Signal separation device and signal separation method

摘要

A signal separation device is disclosed that is able to reduce a number of calculations required when separating a received signal transmitted from transmission devices into the individual transmission signal. The signal separation device includes a signal point derivation unit that multiplies the received signal with respective elements of a unitary matrix, and derives at least one received-signal signal point on a signal constellation diagram; a definition unit that defines plural sections on the signal constellation diagram, each of the sections including a predetermined number of signal points; a detection unit that detects a received-signal section from the sections, the received-signal section including the received-signal signal point; a selection unit that selects signal points in the received-signal section as candidates of the received-signal signal point; and a determination unit that determines the transmission signals based on the selected signal points.