Communication method, terminal and communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10530458-B2
Application number	US-201615772110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are a communication method, a terminal and a communication system, which are applied between a terminal and a base station in a line of sight communication environment. A first polarizing antenna having the same polarity as that of a second polarizing antenna of a base station is set on a terminal, wherein the first polarizing antenna includes a first antenna component and a second antenna component having different polarities; and a first signal and a second signal which are sent by the base station via the second polarizing antenna are received via the first polarizing antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method applied between a terminal and a base station in a light-of-sight communication environment, comprising:
arranging, on the terminal, a first polarized antenna with same polarity as a second polarized antenna of the base station, wherein the first polarized antenna comprises a first antenna component and a second antenna component with different polarities;
receiving, by the first polarized antenna, a first signal and a second signal transmitted by the base station through the second polarized antenna; and
transmitting, by the terminal, a third signal to the base station through the first polarized antenna,
wherein the transmitting, by the terminal, the third signal to the base station through the first polarized antenna comprises:
splitting the third signal into two branches and transmitting the two branches to the base station through the first antenna component and the second antenna component, respectively.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first polarized antenna comprises a linearly polarized antenna or a circularly polarized antenna.

3. The communication method according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case where the first polarized antenna is the linearly polarized antenna, the first antenna component and the second antenna component are orthogonally polarized, and the arrangement of the antenna component and the second antenna component comprises any one of the following:
an angle between the first antenna component and a horizontal plane is +45°, and an angle between the second antenna component and the horizontal plane is −45°; and
the first antenna component is parallel to the horizontal plane and the second antenna component is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

4. A communication method applied between a terminal and a base station in a light-of-sight communication environment, comprising:
arranging a first polarized antenna and a second polarized antenna on the terminal and the base station, respectively, wherein the first polarized antenna comprises a first antenna component and a second antenna component with different polarities, the second polarized antenna comprises a third antenna component and a fourth antenna component with different polarities, and wherein a polarity of the first antenna component is same with a polarity of the third antenna component, and a polarity of the second antenna component is same with a polarity of the fourth antenna component;
transmitting, by the base station, a first signal and a second signal to the terminal through the third antenna component and the fourth antenna component of the second polarized antenna, respectively; and
receiving, through the first antenna component and the second antenna component of the first polarized antenna by the terminal, the first signal and the second signal transmitted through the second polarized antenna by the base station.

5. A terminal applied in a light-of-sight communication environment, comprising:
a first polarized antenna with same polarity as a second polarized antenna of a base station, wherein the first polarized antenna comprises a first antenna component and a second antenna component configured to receive a first signal and a second signal transmitted by the base station and transmit a third signal to the base station; and
a signal split module configured to split the third signal into two branches and transmit the two branches to the base station through the first antenna component and the second antenna component, respectively.

6. The terminal of claim 5 , further comprising:
a signal processing module configured to process the first signal and the second signal received by the first antenna component and the second antenna component.

7. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the first polarized antenna comprises a linearly polarized antenna or a circularly polarized antenna.

8. A communication system applied in a light-of-sight communication environment, comprising a base station and at least one terminal according to claim 5 , wherein
the base station comprises a second polarized antenna comprising a third antenna component and a fourth antenna component with different polarities, and the third antenna component and the fourth antenna component are configured to transmit a first signal and a second signal to each of the at least one terminal, respectively; and
for each of the at least one terminal, the first antenna component and the second antenna component have different polarities, a polarity of the first antenna component is same with a polarity of the third antenna component, and a polarity of the second antenna component is same with a polarity of the fourth antenna component.

9. The communication system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one terminal comprises an airborne station.

10. The communication system of claim 8 , wherein each of the at least one terminal further comprises:
a signal processing module configured to process the first signal and the second signal received by the first antenna component and the second antenna component.

11. The communication system of claim 8 , wherein for each of the at least one terminal, the first antenna component and the second antenna component are further configured to transmit a third signal to the base station.

12. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein each of the at least one terminal further comprises: a signal split module configured to split the third signal into two branches and transmit the two branches to the base station through the first antenna component and the second antenna component, respectively.

13. The communication system of claim 8 , wherein for each of the at least one terminal, the first polarized antenna comprises a linearly polarized antenna or a circularly polarized antenna.

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Chen Xi
• Qin Jun

Classifications

• H04B7/0413 Primary

  MIMO systems · CPC title

• H04B7/0408

  using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/10 Primary

  Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/0613

  using simultaneous transmission (H04B7/0686 takes precedence) · CPC title