Patent Publication Number: US-9407299-B2

Title: Radio reception device and radio reception method in radio communication system

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a National Stage Entry of International Application No. PCT/JP2012/007161, filed Nov. 8, 2012, which claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-261308, filed Nov. 30, 2011. The entire contents of the above-referenced applications are expressly incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a radio communication system and, more particularly, to a radio reception device and a radio receiving method utilizing a frequency band assigned to radio communication systems of different radio schemes. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In next-generation radio communication systems, there are concerns over exhaustion of frequency resources as the transmission rates increase with wider bandwidths and systems are increasingly diversified. In such circumstances, cognitive radios have been studied that identify surrounding radio wave environments and users&#39; needs to autonomously optimize communication parameters. Dynamic spectrum access, which allows a frequency band assigned to an existing radio communication system to be secondarily used by another radio communication system, has in particular drawn attentions in terms of the efficient use of frequency resources. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the dynamic spectrum access is a technology in which a spectrum available in a frequency band that is assigned to a first radio system  10  is used by a new second radio system  11  in such a manner that the second radio system  11  will not interfere with communication in the first radio system  10 .  FIG. 1  depicts, as an example, a case where an uplink of the second radio system  11  shares a frequency band assigned to a downlink of the first radio system  10 . That is, in the first radio system  10 , a transmitter  12  sends data to a receiver  13 , while in the second radio system  11 , a transmitter  14  uses the same frequency band to send data to a receiver  15 . In principle, the transmitter  14  of the second radio system performs communication by using, for example, transmission power control so that interference with the receiver  13  of the first radio system  10  will not be higher than a defined value because when a frequency is shared, communication in the second radio system  11  need to be performed in such a manner as not to interfere with communication in the first radio system  10 . Thus, it is possible to suppress interference from the second radio system  11  to the first radio system  10 . 
     On the other hand, the receiver  15  of the second radio system  11  receives its own system&#39;s desired waves  21  transmitted from the transmitter  14  and, at the same time, receives a signal arriving from the transmitter  12  of the first radio system as interfering waves  20 . Accordingly, at the receiver  15  of the second radio system, transmission characteristics deteriorate due to interference arriving from the transmitter  12  of the first radio system. If the transmitter  14  of the second radio system  11  is a mobile station such as a mobile communication terminal and its transmission frequency shares the frequency band of the first radio system  10  in particular, the separation distance between the first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  is short because the transmission power of the transmitter  14  is small and the antenna height thereof is low, and consequently the interfering waves  20  arriving from the transmitter  12  of the first radio system have a great influence. 
     Various technologies for suppressing the influence of interfering waves have been proposed. For example, according to a radio receiver with multiple antennas disclosed in NPL 1, the channel estimate values of desired waves  21  and the channel estimate values of interfering waves  20  are determined, and based on them, an equalization weight is generated that minimizes the square error between a pilot code and an equalized signal, thereby suppressing interference. Moreover, PTL 1 also discloses a communication device that suppresses the influence of interfering waves by estimating the channel characteristics of interfering waves and desired waves by using a pilot subcarrier. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     [PTL 1] 
     
         
         Japanese Patent Application Unexamined Publication No. 2009-081535 
       
    
     Non-Patent Literature 
     [NPL 1] 
     
         
         W. Peng and F. Adachi, “Frequency Domain Adaptive Antenna Array for Broadband Single-Carrier Uplink Transmission,” IEICE Trans. Commun., Vol. E94-B, No. 7 July 2011 
       
    
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     According to  FIG. 1 , disclosed in the above-mentioned PTL 1 and NPL 1 are interference suppression technologies on the premise that the first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  use the same communication scheme. For example, in PTL 1, any of the communication schemes used by an interfering station and a desired station is WiMAX. 
     However, even if the transmitter  12  of the first radio system  10  in  FIG. 1  uses a different communication scheme from that of the second radio system  11 , the transmitter  12  can be an interfering station with the receiver  15  of the second radio system. For example, in a case where the transmitter  12  of the first radio system  10  is a television broadcast transmitter, waves transmitted from the transmitter  12  can possibly arrive at the receiver  15  of the second radio system  11  as interfering waves  20  even if the receiver  15  is located outside the broadcast area. 
     Accordingly, the interference suppression technique disclosed in PTL 1 or NPL 1 cannot effectively suppress interference between different radio systems that a transmitter of one of the radio systems inflicts on a receiver of the other radio system. 
     The present invention is made to solve problems as described above, and an object thereof is to provide a radio reception device and a radio reception method that can effectively suppress the influence of interfering waves from a different radio system when a frequency band of the different radio system is shared. 
