Beamforming based communications method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A transmit end comprising:
- a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to;
obtain a transmit-end precoding matrix TrBB, a transmit-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix TrIF, and a transmit-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix TrRF, according to feedback information from a receive end, wherein the feedback information comprises a channel matrix H and angle-of-departure (AOD) vector information;
acquire a first data stream;
perform precoding processing on the first data stream according to TrBB, to generate a first analog signal, wherein the first data stream is generated after a bitstream for transmission is scrambled and undergoes layer mapping;
perform weighting and power amplification processing on the first analog signal according to TrIF, to generate a second analog signal;
perform weighting and power amplification processing on the second analog signal according to TrRF, to generate a third analog signal;
determine an antenna array matching the third analog signal; and
transmit, to the receive end, the third analog signal, using the antenna array matching the third analog signal.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present application provide a beamforming based communications method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmit end, a transmit-end precoding matrix TrBB, a transmit-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix TrIF, and a transmit-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix TrRF according to feedback information that is from a receive end; acquiring a first data stream, and performing precoding processing on the first data stream according to TrBB, to generate a first analog signal; performing weighting and power amplification processing on the first analog signal according to TrIF, to generate a second analog signal; performing weighting and power amplification processing on the second analog signal according to TrRF, to generate a third analog signal; and determining an antenna array matching the third analog signal, and transmitting the third analog signal to the receive end by using the antenna array matching the third analog signal.
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24 Claims
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1. A transmit end comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; obtain a transmit-end precoding matrix TrBB, a transmit-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix TrIF, and a transmit-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix TrRF, according to feedback information from a receive end, wherein the feedback information comprises a channel matrix H and angle-of-departure (AOD) vector information; acquire a first data stream; perform precoding processing on the first data stream according to TrBB, to generate a first analog signal, wherein the first data stream is generated after a bitstream for transmission is scrambled and undergoes layer mapping; perform weighting and power amplification processing on the first analog signal according to TrIF, to generate a second analog signal; perform weighting and power amplification processing on the second analog signal according to TrRF, to generate a third analog signal; determine an antenna array matching the third analog signal; and transmit, to the receive end, the third analog signal, using the antenna array matching the third analog signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A receive end comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; obtain a receive-end precoding matrix RxBB, a receive-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix RxIF, and a receive-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix RxRF, according to feedback information from a transmit end, wherein the feedback information comprises a channel matrix H, angle-of-arrival (AOA) vector information, a transmit-end precoding matrix TrBB, a transmit-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix TrIF, and a transmit-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix TrRF; acquire a first analog signal; perform weighting and power amplification processing on the first analog signal according to RxRF, to generate a second analog signal; perform weighting and power amplification processing on the second analog signal according to RxIF, to generate a third analog signal; and perform encoding processing on the third analog signal according to RxBB, to generate a second data stream, wherein the second data stream is used to perform layer demapping. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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obtaining, by a transmit end, a transmit-end precoding matrix TrBB, a transmit-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix TrIF, and a transmit-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix TrRF, according to feedback information that is from a receive end, wherein the feedback information comprises a channel matrix H and angle-of-departure (AOD) vector information; acquiring, by the transmit end, a first data stream; performing precoding processing on the first data stream according to TrBB, to generate a first analog signal, wherein the first data stream is generated after a bitstream for transmission is scrambled and undergoes layer mapping; performing weighting and power amplification processing on the first analog signal according to TrIF, to generate a second analog signal; performing weighting and power amplification processing on the second analog signal according to TrRF, to generate a third analog signal; determining an antenna array matching the third analog signal; and transmitting the third analog signal to the receive end using the antenna array matching the third analog signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by a receive end, a receive-end precoding matrix RxBB, a receive-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix RxIF, and a receive-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix RxRF, according to feedback information from a transmit end, wherein the feedback information comprises a channel matrix H, angle-of-arrival (AOA) vector information, a transmit-end precoding matrix TrBB, a transmit-end intermediate-frequency beamforming matrix TrIF, and a transmit-end radio-frequency-end beamforming matrix TrRF; acquiring, by the receive end, a first analog signal; performing weighting and power amplification processing on the first analog signal according to RxRF, to generate a second analog signal; performing weighting and power amplification processing on the second analog signal according to RxIF, to generate a third analog signal; and performing encoding processing on the third analog signal according to RxBB, to generate a second data stream, wherein the second data stream is used to perform layer demapping. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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