Precoding and feedback channel information in wireless communication system

A method for feeding back downlink channel information of a terminal, the method comprising:

• estimating a downlink channel from a signal received from a base station;
• transmitting a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) for a first precoding matrix to the base station through a long term feedback;
• transmitting a second PMI for a second precoding matrix to the base station through a short term feedback;
• and
• receiving, from the base station, a signal for precoded data symbols through an antenna, the precoded data symbols being mapped into layers based on the first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and the second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI.

A base station, comprising:

• a layer mapper configured to map one or two codewords to layers;
• a precoder to receive a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) from a terminal through a long term feedback, to receive a second PMI from the terminal through a short term feedback, and to generate precoded data symbols mapped into the layers using a first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and a second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI;
• and
• an antenna to transmit a signal for the precoded data symbols to the terminal.

A mobile terminal, comprising:

• a channel estimator configured to estimate a downlink channel from a signal received from a base station, to transmit a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) for a first precoding matrix to the base station through a long term feedback, and to transmit a second PMI for a second precoding matrix to the base station through a short term feedback;
• a post-decoder configured to decode the received signal to recover data symbols;
• and
• a receiver configured to receive, from the base station, a signal for precoded data symbols through an antenna, the precoded data symbols being mapped into layers based on the first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and the second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI.