MIMO receiving apparatus and MIMO preprocessing apparatus

A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) receiving method, comprising:

• receiving a multiplex signal, from a MIMO preprocessing apparatus on an input signal path, said multiplex signal including one or more MIMO transmission channels of a MIMO transmission signal, wherein a MIMO transmission channel of the one or more MIMO transmission channels carrying one or more services includes two MIMO receive signal components multiplexed onto said multiplex signal;
• signaling, to said MIMO preprocessing apparatus, channel allocation information indicating the allocation of the two MIMO receive signal components of a MIMO transmission channel carrying a desired service that shall be used by said MIMO receiving method to respective frequency channels, so that the two MIMO receive signal components will be allocated to different frequency channels;
• processing, by circuitry, the two MIMO receive signal components, of the MIMO transmission channel carrying the desired service, by tuning the two MIMO receive signal components to the frequency channel of the respective MIMO receive signal component based on said channel allocation information to obtain a service data stream;
• and
• outputting said service data stream.

A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) preprocessing apparatus, comprising:

• an input interface configured to receive a MIMO transmission signal including at least two MIMO transmission signal streams received via different input signal paths, wherein said MIMO transmission signal includes one or more MIMO transmission channels, and wherein a MIMO transmission channel of the one or more MIMO transmission channels carrying one or more services includes two MIMO receive signal components covering a same frequency channel and being included in different transmission signal streams;
• a MIMO multiplexer configured to multiplex the two MIMO receive signal components of the one or more MIMO transmission channels onto a multiplex signal, wherein the two MIMO receive signal components are allocated to different frequency channels based on channel allocation information derived from said MIMO transmission signal or received from a MIMO receiving apparatus;
• and
• an output interface configured to output said multiplex signal to an output signal path.

A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) preprocessing method, comprising:

• receiving a MIMO transmission signal that includes at least two MIMO transmission signal streams received via different input signal paths, wherein said MIMO transmission signal includes one or more MIMO transmission channels and wherein a MIMO transmission channel carrying one or more services includes two MIMO receive signal components covering the same frequency channel and being included in different transmission signal streams;
• multiplexing, by circuitry, the two MIMO receive signal components of the one or more MIMO transmission channels onto a multiplex signal, wherein the two MIMO receive signal components are allocated to different frequency channels based on channel allocation information derived from said MIMO transmission signal or received from a MIMO receiving apparatus;
• and
• outputting said multiplex signal to an output signal path.

A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmitting apparatus, comprising:

• input processing circuitry configured to receive input data to be transmitted;
• Bit Interleaved Coding and Modulation (BICM) circuitry configured to encode and modulate the received input data and signaling information, said signaling information including channel allocation information indicating an allocation of two MIMO receive signal components of at least a MIMO transmission channel carrying a desired service that shall be used by a MIMO receiving apparatus to respective frequency channels so that the two MIMO receive signal components of said MIMO transmission channel will be allocated to different frequency channels;
• MIMO encoding circuitry configured to encode the output signals of the BICM circuitry to obtain two MIMO encoded signal streams;
• and
• two MIMO transmission antennas configured to transmit said MIMO encoded signal streams as a MIMO transmission signal, wherein
• said MIMO transmission signal includes one or more MIMO transmission channels, and
• a MIMO transmission channel carrying one or more services includes two MIMO receive signal components covering the same frequency channel and being included in different MIMO encoded streams.

A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmitting method, comprising:

• receiving input data to be transmitted;
• encoding and modulating, by Bit Interleaved Coding and Modulation (BICM) circuitry, the received input data and signaling information, said signaling information includes channel allocation information indicating the allocation of two MIMO receive signal components of at least a MIMO transmission channel carrying a desired service that shall be used by a MIMO receiving apparatus to respective frequency channels so that the two MIMO receive signal components of said MIMO transmission channel will be allocated to different frequency channels;
• MIMO encoding the output signals of the BICM circuitry to obtain two MIMO encoded signal streams;
• and
• transmitting, by circuitry, said MIMO encoded signal streams as a MIMO transmission signal, wherein
• said MIMO transmission signal includes one or more MIMO transmission channels, and
• a MIMO transmission channel carrying one or more services includes two MIMO receive signal components covering the same frequency channel and being included in different MIMO encoded streams.