     Solution to Problem 
     A radio reception device according to the present invention is a radio reception device that can use a frequency band assigned to a first radio system in a second radio system, characterized by comprising: first estimation means that generates, based on reception signals, first channel estimate values of interfering wave components arriving from the first radio system, which uses a different communication scheme from that of the second radio system; second estimation means that generates, based on the reception signals, second channel estimate values of desired wave components received through the communication scheme of the second radio system; and interference suppression means that suppresses the interfering wave components by using the first and second channel estimate values. 
     A radio receiving method according to the present invention is a radio receiving method for a radio reception device that can use a frequency band assigned to a first radio system in a second radio system, characterized by comprising: generating, based on reception signals, first channel estimate values of interfering wave components arriving from the first radio system, which uses a different communication scheme from that of the second radio system; generating, based on the reception signals, second channel estimate values of desired wave components received through the communication scheme of the second radio system; and suppressing the interfering wave components by using the first and second channel estimate values. 
     A mobile station according to the present invention is a mobile station that can use a frequency band assigned to a first radio system in a second radio system, characterized by comprising: first estimation means that generates, based on reception signals, first channel estimate values of interfering wave components arriving from the first radio system, which uses a different communication scheme from that of the second radio system; second estimation means that generates, based on the reception signals, second channel estimate values of desired wave components received through the communication scheme of the second radio system; and interference suppression means that suppresses the interfering wave components by using the first and second channel estimate values. 
     A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system including a radio communication device that can use a frequency band assigned to a first radio system in a second radio system, characterized in that the radio communication device generates, based on reception signals, first channel estimate values of interfering wave components arriving from the first radio system, which uses a different communication scheme from that of the second radio system, and second channel estimate values of desired wave components received through the communication scheme of the second radio system, and suppresses the interfering wave components by using the first and second channel estimate values. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively suppress the influence of interfering waves from a different radio system and to enhance interference suppression performance. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of general communication systems to describe dynamic spectrum access. 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a radio reception device according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing a more detailed functional configuration of a channel estimate value conversion section of the radio reception device shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart to describe operations of a first channel estimation section shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         FIGS. 5A to 5D  are schematic spectrum diagrams to describe frequency conversion and band extraction processing at the radio reception device shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         FIGS. 6A and 6B  are diagrams showing sampling intervals to describe operations of a sampling rate conversion section shown in  FIG. 3 . 
         FIGS. 7A to 7D  are waveform diagrams of channel estimate values to describe operations of a path timing adjustment section shown in  FIG. 3 . 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a radio reception device according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is a block diagram showing a more detailed functional configuration of a channel estimate value conversion section of the radio reception device shown in  FIG. 8 . 
         FIGS. 10A and 10B  are diagrams showing subcarrier intervals to describe operations of a subcarrier interval conversion section shown in  FIG. 9 . 
         FIG. 11  is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a radio reception device according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a radio reception device, which operates in a radio system of a certain communication scheme, performs channel estimation of interfering waves from another radio system of a different communication scheme, thereby suppressing the influence of interfering waves from the another radio system when sharing a frequency band that is assigned to the another radio system. Thus, it is possible to improve the effective signal-to-interference-plus-noise power ratio of the radio reception device and to increase throughput. 
     1. First Exemplary Embodiment 
     Hereinafter, a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to drawings. Single-carrier and multi-carrier transmission systems will be illustrated as an example of radio access schemes, and it will be assumed that the radio reception device of the second radio system  11  in  FIG. 1  shares a frequency band assigned to the first radio system  10 . The first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  in  FIG. 1  have different communication parameters, and here demodulation parameters (center frequency, sampling rate, and system bandwidth) are assumed to be different. Note that the radio reception device of the second radio system  11  is also applicable to a reception section of any of a mobile station and a base station in the second radio system  11  in  FIG. 1 . 
     1.1) Configuration 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the radio reception device according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of antennas (here, two receiving antennas a and b), a demodulation section  100 , a desired wave channel estimation section  110 , and an interfering wave channel estimation section  120 . The demodulation section  100  receives as input desired wave channel estimate values Es, which are obtained by the desired wave channel estimation section  110 , and interfering wave channel estimate values Ei, which are obtained by the interfering wave channel estimation section  120 , and generates a reception signal in which interference components are suppressed. 
     The demodulation section  100  includes a frequency oscillator  101  that generates an oscillation signal of a frequency f 2 , frequency conversion sections  102   a  and  102   b , AD (Analog-to-Digital) conversion sections  103   a  and  103   b , sampling rate conversion sections  104   a  and  104   b , and an equalization section  105 . 
     The desired wave channel estimation section  110  includes a pilot correlation section  111  and generates the desired wave channel estimate values Es based on a correlation between digital reception signals output from the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a  and  104   b , respectively, and a pilot code of the second radio system to which this radio reception device belongs. 
