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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to diversity transmission and
reception method and equipment that use a plurality of antennae, and in
particular to diversity transmission and reception method and equipment
which are suited to communicate digital signals between a fixed station
with a plurality of antennae and a mobile station with a single antenna.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
In mobile communications, fading causes the fluctuation of reception level
and therefore deterioration in the communications. As a method of reducing
the fading, a diversity reception has been widely performed. In that case,
a method is normally used which employs a plurality of antennae spaced
apart from one another. For example, there is known a method wherein two
antennae are spaced apart from each other so that the densities of signals
received to the antennae are not correlated, the reception levels of the
two antennae are measured at all times, and an antenna of higher signal
level is selected.
If signals received to two antennae are not correlated, a probability that
the signal levels become lower together with the both signals is then
greatly reduced, and consequently deterioration of the received signals
becomes few.
Various kinds of diversity reception methods are also known and described,
for example, in "Jakes edited, Microwave Mobile Communications, John Wiley
and Sons."
In the case that a mobile transmission and reception equipment of small
size is required like a cordless telephone and a portable telephone, space
diversity could not be adopted in the radio in the mobile side, because it
is difficult to install a plurality of antennae.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an
improved diversity transmission and reception equipment which is capable
of eliminating the need for using a plurality of antennae in a mobile
transmission and reception equipment, being easily made a small size, and
overcoming fading.
Another object is to provide an improved diversity transmission and
reception method which is capable of eliminating the need for using a
plurality of antennae in a mobile transmission and reception equipment,
being easily made a small size, and overcoming fading.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one important aspect of the present invention, in an
antenna-selection diversity transmission and reception equipment which is
in digital communication with a transmission and reception equipment
having a single antenna, and performs transmission and reception with time
division by using the same radio frequencies, the antenna-selection
diversity transmission and reception equipment comprises a plurality of
antennae; a receiving part having receiving means, comparing means and
selecting means which are adapted for a receiving-antenna selection
diversity; and a transmitting part having memory means for storing antenna
information that was selected by the receiving part; an antenna for
transmission being selected from the plurality of antennae at the time of
transmission in accordance with the information of the memory means.
A digital signal to be transmitted may be constituted by at least a
preamble signal and an information signal, and the antenna selection of
reception diversity may be performed by the selecting means that is driven
when the preamble signal is received.
The antenna-selection diversity transmission and reception equipment may be
provided in a base station, and the transmission and reception equipment
having a single antenna may be provided in a mobile station.
In accordance with another important aspect of the present invention, there
is provided a diversity transmission and reception equipment which
performs digital communications with a transmission and reception
equipment having a plurality of antennae and transmitting a frame signal
including at least a first signal interval which is transmitted from one
antenna selected from the plurality of antennae and a second signal
interval which is transmitted with time division from the plurality of
antennae in a predetermined sequence, comprising: a single antenna for
receiving the frame signal; a receiving part for receiving each of signals
of the second signal interval transmitted from the plurality of antennae
and received to the single antenna, the receiving part having level
comparing means for detecting a signal of highest level from the received
signals of the second signal interval and transmitting the signal of
highest level as a selection control signal; and a transmitting part
having a selection-control-signal transmitting part to which the selection
control signal is inputted, the selection control signal being transmitted
through the single antenna to the transmission and reception equipment
having a plurality of antennae.
