Antenna selection with RF imbalance
First Claim
1. A method for selecting antennas in a multiple-input, multiple-output wireless communications network including a plurality of stations, each station including a set of transmit RF chains and a set of receive RF chains, wherein each RF chain is connectable to a set of antennas, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting, from a first station to a second station, a training frame for each possible subset of the set of antennas, and wherein the set of transmit RF chains are connected to the subset of antennas according to a connection mapping rule while transmitting each training frame;
estimating, in the second station, a subchannel matrix for each frame;
combining the subchannel matrices to obtain a complete channel matrix;
selecting a particular subset of the antennas according to the complete channel matrix; and
connecting the set of transmit RF chains to the selected particular subset of antennas, to transmit data from the first station to the second station.
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Abstract
A method for selecting antennas in a multiple-input, multiple-output wireless communications network that includes multiple stations is presented. Each station includes a set of transmit RF chains and a set of receive RF chains, and each RF chain is connectable to a set of antennas. A first station transmits a training frame for each possible subset of the set of antennas, and the set of transmit RF chains are connected to the subset of antennas according to a connection mapping rule while transmitting each training frame. A subchannel matrix is estimated in a second station for each frame. The subchannel matrices are combined to obtain a complete channel matrix. A particular subset of the antennas is selected according to the complete channel matrix. The set of transmit RF chains is connected to the selected particular subset of antennas to transmit data from the first station to the second station.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for selecting antennas in a multiple-input, multiple-output wireless communications network including a plurality of stations, each station including a set of transmit RF chains and a set of receive RF chains, wherein each RF chain is connectable to a set of antennas, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting, from a first station to a second station, a training frame for each possible subset of the set of antennas, and wherein the set of transmit RF chains are connected to the subset of antennas according to a connection mapping rule while transmitting each training frame;
estimating, in the second station, a subchannel matrix for each frame;
combining the subchannel matrices to obtain a complete channel matrix;
selecting a particular subset of the antennas according to the complete channel matrix; and
connecting the set of transmit RF chains to the selected particular subset of antennas, to transmit data from the first station to the second station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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