     The interfering wave channel estimation section  120  includes sampling rate conversion sections  121   a  and  121   b , a frequency oscillator  122 , frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b , a pilot correlation section  124 , and a channel estimate value conversion section  125 . The sampling rate conversion sections  121   a  and  121   b  receive as input digital reception signals from the AD conversion sections  103   a  and  103   b  of the demodulation section  100 , respectively. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , the channel estimate value conversion section  125  includes a frequency oscillator  201 , frequency conversion sections  202   a  and  202   b , a filter section  203 , a sampling rate conversion section  204 , and a path timing adjustment section  205 . 
     The pilot correlation section  124  generates interfering wave channel estimate values based on a correlation between digital reception signals output from the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b , respectively, and a pilot code of the first radio system, and the channel estimate value conversion section  125  converts these values so that they will conform with the second radio system, thereby generating the interfering wave channel estimate values Ei, which will be described in more detail later. 
     Note that the demodulation section  100 , the desired wave channel estimation section  110 , and the interfering wave channel estimation section  120  are shown as individual functional blocks in  FIG. 2 , but they are not limited to such configurations. For example, it is also possible to configure the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a ,  104   b  and the equalization section  105  of the demodulation section  100 , the desired wave channel estimation section  110 , and the interfering wave channel estimation section  120  into a single circuit chip. 
     Alternatively, it is also possible to implement functions equivalent to the functions implemented by the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a ,  104   b  and the equalization section  105  of the demodulation section  100 , the desired wave channel estimation section  110 , and the interfering wave channel estimation section  120  by executing programs stored in a memory on a program-controlled processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). 
     1.2) Operation 
     Operations of the radio reception device shown in  FIG. 2  will be described, partially with reference to  FIG. 4 . 
     First, the frequency oscillator  101  generates a frequency signal whose frequency is the center frequency f 2  of receive signals of the second radio system and outputs it to each of the frequency conversion sections  102   a  and  102   b . The frequency conversion sections  102   a  and  102   b  each receive as input the frequency signal of the frequency f 2  and RF (Radio-Frequency) reception signals received through the receive antennas a and b, respectively, and convert the respective RF reception signals into baseband signals (Operation A01). The baseband signals thus obtained are output to the AD conversion sections  103   a  and  103   b , respectively, and converted into digital signals (Operation A02). These digital signals are output to the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a  and  104   b , respectively, and also to the sampling rate conversion sections  121   a  and  121   b  of the interfering wave channel estimation section  120 , respectively. 
     In the demodulation section  100 , the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a  and  104   b  convert the sampling rate of the digital reception signals, which are input from the AD conversion sections  103   a  and  103   b , respectively, into a predetermined sampling rate suitable for demodulation in the second radio system. The digital signals of the predetermined sampling rate are output to each of the pilot correlation section  111  and the equalization section  105 . 
     The pilot correlation section  111  performs correlation processing of the digital reception signals of the predetermined sampling rate with a predetermined pilot code of the second radio system and obtains the channel estimate values of desired waves transmitted from a transmitter of the second radio system. The desired wave channel estimate values Es thus obtained are output to the equalization section  105 . 
     In the interfering wave channel estimation section  120 , the sampling rate conversion sections  121   a  and  121   b  receive as input the digital signals, which are output from the AD conversion sections  103   a  and  103   b , respectively, and convert the sampling rate of the input digital signals into a predetermined sampling rate suitable for demodulation in the first radio system (Operation A03). The sampling rate conversion sections  121   a  and  121   b  output the signals of the predetermined sampling rate to the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b , respectively. 
     The frequency oscillator  122  generates a frequency signal of a frequency (f 2 −f 1 ), which is equivalent to the difference between the center frequency f 2  of second radio system receive signals and the center frequency f 1  of first radio system receive signals, and outputs it to each of the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b . The frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b  receive as input the baseband reception signals of the converted sampling rate, which are input from the sampling rate conversion sections  121   a  and  121   b , respectively, and multiply them by the frequency signal of the frequency (f 2 −f 1 ), thereby performing frequency conversion so that the center frequency of the first radio system receive signals will be 0, which will be described later (Operation A04). The frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b  output the frequency-converted first radio system reception signals to the pilot correlation section  124 . 
     The pilot correlation section  124  receives as input the frequency-converted reception signals from the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b , respectively, and performs correlation processing of them with a predetermined pilot code of the first radio system, thereby obtaining channel estimate values with respect to the first radio system (Operation A05). The pilot correlation section  124  outputs these first radio system channel estimate values to the channel estimate value conversion section  125 . 
     The channel estimate value conversion section  125  receives as input the first radio system channel estimate values, which are output from the pilot correlation section  124 , and converts, for example, the center frequency and the sampling rate thereof so that they will conform with the demodulation parameters of the second radio system. The channel estimate value conversion section  125  outputs the thus obtained interfering wave channel estimate values Ei whose demodulation parameters have been converted into those of the second radio system, to the equalization section  105  (Operations B01 to B04, which will be described in more detail later). 