According to yet another important aspect of the present invention in a
diversity transmission and reception method wherein digital communications
are performed between one transmission and reception equipment having a
plurality of antennae and another transmission and reception equipment
having a single antenna, the diversity transmission and reception method
comprises transmitting a frame signal from the one transmission and
reception equipment, the frame signal including at least a first signal
interval which is transmitted from one antenna selected from the plurality
of antennae and a second signal interval which is transmitted with time
division from the plurality of antennae in a predetermined sequence;
discriminating signals of the second signal interval of the frame signal
transmitted from the one transmission and reception equipment, by the
another transmission and reception equipment, and transmitting an
optically received signal information as a selection control signal from
the another transmission and reception equipment; selecting an antenna for
reception from the plurality of antennae of the one transmission and
reception equipment by diversity antenna selection, and selecting an
antenna for transmission from the plurality of antennae of the one
transmission and reception equipment by reception of the selection control
signal transmitted from the another transmission and reception equipment.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects and advantages will become apparent from the
following detailed description when read in conjunction with the
accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the principle of the present
invention which is applied to the embodiments of FIGS. 3A and 4;
FIGS. 2A and 2B schematically illustrate the transmission sequence of
signal formats according to the embodiments of FIGS. 3A and 4;
FIG. 3A is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3B is a block diagram of a control circuit in which a postamble signal
may be used;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing the principle of the present
invention which is applied to the embodiments of FIGS. 7 and 8;
FIG. 6A shows a signal format of down direction (from base station to
mobile station) which is used in the embodiments of FIGS. 7 and 8;
FIG. 6B shows a signal format of up direction (from mobile station to base
station) which is used in the embodiments of FIGS. 7 and 8;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the embodiment of a transmission and reception
equipment of a base station, which is constructed in accordance with the
principle of FIG. 5; and
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the embodiment of a transmission and reception
equipment of a mobile station, which is constructed in accordance with the
principle of FIG. 5.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings schematically illustrates the principle
of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a transmission and reception
equipment of a base station indicated by reference numeral 10 has a
plurality of antennae 11 and 12, a switching part 13, a transmitting part
14, and a receiving part 15. A transmission and reception equipment 16 of
a mobile station has a single antenna 17.
In the transmission and reception between the base and mobile stations
shown in FIG. 1, the same radio frequency f1 is used, the transmission and
the reception are not performed at the same time in the same transmission
and reception equipment, and the transmission (up direction) to the base
station from the mobile base station and the transmission (down direction)
to the mobile station from the base station are performed at different
time intervals.
The format of signals to be transmitted is a like frame signal in both the
directions of the up direction (from mobile station to base station) and
the down direction (from base station to mobile station).
The present invention can employ either of the two signal formats in A and
B shown on the right side of FIG. 1. The frame signal of the format A is
constituted by a preamble signal 18 (indicated by PA) and an information
signal 19 (indicated by DATA). The length of the frame signal is set so
that it becomes shorter than the cycle of fading. The frame signal of the
format B is constituted by a preamble signal 18 (indicated by PA), an
information signal 19 (indicated by DATA) and a postamble signal 20
(indicated by POA), and is a signal format wherein the postamble signal is
further added to the frame signal of the format A. Likewise, the length of
the frame signal of the format B is set so that it becomes shorter than
the cycle of fading.
In the case that, with the use of the signal format A, signals are received
in the transmission and reception equipment 10 of the base station, the
preamble signals 18 are received by the antennae 11 and 12 and transmitted
through the switching part 13 to receiving means 61 and 62 of the
receiving part 15, respectively, in which the respective signal levels are
detected. The detected signal levels are compared in comparing means 63,
and the result is supplied as a reception-selection control signal to
selecting means 64 and 65. As a result, among the signals received from
the two antennae 11 and 12, the information signal obtained from the
antenna that is higher in signal level is used as a reception signal. At
this time, the comparison result in the comparing means 63 is stored in
memory means 52 of the transmitting part 14.
Although in FIG. 1 two receiving means 61 and 62 are provided for the
purpose of explaining the principle of the present invention, the
reception-selection control signal can be obtained by using one receiving
means with time division, switching the received signals of the antennae
11 and 12 and detecting them (during the interval of preamble signal), and
comparing the respective received levels (the previously received level
has been stored).
In the case that the transmission from the base (fixed) station is
performed, a transmission signal from transmitting means 51 of the
transmitting part 14 is transmitted through the switching part 13 from one
of the antennae 11 and 12. In that case, since the above described
reception-selection control signal produced from the comparing means 63 of
the receiving part 15 is stored in advance in the memory means 52 of the
transmitting part 14, the switching part 13 performs switching operation
at the time of transmission in accordance with the reception-selection
control signal, and an antenna selected 11 or 12 is used as an antenna for
transmission.
In the case that the signal from the mobile station is received with the
use of the signal format B, the selection control for receiving the
information signal by reception of the preamble signals 18 and comparison
of the received signal levels at that time is the same as the case of the
signal format A.
If the postamble signal 20 is received following the information signal 19,
the postamble signal 20 is then detected by the selecting means (64 or 65)
of the receiving part 15 that was selected by the preamble signal 18. By
this, the comparison of the signal levels received in the receiving means
61 and 62 of the receiving part 15 is performed by the comparing means 63.
