Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090303866 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE BASEBAND PROCESS OF THE SPACE-TIME/SPACE -FREQUENCY/SPATIAL DIVERSITY TRANSMITTER - A method and device for the baseband process of space-time/space-frequency/spatial diversity transmitter in the SC-FDMA system, the device is characterized in that: 1) an encoding means is connected to the output end of the M-point DFT module; 2) a space-time encoding means, for encoding the corresponding symbol of at least two adjacent symbol sets, and outputting at least two data sets; each sub-carrier mapping means maps respectively each data set to the corresponding antenna, so that the mapped data satisfy the requirements: The symbols mapped on each antenna keep the same sequence as the M symbols outputted by the M-point DFT module; the mapped symbols keep the same sub-carrier interval; the M data of each mapped SC-FDMA symbol are the M outputted data of the DFT module, or the inverse of the M outputted data, or the complex conjugate of the M outputted data, or the inverse complex conjugate of the M outputted data. The present invention implements effective space diversity, reduces PAPR, and makes frequency domain equalization feasible. | 12-10-2009 |
20100290370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT TDD SYSTEMS - A method and an apparatus for scheduling resources between a first TDD system and a second TDD system are disclosed, frames required for transmission by the first TDD system including a preamble sequence, an up-link subframe and a down-link subframe, the method comprises steps of allocating time and frequency resources for the first TDD system and the second TDD system based on service parameters of the first TDD system and service parameters of the second TDD system, and mapping the coded modulation data stream of the first TDD system and the second TDD system onto corresponding allocated time and frequency resources. According to the method and apparatus of the present invention, not only the latency of the traffic service, control signaling and the feedback transmission over the air interface can be reduced, but the compatibility requirement for existing system can also be reached. Moreover, resource allocation can be performed between different systems based on respective service loads. | 11-18-2010 |
20100303170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-PROCESSING DATA TO BE TRANSMITTED IN MULTIPLE-INPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for pre-processing data to be transmitted in a multiple-input communication system comprises the following steps: generating a beamforming matrix and a pre-coding matrix; combining the beamforming matrix and the pre-coding matrix to generate a weight matrix; and pre-processing the data by using the generated weight matrix. There are also provided a transmitter, a base station, and a communication system using the method. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309999 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CYCLIC DELAY MAPPING FOR THE SIGNAL IN THE MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMITTER - A method of carrying out cyclic delay mapping, wherein, the CDD-like transmitter generate multiple branches of signals c0orresponding to the multiple transmitting antennas with varying cyclic delay mapping rules, so as to make the cyclic delay parameter, corresponding to at least one of the multiple transmitting antennas, vary as time goes by, in order to prevent the system performance from degrading as time goes by. | 12-09-2010 |
20110028156 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE COORDINATED TRANSMISSION FOR DOWNLINK SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and device for controlling the serving BS and at least one coordinating BS for coordinating downlink data communication with the MS in a wireless telecommunication network based on CO-MIMO technology. The method comprises obtaining the MIMO downlink channel information between the serving BS and the MS and between the coordinating BS and the MS, determining the downlink signal precoding information between the serving BS and the MS and between the coordinating BS and the MS according to the channel information, and performing MIMO downlink data communication coordinately with the MS based on the downlink signal precoding information. | 02-03-2011 |
20110207487 | SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY FOR COOPERATION TYPES IN MULTI-SECTOR COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - The current multi-base station cooperative communication technology could only provide one type of cooperative communication fixedly, and this results in that either the amount of data exchange between the base stations is huge and the latency is increased, or the optimum gain can not be obtained. To address this problem, the invention proposes a switching technology for collaboration type in multi-sector cooperative communication. The base station equipment dominating the sector determines one or more cooperating sectors of the mobile terminal, determines the type of the multi-sector cooperative communication provided cooperatively with said one or more cooperating sectors, based on information of said one or more cooperating sectors according to predefined rules, and cooperates with said one or more cooperating sectors and provides, for the mobile terminal, the multi-sector cooperative communication of the corresponding determined type. According to the invention, high speed exchange of the complete channel information and data are conducted between the same-cell sectors, and the cooperative gain is increased; none or few of data backhaul is conducted between the different-cell sectors, which results in decreased backhaul latency of the cooperating information, and increased throughput of the user at sector edge and system performance. | 08-25-2011 |
