MIMO communications
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- a) M antennas;
b) transmit and control circuitry operatively coupled to the M antennas and adapted to;
i) select N antennas from the M antennas based on control information;
ii) create N data streams from information to be transmitted to a receiver; and
iii) transmit the N data streams to the receiver via the N antennas.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention allows a wireless communication system, such as a base station, to select N antennas from an associated group of M antennas for transmitting multiple streams of data to a given user. Based on the channel conditions between the M antennas of the wireless communication system and the multiple antennas at the receiver, the N antennas to use for transmission are selected to enhance channel capacity, signal-to-noise ratios, or a combination thereof. The channel conditions are measured at the receiver, and may be sent back to the wireless communication system for processing or may be processed at the receiver, wherein instructions are transmitted back to the wireless communication system to control antenna selection.
-
Citations
40 Claims
-
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
-
a) M antennas;
b) transmit and control circuitry operatively coupled to the M antennas and adapted to;
i) select N antennas from the M antennas based on control information;
ii) create N data streams from information to be transmitted to a receiver; and
iii) transmit the N data streams to the receiver via the N antennas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A method providing wireless communications via a wireless communication system comprising having M antennas, the method comprising:
-
a) selecting N antennas from the M antennas based on control information;
b) creating N data streams from information to be transmitted to a receiver; and
c) transmitting the N data streams to the receiver via the N antennas. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
-
29. A wireless communication system comprising:
-
a) M antennas; and
b) transmit and control circuitry operatively coupled the M antennas and adapted to;
i) select N antennas from the M antennas based on control information;
ii) generate a plurality of data streams to be transmitted to a receiver;
iii) provide an inverse Fourier transform on the data streams to provide a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplex sub-carriers, such that the sub-carriers are allocated to the select N antennas based on the control information; and
iv) transmit the sub-carriers via the N antennas to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
-
35. A method providing wireless communications via a wireless communication system comprising having M antennas, the method comprising:
-
a) selecting N antennas from the M antennas based on control information;
b) generating a plurality of data streams to be transmitted to a receiver;
c) providing an inverse Fourier transform on the data streams to provide a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplex sub-carriers, such that the sub-carriers are allocated to the select N antennas based on the control information; and
d) transmitting the sub-carriers via the N antennas to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
-
Specification