Patents by Inventor Hidenobu Fukumasa

Hidenobu Fukumasa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090323515
    Abstract: In an environment with large transmission delays, use of an OFDM transmitter which includes: a pilot/data allocator for allocating pilot/data symbols on OFDM symbols and an OFDM receiver which includes: an antenna for receiving the OFDM signals sent out from the antenna of this OFDM transmitter; a ratio unit for frequency transforming the OFDM signals received as RF signals to baseband signals; a frequency offset estimate for estimating an offset value; and a frequency offset corrector for performing frequency compensation by the amount of the frequency offset, improves data transmission efficiency while reducing interference of data between sub-carriers to prevent degradation of reception characteristics by performing appropriate frequency offset correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ishikura, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Toshiaki Kameno, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Koichi Tsunekawa
  • Publication number: 20090137237
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, a base station device, a mobile station device, and a macrodiversity selection method of the invention, in a base station device including a macrodiversity function among a plurality of sectors, select a macrodiversity method for the mobile station device from a plurality of macrodiversity methods, in accordance with a predetermined determination reference based on reception conditions of the mobile station device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiichiro Nakashima, Hidenobu Fukumasa
  • Patent number: 7376114
    Abstract: A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Publication number: 20070263529
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system based on an OFDM technology, a control channel and a low-speed data channel can be multiplexed without a reduction in the transmission speed of a traffic channel. In a communication system that is operated by multiplexing a traffic channel for performing high-speed data transmission and a control channel for performing low-speed control information transmission, an OFDM signal for transmitting the traffic channel and an OFDM signal for transmitting a control signal are multiplexed for transmission. In a receiving station, the control channel is first demodulated/decoded and a judgment is made as to whether or not any signal addressed to the self station is contained in a traffic channel signal. When any signal addressed to the self station is contained, the control channel signal is cancelled from the reception signal in accordance with a wireless channel quality and the traffic channel is demodulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ishikura, Hidenobu Fukumasa
  • Patent number: 7031370
    Abstract: An example spread spectrum communication system is provided in which a transmission signal is separated into an I-phase component and a Q-phase component. In a complex spreading portion, spreading is performed by using multipliers and adders together with a sequence pattern of 1 and ?1 appearing alternately. The outputs from the complex spreading portion are modulated in multipliers using pseudo-random sequences PN(k)(x) allotted for individual users. The baseband signal undergoes waveform shaping by roll-off filters and is modulated through a carrier modulator, then sent to a power amplifier, where it is amplified and transmitted via an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushika Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidenobu Fukumasa
  • Patent number: 6983412
    Abstract: Since iterative decoding of turbo codes or SCCC outputs provisional decoded result and likelihood information in the course of the decoding process, effective use of this makes it possible to implement interference cancellation without marked increase in the amount of operations for decoding. For this purpose, decoding of a plurality of turbo code signals or SCCC blocks interfering with one another is implemented in parallel so that iterative decoding is performed making use of the decoded data and likelihood information obtained as the transitive decoding result of turbo codes or SCCC, to decode other blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidenobu Fukumasa
  • Patent number: 6826169
    Abstract: A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Patent number: 6791965
    Abstract: A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Publication number: 20030067904
    Abstract: A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Publication number: 20030035405
    Abstract: A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Publication number: 20030005388
    Abstract: Since iterative decoding of turbo codes or SCCC outputs provisional decoded result and likelihood information in the course of the decoding process, effective use of this makes it possible to implement interference cancellation without marked increase in the amount of operations for decoding. For this purpose, decoding of a plurality of turbo code signals or SCCC blocks interfering with one another is implemented in parallel so that iterative decoding is performed making use of the decoded data and likelihood information obtained as the transitive decoding result of turbo codes or SCCC, to decode other blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Hidenobu Fukumasa
  • Patent number: 6359875
    Abstract: A CDMA receiving apparatus receives a direct sequence CDMA signal produced through QPSK spreading modulation, performs coherent detection of the direct sequence CDMA signal, and despreads the signals, obtained through the coherent detection, through a despreading portion. The despreading portion comprises a selector portion. The selector portion selects signals as a demodulated and despread in-phase output signal and a demodulated and despread quadrature output signal, in accordance with despreading codes, from demodulated in-phase and quadrature signals obtained through the coherent detection, and an inverted in-phase and quadrature signals obtained as a result of the signs of the demodulated in-phase and quadrature signals being inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Hamada, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Koji Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 6198731
