OFDM MIMO Transmission with Adaptive Phase Switching for LOS Reception

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional MIMO systems experience reception quality degradation in Line-Of-Sight (LOS) environments, particularly in broadcast or multicast communication, where high received electric field strength does not guarantee service reception due to the unique challenges posed by spatial multiplexing.

Innovation Solution

A MIMO system employing phase changing methods and interleaving patterns for transmission devices, combined with iterative decoding techniques, to improve reception quality in LOS environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If spatial multiplexing MIMO is used to increase transmission speed, then data transmission rate is improved, but reception quality deteriorates in LOS environments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission rateVSAvoidreception quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically switches between spatial multiplexing MIMO mode and phase changing MIMO mode based on reception quality feedback. When reception quality falls below a threshold in LOS environments, the system transitions to phase changing MIMO which applies time-varying phase rotations to improve signal reliability while maintaining acceptable transmission rates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the transmission mode parameter from fixed spatial multiplexing to adaptive mode selection. By modifying the transmission parameters (switching between different MIMO modes) based on environmental conditions and reception quality, the system resolves the contradiction between high data rate and reliable reception in LOS environments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Device complexity

If conventional MIMO transmission is used in LOS environments, then transmission simplicity is maintained, but reception quality deteriorates despite high received electric field strength

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission simplicityVSAvoidreception quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains simplicity by using a unified MIMO framework that adapts its behavior dynamically. Rather than implementing completely separate transmission systems, the invention uses adaptive mode switching within the MIMO architecture, keeping the overall system simple while improving reception quality through phase changing operations when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The transmission system automatically adjusts its mode based on reception quality feedback without requiring complex external intervention. The base station monitors reception quality and self-adjusts by switching between spatial multiplexing and phase changing MIMO modes, maintaining transmission simplicity while ensuring reliable reception.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3471362B1Transmission device and transmission method
Publication Date: 2026.03.04 SUN PATENT TRUST
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AI summary

The present invention provides a transmission and reception scheme for transmitting OFDM symbols, wherein a transmission signal of a frame includes multiple subframes containing OFDM symbol and the subframe includes a subframe boundary symbol and a data symbol, the subframe boundary symbol is the leading OFDM symbol of the subframe and/or the trailing OFDM symbol of the subframe, and the number of the pilots in the subframe boundary symbol is more than that in the data symbol.