20120147992 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING CODEBOOK, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PRECODING - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for constructing a codebook. The method comprises: receiving grouping information on a plurality of transmit antennas of a base station: obtaining a channel model for a channel between a mobile terminal and the base station; and determining an optimal precoding matrix corresponding to each antenna group according to the grouping information and the channel model, so as to construct a codebook used for precoding. The present invention further discloses a method and apparatus for selecting a precoding matrix, as well as a method, apparatus and system for precoding. | 06-14-2012 |
20120214500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOWNLINK COMMUNICATION AND CORRESPONDING ASSISTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention provides a method and apparatus for processing downlink communication and a corresponding assisting method and apparatus. According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for assisting a base station in processing downlink communication in a user equipment, which includes the steps of: estimating a downlink channel between the base station and the user equipment; determining a spatial correlation matrix between the base station and the user equipment according to the result of estimating the downlink channel; determining at least one pre-coding vector among a plurality of pre-stored pre-coding vectors based upon the spatial correlation matrix; and notifying the base station about the determined at least one pre-coding vector and spatial correlation matrix. The invention improves the performance of a system, improves the average throughput and the throughput of an edge user of the multi-user MIMO system and has a wider applicability scope then the original codebook and feedback mechanism. | 08-23-2012 |
20120289275 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK FOR MULTI-CELL MIMO - A mobile terminal is provided in the present invention, comprising: a channel state information feedback calculating unit configured to calculate a channel state information feedback between the mobile terminal and a serving cell of the mobile terminal and those between the mobile terminal and all cooperating cells; a channel quality information feedback calculating unit configured to calculate a channel quality information feedback for the serving cell of the mobile terminal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the channel state information feedbacks and the channel quality information feedback to the serving cell. The present invention greatly improves the performance of a LTE-A system and greatly reduces feedback overhead. The present invention is a scalable feedback solution and may be flexibly applied to various coordinated multipoint transmission scenarios. | 11-15-2012 |
20130279619 | PRECODING METHOD AND PRECODER FOR CROSS-POLARIZED ANTENNA ARRAY - The present invention provides a precoding method for a cross-polarized antenna array, the cross-polarized antenna array comprising a first group of coplanar polarized antennas and a second group of coplanar polarized antennas, the method comprising the following steps: generating,for at least one layer of data stream,a feedback codebook comprising a plurality of code-words; receiving a selection of the codeword in the feedback codebook; determining a corresponding codeword from the feedback codebook according to the received selection; generating a precoding matrix based on the determined codeword to precode the at least one layer of data stream; wherein each codeword in the feedback codebook comprises a first coefficient portion corresponding to a first group of coplanar polarized antennas and a second coefficient portion corresponding to the second group of coplanar polarized antennas, and there is a complex scaling relation between the coefficients in the first coefficient portion and the second coefficient portion corresponding to the same layer of data stream. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a precoder for a cross-polarized antenna array. | 10-24-2013 |
20140056380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATNG CODEBOOKS AND ASSOCIATED DATA IN A NETWORK DEVICE - A method and apparatus for generating a codebook and the associated data in a network device are provided in the invention. The method comprises the steps of generating a first row sub-matrix corresponding to a first group of antennas respectively for the respective ranks of the codebook to be generated; generating a second row sub-matrix corresponding to a second group of antennas respectively for the respective ranks based on an amount of the phase adjustment of the second group of antennas with respect to the first group of antennas; and generating a second codebook in accordance with the first row sub-matrix and the second row sub-matrix. As some embodiments of the method of the invention comprise the implementation of adjustment of the phase offset and the amplitude difference between the first and the second groups of antennas, the phase offset and the relative amplitude difference among the cross-polarized linear antennas array is guaranteed when the network device uses the downlink data generated therefore for transmission, such that the receiving quality of the transmitted data may be improved, and the system performance may be improved effectively. | 02-27-2014 |
20140064401 | METHOD OF GENERATING CODEBOOK OF UNIFORM CIRCULAR ARRAY AND ACQUIRING CODEWORD FROM THE CODEBOOK - The present invention proposes a technical solution of codebook design which is suitable for antennas configured in a uniform circular array. Respective codewords in the designed codebooks have constant modulus, respective columns being orthogonal to each other and nested property. Based on the designed codebook, the invention further provides a method of determining a codeword in a base station of a MIMO communication system, the base station being configured with N | 03-06-2014 |
20140177749 | METHOD OF DESIGNING CODEBOOK FOR 3D ANTENNA CONFIGURATION - The invention relates to a method of designing a codebook for a 3D antenna configuration, the method including the steps of: selecting a first codeword characterizing a first antenna array in the 3D antenna configuration from a first codebook; selecting a second codeword characterizing a second antenna array in the 3D antenna configuration from a second codebook; and obtaining a corresponding codeword in the codebook for the 3D antenna configuration by multiplying the first codeword with the second codeword. The solution of the invention has the advantage of being simple in design and can make use of existing LTE Rel-10 codebooks and thus have the advantage of good compatibility. | 06-26-2014 |