    Abstract: There are disclosed a radiocommunication apparatus and a radiocommunication system. There are provided a receiving section capable of receiving a plurality of types of signals which have been spread through use of different spread code information according to a CDMA scheme in a transmitting-side radiocommunication apparatuses; and a spread demodulation section which carries out despread processing for the common signal portions of the plurality of types of signals received by the receiving section through use of a composite spread code formed from a plurality of spread codes. Accordingly, it becomes possible to significantly improve the quality of received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Hamada, Yasuyuki Oishi, Kazuo Nagatani, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Patent number: 6108548
    Abstract: A mobile station is provided which does not cause a reduction in the speech transmission capacity. Branches receive radio signals from base stations and operate independently of one another. A branch operation control section controls the operation of the individual branches to detect a destination-side base station based on the reception levels of signals from surrounding base stations, to cause part of the branches to establish synchronization of spreading code and carrier frequency with respect to the destination-side base station while causing the other part of the branches to maintain communication with a departure-side base station after the destination-side base station is detected, and to cut off the communication with the departure-side base station after the synchronization is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideto Furukawa, Yasuyuki Oishi, Kazuo Nagatani, Yoshiharu Tajima, Hidenobu Fukumasa
  • Patent number: 6097714
    Abstract: A code multiplexing transmitting apparatus spread-spectrum modulates transmission data of a plurality of channels by spreading codes that differ from one another, combines the spread-spectrum signals of each of the channels and transmits the resultant spread-spectrum modulated signal. A spread-spectrum modulating unit for each channel includes a phase shifter for shifting, by a predetermined angle channel by channel, the phase of a position vector of the spread-spectrum modulated signal of each channel. As the result of such phase control, the phases of pilot signal portions of the spread-spectrum modulated signals of the respective channels are shifted relative to one another so that the peak values of the code-multiplexed signal can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Patent number: 6058138
    Abstract: A radio receiver includes a plurality of demodulating units for demodulating a received radio wave received via a plurality of paths so as to produce respective demodulated signals, and combining units for executing a combination process of synchronizing and combining the demodulated signals produced by the plurality of demodulating units, the combining units correlating the demodulated signals produced by the plurality of demodulating units and excluding from a combination process a demodulated signal that meets a predetermined condition based on a predetermined algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hidenobu Fukumasa, Yasuyuki Oishi, Kazuo Nagatani, Hajime Hamada
  • Patent number: 6041034
    Abstract: Co-channel interference may be prevented even if data having different transmission rates are concurrently multiplied to a same frequency band width with a different spreading factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hidenobu Fukumasa, Yasuyuki Oishi, Kazuo Nagatani, Hajime Hamada
  • Patent number: 6028894
    Abstract: SIR measurement for measuring S/N ratio, which is the ratio of a desired signal power to noise power, or S/I ratio, which is the ratio of desired signal power to interference signal power, uses a signal-point position altering unit for taking absolute values of an I component (in-phase component) and Q component (quadrature component) of a received signal to convert the received signal to a signal in the first quadrant of an I-Q orthogonal coordinate system, and for squaring the average value of the converted signal to obtain first average power (desired power) S, a received-power arithmetic unit for calculating the average value of the square of the received signal to obtain second average power, and for subtracting the desired power S from the received power to obtain noise power or interference power I, and a SIR arithmetic unit for calculating S/N ratio or S/I ratio from the desired signal power S and noise power or interference signal power I, and for outputting the ratio calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Oishi, Kazuo Nagatani, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano
  • Patent number: 6018545
    Abstract: A plurality of chips generated by spectrum spreading from each of the bits constituting transmission information are distributed along the time axis, and transmitted. At the receiving end, the transmission information is recovered while integrating information of the chips distributed along the time axis. In a first aspect of the present invention, the transmission information is repeated multiple times, and then the resulting information is spread by a spreading code to generate the transmission data. In a second aspect of the present invention, the transmission information is first spread by a spreading code and then interleaved to generate the transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hidenobu Fukumasa, Yasuyuki Oishi, Hideto Furukawa, Kazuo Nagatani, Yoshiharu Tajima
  • Patent number: 6009090
    Abstract: A code multiplexing wireless apparatus for amplifying a code-multiplexed signal and then transmitting the amplified signal includes the following to reduce output back-off, improve the efficiency of a power amplifier and suppress broadening of the frequency spectrum: (1) a code-multiplexed signal generator for multiplying each item of transmission data by a spreading code sequence and combining spread-spectrum modulated signals to generate a code-multiplexed signal, (2) a signal-peak suppressing unit for holding the envelope of the code-multiplexed signal below a set level, and (3) a power amplifier for amplifying the code-multiplexed signal and transmitting the amplified code-multiplexed signal from an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Oishi, Kazuo Nagatani, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Hajime Hamada, Yoshihiko Asano