Beamforming solution for fdd mimo communication

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a beamforming solution for FDD MIMO communication. A first device receives a reference signal from a second device in a first channel, and determines a covariance matrix associated with the first channel. The first device determines a set of beamforming vectors from the covariance matrix based on the number of dominant angles of arrival associated with the reference signal and the number of beams associated with the set of beamforming vectors, and performs a transmission to the second device based on the set of beamforming vectors in a second channel. In this way, beamforming vectors can be calculated from the transformed channel covariance matrix with the angular spread and imperfect reciprocity considered.

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