Method for Implicit Selecting Antennas in a Wireless Networks
First Claim
1. A method for selecting antennas in a wireless network including a base station and a plurality of user equipment (UE) transceivers, comprising:
- specifying, in a base station of a frequency division multiplexing wireless network, times and frequencies when to transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs) by a transceiver of the network, in which the transceiver includes a set of available antennas;
enabling and disabling a transmission of the SRSs implicitly;
transmitting the SRS by the transceiver according to the specified times, frequencies, and antennas only when the transmission is enabled;
selecting a subset of antennas of the set of available antennas in the base station based on the received SRSs; and
indicating the selected subset of antennas to the transceivers.
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Abstract
A method and system selects antennas in a wireless network including a base station and user equipment (UE) transceivers. The base station specifies times and frequencies to transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs), and antennas to use to transmit the SRSs for the specified times and frequencies. The transceivers transmit the SRS according to the specified times, frequencies, and antennas. The stopping and starting of the SRS are specified implicitly. The base station selects subsets of the set of available sets of antennas, and indicates the selected subset of antennas to the transceiver.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for selecting antennas in a wireless network including a base station and a plurality of user equipment (UE) transceivers, comprising:
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specifying, in a base station of a frequency division multiplexing wireless network, times and frequencies when to transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs) by a transceiver of the network, in which the transceiver includes a set of available antennas; enabling and disabling a transmission of the SRSs implicitly; transmitting the SRS by the transceiver according to the specified times, frequencies, and antennas only when the transmission is enabled; selecting a subset of antennas of the set of available antennas in the base station based on the received SRSs; and indicating the selected subset of antennas to the transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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7. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
broadcasting antenna selection capability information from the base station to the transceiver.
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