Specification
DESCRIPTION
CROSS-POLAR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS
STATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD
TECHNICAL FIELD
[OOO 11
The present invention relates to a cross-polar interference cancellation system, a
wireless station device, and a wireless communication method.
10 BACKGROUND ART
[0002]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a related cross-polar
interference cancellation system.
In the related cross-polar interference cancellation system as illustrated in FIG. 4,
15 when two routes of microwave communication lines are formed using a vertical
polarization wave (V-polarization wave) and a horizontal polarization wave
(H-polarization wave) orthogonal to each other between facing wireless station devices,
interference between cross-polarization waves occurs in a wireless station device on the
reception side under an influence of fading. In order to remove this interference
20 between cross-polarization waves, the wireless station device on the reception side may
notify the transmission side of transmission power control information according to a
reception situation, and the wireless station device on the transmission side may control
transmission powers of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave based on
this transmission power control information.
25 [0003]
In the cross-polar interference cancellation system of FIG. 4, reception level
measurement units 156 and 166 of a wireless station device 102 detect a reception power
of the V-polarization wave and a reception power of the H-polarization wave,
respectively. Here, the reception level measurement units 156 and 166 transfer signals
5 to each other. Accordingly, when the reception power of any one of the V-polarization
wave and the H-polarization wave is reduced, control of the transmission powers of the
V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave is performed at the same time by
transmitting the transmission power control information to the facing wireless station
device and controlling the transmission power control units 1 13 and 123 at the same time
10 such that control of the transmission powers of both of the V-polarization wave and the
H-polarization wave can be performed at the same time. Further, related technologies
are disclosed in Patent documents 1 and 2.
Document of the prior art
15 [Patent Documents]
[0004]
[Patent Document 11 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No.
H2-164149
[Patent Document 21 Japanese Unexarnined Patent Application, First Publication No.
20 2005-3 18533
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
[OOOS]
However, in the cross-polarization wave interference cancellation system as
25 described above, there is a problem in that the best interference compensation
I characteristic is not obtained for interference between cross-polarization waves.
For example, there are problems in that, in a state in which any one of the
reception powers of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave becomes small
and a degree of cross-polarization identification of an antenna is degraded, an
5 interference amount between the cross-polarization waves is increased, a compensation
amount of an interference compensator on one polarization wave side is saturated, a
signal of the polarization wave on the saturated side cannot be transmitted due to the
saturation of the compensation amount, and a transmission capacity which is possible
with both the polarization waves is reduced.
10 [0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cross-polar
interference cancellation system, a wireless station device, and a wireless communication
method which can solve the above-described problems.
[Means for solving the problem]
15 [0007]
In order to achieve the above object, a cross-polar interference cancellation
system in an embodiment of the present invention is a cross-polar interference
cancellation system including a wireless station device which performs a transmission
and reception process with a facing wireless station device in two channels using both of
20 a vertical polarization wave and a horizontal polarization wave of a radio signal at the
I same frequency, wherein: the wireless station device determines whether a carrier to
noise ratio of any one of the vertical polarization wave and the horizontal polarization
wave is lower than a first threshold value of a carrier to noise ratio, determines that a
I present modulation method for any one of the vertical polarization wave and the
25 horizontal polarization wave determined to be lower than the first threshold value of the
I carrier to noise ratio is to be changed to another modulation method having a small
multilevel number when the carrier to noise ratio of any one of the vertical polarization
wave and the horizontal polarization wave is lower than the first threshold value of the
carrier to noise ratio, generates modulation method information indicating the other
5 modulation method with a small multilevel number, and transmits the modulation method
information indicating the other modulation method with a small multilevel number to
the facing wireless station device, and the facing wireless station device receives the
modulation method information indicating the other modulation method with a small
multilevel number, and transmits a radio signal to the wireless station device using the
10 modulation method indicated by the received modulation method information for the
vertical polarization wave or the horizontal polarization wave determined to be lower
than the first threshold value of the carrier to noise ratio in the wireless station device.