     The equalization section  105  receives as input the interfering wave channel estimate values Ei and the desired wave channel estimate values Es from the channel estimate value conversion section  125  and the pilot correlation section  111 , respectively, and generates an equalization weight that minimizes the square error between the pilot code of the second radio system and an equalized signal, based on, for example, the MMSE (Minimum Mean Square Error) criterion. The equalization section  105  then performs equalization processing of the reception signals input from the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a  and  104   b  by using the equalization weight and outputs an equalized signal. 
     1.3) Channel Estimate Value Conversion 
     Since the first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  have different demodulation parameters (center frequency, sampling rate, and system bandwidth) as described above, channel estimate value conversion processing is needed for matching the channel estimate values of waves received from the first radio system, which are obtained by the pilot correlation section  124 , with the demodulation parameters of the second radio system. Hereinafter, operations of the channel estimate value conversion section  125  will be described. 
     The frequency oscillator  201  of the channel estimate value conversion section  125  generates a frequency signal of a frequency (f 1 −f 2 ), which is equivalent to the difference between the center frequency f 1  of first radio system reception signals and the center frequency f 2  of second radio system reception signals and outputs it to the frequency conversion sections  202   a  and  202   b.    
     The frequency conversion sections  202   a  and  202   b  multiply first radio system channel estimate values E1-a and E1-b, which are input from the pilot correlation section  124 , by the frequency signal of the frequency (f 1 −f 2 ), respectively, thereby converting the frequency of the first radio system channel estimate values E1-a and E1-b back into the frequency before frequency conversion performed by the frequency conversion section  123   a  and  123   b  (Operation B01 in  FIG. 4 ). The frequency conversion sections  202   a  and  202   b  output the frequency-converted first radio system channel estimate values to the filter section  203 . 
     The filter section  203  performs processing for cutting out the frequency-converted first radio system channel estimate values within a demodulation bandwidth of the second radio system (Operation B02) and outputs the cut-out first radio system channel estimate values to the sampling rate conversion section  204 . 
     The sampling rate conversion section  204  converts the sampling intervals of the cut-out first radio system channel estimate values from that of the first radio system into that of the second radio system (Operation B03). For example, interpolation processing is used for the conversion of the sampling intervals, which will be described later. The sampling rate conversion section  204  outputs the sampling-converted first radio system channel estimate values to the path timing adjustment section  205 . 
     The path timing adjustment section  205  delay-shifts the first radio system channel estimate values of the converted sampling intervals by a period of time equivalent to a path timing difference τ between propagation paths in the first and second radio systems, and outputs the first radio system channel estimate values of the adjusted path timing, as the interfering wave channel estimate values Ei-a and Ei-b, to the equalization section  105  (Operation B04). Hereinafter, principal operations in the present exemplary embodiment will be described in detail. 
     1.4) Frequency Conversion and Band Cutout Processing 
       FIG. 5A  shows the spectra of reception signals output from the frequency conversion sections  102   a  and  102   b  of the demodulation section  100 , where the horizontal axis represents frequency and the vertical axis represents power. The center frequency of a reception signal spectrum  502  of the second radio system is placed at 0, while the center frequency of a reception signal spectrum  501  of the first radio system is placed at (f 1 −f 2 ). Diagonally shaded is an overlap frequency area of the reception signal spectrum  502  of the second radio system and the reception signal spectrum  501  of the first radio system. 
       FIG. 5B  shows the spectra of reception signals output from the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b  of the interfering wave channel estimation section  120 . The reception signal spectrum  501  of the first radio system is placed through frequency conversion processing by the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b  so that the center frequency thereof will be 0. The reason for placing the center frequency of the reception signal spectrum  501  of the first radio system at 0 is that the pilot correlation section  124  at the subsequent stage performs pilot correlation processing. 
       FIG. 5C  shows first radio system channel estimate values  503  output from the frequency conversion sections  202   a  and  202   b  of the channel estimate value conversion section  125 . The center frequency of the first radio system channel estimate values  503  is placed at (f 1 −f 2 ). This processing is performed so as to convert the frequency of the first radio system channel estimate values back into that observed in the second radio system by reversely performing the steps of the frequency conversion processing by the frequency conversion sections  123   a  and  123   b.    
       FIG. 5D  shows first radio system channel estimate values output from the filter section  203  of the channel estimate value conversion section  125 . Of the first radio system channel estimate values  503 , only channel estimate values within the range of frequencies that overlap with the demodulation band  502  of the second radio system are cut out to output. 
     1.5) Sampling Rate Conversion 
       FIG. 6  are diagrams schematically showing processing by the sampling rate conversion section  204  of the channel estimate value conversion section  125 , in which the horizontal axes represent time.  FIG. 6A  shows the sampling intervals of the first radio system channel estimate values, and  FIG. 6B  shows the sampling intervals of the second radio system channel estimate values. The sampling rate conversion section  204  matches the sampling intervals of the first radio system channel estimate values with the sampling intervals of the second radio system channel estimate values by, for example, interpolation processing. 
