Patent ID: 7729232

Claim:
A method of modulating data streams using a superposition modulation scheme by a modulator of a transmitter in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: modulating a first data stream to output a first group of modulation symbols to be transmitted to a first mobile terminal; modulating a second data stream to output a second group of modulation symbols to be transmitted to a second mobile terminal; and performing superposition modulation on the first and second groups of modulation symbols, wherein performing the superposition modulation comprises: selecting a reference modulation symbol from the first group of modulation symbols, selecting at least two modulation symbols from the second group of modulation symbols, wherein the at least two modulation symbols are closer in distance to the reference modulation symbol than other modulation symbols in the second group, determining a rotation angle by which the modulation symbols are to be rotated for transmission, wherein the rotation angle is determined when a distance between the reference modulation symbol of the first group and a first modulation symbol of the at least two modulation symbols of the second group is equal to the distance between the reference modulation symbol of the first group and a second modulation symbol of the at least two modulation symbols of the second group, rotating the second group of modulation symbols according to the rotation angle, wherein a constellation of the superposition modulation is expressed by ( x y ) = ( ± 2 2 ⁢ A 1 ± 2 2 ⁢ A 2 ± 2 2 ⁢ A 1 ± 2 2 ⁢ A 2 ) in which a position of a first point, a, is [ x a y a ] T = [ - 2 2 ⁢ A 1 + 2 2 ⁢ A 2 + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - 2 2 ⁢ A 2 ] T and a position of a second point, b, is [ x b y b ] T = [ + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - 2 2 ⁢ A 2 + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - 2 2 ⁢ A 2 ] T , wherein a minimum Euclid distance is the same as a distance between a and b which is expressed by Δ min =|a−b| 2 2 =2(A 1 −A 2 ) 2 , wherein a constellation associated with the second group is rotated through which the position of the first point, a, becomes a ^ = [ x ^ a y a ] T = [ - 2 2 ⁢ A 1 + A 2 ⁢ ⁢ cos ⁡ ( π 4 - θ ) + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - A 2 ⁢ ⁢ sin ⁡ ( π 4 - θ ) ] T , the position of the second point, b, becomes b ^ = [ x ^ b y b ] T = [ + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - A 2 ⁢ ⁢ sin ⁡ ( π 4 - θ ) + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - A 2 ⁢ ⁢ cos ⁡ ( π 4 - θ ) ] T , and a position of a third point, c, becomes c ^ = [ x ^ c y c ] T = [ + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 - A 2 ⁢ ⁢ cos ⁡ ( π 4 - θ ) + 2 2 ⁢ A 1 + A 2 ⁢ ⁢ sin ⁡ ( π 4 - θ ) ] T , ⁢ and multiplexing the first group of modulation symbols and the rotated second group of modulation symbols to be transmitted to the first and second mobile terminals.