Transmission Device Frame Configuration for MIMO Signal Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional spatial multiplexing MIMO systems experience reception quality degradation in Line-Of-Sight (LOS) environments, particularly in broadcast or multicast communications, where the high electric field strength leads to service reception impossibility due to signal degradation.

Innovation Solution

A MIMO system that improves reception quality in LOS environments by employing a transmission method involving a fixed precoding matrix and regular phase changes over time, combined with iterative decoding and channel estimation, to enhance signal detection and decoding in the reception device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If spatial multiplexing MIMO transmission is used to increase transmission speed, then data transmission capacity is improved, but reception quality degrades in LOS environments where direct waves dominate

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by switching between SISO and MISO/MIMO transmission modes based on detected propagation conditions. The transmission device dynamically adapts the transmission scheme according to signal characteristics, transitioning from static MIMO to dynamic mode selection that responds to real-time channel conditions, thereby maintaining reception quality while preserving high transmission capacity when conditions permit.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the transmission parameter (mode selection between SISO and MISO/MIMO) based on propagation conditions. By monitoring signal characteristics and adjusting the transmission mode accordingly, the system optimizes the balance between transmission capacity and reception quality, resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If MIMO transmission is used to achieve high transmission speed, then data transmission capacity is improved, but service reception becomes impossible in broadcast/multicast communications due to signal degradation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission capacityVSAvoidservice reception
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically switches transmission modes based on detected propagation conditions. In broadcast/multicast scenarios where direct waves cause degradation, the system transitions to SISO mode, ensuring service reception continuity while maintaining the ability to achieve high transmission capacity when channel conditions are favorable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The transmission device uses feedback from signal characteristics to adjust transmission mode selection. By continuously monitoring channel conditions and responding accordingly, the system ensures service reception in broadcast/multicast communications while preserving high data transmission capacity when conditions allow.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If fixed precoding matrix with regular phase changes is applied to stabilize signal detection, then reception quality in LOS environments is improved, but transmission adaptability is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal detection stabilityVSAvoidtransmission adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses dynamic mode selection between SISO and MISO/MIMO transmission schemes based on propagation conditions. The fixed precoding with phase changes is applied selectively only when needed (in LOS environments), while the system can switch to adaptive MIMO modes when channel conditions permit, thus balancing signal detection stability with transmission adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP2908453B1Transmission device, transmission method, receiving device and receiving method
Publication Date: 2016.11.23 SUN PATENT TRUST
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AI summary

Provided is a frame configuration usable for both SISO transmission and MISO and/or MIMO transmission. A frame configurator of a transmission device configures a frame by gathering data for SISO and configures a frame by gathering data for MISO and/or MIMO data, thereby to improve the reception performance (detection performance) of a reception device.