     1.6) Path Timing Adjustment 
       FIG. 7  are diagrams schematically showing an example of operations of the path timing adjustment section  205  of the channel estimate value conversion section  125 , in which the horizontal axes represent time and the vertical axes represent power.  FIG. 7A  shows the first radio system channel estimate values before path timing adjustment,  FIG. 7B , the second radio system channel estimate values before path timing adjustment,  FIG. 7C , the first radio system channel estimate values after path timing adjustment, and  FIG. 7D , the second radio system channel estimate values after path timing adjustment. 
     The first and second radio systems operate independently of each other in synchronization with signals arriving at the respective systems. However, in an actual propagation path environment, the delay times of propagation paths in the first and second radio systems do not match with each other. Therefore, the difference between the delay times of propagation paths needs to be reflected on the first radio system channel estimate values. The path timing adjustment section  205  delay-shifts the first radio system channel estimate values, based on a path timing difference r between propagation paths in the first and second radio systems. The first radio system channel estimate values of the thus adjusted path timing are output to the equalization section  105  as the interfering wave channel estimate values Ei-a and Ei-b that can be used in the second radio system. The equalization section  105 , as described above, performs equalization processing of the reception signals input from the sampling rate conversion sections  104   a  and  104   b  by using the interfering wave channel estimate values Ei-a and Ei-b, to output an equalized signal. 
     1.7) Effects 
     As described above, according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, even if the demodulation parameters of the first and second radio systems are different from each other, the first radio system channel estimate values, which are of interfering waves, can be used in the second radio system, and interfering waves arriving from the first radio system can be suppressed with high precision by multiple-antenna spatial filtering. Thereby, it is possible to improve the effective signal-to-interference-plus-noise power ratio of the second radio system and to increase throughput. Moreover, since the influence of interfering waves arriving from the first radio system is reduced, it is possible to shorten the separation distance between a transmitter of the first radio system and a receiver of the second radio system and to enlarge the coverage of the second radio system in the shared frequency band. 
     Incidentally, according to the receivers disclosed in the PTL 1 and NPL 1, desired wave and interfering wave channel estimate values can be obtained if the first and second radio systems use same demodulation parameters. However, if the first and second radio systems use different demodulation parameters, the channel estimate values of interfering waves arriving from the first radio system cannot be obtained in the second radio system. Therefore, according to the receiver disclosed in NPL1, an equalization weight in consideration of interfering waves cannot be generated, and so the effect of suppressing interfering waves cannot be obtained. 
     2. Second Exemplary Embodiment 
     Hereinafter, a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to drawings. However, it is assumed that the radio reception device of the second radio system in  FIG. 1  shares a frequency band assigned to the first radio system  10 . The radio reception device according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention obtains channel estimates and performs equalization processing through processing in frequency domain, assuming an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) based transmission scheme. The first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  in  FIG. 1  have different communication parameters, and here demodulation parameters (center frequency, subcarrier intervals, and system bandwidth) are assumed to be different. Note that the radio reception device of the second radio system  11  is also applicable to a reception section of any of a mobile station and a base station in the second radio system  11  in  FIG. 1 . 
     2.1) Configuration 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , the radio reception device according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a demodulation section  800  for the second radio system, a desired wave channel estimation section  810 , and an interfering wave channel estimation section  820 . The demodulation section  800  includes a frequency oscillator  801 , frequency conversion sections  802   a  and  802   b , AD conversion sections  803   a  and  803   b , sampling rate conversion sections  804   a  and  804   b , Fourier transform sections  805   a  and  805   b , and an equalization section  806 . The desired wave channel estimation section  810  includes a pilot correlation section  811  for the second radio system. 
     The interfering wave channel estimation section  820  includes sampling rate conversion sections  821   a  and  821   b , a frequency oscillator  822 , frequency conversion sections  823   a  and  823   b , Fourier transform sections  824   a  and  824   b , a pilot correlation section  825  for the first radio system, and a channel estimate value conversion section  826  for the first radio system. 
     Referring to  FIG. 9 , the channel estimate value conversion section  826  includes a frequency conversion section  911 , a filter section  912 , a subcarrier interval conversion section  913 , and a cyclic delay shift section  914 . 
     2.2) Operation 
     Hereinafter, operations of the radio reception device according to the present exemplary embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 8 and 9 . 
     The frequency oscillator  801  generates a frequency signal of a frequency f 2  that corresponds to the center frequency of reception signals of the second radio system, and outputs the generated frequency signal to the frequency conversion sections  802   a  and  802   b . The frequency conversion sections  802   a  and  802   b  multiply RF signals, which are received through antennas a and b, respectively, by the frequency signal of the frequency f 2 , thereby convert them into baseband reception signals, and output the respective baseband signals to the AD conversion sections  803   a  and  803   b , respectively. The baseband reception signals are converted from analog signals into digital signals by the AD conversion section  803   a  and  803   b , respectively, and output to the sampling rate conversion sections  804   a  and  804   b , respectively, and also to the sampling rate conversion sections  821   a  and  821   b  of the interfering wave channel estimation section  820 , respectively. 