This comparing operation is performed in the same way as the above
comparison of the preamble signal 18, and information representing an
antenna of higher signal level is stored as the comparison result in the
memory means 52. In the case that the signal format B was employed, the
switching part 13 is switched at the time of transmission by the
information stored in the memory means 52 and representing an antenna of
higher signal level at the time of the postamble signal 20 reception, and
transmission is performed from the antenna of higher signal level.
FIG. 2A and 2B illustrate the transmission sequence of signal formats
according to the present invention. FIG. 3A is a schematic block diagram
of a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a block
diagram of a control circuit in the case that a postamble signal is used.
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a second embodiment of the present
invention. Embodiments to be described hereinafter are applied to a
digital transmission system that performs the communication between a base
station and a mobile station, for example, a cordless telephone system.
FIG. 2A shows the transmission sequence by the frame signal constituted by
a preamble signal (PA) and an information signal (DATA), while FIG. 2B
shows the transmission sequence by the frame signal constituted by a
preamble signal (PA), an information signal (DATA) and a postamble signal
(POA).
In FIGS. 2A and 2B, reference numerals 21, 23 and 24, 26 are frame signals
of the up direction from a mobile station (indicated by MS) to a base
station (indicated by BS), respectively, and 22, 25 are frame signals of
the down direction from the base station to the mobile station, and
communications are alternately performed between the base and mobile
stations. An information signal (indicated by DATA) of the frame signal is
a data signal, or digitized signal of a voice signal.
The length of a signal transmitted at a time, that is, the length of the
frame signal is set so that it becomes sufficiently shorter than the
fading cycle resulting from the movement of the mobile station and the
like. Consequently, the intensity of received signals does not vary during
transmission of one frame signal, and a case is few where diversity effect
to be described hereinafter is reduced.
Even in the case of a voice signal, by digitizing it once, the voice signal
can be easily made a frame signal. It is considered that, in the case of a
cordless telephone, a voice coding speed is in the order of 32 Kbit/s
because of ADPCM (Adaptive Delta Pulse Code Modulation) system. A
transmission speed in radio channels is in the order of 70 Kbit/s, in view
of up and down communications, and further the preamble signal portion. If
a frame length is in the order of 300 bit, it is considered that the frame
length is sufficiently shorter as compared to the fading cycle, since
transmission of one signal is completed for 5 milliseconds.
FIG. 3A illustrates the first embodiment of the present invention. An
output terminal 66 and an input terminal 67 of the transmission and
reception equipment of the base station of FIG. 3A are connected to a wire
(not shown). Antennae 30a and 30b are spaced apart from each other, and
consequently signals received to the antennae 30a and 30b are not
correlated.
The receiving operation will be described hereinafter. In the case that the
frame signals 21 and 23 of the format of FIG. 2A are received from the
mobile station, the signals that were received to the antennae 30a and 30b
are inputted through circulators 31a and 31b to receiving circuits 32a and
32b (indicated by RX and RX), respectively, wherein frequency conversion,
band limit and amplification are performed. Outputs of the receiving
circuits 32a and 32b are inputted demodulation circuits 33a and 33b
(indicated by DEM and DEM), respectively, and also portions of the outputs
are inputted to a control circuit 36 (indicated by CONT). The demodulation
circuits 33a and 33b each perform the demodulation and interpretation of
digital signals, and the parsing of frame signals.
The control circuit 36 measures the output signal levels of the receiving
circuits 32a and 32b and performs the comparison therebetween. As a result
of the comparison, a control signal that selects a demodulation circuit
connected to a signal branch higher in signal level, is outputted to a
switching circuit 34-1 (indicated by SW). The output of the demodulation
circuit selected is inputted to a digital/analog conversion circuit 35
(indicated by D/A), which outputs a received analog voice signal to the
output terminal 66.
It will be clear from the foregoing description that, in the transmission
and reception equipment of the base station of the first embodiment of
FIG. 3A, after detection, a selection diversity reception is performed.
The signal branch that has been selected by the control circuit 36 is
stored immediately before completion of the receiving operation, and used
in the selection of a transmitting antenna in a transmitting operation to
be described hereinafter.
