Transmitter and subframe arrangement method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10659266-B2
Application number	US-201716073937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2017
Priority date	Mar 8, 2016
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a transmitter. The present transmitter comprises: a frame generation unit for generating a frame including a plurality of subframes, each of which includes data and a pilot; and a transmission unit for transmitting a frame to a receiver, wherein, when the plurality of subframes have the same FFT size, the frame generation unit determines an arrangement order of the plurality of subframes on the basis of the number of subcarriers used for transmission of the data and the pilot, and arranges the plurality of subframes according to the determined arrangement order.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmitter comprising:
a frame generation unit configured to generate a frame including a plurality of subframes that each include data and a pilot; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit the frame to a receiver,
wherein when FFT sizes of the plurality of subframes are the same as each other, the frame generation unit determines an arrangement order of the plurality of subframes based on the number of subcarriers used to transmit the data and the pilot, and arranges the plurality of subframes according to the determined arrangement order.

2. The transmitter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame generation unit arranges the plurality of subframes in order of a subframe having the large number of subcarriers to a subframe having the small number of subcarriers.

3. The transmitter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame generation unit determines the arrangement order of the plurality of subframes based on a value of Dx indicating an interval of scattered pilot on a frequency axis, and arranges the plurality of subframes according to the determined arrangement order.

4. The transmitter as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the frame generation unit arranges a first subframe having the smallest value of Dx among the plurality of subframes, and arranges a second subframe having a value of Dx of an integer multiple of the value of Dx of the first subframe after the first subframe.

5. The transmitter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second subframe is a subframe having the smallest value of Dx among one or more subframes having the value of Dx of the integer multiple of the value of Dx of the first subframe.

6. The transmitter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the frame generation unit arranges a third subframe having a value of Dx of an integer multiple of the value of Dx of the second subframe among the plurality of subframes after the second subframe.

7. The transmitter as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the third subframe is a subframe having the smallest value of Dx among one or more subframes having the value of Dx of the integer multiple of the value of Dx of the second subframe.

8. The transmitter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the frame generation unit arranges a fourth subframe having the smallest value of Dx among values of Dx which is not an integer multiple of the value of Dx of the first subframe after the second subframe.

9. The transmitter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein when the subframe having the value of Dx of the integer multiple of the value of Dx of the first subframe does not exist in the plurality of subframes, the frame generation unit arranges a fifth subframe having a small value of Dx next to the value of Dx of the first subframe after the first subframe.

10. The transmitter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame generation unit arranges the plurality of subframes in order of a subframe having a small FFT size to a subframe having a large FFT size based on a FFT size of each of the plurality of subframes,
the data includes audio data, a first image data, and additional data for generating second image data having image quality higher than that of first image data based on the first image data,
the audio data is included in at least one subframe having a first FFT size,
the first image data is included in at least one subframe having a second FFT size larger than the first FFT size, and
the additional data is included in at least one subframe having a third FFT size larger than the second FFT size.

11. A method for arranging subframes of a transmitter, the method comprising:
generating a frame including a plurality of subframes that each include data and a pilot; and
transmitting the frame to a receiver,
wherein in the generating of the frame, when FFT sizes of the plurality of subframes are the same as each other, an arrangement order of the plurality of subframes is determined based on the number of subcarriers used to transmit the data and the pilot, and the plurality of subframes are arranged according to the determined arrangement order.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in the generating of the frame, the plurality of subframes are arranged in order of a subframe having the large number of subcarriers to a subframe having the small number of subcarriers.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in the generating of the frame, the arrangement order of the plurality of subframes is determined based on a value of Dx indicating an interval of scattered pilot on a frequency axis, and the plurality of subframes are arranged according to the determined arrangement order.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein in the generating of the frame, a first subframe having the smallest value of Dx among the plurality of subframes is arranged, and a second subframe having a value of Dx of an integer multiple of the value of Dx of the first subframe is arranged after the first subframe.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the second subframe is a subframe having the smallest value of Dx among one or more subframes having the value of Dx of the integer multiple of the value of Dx of the first subframe.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jung-Hyun
• Kim Nam-Hyun
• Park Sung-Woo
• Yu Jung-Pil
• Jung Sung-Kyu

Classifications

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04L25/0226

  sounding signals per se · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04L27/2605

  Symbol extensions, e.g. Zero Tail, Unique Word [UW] · CPC title