Abstract:
A method of detecting the existence of an OFDM signal constituted by a plurality of carriers transmitted from another communication apparatus, includes a first selection step of selecting first carriers, where a phase difference between same carriers between symbols adjacent on a time domain is smaller than a predetermined value, from a plurality of carriers of a received signal, a second selection step of selecting second carriers, each of which has a phase of a predetermined relation of the OFDM signal with respect to another carrier, from the selected first carriers, and a carrier "determination step of determining whether the received signal has the symbols of the OFDM signal transmitted from the another communication apparatus on the basis of the selection results of the first and second carriers.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus for transmitting transmission data containing a preamble and a postamble is provided. The communication apparatus includes: a phase vector assigning unit which assigns a first phase vector to a plurality of subcarriers relating to the preamble and assigns a second phase vector to a plurality of subcarriers relating to the postamble, the first phase vector being different from the second phase vector.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus which performs a carrier detection and is connected to a transmission line includes: a carrier detecting means for detecting a first control signal for the carrier detection and a second control signal for the carrier detection; a comparing means for comparing carrier detecting results obtained by the carrier detecting means; and a control means for controlling at least one of a symbol length of the first control signal and a symbol length of the second control signal based upon a comparison result obtained by the comparing means.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus repeatedly outputs a first multi-carrier signal SS during predetermined periods T1, T2, T3,..., and outputs a second multi-carrier signal RS whose phase vector is different from that of the first multi-carrier signal SS, at a predetermined timing based on the first multi-carrier signal SS. The communication apparatus further detects the second multi-carrier signal RS output from another communication apparatus, which uses a different communication method from the communication apparatus. Accordingly, both communication apparatuses can differentiate the first multi-carrier signal SS from the second multi-carrier signal RS without performing relatively cumbersome modulation and other processes.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus repeatedly outputs a first multi-carrier signal SS during predetermined periods T1, T2, T3,..., and outputs a second multi-carrier signal RS whose phase vector is different from that of the first multi-carrier signal SS, at a predetermined timing based on the first multi-carrier signal SS. The communication apparatus further detects the second multi-carrier signal RS output from another communication apparatus, which uses a different communication method from the communication apparatus. Accordingly, both communication apparatuses can differentiate the first multi-carrier signal SS from the second multi-carrier signal RS without performing relatively cumbersome modulation and other processes.
Abstract:
A transmitted digital signal from a digital signal processor is converted into an analog signal at an analog circuit, and then transmitted from transmission lines via a communication transformer. A communication apparatus has a plurality of communication modes that perform communication in different communication ranges. A controller in the digital signal processor changes an output level of the transmitted signal according to the communication modes. More specifically, the controller detects communication quality of the transmitted signal and lowers the output level of the transmitted signal within a range where the detected communication quality does not fall below predetermined quality.
Abstract:
A multicarrier digital transmission signal from digital signal processing unit 1 is converted to an analog signal in analog circuit 2, and is transmitted from transmission lines 61 and 62 via communication transformer 3. Digital signal processing unit 1 includes time carrier detector 12 that detects existence and non-existence of a carrier generated by another apparatus using the transmission line, by using a time waveform of a reception signal and frequency carrier detector 13 that detects existence or non-existence of the carrier by using frequency characteristics of the reception signal. Under the control of the controller 11, carrier detection is performed by switching between activating time carrier detector 12 and frequency carrier detector 13 for operation.
Abstract:
An in-home-system master station (111) of an in-home communication system (110) detects a frequency band (a channel number corresponding to a data communication subchannel (212)) or a time slot used by each station of an access communication system (120), using a coexistence signal subchannel (211). Based on the detected information, the in-home-system master station (111) determines a frequency band or a time slot to be used in the in-home communication system (110) to which the in-home-system master station (111) belongs, so as not to avoid overlapping the frequency or time slot used in the access communication system (120), and informs each in-home-system slave station (112) of the determined frequency band or time slot.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus has an A/D converter which converts an analog signal which was received, into a digital signal, a converter which converts a reception signal so as to enable handling of phase information, a carrier detector which detects presence or absence of the reception signal, a synchronous circuit which extract synchronization timing from the reception signal, an equalizer which corrects the reception signal so as to cancel influence of a transmission path, a transmission path estimator which estimates a state of a power line transmission path and determines a multi-value level of a primary modulation which is used by each sub-carrier of a symbol mapper in a transmitting device, and a judging unit which judges the reception signal, which was amended by the equalizer, by use of a threshold value.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus which performs a carrier detection and is connected to a transmission line includes: a carrier detecting means for detecting a first control signal for the carrier detection and a second control signal for the carrier detection; a comparing means for comparing carrier detecting results obtained by the carrier detecting means; and a control means for controlling at least one of a symbol length of the first control signal and a symbol length of the second control signal based upon a comparison result obtained by the comparing means.