     The sampling rate conversion sections  804   a  and  804   b  convert the sampling rate of the input digital signals into a predetermined sampling rate suitable for demodulation in the second radio system and output them to the Fourier transform sections  805   a  and  805   b , respectively. The Fourier transform sections  805   a  and  805   b  convert the reception signals of the converted sampling rate from time-domain signals into frequency-domain signals. Here, for example, FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) or DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) is used for the Fourier transform processing. The Fourier transform sections  805   a  and  805   b  output the frequency-domain reception signals to each of the equation section  806  and the pilot correlation section  811 . The pilot correlation section  811  performs correlation processing of the frequency-domain reception signals with a predetermined pilot code of the second radio system to obtain the channel estimate values of desired waves received from a transmitter of the second radio system, and outputs them to the equalization section  806 . A desired wave channel estimate value vector H 0 (k) of a subcarrier k (k=0, 1, . . . , K−1, where K is an integer not smaller than one and is the number of points of the Fourier transform sections  805   a  and  805   b ) is represented by the following expression: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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     Here, R pich (k) is a reception signal vector in a pilot block, C 0 (k) is a frequency-domain pilot code of the second radio system, and a superscript * indicates a complex conjugate. In general, a CAZAC (Constant Amplitude Zero Auto Correlation) code, which causes no noise enhancement in correlation processing, is used for the pilot code. 
     On the other hand, the sampling rate conversion sections  821   a  and  821   b  of the interfering wave channel estimation section  820  convert the sampling rate of the input digital signals into a predetermined sampling rate suitable for demodulation in the first radio system and output them to the frequency conversion sections  823   a  and  823   b , respectively. The frequency oscillator  822  generates a frequency signal of a frequency (f 2 −f 1 ), which is equivalent to the difference between the center frequency f 2  of reception signals of the second radio system and the center frequency f 1  of reception signals of the first radio system, and outputs it to each of the frequency conversion sections  823   a  and  823   b . The frequency conversion sections  823   a  and  823   b  multiply the baseband reception signals of the converted sampling rate by the frequency signal of the frequency (f 2 −f 1 ), thereby convert the frequency thereof so that the center frequency of the first radio system reception signals will be 0, and then output them to the Fourier transform sections  824   a  and  824   b , respectively. The Fourier transform sections  824   a  and  824   b  convert the frequency-converted reception signals from time-domain signals into frequency-domain signals and output the respective frequency-domain signals to the pilot correlation section  825 . 
     The pilot correlation section  825  performs correlation processing of the frequency-domain reception signals with a predetermined pilot code of the first radio system to obtain the channel estimate values of the radio signals received from the first radio system, and outputs them to the channel estimate value conversion section  826 . A channel estimate value H u (^k) of a subcarrier ^k (=0, 1, . . . , ^K−1, where ^K is an integer not smaller than one and is the number of points of the Fourier transform sections  824   a  and  824   b ) for a transmitter u (u=1, 2, . . . , U, where U is an integer not smaller than one) of the first radio system is represented by the following expression (k with a caret in the expression is represented by ^k): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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     Here, R pich (^k) is a reception signal vector in a pilot block, and C u (^k) is a frequency-domain pilot code at a transmitter u of the first radio system. Note that u=0 indicates a transmitter of the second radio system (desired waves), while u&gt;0 indicates a transmitter of the first radio system (interfering waves). 
     The channel estimate value conversion section  826  receives as input the channel estimate values H u (^k) and converts, for example, the center frequency and the sampling rate thereof so that they will conform with the demodulation parameters of the second radio system, and outputs interfering wave channel estimate values thus obtained to the equalization section  806 . Operations of the channel estimate value conversion section  826  will be described later. 
     The equalization section  806  generates a frequency-domain equalization weight based on, for example, the MMSE criterion by using the desired wave channel estimate values, which are input from the pilot correlation section  811 , and the interfering wave channel estimate values, which are input from the channel estimate value conversion section  826 . The equalization section  806  uses the equalization weight to perform equalization processing of the frequency-domain reception signals input from the Fourier transform sections  805   a  and  805   b , and then outputs an equalized signal. An equalization weight vector W(k) of a subcarrier k (k=0, 1, . . . , K−1, where K is an integer not smaller than one and is the number of points of the Fourier conversion sections) is represented by the following expression: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     2.3) Channel Estimate Value Conversion 
     As described above, since the first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  have different demodulation parameters (center frequency, subcarrier intervals, and system bandwidth), channel estimate value conversion processing is needed for matching the channel estimate values of waves received from the first radio system, which are obtained by the pilot correlation section  825 , with the demodulation parameters of the second radio system. Hereinafter, operations of the channel estimate value conversion section  826  will be described. 