In the transmitting operation, an analog voice signal inputted to the input
terminal 67 is converted into a digital signal by an analog/digital
converter 39 (indicated by A/D). This digital signal is formed into a
frame signal, together with a preamble signal, and then modulated by a
modulator 38 (indicated by MOD). The modulated wave signal is inputted to
a transmitting circuit 37 (indicated by TX) that performs frequency
conversion and amplification, and to a switching circuit 34-2.
As described previously, the control circuit 36 has stored the signal
branch that was selected at reception immediately before transmission, and
outputs a control signal to the switching circuit 34-2 for selecting an
antenna belonging to the selected signal branch. It is here assumed that,
for the sake of convenience, the signal branch including the antenna 30b
has been selected. At this time, the transmission signal is outputted by
the switching circuit 34-2 to the circulator 31b, which transmits it
through the antenna 30b.
FIG. 3B shows a control circuit in the case that the postamble signal was
used.
In the case that the format of FIG. 2B was used, the selection of a
demodulation circuit by reception of the preamble signal is performed in
reception, and the reception of the information signal (DATA) is done by
the structure of FIG. 3B, as in the case of the above described format A.
If the postamble signal (POA) is received following the information signal
(DATA), this signal is detected at a control circuit 36' of FIG. 3B.
That is, if the postamble signal is detected at a detection circuit 361 of
the control circuit 36', the outputs of the two receiving circuits 32a and
32b are compared at a comparison circuit 362, information representing the
output of higher signal level is stored as a comparison result in a memory
363.
In the case of transmitting from this base station, the information stored
in the memory 363 of the control circuit 36' at the time of the above
described postamble signal reception is outputted by a transmission
instruction. That information is inputted to the switching circuit 34-2 of
FIG. 3A to select a corresponding antenna.
Thus, if the postamble signal is used, since an antenna is selected by
receiving the postamble signal added to the end of the frame that the
mobile station (MS) transmitted immediately before the transmission from
the base station, the selection can be more accurately performed as
compared with the selection by the preamble signal.
Since radio frequencies are the same in transmission and reception, if a
signal is transmitted from the antenna of the signal branch selected upon
reception, the transmission to the mobile station from the base station
then has a transmission diversity effect because of the reversibility of
transmission and reception. Since in the embodiment of FIG. 3A the signal
frame length is sufficiently shorter than the cycle of fading, even if the
selection of antennae is fixed to the antenna selected prior to
transmission, a reduction in the diversity effect caused by this can be
neglected.
FIG. 4 shows the second embodiment of the present invention. In the case
that the frame signal of the format of FIG. 2A is used, since the
transmitting operation is the same as that of the first embodiment of FIG.
3A, a description of this part will not be given.
In the receiving operation, if a control circuit 46 receives a preamble
signal by monitoring an output signal of a demodulation circuit 44, the
control circuit 46 measures the signal level of an output signal of a
receiving circuit 43 only for a predetermined time interval (preferably,
about half of a preamble signal time). The control circuit 46 also stores
the value of the signal level, along with a signal branch that has been
selected.
Next, the control circuit 46 outputs a switching signal to a switching
circuit 42-1 to select the other signal, and measures the signal level in
a similar way. The value of the received level is also stored along with a
signal branch that has been selected. The values of the signal levels
stored are then compared, and a control signal that selects a signal
branch having a larger value is outputted to a switching circuit 42-2,
which holds the signal branch.
The second embodiment has its advantages in that, in addition to structural
simplicity of the receiving circuit 43, the switching of antennae can be
performed in the interval of the preamble signal. Consequently, this
embodiment is advantageous in signal error characteristics, since
switching noises occurring at the time of antenna switching do not occur
in the information signal portion of the frame signal.
The transmission and reception of the frame signal of the format shown in
FIG. 2B will now be described with reference to the structure of FIG. 4.
The receiving operation of the preamble signal and information signal is
the same as that of the format shown in FIG. 2A. In the reception of the
postamble signal, if the reception of the postamble signal is started, the
signal level of the output of the receiving circuit 34 is measured only
for a predetermined time interval (about half of the postamble signal
time), and a signal branch that has been selected is stored together with
the value of the measured signal level. If the predetermined time interval
passes, the switching circuit 42-1 is switched and the received level of
the other antenna is measured, and a signal branch that has been selected
is stored with the value of the measured level. The values of the signal
levels stored are then compared, and a signal that represents a signal
branch of higher signal level is stored.
