Telephone for transmitting an uplink signal to a base station and for receiving first and second downlink signals from the base station, and a base station for receiving an uplink signal from a telephone and transmitting first and second downlink signals to the telephone

A telephone for transmitting an uplink signal to a base station and receiving a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal from the base station, comprising:

• a modulator operable to modulate a first data stream according to a QPSK to produce a modulated signal;
• a multiplexer operable to convert the modulated signal to a CDMA converted signal according to CDMA;
• a transmitter operable to transmit the CDMA converted signal as the uplink signal;
• a receiver operable to receive the first downlink signal and the second downlink signal, wherein the first downlink signal has information of data for demodulation and the second downlink signal has information of a second data stream, the first downlink signal is modulated according to a QPSK, and the second downlink signal is modulated according to an n-level PSK or an n-level QAM, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
• a de-multiplexer operable to convert the first downlink signal to a first de-multiplexed signal and convert the second downlink signal to a second de-multiplexed signal, according to CDMA;
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• a demodulator operable to demodulate the first de-multiplexed signal to produce the data for demodulation and demodulate the second de-multiplexed signal to produce the second data stream, wherein the second data stream is produced according to the data for demodulation;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.

A base station for receiving an uplink signal from a telephone and transmitting a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal to the telephone, comprising:

• a receiver operable to receive the uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal has information of a first data stream, and the first data stream is modulated according to a QPSK;
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• a demodulator operable to demodulate the uplink signal to produce the first data stream;
• a modulator operable to modulate data for demodulation according to a QPSK to produce a first modulated signal and modulate a second data stream according to an n-level PSK or an n-level QAM to produce a second modulated signal, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
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• a transmitter operable to transmit the first modulated signal as the first downlink signal and transmit the second modulated signal as the second downlink signal;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.

A base station for receiving an uplink signal from a telephone and transmitting a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal to the telephone, comprising:

• a receiver operable to receive the uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal has information of a first data stream, and the first data stream is modulated according to a QPSK;
• a de-multiplexer operable to convert the uplink signal to a de-multiplexed signal according to CDMA;
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• a demodulator operable to demodulate the de-multiplexed signal to produce the first data stream;
• a modulator operable to modulate data for demodulation according to a QPSK to produce a first modulated signal and modulate a second data stream according to an n-level PSK or an n-level QAM to produce a second modulated signal, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
• a multiplexer operable to convert the first modulated signal to a first CDMA converted signal and to convert the second modulated signal to a second CDMA converted signal, according to CDMA;
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• a transmitter operable to transmit the first CDMA converted signal as the first downlink signal and transmit the second CDMA converted signal as the second downlink signal;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.

A transmission and receiving method for transmitting an uplink signal to a base station and receiving a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal from the base station, comprising:

• when the uplink signal is transmitted from a telephone to the base station:
• modulating a first data stream according to a QPSK to produce a modulated signal;
• transmitting the modulated signal as the uplink signal;
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• when the first and second downlink signals are transmitted from the base station to the telephone:
• receiving the first downlink signal and the second downlink signal, wherein the first downlink signal has information of data for demodulation and the second downlink signal has information of a second data stream, the first downlink signal is modulated according to a QPSK, and the second downlink signal is modulated according to an n-level PSK or an n-level QAM, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
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• demodulating the first downlink signal to produce the data for demodulation and demodulating the second downlink signal to produce the second data stream, wherein the second data stream is produced according to the data for demodulation;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.

A transmission and receiving method for transmitting an uplink signal to a base station and receiving a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal from the base station, comprising:

• when the uplink signal is transmitted from a telephone to the base station:
• modulating a first data stream according to a QPSK to produce a first modulated signal;
• multiplexing the modulated signal to a CDMA converted signal according to CDMA;
• transmitting the CDMA converted signal as the uplink signal;
• and
• when the first and second downlink signals are transmitted from the base station to the telephone:
• receiving the first downlink signal and the second downlink signal, wherein the first downlink signal has information of data for demodulation and the second downlink signal has information of a second data stream, the first downlink signal is modulated according to a QPSK, and the second downlink signal is modulated according to an n-level PSK of an n-level QAM, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
• demultiplexing the first downlink signal to produce a first de-multiplexed signal and demultiplexing the second downlink signal to produce a second de-multiplexed signal, according to CDMA;
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• demodulating the first de-multiplexed signal to produce the data for demodulation and demodulating the second de-multiplexed signal to produce the second data stream, wherein the second data stream is produced according to the data for demodulation;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.

A receiving and transmitting method for receiving an uplink signal from a telephone and transmitting a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal to the telephone, comprising:

• when the uplink signal is transmitted from the telephone to a base station:
• receiving the uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal has information of a first data stream, and the first data stream is modulated according to a QPSK;
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• demodulating the uplink signal to produce the first data stream;
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• when the first and second downlink signals are transmitted from the base station to the telephone:
• modulating data for demodulation to produce a first modulated signal according to a QPSK and modulating a second data stream to produce a second modulated signal according to an n-level QAM, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
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• transmitting the first modulated signal as the first downlink signal and the second modulated signal as the second downlink signal;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.

A receiving and transmitting method for receiving an uplink signal from a telephone and transmitting a first downlink signal and a second downlink signal to the telephone, comprising:

• when the uplink signal is transmitted from the telephone to a base station:
• receiving the uplink signal from the telephone, wherein the uplink signal has information of a first data stream, and the first data stream is modulated according to a QPSK;
• de-multiplexing the uplink signal to produce a de-multiplexed signal according to CDMA;
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• demodulating the de-multiplexed signal to produce the first data stream;
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• when the first and second downlink signals are transmitted from the base station to the telephone:
• modulating data for demodulation to produce a first modulated signal according to a QPSK and modulating a second data stream to produce a second modulated signal according to an n-level QAM, wherein the data for demodulation includes information representing the value of n;
• multiplexing the first modulated signal to produce a first CDMA converted signal and multiplexing the second modulated signal to produce a second CDMA converted signal, according to CDMA;
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• transmitting the first CDMA converted signal as the first downlink signal and the second CDMA converted signal as the second downlink signal;
• wherein a data rate of the second downlink signal is changeable.