Method for improving a channel estimate in a radiocommunication system
OwnerMartin Haardtinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for improving a channel estimate of a radio signal which is transmitted in a radiocommunications system that operates with an adaptive antenna comprising a plurality M of antenna elements. Said method comprises the following steps: forming a spatial covariance matrix using a starting channel estimate, this starting channel estimate being in the form of a vector in an M-dimensional vector space; determining a number Ln of eigenvectors of the spatial covariance matrix which is smaller than the plurality M of the antenna elements; calculating a projection of the starting channel estimate onto the sub-space spanned by the Ln eigenvectors; replacing the starting channel estimate with the projection.
Claims8
Method for improving a channel estimate of a radio signal which is transmitted in a radiocommunications system that operates with an adaptive antenna comprising a plurality M of antenna elements, with steps a) Forming a spatial covariance matrix using a starting channel estimate, with the starting channel estimate being in the form of a vector in an M-dimensional vector space;
- b) Determining a number Ln of eigenvectors of the spatial covariance matrix which is smaller than the plurality M of the antenna elements;
- c) Calculating a projection of the starting channel estimate onto the sub-space spanned by the Ln eigenvectors;
- d) Replacing the starting channel estimate with the projection.
Method in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the starting channel estimate is present individually for each of a plurality of taps of the radio signal, and that steps a to d are performed individually for each of these taps.
Method for improving a set of channel estimates of a radio signal which is transmitted in a radiocommunications system that operates with an adaptive antenna comprising a plurality M of antenna elements, with each starting channel estimate of the set being related to an individual tap of the radio signal, characterized in that the method is performed in accordance with one of the previous claims for each starting channel estimate of the set independently.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.