Method for determining MIMO transmission techniques, base station and mobile terminal

• US 8,488,703 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2008
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Wild, Thorsten, Hoek, Cornelis
• Primary Examiner(s): Lam, Kenneth
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEFF, MICHAEL R
• Application Number:
  US12/046,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20080232502A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,953 Days
• Field of Search: 375/267
• US Class Current: 375/267
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0417 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0469 taking special antenna structures, e.g. cross polarized antennas into account
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0639 Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0689 using different transmission schemes, at least one of them being a diversity transmission scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0871 using different reception schemes, at least one of them being a diversity reception scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/10 Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for determining the appropriate combination of at least two MIMO transmission techniques for a radio link in between a transmitter (10) and a receiver (20). The MIMO transmission techniques use at least two antennas (12, 14, 16, 18) with at least two polarizations. According to the invention the appropriate combination is the combination of beamforming and at least one of polarization time coding, closed loop coherent combination of polarization beams and polarization multiplexing. The appropriate combination is chosen dependent on at least one of radio conditions of the radio link (20) and relative velocity in between the transmitter (10) and the receiver (30). The invention further relates to a method for receiving a transmission of a radio link (20) in between a transmitter (10) and a receiver (30). The invention also relates to a base station comprising a transmitter, a mobile terminal comprising a receiver and a communication network.

Claims

1. A method for determining an appropriate combination of at least two MIMO transmission techniques for a radio downlink from a base station to a mobile station, the method comprising:

using at least two antennas with at least two polarizations, wherein said appropriate combination is a combination of beamforming and at least one of polarization-time-coding, polarization-frequency-coding, closed-loop coherent combination of polarization beams and polarization multiplexing, and said appropriate combination is chosen dependent on radio conditions of the radio downlink and relative velocity in between the base station and the mobile station;

wherein the appropriate combination includes;

a combination of beamforming with polarization time coding when signal to noise plus interference ratio (SINR) is below an SINR threshold and a receiver is moving at a speed above a chosen threshold;

a combination of beamforming and a closed loop transmit diversity technique when the SINR is below the SINR threshold and receiver velocity is below the chosen threshold; and

a combination of beamforming and spatial multiplexing when the SINR is above the SINR threshold, without regard to receiver velocity.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving feedback information on at least one of radio conditions of the radio downlink and relative velocity in between the base station and the mobile station.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the received feedback information comprises further information, said further information depending on the chosen appropriate combination of the at least two MIMO transmission techniques.

4. The method according to claim 1, whereby said appropriate combination being one of a set of appropriate combinations.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein one of the set of appropriate combinations is beamforming in combination with polarization-time-coding.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein one of the set of appropriate combinations is beamforming in combination with closed-loop coherent combination of polarization beams.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein one of the set of appropriate combinations is beamforming in combination with polarization multiplexing.

8. A base station comprising a transmitter for performing the method according to claim 1.

14. A communication network comprising at least one base station according to claim 8.

15. The communication network according to claim 14, wherein said receiver is contained in a mobile terminal.

9. A method for receiving a transmission over a radio downlink from a base station to a mobile station, the method comprising:

the transmission being performed according to an appropriate combination of at least two MIMO transmission techniques, using at least two antennas with at least two polarizations, said appropriate combination is chosen dependent on radio conditions of the radio downlink and relative velocity between the base station and the mobile station;

wherein the appropriate combination includes;

a combination of beamforming with polarization time coding when signal to noise plus interference ratio (SINR) is below an SINR threshold and a receiver is moving at a speed above a chosen threshold;

a combination of beamforming and a closed loop transmit diversity technique when the SINR is below the SINR threshold and receiver velocity is below the chosen threshold; and

a combination of beamforming and spatial multiplexing when the SINR is above the SINR threshold, without regard to receiver velocity.

10. The method according to claim 9, the method comprising transmitting feedback information on at least one of radio conditions of the radio downlink and relative velocity in between the base station and the mobile station.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising measuring the relative velocity in between the base station and the mobile station.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the transmitted feedback information comprises further information, said further information depending on the appropriate combination of the at least two MIMO transmission techniques.

13. A mobile terminal comprising a receiver for performing the method according to claim 9.