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TRANSMITTING NODE AND METHOD FOR RANK DETERMINATION

  • US 20150358062A1
  • Filed: 02/18/2013
  • Published: 12/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a transmitting node for controlling a transmission rank in a wireless communications system, which wireless communications system comprises the transmitting node and a receiving node, and which transmitting node is configured to transmit on multiple antennas according to the transmission rank, the method comprising:

  • allocating at least one first transmission resource between the transmitting node and the receiving node to operate according to a first transmission rank, and at least one second transmission resource between the transmitting node and the receiving node to operate according to a second transmission rank; and

    when a performance of the second transmission rank outperforms a performance of the first transmission rank, configuring at least one of the at least one first transmission resource to operate according to the second transmission rank.

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