[OOOS]
Further, a wireless station device in an embodiment of the present invention is a
15 wireless station device which performs a transmission and reception process with a
facing wireless station device in two channels using both of a vertical polarization wave
and a horizontal polarization wave of a radio signal at the same frequency, wherein: the
wireless station device determines whether a carrier to noise ratio of any one of the
vertical polarization wave and the horizontal polarization wave is lower than a first
20 threshold value of the carrier to noise ratio, determines that a present modulation method
for any one of the vertical polarization wave and the horizontal polarization wave
determined to be lower than the first threshold value of the carrier to noise ratio is to be
changed to another modulation method having a small multilevel number when the
carrier to noise ratio of any one of the vertical polarization wave and the horizontal
25 polarization wave is lower than the first threshold value of the carrier to noise ratio,
generates modulation method information indicating the other modulation method with a
small multilevel number, and transmits the modulation method information indicating the
other modulation method with a small multilevel number to the facing wireless station
device.
5 [0009]
Further, a wireless communication method in an embodiment of the present
invention is a wireless communication method in a cross-polar interference cancellation
system including a wireless station device which performs a transmission and reception
process with a facing wireless station device in two channels using both of a vertical
10 polarization wave and a horizontal polarization wave of a radio signal at the same
frequency, wherein: the wireless station device determines whether a carrier to noise ratio
of any one of the vertical polarization wave and the horizontal polarization wave is lower
than a first threshold value of a carrier to noise ratio, determines that a present
modulation method for any one of the vertical polarization wave and the horizontal
15 polarization wave determined to be lower than the first threshold value of the carrier to
noise ratio is to be changed to another modulation method having a small multilevel
number when the carrier to noise ratio of any one of the vertical polarization wave and
the horizontal polarization wave is lower than the first threshold value of the carrier to
noise ratio, generates modulation method information indicating the other modulation
20 method with a small multilevel number, and transmits the modulation method
information indicating the other modulation method with a small multilevel number to
the facing wireless station device, and the facing wireless station device receives the
modulation method information indicating the other modulation method with a small
multilevel number, and transmits a radio signal to the wireless station device using the
25 modulation method indicated by the received modulation method information for the
vertical polarization wave or the horizontal polarization wave determined to be lower
than the first threshold value of the carrier to noise ratio in the wireless station device.
[OO lo]
Further, a wireless communication method in an embodiment of the present
5 invention is a wireless communication method in a wireless station device which
performs a transmission and reception process with a facing wireless station device in
two channels using both of a vertical polarization wave and a horizontal polarization
wave of a radio signal at the same frequency, the method includes: determining whether a
carrier to noise ratio of any one of the vertical polarization wave and the horizontal
10 polarization wave is lower than a first threshold value of the carrier to noise ratio,
determining that a present modulation method for any one of the vertical polarization
wave and the horizontal polarization wave determined to be lower than the first threshold
value of the carrier to noise ratio is to be changed to another modulation method having a
small multilevel number when the carrier to noise ratio of any one of the vertical
15 polarization wave and the horizontal polarization wave is lower than the first threshold
value of the carrier to noise ratio, generating modulation method information indicating
the other modulation method with a small multilevel number, and transmitting the
modulation method information indicating the other modulation method with a small
multilevel number to the facing wireless station device.
20 [Effects of the Invention]
[OOll]
According to a general cross-polar interference cancellation system, if only a
reception level of one polarization wave is reduced and a reception CN value is reduced
due to interference between cross-polarization waves, or the like, a signal is suspended
25 and the signal of the one polarization wave cannot be transmitted at all, whereas
according to the cross-polar interference cancellation system of the present invention,
when the reception CN value is reduced, the tolerance against the interference is
enhanced by reducing the multilevel number of the modulation method. In other words,
in the modulation method before the multilevel number is reduced, no signal can be
5 transmitted at all, but the signal can be passed by reducing the multilevel number, and a
transmission capacity is reduced. However, a signal can be transmitted to some extent.
Further, it is possible to perform transmission with a greater transmission capacity by
determining the modulation method from the respective reception CN values
independently in the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave.
