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| 20080198071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING INTERFERENCE IN TRANSMITTING END OF MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for removing interference in a transmitting end of a multi-antenna system are provided. The method includes receiving channel information for all Receive (Rx) antennas; calculating a beam-forming matrix that maximizes a Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) for each Rx antenna by using the received channel information; calculating an integer value which is in proportion to an interference signal for each Rx antenna by using the received channel information and the calculated beam-forming matrix, and performing Dirty Paper Coding (DPC) on a Transmit (Tx) signal by using the calculated integer value; and performing beam-forming by multiplying the Tx signal that has undergone the DPC by the calculated beam-forming matrix. Accordingly, a highest data rate for each user and a highest diversity can be obtained. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080219194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING MULTIPLE USERS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for scheduling multiuser terminals in a communication system is provided. A receiver receives feedback information from a plurality of user terminals. A user grouping unit selects terminals having a maximum Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) among terminals having the same beam index and beam subset index, from among the plurality of user terminals, and generates terminal groups using the selected terminals, each terminal group including terminals having the same beam subset index. A group scheduling unit calculates a throughput of each of the terminal groups to determine which terminal group has the maximum throughput. A random precoding unit generates random beam vectors corresponding to terminals included in the terminal group determined to have the maximum throughput, and transmits data for user terminals, included in the terminal group determined to have the maximum throughput, over the generated random beam vectors. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080225970 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING A SIGNAL IN A MIMO MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method to transmit a signal in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) mobile communication system. The method includes determining a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) scheme to be used for a transmission signal; determining a MIMO scheme to be used for the transmission signal in accordance with the determined HARQ scheme; and transmitting the transmission signal using the determined HARQ scheme and the determined MIMO scheme. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080227422 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for interference cancellation in a multi-antenna system are provided. A transmission apparatus includes a channel identifier, a scheduler, an interference canceller, and a transmitter. The channel identifier identifies channel information of each of a plurality of receiving ends located in a service area and neighbor cell interference information on each receiving end. The scheduler selects at least one receiving end. The interference canceller precodes transmitted signals in order to cancel interference between receiving ends located in the same cell and neighbor cell interference. The transmitter transmits the precoded transmitted signals to the selected at least one receiving end. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080233968 | Apparatus and method for downlink scheduling in a multi antenna wireless communication system - An apparatus and method for downlink scheduling in a multi antenna wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a receiver for receiving channel information of at least one mobile station that is selected as an active user by a base station, a judgment unit for judging whether it feeds back its own channel information using the channel information of the selected at least one mobile station, and a transmitter for transmitting the its own channel information to the base station according to judgment of the judgment unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090010349 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EFFECTIVE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO PER STREAM IN A MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUPUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for generating an effective Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) per stream in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a selector, a calculator, a generator, and a decider. The selector selects effective streams among whole streams. The calculator calculates a relative SNR rate between the effective streams. The generator generates an equation having as a solution an SNR of a first effective stream. The decider decides an SNR per effective stream using the solution of the equation and the relative SNR rate. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090010359 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for interference cancellation in a transmitting end of a multi-antenna system are provided. A precode is generated which maximizes a diversity gain of one or more receive antennas using channel information of the receive antennas to be serviced. Transmit powers of the receive antennas are updated by taking into account a power loss and a shaping loss according to a dirty paper coding. Transmit signals are precoded by updating the precode according to the updated transmit powers. The dirty paper coding is performed on the precoded transmit signals to be transmitted to the receive antennas. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090016460 | Apparatus and method for beamforming with limited feedforward channel in multiple input multiple output wireless communication system - An apparatus and method are provided for beamforming in a MIMO wireless communication system. A base station includes a first calculator that repeatedly calculates downlink beamforming vectors of the user terminals to calculate the optimal beamforming vectors for the user terminals, a quantizer that quantizes the downlink beamforming vectors in order to transmit information of the downlink beamforming vectors, a control channel transmitter that feeds forward information of the quantized downlink beamforming vectors to the user terminals, a second calculator that calculates the final downlink beamforming vectors of the user terminals, and a beamforming transmitter that sums the beamformed TX signals of the user terminals and transmits the summed TX signals through a plurality of TX antennas. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090022251 | MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection apparatus and method in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a Euclidean distance are calculated using at least one of channel matrix information, noise power information and modulation order information of each stream, Pairwise Error Rate (PER) are calculated using the Euclidean distance, an error probability of the each stream is calculated using the PER, the error probability of the each stream is ordered and sorted, and ML detection is performed using a result of the ordering and sorting. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090034639 | Apparatus and method for supporting a plurality of MIMO modes in a wireless communication system - An apparatus and method for supporting a plurality of MIMO modes in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a receiver selects one of the plurality of MIMO modes according to at least one of a received signal strength, a speed of the receiver, a correlation between a transmitter and the receiver, a presence or absence of channel quality information, a precoding index, and an antenna information, a rank, and a number of users, generates feedback information in a transmission format corresponding to the selected MIMO mode, and transmits the feedback information to the transmitter using a feedback resources allocated according to the selected MIMO mode. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090036183 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ANTENNA SERVICE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for supporting a multiple antenna service in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes at least one antenna, a form determining unit for determining a form of an MS, and an antenna constructing unit for constructing an antenna structure according to the form of the MS using the at least one antenna. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090135939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPACE-TIME CODING IN MULTIPLE-ANTENNA SYSTEM - Disclosed is a space-time coding apparatus and method to flexibly adjust diversity/multiplexing orders in a multiple-antenna system. The transmitting apparatus for the multiple-antenna system includes a space-time code controller, an encoder, a demultiplexer, and a space-time encoder. The space-time code controller generates space-time codes by determining bases according to a multiplexing order required by a receiver. The encoder modulates and encodes data destined for the receiver in accordance with a predetermined modulation level. The demultiplexer demultiplexes data received from the encoder in order to transmit the data through at least one antenna. The space-time encoder space-time-codes the demultiplexed data using the space-time codes. | 05-28-2009 |
