Patent ID: 8559536
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A transmitter having first to M th transmitting antennas, where M is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and for transmitting an OFDM signal obtained by modulating a plurality of carriers per symbol duration, the OFDM signal containing pilot signals scattered on a carrier-symbol plane, on the carrier-symbol plane, k denoting a carrier number, n denoting a symbol number, Δk denoting an interval between pilot signals in a same symbol, Δn denoting an interval between pilot signals in a same carrier, and p denoting an integer greater than or equal to 0, n when 2≦m≦M, neither (m−1)n the carrier number k the transmitter comprising: a generating unit operable to generate the pilot signals as m a transmitting unit operable to transmit, from the m