System and Method for Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output Communications
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorZhengxiang Ma
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Abstract
A method for operating a communications controller in a wireless communications system includes scheduling a pair of user equipments (UE) located in different ones of a plurality of split beams using an appropriate code pair that produces the plurality of split beams for multi-user multiple-input multiple output (MU-MIMO) mode transmission, and transmitting data packets to the pair of UEs in accordance with the appropriate code pair.
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A method for configuring a 3-sector wireless communications system, the method comprising:
- generating a plurality of split beams covering a first sector of the 3-sector communications system;
- mapping the plurality of split beams to baseband antenna ports to equalize reference signal coverage between the baseband antenna ports;
- and
- transmitting one or more signals over one or more of the plurality of split beams in accordance with the mapping between the plurality of split beams and the baseband antenna ports.
An evolved NodeB (eNB) in a wireless communications system, the eNB comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
- generate a plurality of split beams covering a first sector of the 3-sector communications system;
- map the plurality of split beams to baseband antenna ports to equalize reference signal coverage between the baseband antenna ports;
- and
- transmit one or more signals over one or more of the plurality of split beams in accordance with the mapping between the plurality of split beams and the baseband antenna ports.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by a processor, the programming including instructions to:
- generate a plurality of split beams covering a first sector of the 3-sector communications system;
- map the plurality of split beams to baseband antenna ports to equalize reference signal coverage between the baseband antenna ports;
- and
- transmit one or more signals over one or more of the plurality of split beams in accordance with the mapping between the plurality of split beams and the baseband antenna ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.