Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus returns a part of an amplified output signal of a power amplifier amplifying a transmission signal, reads a distortion compensation signal from a distortion compensation table, multiplies the transmission signal with the distortion compensation signal thereof, and inputs the signal to the power amplifier. The distortion compensation signal corresponding to a signal calculated based on an error signal that is a difference between the transmission signal and the amplified output signal, the distortion compensation signal from the distortion compensation table and the step size parameter, and to a power of the transmission signal.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the scale of circuitry and shortens the code phase detection time needed to achieve initial synchronization. In a correlator for calculating correlation between a received spreading code contained in a received spread-spectrum signal and a reference spreading code, a combined code generator is included. The combined code generator outputs a combined spreading code by weighting and combining a plurality of phase-shifted reference spreading codes A1-AM. Further, an arithmetic circuit calculates correlation between the received spreading code and the plurality of phase-shifted reference spreading codes simultaneously. A phase detection circuit detects the phase difference between the received spreading code and a reference spreading code, namely the phase of the received spreading code from the results of the arithmetic operation.

Abstract: In a distortion compensating apparatus for adaptively compensating a non-linear distortion of a circuit having the non-linear distortion, an adaptive equalizing processor adaptively selects, from among a filter coefficient group preliminarily held in a memory, a filter coefficient which makes an out-of-band power of an output signal reduced to be set in a digital filter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spread-signal multiplexing circuit for frequency-multiplexing a plurality of spread signals that were generated in parallel according to the SSMA scheme. An object of the invention is to adapt to various degrees of multiplicity and to keep the SN ratio and the power efficiency high. To this end, a spread-signal multiplexing circuit of the invention comprises an amplitude monitoring part for multiplexing a plurality of spread signals and determining amplitude of a resulting signal in time-series order; a delaying part for delaying the spread signals in parallel by a time that is equal to a propagation delay time of the amplitude monitoring part; and a multiplexing part for generating a multiplexed signal by multiplexing the delayed spread signals while weighting the delayed spread signals in parallel using weights that are smaller as an average value of the determined amplitude is larger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling direction of radio-wave emission of a base-station transmitter which emits radio waves upon providing the radio waves with directivity in the direction of a receiver. Two antennas of a base station that are disposed at different positions transmit first and second signals that have been spread by mutually orthogonal spreading codes. A mobile station has a phase detector for receiving the first and second signals transmitted from respective ones of the antennas and obtaining a phase difference between these signals, and a direction estimator for calculating the direction of the mobile station, as seen from the base station, based upon the phase difference and for feeding back a signal representing the calculated direction from the mobile station to the base station. The transmitter of the base station transmits data toward the receiver in the calculated direction using a directional antenna.

Abstract: In a radio apparatus which compensates for non-linear distortion of a transmission power amplifier, a distributor feeds back the output signal of the transmission power amplifier, an error-signal estimating arithmetic unit digitally estimates an error signal, which is ascribable to non-linear distortion of the power amplifier, using a transmit signal and feedback signal, the transmit signal and the error signal are DA-converted by separate DA converters, and a combiner combines the output signals of the DA converters and inputs the combined signal to the transmission power amplifier to perform distortion compensation.

Abstract: A multi-carrier signal received by an antenna is converted into a signal of an IF band by an RX, and converted into an I signal and a Q signal by an quadrature detector. The I signal and the Q signal as multi-carrier signals are converted into digital signals by an A/D converter, and input to complex filters. The complex filters extract a complex signal having a specified carrier. Then, complex filters shift the center frequency of the extracted complex signal into 0 Hz. The obtained base band signal is input to a finger, and despread and demodulated. The despread and demodulated signal is RAKE synthesized by a synthesis unit, and transmitted to a signal discrimination unit.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus returns a part of an amplified output signal of a power amplifier amplifying a transmission signal, reads a distortion compensation signal from a distortion compensation table, multiplies the transmission signal with the distortion compensation signal thereof, and inputs the signal to the power amplifier. The distortion compensation signal corresponding to a signal calculated based on an error signal that is a difference between the transmission signal and the amplified output signal, the distortion compensation signal from the distortion compensation table and the step size parameter, and to a power of the transmission signal.

Abstract: Digital input signals xi and xq are multiplied by an multiplier 31 with a distortion compensation coefficient of a distortion compensation coefficient storage unit 33 and then processed by a modulation/amplification unit 1 for sending in the form of analog output signals Z. The analog output signals Z are fed back for processings by an attenuator 43, a mixer 41, a quadrature demodulator 39, etc., and then fed to subtractors 35i and 35q. The subtractors 35i and 35q find differences (errors) between analog input signals Xi and Xq and analog feedback signals Yi and Yq, respectively, and feeds the analog error signals to ADCs 36i and 36q, respectively. The ADCs 36i and 36q convert the analog error signals into digital signals and feeds the digital signals to a distortion compensation coefficient arithmetic unit 5. The distortion compensation coefficient arithmetic unit 5 figures out a new distortion compensation coefficient to update the distortion compensation coefficient storage unit 33.

