Method for signal modulation based on pulse density modulation and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10547478-B2
Application number	US-201816226812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for signal modulation based on pulse density modulation and an apparatus therefore. The method for signal modulation is performed in an apparatus for modulating a signal based on pulse density modulation and includes performing pulse density modulation on an analog signal input to the apparatus through a pulse density modulator of the apparatus, converting a bandwidth of the pulse density modulated signal into a bandwidth required for the apparatus through a correlative encoder of the apparatus, transmitting the bandwidth converted signal to a radio frequency (RF) unit of the apparatus based on an electrical-to-optical (E/O) converter and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter of the apparatus, filtering a frequency band of the bandwidth converted signal and outputting the frequency band filtered signal via the RF unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for signal modulation based on pulse density modulation, which is performed in an apparatus for modulating a signal, the method comprising:
performing pulse density modulation on an analog signal input to the apparatus through a pulse density modulator of the apparatus;
converting a bandwidth of the pulse density modulated signal into a bandwidth required for the apparatus through a correlative encoder of the apparatus;
transmitting the bandwidth converted signal to a radio frequency (RF) unit of the apparatus based on an electrical-to-optical (E/O) converter and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter of the apparatus; and
filtering a frequency band of the bandwidth converted signal and outputting the frequency band filtered signal via the RF unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the pulse density modulation is performed based on a delta-sigma modulation method in the pulse density modulator.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the pulse density modulation is performed on the analog signal based on a sampling frequency that is greater than a frequency bandwidth transmittable in the apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pulse density modulated signal is a digital signal including information on a plurality of bits.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the bandwidth of the pulse density modulated signal into the bandwidth required for the apparatus includes reducing the bandwidth of the pulse density modulated signal to a bandwidth transmittable in the E/O converter and the O/E converter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the bandwidth of the pulse density modulated signal into the bandwidth required for the apparatus is performed based on a delay and add method in the correlative encoder.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the bandwidth of the pulse density modulated signal into the bandwidth required for the apparatus is performed based on an input symbol, which is input to the correlative encoder, and a predetermined number of symbols among a plurality of symbols which are input prior to the input symbol.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting of the frequency band filtered signal includes:
filtering the frequency band of the bandwidth converted signal through a filter included in the RF unit;
shifting a frequency band of the frequency band filtered signal through a frequency converter and a local oscillator included in the RF unit;
amplifying electric power of the frequency band shifted signal through a power amplifier included in the RF unit; and
outputting the electric power amplified signal through an antenna of the RF unit.

9. A method for signal modulation based on pulse density modulation, which is performed in an apparatus for modulating a signal, the method comprising:
performing pulse density modulation on a plurality of analog signals input to the apparatus through a plurality of pulse density modulators included in the apparatus;
converting bandwidths of the plurality of pulse density modulated signals into bandwidths required for the apparatus through a correlative encoder of the apparatus;
transmitting the plurality of bandwidth converted signals to a correlative decoder of the apparatus based on an electrical-to-optical (E/O) converter and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter of the apparatus;
performing correlative decoding on the plurality of bandwidth converted signals through the correlative decoder; and
filtering a frequency band of one among the plurality of decoded signals and outputting the frequency band filtered signal via a radio frequency (RF) unit.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the performing of the pulse density modulation is performed based on a delta-sigma modulation method in the plurality of pulse density modulators.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the performing of the pulse density modulation is performed on the plurality of analog signals based on a sampling frequency that is greater than a frequency bandwidth transmittable in the apparatus.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of pulse density modulated signals are digital signals including information on a plurality of bits.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the bandwidths of the plurality of pulse density modulated signals into the bandwidths required for the apparatus includes reducing the bandwidths of the plurality of pulse density modulated signals to bandwidths transmittable in the E/O converter and the O/E converter.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the bandwidths of the plurality of pulse density modulated signals into the bandwidths required for the apparatus is performed based on a delay and add method in the correlative encoder.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the bandwidths of the plurality of pulse density modulated signals into the bandwidths required for the apparatus is performed based on an input symbol, which is input to the correlative encoder, and a predetermined number of symbols among a plurality of symbols which are input prior to the input symbol.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the bandwidths of the plurality of pulse density modulated signals into the bandwidths required for the apparatus includes:
performing multiplexing on the plurality of pulse density modulated signals through a multiplexer of the apparatus; and
converting the bandwidths of the plurality of multiplexed signals into bandwidths required for the apparatus.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the outputting of the frequency band filtered signal includes:
performing demultiplexing on the plurality of decoded signals through a demultiplexer of the apparatus; and
filtering a frequency band of one among the plurality of demultiplexed signals and outputting the frequency band filtered signal.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the outputting of the frequency band filtered signal includes:
filtering the frequency band of one among the plurality of demultiplexed signals through a filter included in the RF unit;
shifting the frequency band of the frequency band filtered signal through a frequency converter and a local oscillator included in the RF unit;
amplifying electric power of the frequency band shifted signal through a power amplifier included in the RF unit; and
outputting the electric power amplified signal through an antenna of the RF unit.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Jang Seung Hyun
• Kong Sun Woo
• Kim Kwang Seon
• Kim Myung Don
• Lee Hui Dong

Classifications

• H04B10/2575

  Radio-over-fibre, e.g. radio frequency signal modulated onto an optical carrier · CPC title

• H04B10/524 Primary

  Pulse modulation · CPC title

• H04B10/508

  Pulse generation, e.g. generation of solitons · CPC title

• H04L25/4902 Primary

  Pulse width modulation; Pulse position modulation · CPC title

• H03M3/43 Primary

  the quantiser being a single bit one · CPC title