Multi-Antenna Channel Reconstruction for Spatial Modulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional spatial modulation technology performance degrades due to strong correlation between channel vectors of transmitting antennas, leading to interference and increased complexity in multi-antenna systems.

Innovation Solution

The technology reconstructs actual channels to reduce correlation between reconstructed channels, using reconstruction parameters to configure antennas such that the reconstructed channels are orthogonal to each other, allowing for improved data transmission and reception.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional spatial modulation is used with multiple transmitting antennas, then data transmission rate is improved, but channel correlation increases causing performance degradation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission rateVSAvoidchannel correlation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by transforming the physical channel parameters through reconstruction techniques. Specifically, it modifies the channel matrix parameters to create virtual channels with reduced correlation, while the actual physical channels remain unchanged. This allows the system to achieve low correlation performance without changing the physical antenna configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary channel reconstruction process between the physical channel and the spatial modulation detection. By inserting this intermediate layer that creates virtual channel representations, the system can achieve low correlation without directly modifying the physical antenna setup or the detection process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If MIMO technology is applied to provide multiplexing gain, then system capacity increases, but complexity and hardware consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem capacityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates virtual copies of the physical channels through reconstruction techniques. Instead of using multiple physical radio frequency links, it generates multiple virtual channel representations that can be processed independently, reducing hardware complexity while maintaining capacity benefits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/physical approach of using multiple independent radio frequency links with a signal processing approach. By substituting physical hardware complexity with computational channel reconstruction, the system achieves similar capacity gains with reduced hardware requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Device complexity

If spatial modulation activates only one antenna per time slice, then hardware complexity is reduced, but interference between channels increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehardware complexityVSAvoidchannel interference
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the channel parameters through reconstruction to create virtual channels with orthogonal or low-correlation characteristics. This parameter transformation allows the system to maintain the simple single-antenna activation approach while eliminating the interference problem through mathematical channel transformation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11569882B2Electronic device and method for multi-antenna communication apparatus
Publication Date: 2023.01.31 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

An electronic device for a multi-antenna communication apparatus in a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: map a first information bit to a first reconstructed channel in a plurality of reconstructed channels associated with a plurality of antennas of a multi-antenna communication apparatus; and provide a reconstruction parameter corresponding to the first reconstructed channel, so as to reconstruct an actual channel from the multi-antenna communication apparatus to a peer communication apparatus to bear the first information bit, wherein the plurality of reconstructed channels are determined by configuring, based on a plurality of groups of reconstruction parameters, the plurality of antennas of the multi-antenna communication apparatus, so that the plurality of reconstructed channels have a low correlation with each other.