Patent ID: 7489907
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A transmitter for suppressing a variation in input level of a multicarrier signal obtained by combining multiple carriers, the transmitter comprising: a peak suppressing section for detecting whether there exists a peak by comparing a ratio between the instantaneous power and the mean power of the sum of power levels of inputted carriers with a predetermined peak factor threshold value and outputting the carriers the power levels of which are suppressed such that the power of each carrier after the combination becomes specified power by uniformly multiplying a multiplication factor corresponding to the sum of power levels for each carrier when the peak is detected; an input power calculating section for calculating a mean input power level for each carrier before the carriers are inputted to the peak suppressing section; an output power calculating section for calculating a mean output power level for each carrier after the carriers are outputted from the peak suppressing section; a monitoring section for determining a gain value based on the mean input power level calculated by the input power calculating section and the mean output power level calculated by the output power calculating section and outputting the gain value as level control information which controls the signal level of the multicarrier signal; and a level adjusting section for adjusting the level of the multicarrier signal based on the level control information outputted from the monitoring section.