The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of a base station in a wireless communication system, including: determining a signal transmission mode to be used by each of antennas based on a channel condition between each of the antennas and a terminal; and transmitting signals to one or more terminals from each of the antennas based on the signal transmission mode.

The present disclosure pertains to a method for operating a transmitting node in a wireless communication network. The method comprises transmitting a signal based on Filter Bank Multi-Carrier, FBMC, filtering, wherein the signal comprises signal carrying pulses, g(t), the pulses having a sampling interval T, the pulses being transmitted with a separation interval of T, with 0<<1. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.

Systems (400) and methods for removing dither introduced into a transmitted RF signal. The method comprising: receiving, by a receiver, the transmitted RF signal; converting, by the receiver, the transmitted RF signal into a discrete-time IF signal comprising a sequence of samples, where at least a first sample of said samples has a first sample duration different than a second sample duration of at least a second sample of said samples; and performing operations by a sub-sample dither removal device of the receiver to modify a sample timing of the discrete-time IF signal by decreasing or increasing the first sample duration of the first sample using a digital signal processing technique in a digital domain.

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting a synchronization signal by a base station in a filter bank multi carrier (FBMC) system and a base station using the same may be provided, the method comprising the steps of: generating a frequency-domain quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbol sequence having a length of k for a synchronization signal; mapping the QAM symbol sequence to a sub-carrier of a filter bank on the basis of the correlation characteristic of the synchronization signal; generating a quadrature amplitude modulation-filter bank multicarrier (QAM-FBMC) symbol including the synchronization signal on the basis of the mapping, and transmitting the generated QAM-FBMC symbol. In addition, a terminal communicating with the base station and an operation method for the terminal may be provided.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication system to generate a waveform by multiplexing multiple user data. The system comprises at least one transceiver, a multiplexer and a processor. The at least one transceiver configured to perform at least one of receiving a plurality of data from a transmitter, and transmitting a generated waveform to a destination. The multiplexer configured to multiplex a plurality of data associated with a plurality of users, to generate multiplexed data. The processor is configured to perform a rotation operation on the multiplexed data to produce a rotated data. Also, the processor is configured to transform the rotated data using Fourier transform to produce transformed data. Further, the processor is configured to map the transformed data using a predefined number of subcarriers to produce a mapped data sequence and thereafter, process the mapped data sequence to generate the waveform.

Methods and devices are disclosed for encoding and transmitting data sequences for low data rate applications. An encoded data sequence is transformed and used to shape a multi-carrier pulse to create a narrow-band signal for transmission. Time domain tails of the narrow-band signal may be removed to decrease overhead. The data may be first encoded to create a sparse modulated data sequence. Multi-carrier pulse shaping may be carried out using frequency division multiplexing (FDM) or filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC) techniques. Alternatively, single carrier pulse shaping may be used to create the narrow-band signal.

An apparatus and method for filter bank multi-carrier signal modulation with a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) in a multiple antenna system are disclosed. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, in a multiple antenna transmission method, after a plurality of transmission candidate signals, which are modulated for each antenna using discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread filter bank multi-carrier and offset quadrature amplitude modulation (FBMC/OQAM) techniques and are capable of obtaining a single carrier effect, are generated, a transmission candidate signal with a low PAPR can be selected and transmitted, and thus peak-to-average power ratio performance can be effectively improved, and interference between subcarriers can be eliminated by applying an Alamouti coding manner.

The disclosure refers to a synthesis filter bank, comprising: a transform module which is configured to receive a plurality of input signals, transform the plurality of input signals, and output a plurality of transformed signals, a plurality of filter modules, which are coupled to the transform module, and wherein each filter module of the plurality of filter modules is configured to receive two transformed signals from the transform module, process the two received transformed signals and output two processed signals, and a parallel-to-serial module which is coupled to the plurality of filter modules and which is configured to receive the processed signals from the plurality of filter modules, combine the received processed signals and output a combined signal. Furthermore, an analysis filter bank, a filter bank and methods for operating a synthesis filter bank and for operating an analysis filter bank are disclosed.

Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are a data modulating and demodulating method, a data transmission method and node for multi-carrier system. The data modulating method including: selecting, by a transmitting node, corresponding waveform functions based on values of a first parameter, wherein the first parameter includes K values corresponding to K different waveform functions, respectively, and K is an integer greater than 1; and performing, by the transmitting node, using the selected waveform functions, modulation on time domain data sequences processed by Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to obtain a modulated data sequence. The first parameter may be configured by a base station for a UE. Also provided by the embodiments of the present application are a corresponding demodulation method and data transmission method and node.

Provided are a pilot signal transmission method and apparatus, and a transmitting terminal. The method includes: setting a first pilot signal, a second pilot signal, and a third pilot signal on a same subcarrier; and transmitting the first pilot signal, the second pilot signal, and the third pilot signal respectively on three continuous symbols on the same subcarrier. The first pilot signal, the second pilot signal, and the third pilot signal are all nonzero data, a phase difference between the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal is 90 degrees, a phase difference between the third pilot signal and the second pilot signal is 90 degrees, and a phase difference between the first pilot signal and the third pilot signal is 180 degrees.