10
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[OO 1 21
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cross-polar
interference cancellation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process flow in a V-polarization wave
processing unit of a wireless station device on the reception side according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a process flow in an H-polarization wave
processing unit of a wireless station device on the reception side according to an
20 embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cross-polar
interference cancellation system related to an embodiment of the present invention.
EMBODIMENTS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
9
Hereinafter, a cross-polar interference cancellation system according to an
embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cross-polar
interference cancellation system according to the present embodiment.
5 In FIG. 1, reference numbers 1 and 2 denote wireless station devices which face
to transmit or receive a radio signal.
The wireless station device 1 and the wireless station device 2 use a
both-polarization wave transmission scheme that is a radio signal transmission scheme
using a V-polarization wave and an H-polarization wave as means for realizing
10 improvement of frequency use efficiency.
[00 141
Also, the wireless station device 1 in the present embodiment includes a
V-polarization wave processing unit 10 and an H-polarization wave processing unit 20.
Further, the wireless station device 2 includes a V-polarization wave processing unit 50
15 and an H-polarization wave processing unit 60.
The V-polarization wave processing unit 10 of the wireless station device 1
includes a modulation unit 11, a transmission unit 12, a transmission power control unit
13, a reception unit 14, a demodulation unit 15, a reception level measurement unit 16, a
reception CN value measurement unit 17, and a reception monitor unit 18.
20 Further, the H-polarization wave processing unit 20 of the wireless station
device 1 includes a modulation unit 21, a transmission unit 22, a transmission power
control unit 23, a reception unit 24, a demodulation unit 25, a reception level
measurement unit 26, a reception CN value measurement unit 27, and a reception
monitor unit 28.
25 [0015]
10
Further, the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 of the wireless station device
2 includes a modulation unit 5 1, a transmission unit 52, a transmission power control unit
53, a reception unit 54, a demodulation unit 55, a reception level measurement unit 56, a
reception CN value measurement unit 57, and a reception monitor unit 58.
5 Further, the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 of the wireless station
device 1 includes a modulation unit 61, a transmission unit 62, a transmission power
control unit 63, a reception unit 64, a demodulation unit 65, a reception level
measurement unit 66, a reception CN value measurement unit 67, and a reception
monitor unit 68.
10 Here, since configurations of the V-polarilation wave processing unit 10 of the
wireless station device 1, the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 of the wireless
station device 2, the H-polarization wave processing unit 20 of the wireless station device
1, and the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 of the wireless station device 2 are
substantially the same, a schematic process of the wireless station device 1 or the
15 wireless station device 2 will be described using configurations of the V-polarization
wave processing unit 10 of the wireless station device 1 and the V-polarization wave
processing unit 50 of the wireless station device 2.
[00 1 61
First, when a signal is transmitted from the wireless station device 1 to the
20 wireless station device 2, the polarization multiplexer/demultiplexer 3 1 of the wireless
station device 1 combines a V-polarization wave output from the V-polarization wave
processing unit 10 with an H-polarization wave output from the H-polarization wave
processing unit 20, for a transmission wave, and transmits a resultant radio signal to the
wireless station device 2 which is a facing station via the antenna 32. The wireless
25 station device 2 includes an antenna 72 and a polarization multiplexer/demultiplexer 7 1
I , used in common by the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 and the H-polarization
wave processing unit 60. Also, in the wireless station device 2, when a radio signal is
I received, its reception wave is separated into a V-polarization wave reception signal and
1 an H-polarization wave reception signal by the polarization multiplexer/demultiplexer
5 71.
[0017]
Next, the separated V-polarization wave reception signal is amplified and
converted to a signal in an intermediate frequency band by the reception unit 54. Also,
the demodulation unit 55 receives an output from the reception unit 54, demodulates the
10 input signal into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal as a demodulation
baseband signal. Further, the reception level measurement unit 56 obtains a reception
level from control information of the reception unit 54 and the demodulation unit 55 and
sends this reception level to the reception monitor unit 58. Meanwhile, the reception
CN value measurement unit 57 receives the demodulation baseband signal, calculates a
15 reception CN value from this demodulation baseband signal, and outputs this reception
CN value and reception modulation method information to the reception monitor unit 58.
