

As shown therein, one or a plurality of channels are combined and complex-multiplied by the permutated orthogonal Hadamard code and then are spread by the spreading code.

As shown therein, there are provided first and second Hadamard sequence multipliers 600 and 700 for allocating the multichannel to a predetermined number of channels, splitting the same into two groups and outputtingαn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying the data Xn1 of each channel by the gain αn1 and the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n1, a first adder 810 for outputtin × ×α×× ##EQU00005## which is obtained by summing the output signals from the first Hadamard sequence multiplier 600, a second adder 820 for outputting × ×α×× ##EQU00006## which is obtained by summing the output signals from thesecond Hadamard sequence multiplier 700, a complex multiplier 900 for receiving the output signal from the first adder 810 and the output signal from the second adder 820 in the complex form of × ×α××α×× ##EQU00007## and complex-multiplying WM,I jPWM,Q which consist of the orthogonal Hadamard code WM,I, and the permutated orthogonal Hadamard code PWM,Q that WM,Q and a predetermined sequence P are complex-multiplied, a spreadingunit 300 for multiplying the output signal from the complex multiplier 900 by the spreading code, a filter 400 for filtering the output signal from the spreading unit 300, and a modulator 500 for multiplying and modulating the modulation carrier wave,summing the in-phase signal and the quadrature phase signal and outputting a modulation signal of the real number.

Here, the construction of the spreading unit 300, the filter 400 and the modulator 500 is the same as the embodiment of FIG. 4 except for the following construction. Namely, comparing to the embodiment of FIG. 4, in the construction of FIG. 9,the multiplication of the complex type orthogonal Hadamard sequence performed by the complex multipliers 100 through 100n are separated and connected in the rear portion of the summing unit, and the channel-wise multiplication by the complex typeorthogonal Harmard sequence is not implemented. Namely, the two group summed signal is multiplied by the complex type orthogonal Hadamard sequence.

The first orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 600 outputs × ×α×× ##EQU00008## which is summed by the first adder 810 by summing α11W.sub.M,11X11 which is obtained by the first adder 810 bymultiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,11 by the first data X11 of the first block and the gain α11, respectively, α21W.sub.M,21X21 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,21by the second data X21 of the first block and the gain α21, respectively, and αn1W.sub.M,n1Xn1 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n1 by the n-th data Xn1 of the first block andthe gain αn1.

The second orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 700 outputs × ×α×× ##EQU00009## which is summed by the second adder 820 by summing α12W.sub.M,12X12 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonalHadamard sequence WM,12 by the first data X12 of the second block and the gain α12, respectively, α22W.sub.M,22X22 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,22 by the second dataX22 of the second block and the gain α22, respectively, and αn2W.sub.M,n2Xn2 which is obtained by multiplying the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,n2 by the n-th data Xn2 of the second block and the gainαn2. Here, the block represents one group split into 1 group.

The signal outputted from the first adder 810 forms an in-phase data, and the signal outputted from the second adder 820 forms an quadrature phase data and outputs × ×α××α×× ##EQU00010## Inaddition, the complex multiplier 900 multiplies the complex output signals from the first and second adders 810 and 820 by a complex type signal that is comprised of an orthogonal Harmard code WM,I and PWM,Q which results from themultiplication of the orthogonal Hardmard code WM,Q by the sequence P and outputs an in-phase signal and a quadrature phase signal. Namely, the complex output signals from the first and second adders 810 and 820 are complex-multiplied by thecomplex type signals of WM,I jPWM,Q by the complex multiplier.

The spreading unit 300 multiplies the output signal from the complex multiplier 900 by the spreading code SCI and spreads the same. The thusly spread signals are filtered by the pulse shaping filters 410 and 420. The modulation carrier waves ofcos(2πfct) and sin(2πfct) are summed by the modulation multipliers 510 and 520 and then modulated for thereby outputting s(t).

Namely, the following equation is obtained. × ×α××α××× × ##EQU00011## where K represents an integer greater than or equal to 1.

FIG. 10 illustrates an embodiment that two channel data are complex-multiplied. A channel data X11 is allocated to the first orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 600 and another channel data X12 is allocated to the second orthogonalHadamard sequence multiplier 700.

