TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND METHOD USED IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING OFDM METHOD

摘要

A transmission device includes: means for performing inverse Fourier transform on a signal for which a reference signal and a data signal have been mapped on respective sub-carriers; and means for radio-transmitting a transmission signal. A total power assigned for a signal which is transmitted in a certain time slot is maintained at the same level as the total power assigned for a signal which is transmitted in another time slot. The power density of the reference signal per unit band is set greater than the power density of the data signal per unit band. Since the total transmission power in each time slot is maintained at a constant level, the power amplification efficiency can be maintained at a high level. Moreover, since the reference signal is transmitted with a higher intensity than the other signals, the channel estimation accuracy is also maintained at a high level.