Transmission/reception method based on frequency division multiple access having changeable communication channel bandwidths and communication apparatus employing the method

摘要

An FDMA (Frequency-Division Multiple Access) transmitter-receiver for use in an FDMA communication system which is capable of changing a bandwidth of a channel as required. The FDMA transmitter-receiver includes: a plurality of trans-demultiplexers which are different in the number of channel multiplexings from each other and each of which serves to convert the received FDMA signal into a TDMA signal; a communication signal demultiplexing/multiplexing circuit for subjecting the output communication channel signals from the trans-demultiplexers to demultiplex and channel-reassignable multiplex them; a plurality of trans-multiplexers which are provided in correspondence to the plurality of trans-demultiplexers and each of which serves to convert the output channel signal after demultiplexing and remultiplexing from the associated communication signal demultiplexing/multiplexing circuit into an FDMA signal; an adder for adding the FDMA signals outputted from the trans-multiplexers; and a transmission circuit connected to an output of the adder for transmitting therefrom the signal which has been obtained by adding the FDMA signals. The bandwidth per channel of each of the trans-demultiplexers and the trans-multiplexers is different in correspondence to the number of channel multiplexing.