     Referring to  FIG. 9 , the frequency conversion section  911  receives as input the first radio system channel estimate values H u (^k) from the pilot correlation section  825 , converts the frequencies of the channel estimate values H u (^k) back into the frequencies before frequency conversion performed by the frequency conversion sections  823  through processing in frequency domain, and outputs them to the filter section  912 . 
     The filter section  912  performs processing for cutting out the frequency-converted first radio system channel estimate values within a demodulation bandwidth of the second radio system, and outputs the thus cut-out channel estimate values to the subcarrier interval conversion section  913 . 
     The subcarrier interval conversion section  913  converts the subcarrier intervals of the cut-out first radio system channel estimate values in frequency domain from that of the first radio system to that of the second radio system, and outputs the converted first radio system channel estimate values to the cyclic delay shift section  914 . For example, interpolation processing is used for the conversion. 
     The cyclic delay shift section  914  delay-shifts the first radio system channel estimate values of the converted subcarrier intervals in frequency domain by a period of time equivalent to a path timing difference τ between propagation paths in the first and second radio systems, and outputs the delay-shifted first radio system channel estimate values to the equalization section  806  as interfering wave channel estimate values. 
     2.4) Subcarrier Interval Conversion 
       FIG. 10  are diagrams showing processing by the subcarrier interval conversion section  913 , in which the horizontal axes represent time.  FIG. 10A  depicts the subcarrier intervals of the first radio system channel estimate values, and  FIG. 10B  depicts the subcarrier intervals of the second radio system channel estimate values. The subcarrier interval conversion section  913  matches the subcarrier intervals of the first radio system channel estimate values with the subcarrier intervals of the second radio system channel estimate values through, for example, interpolation processing. 
     2.5) Effects 
     As described above, according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention, even when the first and second radio systems have different demodulation parameters, the first radio system channel estimate values, which are of interfering waves, can be used in the second radio system through processing in frequency domain, so that it is possible to suppress with high precision interfering waves arriving from the first radio system through multiple-antenna spatial filtering. Thereby, it is possible to improve the effective signal-to-interference-plus-noise power ratio of the second radio system and to increase throughput. Moreover, since the influence of interfering waves arriving from the first radio system can be reduced, it is possible to enlarge the coverage of the second radio system in the shared frequency band. Note that a description of the second exemplary embodiment has been given by taking the OFDM-based radio reception device as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to other transmission schemes, namely, for example, DFT-Spread OFDM. 
     3. Third Exemplary Embodiment 
     The above-described exemplary embodiments illustrate radio reception devices in the first radio system  10  and the second radio system  11  shown in  FIG. 1  as examples. However, the present invention is also applicable even if a plurality of radio systems of different types exist and a plurality of radio systems of the same type also exist. Hereinafter, a description will be given of a case, as a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention, where two radio systems of the same type (first and second radio systems) and two radio systems of different types (third and fourth radio systems) exist, and where a radio reception device according to the present exemplary embodiment belongs to the second radio system. 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , the radio reception device according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a frequency oscillator  1001 , frequency conversion sections  1002   a  and  1002   b , AD conversion sections  1003   a  and  1003   b , sampling rate conversion sections  1004   a  and  1004   b , a pilot correlation section  1005 , an equalization section  1006 , a third interfering wave channel estimation section  1007 , and a fourth interfering wave channel estimation section  1008 . 
     The frequency oscillator  1001  generates a frequency signal whose frequency is the center frequency f 2  of reception signals of the second radio system and outputs it to each of the frequency conversion sections  1002   a  and  1002   b . The frequency conversion sections  1002   a  and  1002   b  multiply RF reception signals, which are received through antennas a and b, respectively, by the frequency signal of the frequency f 2 , thereby convert them into baseband reception signals, and output these baseband reception signals to the AD conversion sections  1003   a  and  1003   b , respectively. The baseband signals are converted into digital signals by the AD conversion sections  1003   a  and  1003   b  and output to the sampling rate conversion sections  1004   a  and  1004   b , respectively. 
     The sampling rate conversion sections  1004   a  and  1004   b  convert the sampling rate of the digital signals into a predetermined sampling rate suitable for demodulation and output the signals of the converted predetermined sampling rate to the pilot correlation section  1005  and the equalization section  1006 . 
     The pilot correlation section  1005  performs correlation processing of the reception signals of the converted sampling rate with each of a first radio system pilot code and a second radio system pilot code to obtain the channel estimate values of desired waves from a transmitter of the second radio system and the channel estimate values of interfering waves from a transmitter of the first radio system, and outputs the desired wave channel estimate values and the interfering wave channel estimate values to the equalization section  1006 . 
