System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed high definition video data using beambook-constructed beamforming signals

A system for generating a number of candidate beamforming vectors for transmission of high definition video data over a wireless medium, the system comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of candidate beamforming vectors;
• a processor for executing software configured to:
• i) determine the number (N) of transmitter antennas and the number (Q) of candidate beamforming vectors to be constructed;
• ii) provide a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix comprising Q rows and Q columns;
• iii) select N rows of the DFT matrix;
• and
• iv) generate an abridged matrix using the selected N rows, wherein each column of the abridged matrix is configured to be used as a candidate beamforming vector for transmission of a high definition video data signal, wherein the N rows of the DFT matrix are selected using a performance metric for measuring beam pattern correlation and such that any pair of candidate beamforming vectors are maximally separated.

A system for generating a number of candidate beamforming vectors for transmission of high definition video data over a wireless medium, the system comprising:

• means for determining the number (N) of transmitter antennas;
• means for determining the number (Q) of candidate beamforming vectors to be constructed;
• means for providing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix comprising Q rows and Q columns;
• means for selecting N rows of the DFT matrix;
• and
• means for generating an abridged matrix using the selected N rows, wherein each column of the abridged matrix is configured to be used as a candidate beamforming vector for transmission of a high definition video data signal, wherein Q is at least two, and the N rows of the DFT matrix are selected using a performance metric for measuring beam pattern correlation and such that any pair of candidate beamforming vectors are maximally separated.

One or more processor-readable storage devices having processor-readable code, the processor-readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method of generating a number of candidate beamforming vectors for transmission of high definition video data over a wireless medium, the method comprising:

• determining the number (N) of transmitter antennas;
• determining the number (Q) of candidate beamforming vectors to be constructed;
• providing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix comprising Q rows and Q columns;
• selecting N rows of the DFT matrix;
• and
• generating an abridged matrix using the selected N rows, wherein each column of the abridged matrix is configured to be used as a candidate beamforming vector for transmission of a high definition video data signal, wherein the N rows of the DFT matrix are selected using a performance metric for measuring beam pattern correlation and such that any pair of candidate beamforming vectors are maximally separated.

A method of generating a number of candidate beamforming vectors for transmission of high definition video data over a wireless medium, the method comprising:

• determining the number (N) of transmitter antennas;
• determining the number (Q) of candidate beamforming vectors to be constructed;
• providing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix comprising Q rows and Q columns;
• selecting N rows of the DFT matrix;
• and
• generating an abridged matrix using the selected N rows, wherein each column of the abridged matrix is configured to be used as a candidate beamforming vector for transmission of a high definition video data signal, wherein Q is at least two and the N rows of the DFT matrix are selected to minimize a performance metric (8),
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A system for generating a number of candidate beamforming vectors for transmission of high definition video data over a wireless medium, the system comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of candidate beamforming vectors;
• a processor for executing software configured to:
• i) determine the number (N) of transmitter antennas and the number (Q) of candidate beamforming vectors to be constructed;
• ii) provide a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix comprising Q rows and Q columns;
• iii) select N rows of the DFT matrix;
• and
• iv) generate an abridged matrix using the selected N rows, Wherein each column of the abridged matrix is configured to be used as a candidate beamforming vector for transmission of a high definition video data signal, wherein Q is at least two and the N rows of the DFT matrix are selected to minimize a performance metric (S), wherein
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• wherein, wi is the ith candidate beamforming vector, wiH is the complex conjugate transpose of wi, |wiHwi| is the absolute value of wiHwj, and
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A method of generating a number of candidate beamforming vectors for transmission of high definition video data over a wireless medium, the method comprising:

• determining the number (N) of transmitter antennas;
• determining the number (Q) of candidate beamforming vectors to be constructed;
• providing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix comprising Q rows and Q columns;
• selecting N rows of the DFT matrix;
• and
• generating an abridged matrix using the selected N rows, wherein each column of the abridged matrix is configured to be used as a candidate beamforming vector for transmission of a high definition video data signal, wherein the resulting candidate beamforming vectors are
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