Here, the orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier includes a first multiplier 610 for multiplying the first data X11 by the gain α11, a second multiplier 611 for multiplying the output signal from the first multiplier 610 by theorthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,11, a third multiplier 710 for multiplying the second data X12 by the gain α12, and a fourth multiplier 711 for multiplying the output signal from the third multiplier 710 by the orthogonal Hadamardsequence WM,12. At this time, since one channel is allocated to one group, the summing unit is not used.

The complex multiplier 900 includes fifth and sixth multipliers 901 and 902 for multiplying the output signal α11W.sub.M,11X11 from the second multiplier 611 and the output signal α12W.sub.M,12X12 from the fourthmultiplier 711 by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,I, seventh and eighth multipliers 903 and 904 for multiplying the output signal α11W.sub.M,11X11 from the second multiplier 611 and the output signalα12W.sub.M,12X12 from the fourth multiplier 711 by the permutated orthogonal Hadamard sequence PWM,Q, a first adder 905 for summing the output signal ( ac) from the fifth multiplier 901 and the output signal (-bd) from the seventhmultiplier 903 and outputting an in-phase information (ac-bd), and a second adder 906 for summing the output signal (bc) from the sixth multiplier 902 and the output signal (ad) from the eighth multiplier 904 and outputting an quadrature phaseinformation (bc ad).

Therefore, the first and second multipliers 610 and 611 multiply the data X11 by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,11 and the gain α11 for thereby obtaining α11W.sub.M,11X11 (=a). In addition, the third andfourth multipliers 710 and 711 multiply the data X12 by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,12 and the gain α12 for thereby obtaining α12W.sub.M,12X12 (=b). The fifth and sixth multipliers 901 and 902 multiplyα11W.sub.M,11X11 (=a) and α12W.sub.M,12X12 (=b) by the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,I (=c) for thereby obtaining α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,I (=ac) and α12W.sub.M,12X12W.sub.M,i (=bc).

The seventh and eighth multipliers 903 and 904 multiply α11W.sub.M,11X11 (=a) and α12W.sub.M,12X12 (=b) by the permutated orthogonal Hadamard sequence PWM,Q for thereby obtainingα11W.sub.M,11X11PW.sub.M,Q (=ad) and α12W.sub.M,12X12PW.sub.M,Q (=bd).

In addition, the first adder 905 obtains (α11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,I)-(α12W.sub.M,12X.su- b.12PWM,Q) (=ac-bd), namely, α12W.sub.M,12X12PWM,Q(bd) is subtracted fromα11W.sub.M,11X11W.sub.M,I (=ac), and the second adder 906 obtains (α11W.sub.M,11X11PW.sub.M,Q) (α12W.sub- .M,12X12W.sub.M,I) (ad bc), namely, (α11W.sub.M,11X11PW.sub.M,Q) (=ad) is summed by(α12W.sub.M,12X12W.sub.M,I) (bc).

FIG. 10 illustrates the complex multiplier 900 shown in FIG. 9. Assuming that α11W.sub.M,11X11 is "a", α12W.sub.M,12X12 is "b", the orthogonal Hadamard sequence WM,I is "c", and the permutated orthogonalHadamard sequence PWM,Q is "d", since (a jb) (c jd)=ac-bd jc (bc ad), the signal from the complex multiplier 900 becomes the in-phase information ac-bd and the quadrature phase information bc ad.

The in-phase data and the quadrature phase data are spread by the spreading unit 300 based on the spreading code (for example, PN code). In addition, the I channel signal which is the in-phase information and the Q channel signal which is thequadrature phase information signal are filtered by the first and second pulse shaping filters 410 and 420. The first and second multipliers 510 and 520 multiply the output signals from the first and second pulse shaping filters 410 and 420 bycos(2πfct) and sin(2πfct). The output signals from the multipliers 510 and 520 are summed and modulated by the adder 530 which outputs S(t).

In the embodiment as shown in FIG. 9, identically to the embodiment as shown in FIG. 4, for the orthogonal Hadamard sequence, the Walsh code or other orthogonal code may be used. In addition, in the orthogonal Hadamard sequence of each channel,the sequence vector of the k-th column or row is set to Wk-1 in the M×M Hadamard matrix. (where p represents a predetermined number in a range from 0 to (M/2)-1.

