Massive MIMO multi-user beamforming and single channel full duplex for wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method for wireless networking comprising one or more base stations (BSs) with Nbs antennas;
- two or more small cells (SCs) in the range of each of said one or more base stations, wherein each of said two or more small cells has Nsc antennas, and uses Nsc1≦
Nsc antennas for communication with said BS in the range and uses Nsc2≦
Nsc antennas for communication with one or more user equipment (UEs);
which comprises;
at the same time a BS selected from said one or more BSs is transmitting downlink (DL) signals to K SCs selected from said two or more SCs in the range thereof using multi-user transmit beamforming (BF) in a DL frequency channel where K>
1 and Nbs≧
KNsc1, a SC selected from said K SCs receiving the DL signals from said BS and simultaneously transmitting DL signals to one or more UEs in its range using the same DL frequency channel in a single-channel full duplex mode and performing cancelation of an interference from the transmission of the DL signals to the one or more UEs on the receiving of the DL signals from the BS, and canceling the remaining interference after an Analog to Digital Converter in digital baseband using digital signal processing; and
at the same time said BS selected from said one or more BSs is receiving uplink (UL) signals from said K SCs using multi-user receive BF in a UL frequency channel where K>
1 and Nbs≧
KNsc1, said SC selected from said K SCs transmitting the UL signals to said BS simultaneously receiving UL signals from said one or more UEs in its range using the same UL frequency channel in a single-channel full duplex mode and performing cancelation of an interference from the transmission of the UL signals to the BS on the receiving of the UL signals from the one or more UEs, and canceling the remaining interference after an Analog to Digital Converter in digital baseband using digital signal processing.
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Abstract
This invention presents a method and apparatuses for wireless networking comprising one or more BS with Nbs antennas; two or more SCs in the range of a BS where a SC has Nsc antennas, uses Nsc1≦Nsc antennas for communication with a BS and uses Nsc2≦Nsc antennas for communication with one or more UEs; at the same time a BS transmitting DL signals to K SCs using multi-user transmit BF in a frequency channel, a SC simultaneously transmitting DL signals to one or more UEs in its range using the same frequency channel; and, at the same time a BS receiving UL signals from K SCs using multi-user receive BF in a frequency channel, a SC simultaneously receiving UL signals from one or more UEs in its range using the same frequency channel. Furthermore, beamforming using antennas on the SCs is performed to reduce the inter-SC interferences.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for wireless networking comprising one or more base stations (BSs) with Nbs antennas;
- two or more small cells (SCs) in the range of each of said one or more base stations, wherein each of said two or more small cells has Nsc antennas, and uses Nsc1≦
Nsc antennas for communication with said BS in the range and uses Nsc2≦
Nsc antennas for communication with one or more user equipment (UEs);
which comprises;at the same time a BS selected from said one or more BSs is transmitting downlink (DL) signals to K SCs selected from said two or more SCs in the range thereof using multi-user transmit beamforming (BF) in a DL frequency channel where K>
1 and Nbs≧
KNsc1, a SC selected from said K SCs receiving the DL signals from said BS and simultaneously transmitting DL signals to one or more UEs in its range using the same DL frequency channel in a single-channel full duplex mode and performing cancelation of an interference from the transmission of the DL signals to the one or more UEs on the receiving of the DL signals from the BS, and canceling the remaining interference after an Analog to Digital Converter in digital baseband using digital signal processing; andat the same time said BS selected from said one or more BSs is receiving uplink (UL) signals from said K SCs using multi-user receive BF in a UL frequency channel where K>
1 and Nbs≧
KNsc1, said SC selected from said K SCs transmitting the UL signals to said BS simultaneously receiving UL signals from said one or more UEs in its range using the same UL frequency channel in a single-channel full duplex mode and performing cancelation of an interference from the transmission of the UL signals to the BS on the receiving of the UL signals from the one or more UEs, and canceling the remaining interference after an Analog to Digital Converter in digital baseband using digital signal processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- two or more small cells (SCs) in the range of each of said one or more base stations, wherein each of said two or more small cells has Nsc antennas, and uses Nsc1≦
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17. An apparatus for wireless networking comprising a baseband and radio frequency components supporting Nsc antennas,
wherein the apparatus uses Nsc1≦ - Nsc antennas for communication with a BS with Nbs antennas and uses Nsc2≦
Nsc antennas for communication with one or more UEs in its range;wherein the apparatus communicates wirelessly with a BS; wherein, at the same time a BS is transmitting DL signals to the apparatus using multi-user transmit BF in a DL frequency channel where Nbs≧
KNsc1, the apparatus operates in single-channel full duplex mode by simultaneously transmitting DL signals to said one or more UEs in its range using the same DL frequency channel and receiving the DL signals from the said BS and performing cancelation of the interference from the transmission of the DL signals to the one or more UEs on the receiving of the DL signals from the said BS, and canceling the remaining interference after an Analog to Digital Converter in digital baseband using digital signal processing; andat the same time the BS is receiving UL signals from the apparatus using multi-user receive BF in a UL frequency channel where Nbs≧
KNsc1, the apparatus operates in single-channel full duplex mode by simultaneously receiving UL signals from the one or more UEs in its range using the same UL frequency channel and transmitting the UL signals to said BS, and performing cancelation of the interference from the transmission of the UL signals to said BS on the receiving of the UL signals from the one or more UEs, and canceling the remaining interference after an Analog to Digital Converter in digital baseband using digital signal processing.
- Nsc antennas for communication with a BS with Nbs antennas and uses Nsc2≦
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