Communication method
First Claim
1. A method for use in a communication system comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, said at least one transmitter comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas, said method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting from at least one but not all of said transmitting antennas a reference signal on a respective first channel;
transmitting data from said transmitting antennas on respective second channels, wherein the second channels transmitted by said at least one but not all transmitting antennas are supported by the respective first channel and the second channels transmitted by the other of said transmitting antennas are supported by a reference signal provided in the respective second channel.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for use in a communication system comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, said at least one transmitter comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas, said method comprising the steps of transmitting from at least one but not all of said transmitting antennas a reference signal on a respective first channel; transmitting data from said transmitting antennas on respective second channels, wherein the second channels transmitted by said at least one but not all transmitting antennas are supported by the respective first channel and the second channels transmitted by the other of said transmitting antennas are supported by a reference signal provided in the respective second channel.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for use in a communication system comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, said at least one transmitter comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting from at least one but not all of said transmitting antennas a reference signal on a respective first channel;
transmitting data from said transmitting antennas on respective second channels, wherein the second channels transmitted by said at least one but not all transmitting antennas are supported by the respective first channel and the second channels transmitted by the other of said transmitting antennas are supported by a reference signal provided in the respective second channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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13. A method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said for at least one time period, data is transmitted by each of the transmitting antennas and for at least one time period, the reference signals are transmitted the other transmitting antennas and data is transmitted by the at least one but not all transmitting antennas.
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26. A communication system comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, said at least one transmitter comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas, said transmitting antennas arranged to transmit from at least one but not all of said transmitting antennas a reference signal on a respective first channel and to transmit data on respective second channels, wherein the second channels transmitted by said at least one but not all transmitting antennas are supported by the respective first channel and the second channels transmitted by the other of said transmitting antennas are supported by a reference signal provided in the respective second channel.
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27. A transmitter comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas, said transmitting antennas arranged to transmit from at least one but not all of said transmitting antennas a reference signal on a respective first channel and to transmit data on respective second channels, wherein the second channels transmitted by said at least one but not all transmitting antennas are supported by the respective first channel and the second channels transmitted by the other of said transmitting antennas are supported by a reference signal provided in the respective second channel.
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