Method of transmitting a digital signal in a distributed system, and a corresponding program product and relay device
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsAhmed Saadani, Michel Nahas, Ghaya Rekaya
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting frames of N>2 symbols for use in a distributed system having at least two transmitter nodes. The method includes circularly permutating a frame of N symbols; multiplying m first permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1; and one of the nodes transmitting the frame including the multiplied permutated symbols and another of the nodes transmitting the frame of N symbols.
Claims13
A method of transmitting frames of N>2 symbols Si for use in a distributed system having at least two transmitter nodes, the method comprising:
- circularly permutating a frame of N symbols Si;
- multiplying m first permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1;
- and
- one of the nodes transmitting the frame comprising the multiplied permutated symbols and another of the nodes transmitting the frame of N symbols Si.
A method of transmitting frames of N>2 symbols Si for use in a distributed system having at least two transmitter nodes, the method comprising:
- determining first and second new frames comprising respective symbols Xi and X′i constructed by combining symbols Si of a frame, the two symbols Xi and X′i constructed from the same symbols determining two different points of a given constellation;
- circularly permutating the second new frame of N constructed symbols X′i;
- multiplying m first permutated constructed symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1;
- one of the nodes transmitting permutated and multiplied symbols;
- and
- another node transmitting the first new frame of N constructed symbols Xi.
A distributed transmission system having at least three nodes including two transmitter nodes for transmitting frames of N symbols, the system comprising:
- circular permutation means for circularly permutating a frame of N symbols;
- and
- multiplier means for multiplying m first permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1;
- and such that:
- one of the transmitter nodes has means for transmitting the frame of multiplied permutated symbols;
- and
- another of the transmitter nodes has means for transmitting the frame of N symbols.
A non-transitory data medium device including program instructions adapted to implement a method of transmitting a digital signal comprising frames of N>2 symbols Si when said program is loaded in and executed by a distributed system having at least two transmitter nodes, wherein the method comprises:
- circularly permutating a frame of N symbols Si;
- multiplying m first permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1;
- and
- one of the nodes transmitting the frame comprising the multiplied permutated symbols and another of the nodes transmitting the frame of N symbols Si.
A relay for an OFDMA type distributed transmission system, the relay comprising:
- circular permutation means for circularly permutating frame of N≧2 symbols;
- multiplication means for multiplying m first permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1;
- and
- an OFDMA multiplexer with a plurality of subcarriers for multiplexing the frame of permutated symbols having the m phase-shifted symbols on one of the subcarriers of the multiplexer.
A method of receiving frames of N symbols for use in a distributed system having at least three nodes including two transmitter nodes, the method comprising:
- decoding a received frame resulting from the transmission of at least a first frame transmitted by the first transmitter node and at least a second frame transmitted by the second transmitter node using a space-time code for which the matrix comprises as many rows as there are transmitter nodes, the first row being identical to the first frame transmitted by the first transmitter node and the second row being constructed from the preceding row by applying a circular permutation to the symbols of the preceding row and by multiplying m of the permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1.
A receiver for receiving frames of N symbols, for use in a distributed system having at least three nodes including transmitter nodes and the receiver, the receiver comprising:
- a decoder for decoding a received frame resulting from the transmission of at least a first frame transmitted by the first transmitter node and at least a second frame transmitted by the second transmitter node, the decoder having a function that is the inverse of a coder using a space-time code for which the matrix comprises as many rows as there are transmitter nodes, the first row being identical to the first frame transmitted by the first transmitter node and the second row being constructed from the preceding row by applying a circular permutation to the symbols of the preceding row and by multiplying m of the permutated symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1.
A non-transitory data medium device including program instructions adapted to implement a method of transmitting frames of N>2 symbols Si when said program is loaded in and executed by a distributed system having at least two transmitter nodes, wherein the method comprises:
- determining first and second new frames comprising respective symbols Xi and X′i constructed by combining symbols Si of a frame, the two symbols Xi and X′i constructed from the same symbols determining two different points of a given constellation;
- circularly permutating the second new frame of N constructed symbols X′i;
- multiplying m first permutated constructed symbols by a phase coefficient φ≠1, for 0<m≦[N/2]+1;
- one of the nodes transmitting permutated and multiplied symbols;
- and
- another node transmitting the first new frame of N constructed symbols Xi.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.