     The third interfering wave channel estimation section  1007  generates the channel estimate values of third interfering waves from a transmitter of the third radio system, which has different parameters from those of the second radio system, while the fourth interfering wave channel estimation section  1008  generates the channel estimate values of fourth interfering waves from a transmitter of the fourth radio system, which has different parameters from those of the second radio system. The third interfering wave channel estimation section  1007  and the fourth interfering wave channel estimation section  1008  have basically the same configurations as the interfering wave channel estimation section  120  shown in  FIG. 2  except that demodulation parameters are different, and therefore a detailed description thereof will be omitted. 
     The equalization section  1006  receives as input the desired wave channel estimate values and the interfering wave channel estimate values from the pilot correlation section  1005  as well as the third and fourth interfering wave channel estimate values from the third interfering wave channel estimation section  1007  and the fourth interfering wave channel estimation section  1008 , respectively, to generate an equalization weight. The equalization section  1006  uses the equalization weight to perform equalization processing of the reception signals input from the sampling rate conversion sections  1004   a  and  1004   b , and thus outputs an equalized signal. 
     As described above, even if there are interfering waves from radio systems of the same type and/or radio systems of different types, the radio reception device according to the present exemplary embodiment can obtain the channel estimate values of such interfering waves and the channel estimate values of desired waves and generate an equalization weight that minimizes the square error between a pilot code and an equalized signal. Thus, it is possible to obtain the effect of effectively suppressing interference from other radio systems. 
     4. Others 
     The foregoing exemplary embodiments have been described by taking a case as an example where two receive antennas are provided in the second radio system. However, the present invention can also be applied to a radio reception device with two or more receive antennas. Moreover, a description has been given by taking radio reception devices in the case of SIMO (Single Input Multiple Output) in the second radio system. However, the present invention can also be applied to a radio reception device in the case of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) in the second radio system. 
     Furthermore, the foregoing exemplary embodiments have been described assuming that the first radio system is an interfering system. However, the reception device of the present invention can also be applied to the first radio system. 
     Note that the foregoing exemplary embodiments can be implemented by preconfigured hardware, namely, for example, a circuit, or can also be implemented by software so as to operate by being controlled by a computer circuit (for example, CPU, not shown) based on control programs. In this case, such control programs are stored on a recording medium (for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), hard disk, or the like) within the radio reception device or the baseband section, or on an external recording medium (for example, removable medium, removable disk, or the like), and read and executed by the computer circuit. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     The present invention is suitably applicable to devices, methods, and programs that need to receive radio signals by frequency sharing. 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
     
         
           10  First radio system service area 
           11  Second radio system service area 
           12  Transmitter of the first radio system 
           13  Receiver of the first radio system 
           14  Transmitter of the second radio system 
           15  Receiver of the second radio system 
           100  Demodulation section 
           101  Frequency oscillator 
           102   a ,  102   b  Frequency conversion sections 
           103   a ,  103   b  AD conversion sections 
           104   a ,  104   b  Sampling rate conversion sections 
           105  Equalization section 
           110  Desired wave channel estimation section 
           111  Pilot correlation section 
           120  Interfering wave channel estimation section 
           121   a ,  121   b  Sampling rate conversion sections 
           122  Frequency oscillator 
           123   a ,  123   b  Frequency conversion sections 
           124  Pilot correlation section 
           125  Channel estimate value conversion section 
           201  Frequency oscillator 
           202   a ,  202   b  Frequency conversion sections 
           203  Filter section 
           204  Sampling rate conversion section 
           205  Path timing adjustment section 
           501  First radio system reception signal 
           502  Second radio system reception signal 
           503  First radio system channel estimate values 
           800  Demodulation section 
           801  Frequency oscillator 
           802   a ,  802   b  Frequency conversion sections 
           803   a ,  803   b  AD conversion sections 
           804   a ,  804   b  Sampling rate conversion sections 
           805   a ,  805   b  Fourier transform sections 
           806  Equalization section 
           810  Desired wave channel estimation section 
           811  Pilot correlation section 
           820  Interfering wave channel estimation section 
           821   a ,  821   b  Sampling rate conversion sections 
           822  Frequency oscillator 
           823   a ,  823   b  Frequency conversion sections 
           824   a ,  824   b  Fourier transform sections 
           825  Pilot correlation section 
           816  Channel estimate value conversion section 
           911  Frequency conversion section 
           912  Filter section 
           913  Subcarrier interval conversion section 
           914  Cyclic delay shift section 
           1001  Frequency oscillator 
           1002   a ,  1002   b  Frequency conversion sections 
           1003   a ,  1003   b  AD conversion sections 
           1004   a ,  1004   b  Sampling rate conversion sections 
           1005  Pilot correlation section 
           1006  Equalization section 
           1007  Third interfering wave channel estimation section 
           1008  Fourth interfering wave channel estimation section