US 11,108,458 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for combining plurality of radio signals

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsJoohyun Lee, Seijoon Shim, Hayoung Yang

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Abstract

This disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transmission rate after a 4G communication system such as LTE. An apparatus that combines a plurality of radio signals according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of antennas which receive the plurality of radio signals; a baseband modem which generates channel estimation information related to the plurality of radio signals and combines the plurality of radio signals on the basis of combining control information; and a controller which generates the combining control information on the basis of the channel estimation information and preset configuration information and transmits the combining control information to the baseband modem.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for combining a plurality of radio signals, comprising:

a plurality of antennas configured to receive multiple radio signals;
a baseband modem configured to generate channel estimation information related to the multiple radio signals, and combine the radio signals based on combining control information;
and
a controller configured to generate the combining control information based on the channel estimation information and preset configuration information, and output the combining control information to the baseband modem,
wherein the preset configuration information includes information regarding a number of antennas (Nrx), a number of combining modules in the baseband modem (L), and a number of radio signals that can be combined by one combining module (Mrx), and
wherein in case that Equation 1 below is satisfied,
Nrx>L×Mrx [Equation 1]
the controller is further configured to specify a weight for at least one of the radio signals corresponding to the plurality of antennas based on the channel estimation information and generate the combining control information including information on the specified weight.

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