[OO 181
Next, the reception monitor unit 58 monitors the reception level of the
V-polarization wave, the modulation method information, and the reception CN value.
20 Further, the reception monitor unit 58 receives a reception level of the H-polarization
wave reception signal from the reception level measurement unit 66 of the H-polarization
wave processing unit 60 and monitors the reception level of the H-polarization wave
reception signal. Also, the reception monitor unit 58 generates the modulation method
information indicating a modulation method for the radio signal, which is transmitted
25 from the wireless station device 1 to the wireless station device 2 and transmission power
I information indicating the transmission power of the radio signal. Also, the reception
monitor unit 58 of the wireless station device 2 superimposes the generated information
(the modulation method information and the transmission power information) on the V
polarization transmission signal transmitted from the wireless station device 2 to the
5 wireless station device 1, and transmits the information to the wireless station device 1.
[00 1 91
In the wireless station device 1, the demodulation unit 15 of the V-polarization
wave processing unit 10 demodulates the V-polarization wave reception signal via the
antenna 32, the polarization multiplexer/demultiplexer 3 1, and the reception unit 14.
10 Also, the demodulation unit 15 extracts the modulation method information and the
transmission power information transmitted from the wireless station device 2 and
outputs the modulation method information to the modulation unit 11 and the
transmission power information to the transmission power control unit 13. Also, the
modulation unit 11 performs switching of a modulation method based on the input
15 modulation method information. Further, the transmission power control unit 13
performs transmission power control based on the input transmission power information.
[0020]
Further, the process in which the wireless station device 1 transmits the radio
signal to the wireless station device 2 has been described in the process described above.
20 Meanwhile, when the wireless station device 2 transmits a radio signal to the wireless
station device 1, conversely, the V-polarization wave processing unit 10 of the wireless
station device 1 generates the modulation method information and the transmission
power information through a similar process and superimposes the information on the V
polarization transmission signal to be transmitted to the wireless station device 2. Also.
25 the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 of the wireless station device 2 performs
I switching control of the modulation method and the transmission power using the
modulation method information and the transmission power information.
[002 11
Further, the H-polarization wave processing unit 20 of the wireless station
5 device 1 and the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 of the wireless station device 2
perform a similar process.
However, in the present embodiment, they differ in that the H-polarization wave
processing unit 20 or the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 do not generate the
transmission power information, the H-polarization wave processing unit 20 of the
10 wireless station device 1 performs control of switching of the transmission power using
the transmission power information extracted by the V-polarization wave processing unit
10, and the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 of the wireless station device 2
performs control of switching of the transmission power using the transmission power
information extracted by the V-polarization wave processing unit 50. Thus, the
15 transmission powers of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave can be
made equal by the H-polarization wave processing unit 20 using an extraction result of
the transmission power of the V-polarization wave processing unit 10 and by the
H-polarization wave processing unit 60 using an extraction result of the transmission
power of the V-polarization wave processing unit.
20 [0022]
In other words, the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
present embodiment is a cross-polar interference cancellation system including the
wireless station device which performs a transmission and reception process with the
facing wireless station device in two channels using both of the V-polarization wave and
25 the H-polarization wave of the radio signal at the same frequency. Also, in this
cross-polar interference cancellation system, the wireless station device 2 determines
whether a reception CN value (a carrier to noise ratio) of any one of the V-polarization
wave and the H-polarization wave is lower than a first threshold value. Further, when
the reception CN value of any one of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization
5 wave is lower than the first threshold value, the wireless station device 2 determines that
the present modulation method for any one of the V-polarization wave and the
H-polarization wave determined to be lower than the first threshold value is to be
changed to another modulation method having a small multilevel number. Further, the
wireless station device 2 generates the modulation method information indicating the
10 other modulation method with a small multilevel number. Further, the wireless station
device 2 transmits the modulation method information indicating the other modulation
method with a small multilevel number to the wireless station device 1. Also, the
wireless station device 1 receives the modulation method information indicating the other
modulation method with a small multilevel number and transmits a radio signal to the
15 wireless station device 2 using the modulation method indicated by the received
modulation method information for the V-polarization wave or the H-polarization wave
determined to be lower than the first threshold value in the wireless station device 2.
