Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in MIMO broadcast channel with imperfect CSIT

A transmitter apparatus for transmitting a signal based on channel state information (CSI) qualities of at least two of a plurality of receivers, the apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the at least two of the plurality of receivers;
• and
• a controller configured to receive CSI from each of the at least two of the plurality of receivers, to determine a transmit power and a transmission rate based on the CSI qualities of the at least two of the plurality of receivers calculated from the CSI from each of the at least two of the plurality of receivers, and to transmit the signal using the transmit power and the transmission rate,
• wherein the signal comprises a user specific message, a first common message, and a second common message, and
• wherein the second common message is transmitted to the at least two of the plurality of receivers using the transmission rate determined by a difference between a maximum CSI quality of a receiver among the at least two of the plurality of receivers and a CSI quality of each receiver to compensate for the difference between the maximum CSI quality of the receiver among the at least two of the plurality of receivers and the CSI quality of each receiver.