Wireless communication system and wireless communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10804973-B2
Application number	US-202016841917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2020
Priority date	Oct 11, 2017
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

A wireless communication method includes: storing antenna-pair set information and a first measurement result in association with each other for every positional-arrangement, the antenna-pair set information being information on a set of pairs of transmission antennas and reception antennas that achieves a best throughput for the positional-arrangement, the first measurement result being a measurement result of reception characteristics of a training signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas; selecting current antenna-pair set information corresponding to a current positional-arrangement by comparing a second measurement result with the first measurement result stored, the second measurement result being a measurement result of reception characteristics of the training signal measured at the plurality of reception antennas in the current positional-arrangement; and establishing links between the plurality of transmission antennas and the respective plurality of reception antennas based on the current antenna-pair set information corresponding to the current positional-arrangement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication system comprising:
a plurality of transmission antennas;
a plurality of reception antennas;
pairing information management circuitry configured to store a plurality of combinations of a positional arrangement, antenna-pair set information, and a measurement result, in a one-to-one correspondence, wherein the positional arrangement indicates a configuration of the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas, the antenna-pair set information indicates information on a set of pairs of the transmission antennas and the reception antennas that achieves a highest throughput for the corresponding positional arrangement, and the measurement result indicates at least one of reception characteristics of a training signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas and measured at the plurality of reception antennas in the corresponding positional arrangement;
pairing determination circuitry configured to select current antenna-pair set information corresponding to a current positional arrangement for communication between the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas by comparing a current measurement result with the measurement results stored in the pairing information management circuitry, wherein the current measurement result indicates at least one of reception characteristics of the training signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas and measured at the plurality of reception antennas in the current positional-arrangement; and
link establishing circuitry configured to establish links between the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas based on the current antenna-pair set information corresponding to the current positional arrangement,
wherein at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas or the plurality of reception antennas is to be mounted on a mobile unit.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the pairing determination circuitry is configured to select the current antenna-pair set information corresponding to the current positional arrangement based on a difference between the current measurement result and each of the stored measurement results.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , comprising transmission circuitry, which includes the plurality of transmission antennas, the pairing information management circuitry, the pairing determination circuitry, and the link establishing circuitry.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , comprising reception circuitry, which includes the plurality of reception antennas, the pairing information management circuitry, the pairing determination circuitry, and the link establishing circuitry.

5. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , comprising:
transmission circuitry, which includes the plurality of transmission antennas and at least one of the pairing information management circuitry, the pairing determination circuitry, or the link establishing circuitry, and
reception circuitry, which includes the plurality of reception antennas and remaining one(s) of the pairing information management circuitry, the pairing determination circuitry, or the link establishing circuitry.

6. A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system that includes a plurality of transmission antennas and a plurality of reception antennas, at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas or the plurality of reception antennas being mounted on a mobile unit, the wireless communication method comprising:
storing a plurality of combinations of a positional arrangement, antenna-pair set information and a measurement result, in a one-to-one correspondence, wherein the positional arrangement indicates a configuration of the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas, the antenna-pair set information indicates information on a set of pairs of the transmission antennas and the reception antennas that achieves a highest throughput for the corresponding positional arrangement, and the measurement result indicates at least one of reception characteristics of a training signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas and measured at the plurality of reception antennas in the corresponding positional arrangement;
selecting current antenna-pair set information corresponding to a current positional arrangement for communication between the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas by comparing a current measurement result with the stored measurement results, wherein the current measurement result indicates at least one of reception characteristics of the training signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas and measured at the plurality of reception antennas in the current positional arrangement; and
establishing links between the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas based on the current antenna-pair set information corresponding to the current positional arrangement.

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Takinami Koji
• Urushihara Tomoya
• Kobayashi Masashi

Classifications

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04B7/0404 Primary

  the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/0686

  Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission · CPC title

• H04B7/0602

  using antenna switching (H04B7/0686 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24) · CPC title

• H04B7/0868 Primary

  Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and combining · CPC title