[0023]
Further, in the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
20 present embodiment, the wireless station device 2 determines whether the reception level
of any one of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave is lower than a
reception level threshold value. Also, when the reception level of any one of the
V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave is lower than the reception level
threshold value, the wireless station device 2 generates transmission power information
25 instructing to set a transmission level of the radio signal in the facing wireless station
15
device 1 to be high. Further, the wireless station device 2 transmits the transmission
power information to the wireless station device 1. Also, the wireless station device 1
receives the transmission power information, increases the transmission power based on
the received transmission power information, and transmits the radio signal to the
wireless station device 2.
[0024]
Further, in the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
present embodiment, if the reception level of any one of the V-polarization wave and the
H-polarization wave is lower than the reception level threshold value even when the
wireless station device 2 transmits the transmission power information to the wireless
station device 1, the wireless station device 2 determines whether the reception CN value
of any one of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave is lower than a first
threshold value.
[0025]
Further, in the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
present embodiment, when the reception level of any one of the V-polarization wave and
the H-polarization wave is equal to or more than the reception level threshold value and
the reception CN value of any one of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization
wave is equal to or more than a second threshold value higher than the first threshold
value, the wireless station device 2 determines that a present modulation method for any
one of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave determined to be equal to or
more than the second threshold value is to be changed to another modulation method
with a number of phase shift values. Further, the wireless station device 2 generates
modulation method information indicating the other modulation method with a number
of phase shifts. Further, the wireless station device 2 transmits the modulation method
information indicating the other modulation method with a number of phase shifts to the
wireless station device 1. Also, the wireless station device 1 receives the modulation
method information indicating the other modulation method with a number of phase
shifts, and transmits the radio signal to the wireless station device using the modulation
5 method indicated by the received modulation method information for the V-polarization
wave or the H-polarization wave determined to be equal to or more than the second
threshold value in the wireless station device 2.
[0026]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process flow in the V-polarization wave
10 processing unit of the wireless station device on the reception side according to the
embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a process flow in the H-polarization wave
processing unit of the wireless station device on the reception side according to the same
embodiment.
15 Next, details of operation of the cross-polar interference cancellation system
according to the present embodiment will be described.
Transmission of the radio signal from the wireless station device 1 to the
wireless station device 2 and transmission of the radio signal from the wireless station
device 2 to the wireless station device 1 are independent, and the respective wireless
20 station devices hold the same functional configurations for a function for a transmission
process and a reception process. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the
transmission of the radio signal from the wireless station device 1 to the wireless station
device 2 will be described.
[0027]
25 In the related cross-polar interference cancellation system, when one of the
reception levels of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave is reduced and
the interference amount between cross-polarization waves becomes large, the
compensation amount of the inter-cross-polarization wave interference compensator on
the one polarization wave side is saturated. Accordingly, in the polarization wave on
5 the saturated side, no signal transmission can be performed, and a transmission capacity
which is possible with both polarization waves decreases.
However, in the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
present embodiment, focusing on improving this point, interference tolerance is enhanced
by reducing a multilevel number of the modulation using an adaptive modulation method
10 in a cross-polarized interference system when the interference amount between
cross-polarization waves becomes large.
Further, in the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
present embodiment, difficulty in transmitting the signal of the polarization wave of
which the reception CN value decreases is prevented by enhancing an interference
15 tolerance against the interference between the cross-polarization waves by monitoring the
CN (Carrier-to-Noise) value of each of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization
wave and reducing the multilevel number of the modulation method on the polarization
wave side of which the reception CN value is reduced when the reception CN value is
reduced.