The orthogonal Hadamard sequence is allocated to each channel based on the above-described operation, and if there remain other channels which are not allocated the orthogonal Hadamard sequence by the above-described operation, and if thereremain other channel which are not allocated the orthogonal Hadamard sequence by the above-described operation, then any row or column vector from the Hamard matrix can be selected.

FIG. 11 illustrates an embodiment of the POCQPSK for the voice service. In this case, two channels, namely, the pilot channel and the data of traffic channels are multiplied by the gain and orthogonal Hadamard sequence, and two channel signalsare inputted into the complex multiplier 900 in the complex type, and the orthogonal Hadamard sequence of the complex type is multiplied by the complex multiplier 900.

FIG. 12 illustrates the construction of a data service having a good quality voice service and low transmission rate. In this case, the pilot channel and signaling channel are allocated to the first orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 700,and the traffic channel is allocated to the second orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 700.

FIG. 13A illustrates the construction for a data service of a high transmission rate. As shown therein, the data transmitted at a rate of R bps has the QPSK data type and are transmitted at R/2 bps through the serial to parallel converter. Asshown in FIG. 13B, the system may be constituted so that the input data (traffic 1 and traffic 2) have the identical gains (α31=α.sub.12). Here, when the data having high transmission rate are separated into two channels, the gainallocated to each channel should be determined to the identical gain for thereby eliminating the phase dependency.

FIGS. 14A and 14B illustrate the construction of the multichannel service. In this case, the data (traffic) having a high transmission rate is converted into the QPSK data for R/2 bps through the serial to parallel converter and then isdistributed to the first orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 600 and the second Hadamard sequence multiplier 700, and three channels are allocated to the first orthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 600 and two channels are allocated to the secondorthogonal Hadamard sequence multiplier 700.

As shown in FIG. 14B, the serial to parallel converter is not used, and when the data (traffic) is separated into two channel data (Traffic 1) and (traffic 2) and then is inputted, the gain adapted to each channel adapts the identical gains(α31=α12).

FIG. 15A is a phase trajectory view of an OCQPSK according to the present invention, FIG. 15B is a phase trajectory view of a POCQPSK according to the present invention, and FIG. 15C is a phase trajectory view of a complex spreading methodaccording to PN complex spreading method of the present invention.

As shown therein, when comparing the embodiments of FIGS. 15A, 15B and 15C, the shapes of the trajectories and the zero points are different. In a view of the power efficiency, there is also a difference. Therefore, the statistical distributionof the peak power-to-average power ratio is different.

FIG. 7 illustrates a characteristic illustrating a statistical distribution of a peak power-to-average power ratio of the CDMA ONE method compared to the OCQPSK method and the POSQPSK.

In order to provide the identical condition, the power level of the signal channel is controlled to be the same as the power level of the communication channel, and the power level of the pilot channel is controlled to be lower than the powerlevel of the communication channel by 4 dB, and then the statistical distribution of the peak power-to-average power ratio is compared.

In the case of the POCQPSK according to the present invention, in the first block 600 of FIG. 9, WM,11=W0, and WM,21=W2 are implemented, and in the second block 700, WM,12=W4, and WM,I=W0 andMM,Q=W1 are implemented. For the value of P, the spreading code is used so that consecutive two sequences have the identical value.

For example, the probability that the instantaneous power exceeds the average power value (0 dB) by 4 dB is 0.1% based on POCQPSK, and the complex spreading method is 2%. Therefore, in view of the power efficiency, the method adapting the CDMAtechnique according to the present invention is a new modulation method having excellent characteristic.

As described above, in the OCQPSK according to the present invention, the first data and the second data are multiplied by the gain and orthogonal code, and the resultant values are complex-summed, and the complex summed value iscomplex-multiplied by the complex type orthogonal code. The method that the information of the multichannel of the identical structure is summed and then spread is used. Therefore, this method statistically reduces the peak power-to-average power ratioto the desired range.

In addition, in the POCQPSK according to the present invention, the data of the first block and the data of the second block are multiplied by the gain and the orthogonal code, respectively, and the permutated orthogonal spreading code of thecomplex type is complex-multiplied and then spread. Therefore, this method statistically reduces the peak power-to-average power ratio to the desired range, and it is possible to decrease the phase dependency based in the multichannel interference andthe multiuser interference using the combined orthogonal Hadamard sequence.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, tat additions and substitutions are possible, without departing fromthe scope and spirit of the invention as recited in the accompanying claims.

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