Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11677597-B2
Application number	US-201917595055-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	May 21, 2019
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A wireless communication device includes an estimation observation unit that observes a channel condition by estimating a tendency of a long delay wave and a channel fluctuation from a received signal in which a training signal is added to a data frame, a first equalizer that compensates for the received signal, a second equalizer that compensates for the received signal with a property of having a higher long delay wave tolerance and a lower channel fluctuation tolerance than the first equalizer, and a control unit that performs control which switches such that the first equalizer or the second equalizer performs compensation for the received signal, on the basis of the channel condition observed by the estimation observation unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless communication device comprising:
an estimation observation unit that observes a channel condition by estimating a tendency of a long delay wave and a channel fluctuation from a received signal in which a training signal is added to a data frame;
a first equalizer that compensates for the received signal;
a second equalizer that compensates for the received signal with a property of having a higher long delay wave tolerance and a lower channel fluctuation tolerance than the first equalizer; and
a control unit that performs control which switches such that the first equalizer or the second equalizer performs compensation for the received signal, on the basis of the channel condition observed by the estimation observation unit.

2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the estimation observation unit
estimates the tendency of the long delay wave and the channel fluctuation by determining presence or absence of a long delay wave component of a training signal which exceeds a predetermined delay time period during non-communication and presence or absence of a plurality of training signals which exceed a predetermined fluctuation during non-communication, and
the control unit
performs control which switches such that the second equalizer compensates for the received signal if it is determined by the estimation observation unit that there is a long delay wave component of a training signal which exceeds the predetermined delay time period and switches such that the first equalizer compensates for the received signal if it is determined by the estimation observation unit that there are a plurality of training signals which exceed the predetermined fluctuation.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit
performs control so as not to switch from the first equalizer or the second equalizer to compensate for the received signal if a non-communication period is longer than a predetermined period and so as to reduce frequency of switching between the first equalizer and the second equalizer if the non-communication period is shorter than the predetermined period.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an Signal-to-Interference plus Noise power ratio (SINR) observation unit that observes an SINR of the received signal that is compensated for by the first equalizer or the second equalizer, wherein
the control unit
performs control which switches such that the first equalizer or the second equalizer performs compensation for the received signal in accordance with the SINR observed by the SINR observation unit.

5. A wireless communication system comprising a transmitter that transmits a transmitted signal in which a training signal is added to a data frame and a receiver that receives, as a received signal, the transmitted signal,
wherein the receiver includes
an estimation observation unit that observes a channel condition by estimating a tendency of a long delay wave and a channel fluctuation from the received signal,
a first equalizer that compensates for the received signal,
a second equalizer that compensates for the received signal with a property of having a higher long delay wave tolerance and a lower channel fluctuation tolerance than the first equalizer, and
a control unit that performs control which switches such that the first equalizer or the second equalizer performs compensation for the received signal, on the basis of the channel condition observed by the estimation observation unit.

6. The wireless communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the estimation observation unit
estimates the tendency of the long delay wave and the channel fluctuation by determining presence or absence of a long delay wave component of a training signal which exceeds a predetermined delay time period during non-communication and presence or absence of a plurality of training signals which exceed a predetermined fluctuation during non-communication, and
the control unit
performs control which switches such that the second equalizer compensates for the received signal if it is determined by the estimation observation unit that there is a long delay wave component of a training signal which exceeds the predetermined delay time period and switches such that the first equalizer compensates for the received signal if it is determined by the estimation observation unit that there are a plurality of training signals which exceed the predetermined fluctuation.

7. A wireless communication method comprising:
an estimation observation step of observing a channel condition by estimating a tendency of a long delay wave and a channel fluctuation from a received signal in which a training signal is added to a data frame;
a first compensation step of compensating for the received signal;
a second compensation step of compensating for the received signal with a property of having a higher long delay wave tolerance and a lower channel fluctuation tolerance than the first compensation step; and
a control step of switching such that compensation for the received signal is performed by the first compensation step or the second compensation step, on the basis of the channel condition observed by the estimation observation step.

8. The wireless communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the estimation observation step comprises
estimating the tendency of the long delay wave and the channel fluctuation by determining presence or absence of a long delay wave component of a training signal which exceeds a predetermined delay time period during non-communication and presence or absence of a plurality of training signals which exceed a predetermined fluctuation during non-communication, and
the control step comprises
performing control which switches so as to compensate for the received signal by the second compensation step if it is determined by the estimation observation step that there is a long delay wave component of a training signal which exceeds the predetermined delay time period and switches so as to compensate for the received signal by the first compensation step if it is determined by the estimation observation step that there are a plurality of training signals which exceed the predetermined fluctuation.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• FUKUZONO Hayato
• Kuriyama Keita
• Tokuyasu Tomohiro
• Tatsuta Tsutomu

Classifications

• H04L25/0224

  using sounding signals · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  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

• H04L27/01 Primary

  Equalisers {(baseband equalizers at the transmitter end H04L25/03343; in analogue transmission systems H04B3/04, H04B7/005)} · CPC title

• H04L25/0212

  of impulse response · CPC title

• H04L25/03885

  adaptive · CPC title