Further, in the cross-polar interference cancellation system according to the
present embodiment, since an interference amount between cross-polarization waves
increases for only one polarization wave, the transmission capacity is further increased
when a transmission state is bad by monitoring the reception CN values of the
V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave and performing switching of the
25 modulation method for only the polarization wave of which the reception CN value is
! changed.
[0028]
Here, the cross-polar interference cancellation system performs microwave
communication in two routes using the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave
orthogonal to each other. Further, this cross-polar interference cancellation system
performs an adaptive modulation method to adaptively change the modulation method
according to a state of a transmission path.
In the adaptive modulation method according to the present embodiment, the
wireless station device on the reception side determines the modulation method for the
radio signal transmitted from the facing wireless station device on the transmission side
according to the reception state of the radio signal transmitted from the wireless station
device on the transmission side. Further, for the transmission power control, the
wireless station device on the reception side determines transmission power control for
the radio signal transmitted from the facing wireless station device on the transmission
side according to the reception state of the radio signal transmitted from the facing
wireless station device on the transmission side. Accordingly, operation of the wireless
station device on the reception side in the cross-polar interference cancellation system
will first be described.
[0029]
First, the wireless station device 1 is assumed to be on the transmission side, and
the wireless station device 2 is assumed to be on the reception side.
In this case, the wireless station device 2 receives the radio signal transmitted
from the wireless station device 1. In the wireless station device 2, the radio signal is
received by the antenna 72 and separated into two reception signals of the V-polarization
wave and the H-polarization wave by the polarization multiplexer/demultiplexer 71.
19
Since configurations of the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 which processes the
V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 which processes the
H-polarization wave are substantially the same, operation in the V-polarization wave
processing unit 50 will be described herein.
[0030]
The reception signal of the V-polarization wave separated by the polarization
multiplexer/demultiplexer 71 is amplified and converted to a signal in an intermediate
frequency band by the reception unit 54 of the V-polarization wave processing unit 50
(step S101). Also, an output from the reception unit 54 is input to the demodulation
10 unit 55. The demodulation unit 55 demodulates the input signal into a digital signal of
QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) (step S 102), and outputs the digital signal as a
demodulation baseband signal. Also, the reception level measurement unit 56 obtains
the reception level based on the level control information obtained from the reception
unit 54 and the demodulation unit 55 (step S103). Also, the reception level
15 measurement unit 56 outputs reception level information indicating the obtained
reception level to the reception monitor unit 58.
[003 11
Meanwhile, the reception CN value measurement unit 57 receives the baseband
signal of QAM demodulated by the demodulation unit 55 and obtains a value of a CN
20 ratio (Carrier to Noise ratio) of the reception signal of the V-polarization wave from the
baseband signal to determine reception quality (step S 104).
Also, the reception CN value measurement unit 57 acquires reception CN value
information indicating the obtained value of the reception CN ratio and modulation
method information indicating the modulation method for the demodulated signal, and
25 outputs the information to the reception monitor unit 58.
The reception monitor unit 58 receives the reception level information input
from the reception level measurement unit 56 of the V-polarization wave processing unit
50 and the reception CN value information input from the reception CN value
measurement unit 57 of the V-polarization wave processing unit 50, and receives the
reception level information of the H-polarization wave from the H-polarization wave
processing unit 60 (step S 105). The reception monitor unit 58 generates modulation
method information and transmission power information of the signal transmitted from
the wireless station device 1 based on the reception level information and the reception
CN value information detected by the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 and the
reception level information detected by the H-polarization wave processing unit 60.
The modulation method information and the transmission power information are
generated according to the reception level information and the reception CN value, as
follows.
[0033]
First, the reception monitor unit 58 detects the reception level of the respective
polarization wave from the reception level information of the V-polarization wave and
the reception level information of the H-polarization wave which are input (step S 106),
and determines whether the reception level of one or both of the polarization wave is
lower than a previously determined threshold value (step S 107). Here, when the
reception level of one or both of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave is
lower than the previously determined threshold value, the reception CN value is likely to
become small, line quality is likely to be bad, and a bit error is likely to be generated.
