Efficient implementation of hybrid beamforming

Abstract

Hybrid beamforming may be configured for wireless communication systems (e.g., multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) and/or massive-MIMO). The implementation(s) may determine a number of radio frequency (RF) chains for realizing a fully digital precoder (FDP) in a structure (e.g., a hybrid analog/digital precoder). The number of RF chains may be less than a number of transmitter antennas. A transmit vector signal may be determined based on a digital precoder and an input symbol vector. An analog precoder and/or a baseband signal may be determined based on the determined transmit vector signal. The number of RF chains may be determined based on the determined baseband signal. The baseband signal may be fed to the determined number of RF chains. The analog precoder may determine a beamforming signal based on an output of the determined number of RF chains. The analog precoder may transmit the beamforming signal using the number of transmitter antennas.

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