In the case of transmitting after the reception, the signal that represents
a signal branch of higher signal level is outputted to the switching
circuit 42-2, and the transmission is performed through a corresponding
antenna.
FIG. 5 schematically shows the principle of the present invention which is
applied to the embodiments of FIGS. 7 and 8. In FIG. 5, a transmission and
reception equipment provided in a base station (fixed station) indicated
by reference numeral 90 comprises a plurality of antennae 91 and 92, a
switching part 93, a transmitting part 94, and a receiving part 95. A
transmission and reception equipment 96 (another transmission and
reception equipment) provided in a mobile station comprises a single
antenna 99, a transmitting part 97, and a receiving part 98.
In the communications between the base and mobile stations shown in FIG. 5,
the transmission (down direction) to the mobile station from the base
station is performed by a radio frequency f1, the transmission (up
direction) to the base station from the mobile station is performed by a
radio frequency f2 (different from f1), and the communications in both the
directions can be performed at the same time.
As shown on the upper portion of FIG. 5, a transmission signal in the down
direction is a frame signal that includes a first signal interval 81 and a
second signal interval 82. The first signal interval 81 is transmitted
from one transmitting antenna 91 or 92, while the second signal interval
82 is time divided and transmitted in sequence one by one from a plurality
of antennae 91 and 92. As shown similarly on the upper portion of FIG. 5,
a transmission signal in the up direction is a frame signal that includes
at least a selection control signal 83.
The signal transmitted from the transmission and reception equipment 96 of
the mobile station is received in the antennae 91 and 92 of the the
transmission and reception equipment 90 of the base station. The outputs
of the two antennae 91 and 92 are inputted to the receiving part 95, and
compared and discriminated in reception-level discriminating means 152. If
the reception-level discriminating means 152 detects a higher reception
level, it then outputs an indicating signal to receiving-antenna selecting
means 153, which selects one of the outputs of the receiving antennae 91
and 92 and selects and controls an antenna output from which an
information signal (data signal or digitalized analog signal) is picked
out. When this occurs, in the receiving part 95, the selection control
signal 83 included in the received signal is detected and supplied to the
transmitting part 94 by selection-control-signal detecting means 151.
In the transmitting part 94, first-signal-interval transmitting means 142
controls the switching of the switching part 93 in such a manner that
transmission information is transmitted at the first signal interval 81,
and that the first signal of the first signal interval 81 is transmitted
from the antenna that has been assigned by the selection control signal 83
detected in the selection-control-signal detecting means 151 of the
receiving part 95. Second-signal-interval transmitting means 143 also
controls the switching of the switching part 93 in such a manner that the
second signal of the second signal interval 82 is time shared and
transmitted in sequence from a plurality of the antennae 91 and 92.
The transmission and reception equipment 96 of the mobile station receives
the transmission signals from the base station. It can be considered that
the first signal of the first signal interval 81 among that transmission
signals is one which is transmitted from the antenna that is selected by
the selection control signal 83 transmitted from the mobile station
immediately before the reception, and which has a signal level over a
certain degree. In the receiving part 98 of the mobile station, reception
information 180 included in the signal of the first signal interval 81 is
picked out.
If the time-shared signals of the second signal interval 82 are received
following the first signal of the first signal interval 81, they are then
stored, and when all the second signals are received, the values thereof
are compared and discriminated in level comparing means 181. When a signal
of highest level is discriminated, it is transmitted as a selection
control signal from selection-control-signal transmitting part 171,
together with transmission information 170.
As described above, the transmission signals from the base station can be
always received satisfactorily in the mobile station by receiving, in the
transmission and reception equipment 96 of the mobile station, the signals
of the second signal interval 82 transmitted from a plurality of the
antennae 91 and 92 of the base station, discriminating which signal can be
received satisfactorily, and transmitting the result to the base station.
FIG. 6A shows a signal format of down direction (from base station to
mobile station) where Po indicates a preamble signal, DATA an information
signal to be transmitted and a data signal or a digital signal into which
an analog voice is converted, and P1 and P2 postamble signals. The signals
are transmitted as a frame signal. The frame length is selected to be
sufficiently shorter than the cycle of fading resulting from movement of
the mobile station. In FIG. 6A, BS indicates a base station, and MS a
mobile station.
