Provided is a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method which can maintain compatibility with a plurality of communication schemes and send a response signal back within the allowed time specified by each communication scheme. The wireless communication device includes a radio receiving unit (120) that receives a packet having a format conforming to a first communication scheme and including a second format portion conforming to a second communication scheme using a higher frequency band than the first communication scheme and a first format portion excluding the second format portion, and a processing unit (160) that, outputs a response signal at completion of demodulation and decoding of the first format portion, regardless of whether demodulation and decoding of the second format portion are completed or not.

A target constellation diagram determining method, a data sending method, and an apparatus are provided in accordance with the disclosure. The target constellation diagram determining method in accordance with the disclosure may include receiving, by a receiving device, training data that is generated and sent by a sending device based on each constellation point in an alternative constellation diagram. A detection region of each constellation point can then be determined based on a position of the training data in the alternative constellation diagram. A cumulative distance corresponding to the alternative constellation diagram can be obtained based on a distance between the detection regions of the constellation points. The method may include determining, based on cumulative distances corresponding to a plurality of alternative constellation diagrams, that an alternative constellation diagram with a largest cumulative distance is a target constellation diagram, and notifying the sending device of the target constellation diagram, so that the sending device modulates to-be-sent data based on the target constellation diagram.

A method for modulating and coding a data packet comprising digitally encoded information. The method comprises selecting a hierarchy of modulation and coding schemes to use for modulation and coding of the digitally encoded information. The method also comprises identifying, among the bits in the digitally encoded information and based on the selected hierarchy of modulation and coding schemes, two sets of data, a first set of data and a second set of data, the second set of data being a sub-set of the first set of data and comprising bits different from the most robust bits of the first set of data. The method further comprises performing modulation and coding of the first set of data using a modulation and coding scheme with high order modulation in order to create a first layer of the data packet.

Provided is a transmission method that improves data reception quality in radio transmission using a single-carrier scheme and/or a multi-carrier scheme. The transmission method includes: generating a plurality of first modulated signals and a plurality of second modulated signals from transmission data, the plurality of first modulated signals being signals generated using a 16 QAM modulation scheme, and the plurality of second modulated signals being signals generated using uniform constellation 64 QAM modulation; generating, from the plurality of first modulated signals and the plurality of second modulated signals, a plurality of first signal-processed signals and a plurality of second signal-processed signals which satisfy a predetermined equation; and changing the predetermined equation when a 64 QAM modulation used to generate the plurality of second modulated signals is switched from the uniform constellation 64 QAM modulation to a non-uniform constellation 64 QAM modulation.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may use different modulation schemes, or different modulators, for a single data stream. The set of modulators may be based on a linear combination of a function of encoded bits to be transmitted. In some cases, the UE may use a different permutation or interleaving of the function of bits with the same linear function to generate a different set of modulators. The UE may use a combination of any one or more of the described techniques for generating a set of modulators. Different modulators may be cyclically repeated over time. The UE may apply a device-specific scrambling sequence and transmit the modulated symbols on an uplink channel. The base station may use matched filters and an element-wise estimator (ESE) to compute log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) for each bit of each UE in a received signal.

A wireless apparatus is disclosed for adapting a modulation scheme used with backscatter signaling. In an example aspect, the wireless apparatus includes a transceiver assembly, coupling analysis circuitry, modulation determination circuitry, and modulation application circuitry. In operation, the transceiver assembly receives a power transmission from another wireless apparatus via an inductive coupling link. The coupling analysis circuitry determines an inductive coupling quality associated with the inductive coupling link extending between the wireless apparatus and the other wireless apparatus. The modulation determination circuitry determines a modulation scheme based on the inductive coupling quality. The modulation application circuitry adjusts an impedance of the wireless apparatus in accordance with the determined modulation scheme. The transceiver assembly reflects a backscatter signal across the inductive coupling link using the power transmission and based on the impedance as adjusted in accordance with the determined modulation scheme.

A transmitter, a receiver, and a signal processing method are provided. The transmitter includes a constellation mapper, a signal conversion module, a digital signal processor, and a digital-to-analog converter. The constellation mapper is configured to determine a mapping relationship between a bit stream and a constellation point in a polar coordinate system, and generate a constellation symbol data flow according to the mapping relationship. The signal conversion module is configured to convert the constellation symbol data flow into an amplitude signal and a phase signal, where the amplitude signal is a 2-level analog signal, and the phase signal is an 8-level digital signal. The digital signal processor is configured to perform digital signal processing on the phase signal, to generate a multi-level digital signal. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to convert the multi-level digital signal into a multi-level analog signal.

Systems for utilizing bandwidth of a wireless network in an efficient manner are disclosed. Bandwidth may be allocated between different types of devices by dividing a symbol constellation into subsets of points, where each of the subsets may be used for transmitting data from a different device to a base station on single frequency channel. The symbol constellation may be shared on the frequency channel by dynamic or static allocation of the subsets of points to different devices. A first device with high data speed requirements may be allocated a first subset of points of the symbol constellation fix transmitting data to the receiver, while a second device with lower data speed requirements may be allocated a second smaller subset of the symbol constellation for transmitting data to a receiver. The first and second devices may then transmit data to the receiver on the frequency channel.

There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the method comprising modulating a plurality of input bits (N), wherein modulating comprises choosing a first number (k) of frequencies from a predetermined set of a total number (NF) of frequencies, the first number (k) being larger than 1, and performing quadrature amplitude modulation to a second number (NQ) on each of the first number (k) of frequencies. There are further disclosed related methods and devices.

A method for modulating and coding a data packet comprising digitally encoded information. The method comprises selecting a hierarchy of modulation and coding schemes to use for modulation and coding of the digitally encoded information. The method also comprises identifying, among the bits in the digitally encoded information and based on the selected hierarchy of modulation and coding schemes, two sets of data, a first set of data and a second set of data, the second set of data being a sub-set of the first set of data and comprising bits different from the most robust bits of the first set of data. The method further comprises performing modulation and coding of the first set of data using a modulation and coding scheme with high order modulation in order to create a first layer of the data packet.