Patent ID: 8155221
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system comprising: a receiver; and a transmitter; the receiver employing an OFDM system which uses a frequency band that is constituted by a plurality of subchannels, and receiving a signal added a phase rotation which is made to respectively differ for each transmission antennas of the transmitter and transmitted from the transmission antennas, the receiver comprising: an informing portion which informs the transmitter of an information for adding a same phase rotation to a plurality of consecutive subcarriers of the subchannels; a receiving portion which receives subcarriers for propagation path estimation in which phase rotation has not been added at the transmitter side; and a quality estimating portion which estimates a quality of the received subcarriers; and the transmitter comprising: a phase rotating portion applying a first phase rotation amount to a first group and a second phase rotation amount to a second group, wherein the first group comprises a first plurality of consecutive subcarriers, wherein the second group comprises a second plurality of consecutive subcarriers, and wherein the first plurality of consecutive subcarriers are different subcarriers than the second plurality of consecutive subcarriers.