Method and system for transmitting data streams via a beamformed MIMO channel

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for transmitting data streams in a wireless multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communications system. The method comprises receiving a plurality of signals by a first mobile station, the plurality of signals being transmitted from antennas on a second mobile station, computing a plurality of beamforming weighting vectors from the received plurality of signals, calculating a pre-coding parameter matrix for a beamformed MIMO channel between the first and second mobile station by using the plurality of beamforming weighting vectors and the plurality of signals, determining a normalized transmitting power distribution for data streams transmitted via the beamformed MIMO channel, allocating transmitting power to the beamformed MIMO channel, wherein the data streams are transmitted via the beamformed MIMO channel having a optimized transmitting power distribution.

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