Distributed Antenna Diversity Transmission Method
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting information signals to two or more User Equipment (UE) from a Distributed Antenna System comprising:
- assigning a non-zero power allocation weight to each of two or more distributed antennas;
encoding information signals to two or more UEs using a space-time or space-frequency code; and
transmitting the encoded information signals to each of the two or more UEs from each of the two or more antennas, the information signals weighted at each antenna by the non-zero power allocation weight assigned to that antenna.
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Abstract
A Distributed Antenna System employs a downlink transmission method that requires limited channel information feedback and less coherency between signals than is required for information broadcast. Distributed antennas are treated as diversity antennas with a given power allocation. Each antenna can transmit to multiple UEs by transmitting a weighed sum of their signals, and multiple antennas can transmit to one UE by transmitting weighed space-time (or space-frequency) coded signals. The power allocation weights are determined as an optimum power allocation policy with per-antenna power constraints.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting information signals to two or more User Equipment (UE) from a Distributed Antenna System comprising:
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assigning a non-zero power allocation weight to each of two or more distributed antennas; encoding information signals to two or more UEs using a space-time or space-frequency code; and transmitting the encoded information signals to each of the two or more UEs from each of the two or more antennas, the information signals weighted at each antenna by the non-zero power allocation weight assigned to that antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A Distributed Antenna System (DAS), comprising:
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a plurality of antennas, each operative to transmit independent, power-weighted, space-time or space-frequency encoded signals to a plurality of User Equipment (UE); and a controller in data transfer relationship with the plurality of antennas, the controller operative to calculate power allocation weights for each antenna as an optimum power allocation policy with per-antenna power constraints. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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