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.

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.

Abstract: A parallel operation system of transmission amplifiers enable the parallel running by the two distortion compensation amplifiers using the digital pre-distorter system and to provide a parallel operation system of the transmission amplifiers that makes it possible to switch to respective single running easily. The parallel operation system includes first and second transmission amplifiers which receive common input signals for outputting amplified signals from respective ones; and a coupling unit which combines outputs of the first and second transmission amplifiers, to provide as its output; the first and second transmission amplifiers each having a main amplifier; and a modulation unit disposed on the input side of the main amplifier; wherein the output of one of the modulation units included in the first and second transmission amplifiers is fed in common to the main amplifiers included in the first and second transmission amplifiers.

Abstract: An m-bit shift register stores data to be sent that are generated by a data generator 1 bit at a time sequentially. An orthogonal M sequence generator generates an M sequence with the m bits of data to be sent that are stored in the shift register as an initial value, then generates an orthogonal M sequence from that M sequence. A clock signal generator generates a clock signal of frequency 2m times the data rate of the data to be sent. The orthogonal M sequence generator operates in accordance with that clock signal.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a path searching device and a CDMA receiver employing the same, having a reduced circuit scale and operating to carry out a smaller number of operations. For a direct spreading CDMA communication system, a CDMA receiver includes a reception demodulator including an antenna, a high-frequency amplifier a band-pass filter, demodulators, etc. The CDMA receiver also has despreading units, a determination unit, and a path search device. The path search device has a sampling unit for sampling an input signal by low-speed oversampling based on an integer multiple of a chip rate and by high-speed oversampling that is faster than the low-speed oversampling, a first circuit for finding a correlative value between a spreading code and a signal provided by the low-speed oversampling and finding timing corresponding to a maximum correlative value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a demodulator which receives a signal transmitted via phase modulation or multivalue QAM modulation, and decides transmitted data based on the received signal. The present invention enhances a transmission-line estimate by using tentatively decided data symbols as pilot symbols and in estimating a transmission line without a decrease in accuracy of transmission-line estimate even when an error rate of the tentatively decided data symbols is increased. The demodulator includes a pilot-based transmission-line estimation unit for estimating transmission-line characteristics by using pilot symbols. A tentative-data-decision unit for tentatively deciding data symbols based on the pilot-based transmission-line estimate. A data-based transmission-line estimation unit for estimating the transmission-line characteristics by using the tentatively decided data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transmission device for predistorting a digital signal in order to compensate distortion, then amplifying and transmitting it. A digital input signal is converted to a first analog signal by a first D/A converter. Separately, the digital input signal is also subjected to predistortion. A compensating signal is then generated from the digital input signal and the predistorted signal. The compensating signal generated thereby is converted into a second analog signal by a second D/A converter. The first analog signal and second analog signal are then added, this addition operation giving a compensated analog transmission signal. This analog transmission signal is supplied to the amplifier for amplification, and then transmitted via an antenna.

Abstract: In a radio apparatus which compensates for non-linear distortion of a transmission power amplifier, a distributor feeds back the output signal of the transmission power amplifier, an error-signal estimating arithmetic unit digitally estimates an error signal, which is ascribable to non-linear distortion of the power amplifier, using a transmit signal and feedback signal, the transmit signal and the error signal are DA-converted by separate DA converters, and a combiner combines the output signals of the DA converters and inputs the combined signal to the transmission power amplifier to perform distortion compensation.

Abstract: Distortion compensation coefficients for correcting distortion of a transmission power amplifier are stored in a memory beforehand, a distortion compensation coefficient conforming to powers or amplitudes of a present transmit signal and a past transmit signal is read out of the memory, and distortion compensation processing is applied to the transmit signal using this distortion compensation coefficient. The transmit signal thus subjected to distortion compensation processing is then amplified by the transmission power amplifier and the amplified signal is transmitted, and the distortion compensation coefficient is updated based upon the transmit signal before distortion compensation and an output signal from the transmission power amplifier.

Abstract: Digital input signals xi and xq are multiplied by an multiplier 31 with a distortion compensation coefficient of a distortion compensation coefficient storage unit 33 and then processed by a modulation/amplification unit 1 for sending in the form of analog output signals Z. The analog output signals Z are fed back for processings by an attenuator 43, a mixer 41, a quadrature demodulator 39, etc., and then fed to subtractors 35i and 35q. The subtractors 35i and 35q find differences (errors) between analog input signals Xi and Xq and analog feedback signals Yi and Yq, respectively, and feeds the analog error signals to ADCs 36i and 36q, respectively. The ADCs 36i and 36q convert the analog error signals into digital signals and feeds the digital signals to a distortion compensation coefficient arithmetic unit 5. The distortion compensation coefficient arithmetic unit 5 figures out a new distortion compensation coefficient to update the distortion compensation coefficient storage unit 33.

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.