1 Therefore, in this case, the reception monitor unit 58 generates the transmission power
information for setting the transmission power of the signal transmitted from the wireless
station device 1 to be high (step S 108).
[0034]
5 Even when the reception level of any one polarization wave is low, the reception
monitor unit 58 generates the transmission power information to increase the
transmission powers of both the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization wave.
More specifically, for example, when the reception level is lower than the previously
determined threshold value, the reception monitor unit 58 reads information of the
10 transmission power according to a difference between the reception level indicated by the
threshold value and a real reception level from a correspondence table recorded in a
memory or the like, and generates transmission power information indicating the
transmission power. Or, the reception monitor unit 58 may calculate transmission
power using any calculation equation based on the information of the transmission power
15 according to the difference between the reception level indicated by the threshold value
and the real reception level, and generate transmission power information indicating the
transmission power. Also, the reception monitor unit 58 transfers the generated
transmission power information to the modulation unit 5 1 to be superimposed on the
transmission signal and transmitted to the wireless station device 1 (step S 109).
20 [0035]
The reception level of both or only one of the polarization waves may be
reduced under the influence of fading of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization
wave orthogonal to each other between the respective facing wireless station devices
25 which transmit or receive signals using a cross-polarization transmission scheme.
When the fading is generated in only the V-polarization wave and therefore the
reception level detected by the V-polarization wave processing unit 50 is reduced,
transmission power control is first performed according to the process of "When the
reception level is low in at least one of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization
5 wave" described above. Accordingly, the transmission powers of the signals of both the
polarization waves transmitted from the wireless station device 1 are set to be high.
However, if the reception level of the signal of the V-polarization wave received
by the wireless station device 2 is still low and the reception CN value on the
V-polarization wave side is low even when transmission power of the signal transmitted
10 from the wireless station device 1 is high, a bit error is likely to be generated and
demodulation is likely to be difficult to demodulate in the present modulation method.
[0036]
Further, even when the reception level of the signal of the V-polarization wave
received by the wireless station device 2 is higher than the previously determined
15 threshold value and it is not necessary to increase the transmission power, but the
reception CN value on the V-polarization wave side is low, the reception CN value is
likely to be reduced due to a large interference amount between cross-polarization waves,
and a bit error is likely to be generated and demodulation is likely to be difficult to
demodulate in the present modulation method. Therefore, on the V-polarization wave
20 side, the multilevel number of the modulation method is switched based on the reception
CN value calculated on the V-polarization wave side to generate modulation method
information to prevent the signal on the V-polarization wave side from being suspended.
[003 71
In other words, the reception monitor unit 58 then determines whether the
25 reception level has become higher than a threshold value after step S 109 described above
1 (step S 11 0). Also, when the reception level has not yet become higher than the
threshold value, the reception monitor unit 58 determines whether the reception CN
value is a value lower than the first threshold value (step S 11 1). Also, when the
reception CN value is lower than the first threshold value, the reception monitor unit 58
5 determines a present modulation method for the received reception signal of the
V-polarization wave (step S 11 2), determines that the modulation method is to be changed
to a modulation method with a reduced multilevel number (step S 1 13), and generates
modulation method information indicating the modulation method with a reduced
multilevel number (step S114). Also, the reception monitor unit 58 transfers the
10 generated modulation method information to the modulation unit 5 1 to be superimposed
on the transmission signal and transmitted to the wireless station device 1 (step S 11 5).
[0038]
15 When it is determined that the reception level is equal to or more than the
threshold value in step S 107 described above, the reception monitor unit 58 then
determines whether the reception CN value of the reception signal of the V-polarization
wave is equal to or more than a second threshold value (the first threshold value
First, the reception monitor unit 68 detects the reception levels of the respective
polarization waves from the reception level information of the H-polarization wave and
the reception level information of the V-polarization wave that are input (step S306), and
determines whether the reception level of one or both of the polarization waves is lower
10 than a previously determined threshold value (step S307). Here, when the reception
level of one or both of the polarization waves is lower than the previously determined
threshold value, the reception CN value is likely to be reduced, line quality is likely to be
bad, and a bit error is likely to be generated. Therefore, in this case, the reception
monitor unit 68 generates the transmission power information for setting the transmission
15 power of the signal transmitted from the wireless station device 1 to be high (step S308).
