Patent attributes
A transmission device transmits multiplexed signals obtained by multiplexing signals of N systems corresponding to N Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) propagation modes. The transmission device includes: an array antenna that includes M antenna elements disposed in a lattice on a plane when viewed from the plane; and a transmitter that multiplies signals obtained by branching each of the signals of N systems into M signals by weighting coefficients of phase shift angles based on angles of the respective M antenna elements with respect to a reference axis passing through a reference point viewed from the reference point on the plane according to the OAM propagation modes, multiplexes the signals of N systems multiplied by the weighting coefficients of the phase shift angles, and transmits signals obtained by the multiplexing from the M antenna elements. M and N are integers equal to or larger than 2.
