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Method for Implicit Selecting Antennas in a Wireless Networks

  • US 20090042616A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Published: 02/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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