[0054]
Even when the reception level of any one polarization wave is low, the reception
monitor unit 68 generates the transmission power information to increase the
transmission powers of both of the H-polarization wave and the V-polarization wave.
20 More specifically, for example, when the reception level is lower than a previously
determined threshold value, the reception monitor unit 68 reads information of the
transmission power according to the difference between the reception level indicated by
the threshold value and the real reception level from a correspondence table recorded in a
memory or the like, and generates transmission power information indicating the
25 transmission power. Or, the reception monitor unit 68 may calculate the transmission
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power using any calculation equation based on the information of the transmission power
according to the difference between the reception level indicated by the threshold value
and the real reception level, and generate the transmission power information indicating
the transmission power. Also, the reception monitor unit 68 transfers the generated
transmission power information to the modulation unit 61 to be superimposed on the
transmission signal and transmitted to the wireless station device 1 (step S309).
[0055]
The reception level of both or only one of the polarization waves may be
reduced under the influence of fading of the V-polarization wave and the H-polarization
wave orthogonal to each other between the respective facing wireless station devices
which transmit or receive signals using a cross-polarization transmission scheme.
When the fading occurs only in the H-polarization wave and therefore the
reception level detected by the H-polarization wave processing unit 60 is reduced,
transmission power control is first performed according to a process of "When the
reception level is reduced in at least one of the V-polarization wave and the
H-polarization wave" described above. Accordingly, the transmission powers of the
signals of both the polarization waves transmitted from the wireless station device 1 are
set to be high.
However, if the reception level of the signal of the H-polarization wave received
by the wireless station device 2 is still low and the reception CN value on the
H-polarization wave side is low even when transmission power of the signal transmitted
from the wireless station device 1 is increased, the bit error is likely to be generated and
demodulation is likely to be difficult to perform in the present modulation method.
[0056]
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Further, even when the reception level of the signal of the H-polarization wave
received by the wireless station device 2 is higher than the previously determined
threshold value and it is not necessary to increase the transmission power, but the
reception CN value of the H-polarization wave is low, the reception CN value is likely to
5 be reduced due to a large interference amount between the cross-polarization wave, the
bit error is likely to be generated, and the demodulation is likely to be difficult to perform
in the present modulation method. Therefore, on the H-polarization wave side, the
multilevel number of the modulation method is switched based on the reception CN
value calculated on the H-polarization wave side to generate modulation method
10 information, such that the signal of the H-polarization wave is prevented from being
suspended.
[0057]
In other words, the reception monitor unit 68 then determines whether the
reception level of the H-polarization wave has become higher than the threshold value
15 after step S309 described above (step S3 10). Also, when the reception level of the
H-polarization wave has not yet become higher than the threshold value, the reception
monitor unit 68 determines whether the reception CN value is a value lower than the first
threshold value (step S3 11). Also, when the reception CN value is lower than the first
threshold value, the reception monitor unit 68 determines a present modulation method
20 for the received reception signal of the H-polarization wave (step S3 12), determines that
the modulation method is changed to a modulation method with a reduced multilevel
number (step S3 13,) and generates modulation method information indicating the
modulation method with a reduced multilevel number (step 53 14). Also, the reception
monitor unit 68 transfers the generated modulation method information to the modulation
25 unit 61 to be superimposed on the transmission signal and transmitted to the wireless
I station device 1 (step S3 15).
[0058]
5 When it is determined in step S307 described above that the reception level is
equal to or more than the threshold value, the reception monitor unit 68 then determines
whether the reception CN value of the reception signal of the H-polarization wave is
equal to or more than the second threshold value (the first threshold value
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