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Apparatus and method for supporting multi-antenna transmission in beamformed wireless communication system

  • US 9,319,124 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2012
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a transmit end of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

  • determining at least one transmit (Tx) beam pattern based on receive (Rx) beamforming capability information of a receive end and channel information between the transmit end and the receive end; and

    transmitting a signal to the receive end using the at least one Tx beam pattern,wherein the Rx beamforming capability information comprises at least one of;

    Rx beamforming support or non-support of a receive end, a number of Rx beam patterns supportable by the receive end, concurrent usability or non-usability of a plurality of Rx beams, a number of Rx beams concurrently usable by the receive end, and a number of multiple antenna streams usable by the receive end.

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