20140192762 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CHANNEL MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ANTENNA ARRAY - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and apparatuses for the channel measurement and feedback of a multi-dimensional antenna array. Specifically, according to embodiments of the present invention, the primary inventive idea is to allow a base station equipped with a multi-dimensional antenna array to configure more than one class of CSI-RS, wherein each class of CSI-RS is for use in a channel measurement at the UE for a different dimension of the multi-dimensional antenna array. The base station then transmits the generated configuration information to the UE so that the UE may perform channel measurement specific to different dimensions, for example, by selecting different codebooks for the channel measurement for different dimensions. In this way, it is possible to increase the channel measurement precision of the multi-dimensional antenna array, reduce the measurement feedback overhead and improve the system performance. | 07-10-2014 |
20140211684 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANNEL FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and system of channel feedback in wireless communications. Specifically, according to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a two-stage Co MP feedback mechanism, such that different types of channel feedback are transmitted in each stage. Specifically, during the first stage, information regarding long-term features and/or wideband features of a channel is fed back; while during the second stage, information regarding short-term features and/or narrow features of channel is fed back. The first stage and the second stage may be periodically repeated. The information fed back during the first and second stages are used to calculate feedback information characterizing a joint-channel feature. In this way, overheads associated with channel feedback may be effectively reduced. Corresponding methods and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 07-31-2014 |
20140241452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING CODEBOOK, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PRECODING - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for constructing a codebook. The method comprises: receiving grouping information on a plurality of transmit antennas of a base station; obtaining a channel model for a channel between a mobile terminal and the base station; and determining an optimal precoding matrix corresponding to each antenna group according to the grouping information and the channel model, so as to construct a codebook used for precoding. The present invention further discloses a method and apparatus for selecting a precoding matrix, as well as a method, apparatus and system for precoding. | 08-28-2014 |
20140301342 | ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING RECEIVING POWER OF THE SAME - An antenna system and a method for reporting enhanced Reference Signal Receiving Power (eRSRP) of the same are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for reporting eRSRP includes: transmitting, by an evolved Node Base (eNB), different reference signals to different transport points being distributed; measuring, by a user equipment (UE), eRSRP of the different transport points; and reporting, by the UE, the measured eRSRP of the different transport points to the eNB. Compared with the prior art, the eNB can obtain channel information of path loss of each transport point, to fundamentally solve the problem of unbalanced power, and can perform other optimization operations based on the information to improve the system throughput and other performance. | 10-09-2014 |
20140328297 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING/FACILITATING THE DETERMINATION OF PUCCH RESOURCE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method for determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel PUCCH resource for a user equipment and a corresponding user equipment, and a method for facilitating the determination of a PUCCH resource for a user equipment and a corresponding base station, wherein the PUCCH resource is used to transmit a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ feed back (ACK or NACK) of the user equipment with respect to its corresponding Physical Downlink Shared Channel PDSCH. In the present invention, an index value for a Control Channel Element CCE scheduled for the user equipment in an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel E-PDCCH is firstly acquired, and then based on the index value and a first parameter, the PUCCH resource used to transmit the HARQ feedback of the user equipment with respect to its corresponding PDSCH is determined, the first parameter representing a reference value that should be used when determining the PUCCH resource used to transmit the HARQ feedback of the user equipment with respect to its corresponding PDSCH, if scheduling the CCE for the user equipment in the E-PDCCH. | 11-06-2014 |
20150049702 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACKS FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - A method and a User Equipment (UE) for used in a Coordinated Multiple (CoMP) transmission are disclosed. The method for example comprises: acquiring a Channel State Information (CSI) feedback for each of at least one non-zero-power Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource respectively, and providing, to a network side, at least one CSI feedback so as to facilitate a coordination of Downlink (DL) transmissions in the DL CoMP transmission at the network side. By doing so, a new Channel State Information (CSI) feedback reporting mode is introduced, so as to provide to a network side a plurality of CSI feedbacks based on which a better coordination of DL transmissions in the CoMP transmission can be achieved. | 02-19-2015 |