Method, apparatus and system for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system including a base station and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), the base station including a plurality of antennas grouped into base station antenna groups, and at least one of said WTRUs including at least two antennas, wherein the number of antennas of the base station is not less than the number of antennas of any of the WTRUs, a method for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), the method comprising:
- the base station generating a multipath channel matrix between each WTRU and each base station antenna group, wherein the multipath channel matrix comprises channel coefficients for the antennas associated with each WTRU and the antennas associated with each base station antenna group of the base station;
the base station generating an effective channel matrix for channels between the base station and the WTRUs, wherein the effective channel matrix comprises the multipath channel matrices for each WTRU and is an effective MIMO channel for the multi-user virtual MIMO; and
the base station processing received signals from the WTRUs using the effective channel matrix.
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Abstract
A method and system for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques for wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) having one or more antennas are disclosed. The system includes a base station and at least one WTRU having at least two antennas. The number of antennas of the base station is not less than the number of antennas of any of the WTRUs. The base station generates a channel matrix for the WTRUs and processes received signals from the WTRUs based on a measurement of the channel matrix. The WTRUs may perform transmit precoding or eigen-beamforming using the channel matrix information. The WTRUs may also perform transmit diversity.
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28 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system including a base station and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), the base station including a plurality of antennas grouped into base station antenna groups, and at least one of said WTRUs including at least two antennas, wherein the number of antennas of the base station is not less than the number of antennas of any of the WTRUs, a method for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), the method comprising:
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the base station generating a multipath channel matrix between each WTRU and each base station antenna group, wherein the multipath channel matrix comprises channel coefficients for the antennas associated with each WTRU and the antennas associated with each base station antenna group of the base station; the base station generating an effective channel matrix for channels between the base station and the WTRUs, wherein the effective channel matrix comprises the multipath channel matrices for each WTRU and is an effective MIMO channel for the multi-user virtual MIMO; and the base station processing received signals from the WTRUs using the effective channel matrix. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication system for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), the system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), at least one WTRU having at least two antennas; and a base station comprising; a plurality of antennas, the number of the base station antennas being not less than the number of antennas of any of the WTRUs and the plurality of antennas being grouped into base station antenna groups; a channel estimator for generating a multipath channel matrix between each WTRU and each base station antenna group and an effective channel matrix for channels between the base station and the WTRUs based on the multipath channel matrices, wherein the effective channel matrix is an effective MIMO channel for the multi-user virtual MIMO, and wherein wherein the multipath channel matrix comprises channel coefficients for the antennas associated with each WTRU and the antennas associated with each base station antenna group; and a receiver for processing signals from the WTRUs using the effective channel matrix. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A base station for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) for a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), at least one WTRU having at least two antennas, the base station comprising:
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a plurality of antennas, the number of the base station antennas being not less than the number of antennas of any of the WTRUs and the plurality of antennas being grouped into base station antenna groups; a channel estimator for generating a multipath channel matrix between each WTRU and each base station antenna group and an effective channel matrix for channels between the base station and the WTRUs based on the multipath channel matrices, wherein the effective channel matrix is an effective MIMO channel for the multi-user virtual MIMO, and wherein wherein the multipath channel matrix comprises channel coefficients for the antennas associated with each WTRU and the antennas associated with each base station antenna group; and a receiver for processing signals from the WTRUs using the effective channel matrix. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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