The preamble signal Po and the information signal DATA are the signal of
the first signal interval 81 shown in FIG. 5, while the postamble signals
P1 and P2 are separated from each other and transmitted individually from
two antennae and are the signals of the second signal interval 82 shown in
FIG. 5.
FIG. 6B shows a signal format of up direction (from mobile station to base
station) where P indicates a preamble signal, C a selection control
signal, and DATA an information signal.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a transmission and reception
equipment of a base station according to the present invention. In FIG. 7,
reception signal and transmission signal are connected to a wire (for
example, telephone switched network). The frame signal shown in FIG. 6A is
transmitted from the base station. If the length of the frame signal is
set so that it becomes shorter than the cycle of fading, the intensity of
reception signal will do not vary during transmission of one frame signal,
and a case will be few where diversity effect to be described hereinafter
is reduced.
In the transmission of up direction (from MS to BS), antenna-selection
diversity reception is performed using antennae 110a and 110b of the base
station. In the transmission of down direction (from BS to MS), the signal
interval of the information signal is selected depending upon a signal
that was transmitted from the mobile station by the previous transmission
of up direction. In the signal interval of the postamble signals P1 and P2
that are transmitted from either one of the antennae and divided into two,
the signal P1 is transmitted from one antenna and the signal P2 from the
other antenna.
The antennae 110a and 110b are spaced apart from each other, and therefore
the signals received to these antennae are substantially not correlated.
The signals that were received to the antennae 110a and 110b are
respectively inputted through antenna shared units 111a and 111b
(indicated by DUP and DUP) to a switching circuit 112-1 (indicated by SW).
The switching circuit 112-1 selects one of the two input signals in
response to a control signal 220 outputted from a control circuit 117
(indicated by CONT), and outputs it to a receiving circuit 113 (indicated
by RX). This operation will hereinafter be described in detail.
In the receiving circuit 113, operations such as frequency conversion, band
limit and amplification are performed. A portion of the output of the
receiving circuit 113 is inputted to a demodulating circuit 114 (indicated
by DEM), wherein processing such as demodulation interpretation of digital
signals is performed. The output of the demodulating circuit 114 is
inputted to a demultiplexer 115 (indicated by DEM), wherein it is parsed
into the preamble signal P, information signal DATA and antenna-selection
control signal C. The information signal DATA is inputted to a
digital/analog converter 116 (indicated by D/A), which outputs a received
analog signal to an output terminal 200.
The operation of the control circuit 117 at the time of reception is
performed as follows. If the frame signal shown in FIG. 6B is transmitted
from the mobile station, a portion of the output signal of the receiving
circuit 113 of the base station is then inputted to the control circuit
117. If, by monitoring the output signal level of the receiving circuit
113, it is found that the reception of the preamble signal P was started,
the control circuit 117 then measures the received level only for a
predetermined time, for example, for a period of half time of the preamble
signal P.
After elapse of that time, the route including a receiving antenna that has
been selected at that time and the measured signal level are stored.
Thereafter, by switching the control signal 220, a signal that switches
the selected route is outputted to the switching circuit 112-1.
If the switching of the switching circuit 112-1 is completed, the output
signal level of the receiving circuit 113 is then measured. If a
predetermined time passes and the measurement of the signal level is
completed, the route and the measured signal level are then stored. This
signal level is compared with the previously measured signal level, and a
control signal is outputted to the switching circuit 112-1 to select a
route corresponding to the higher signal level. Thereafter, by monitoring
the output signal of the demultiplexer 115, the above operation is
repeated each time the preamble signal P is received.
As will be understood from the foregoing description, the base station of
the present invention performs antenna-selection diversity reception.
The received antenna-selection control signal C has been outputted from the
demultiplexer 117 to the control signal 117 and stored. As will be
described hereinafter, this control signal C is used in the antenna
selection at the time of transmission.
A transmission analog signal inputted to an input terminal 210 is converted
into a digital signal by an analog/digital converter 121 (indicated by
A/D). This signal is multiplexed by a multiplexer 120 (indicated by MUX),
together with a preamble signal Po and postamble signals P1, P2, and the
multiplexed signals are then inputted to a modulator 119 (indicated by
MOD), wherein they are modulated. The modulated wave signals perform
amplification, frequency conversion and so on, and are inputted through a
transmitting circuit 118 (indicated by TX) to a switching circuit 112-2.
As described previously, the preamble signal Po and the information signal
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