Abstract:
A Virtual Antenna Mapping (VAM) method of a base station and a transmission apparatus equipped with M physical antennas and Q Transceiver Units (TXRUs) are provided. The method includes transmitting Reference Signals (RSs) arranged differently according to respective VAM patterns to a terminal in a transmission mode supporting N logical antennas; receiving a feedback including information regarding a VAM pattern selected as a result of channel measurement with respect to the RSs transmitted according to the VAM pattern from the terminal; and transmitting a signal to the terminal through the M physical antennas by applying the selected VAM pattern, wherein the selected VAM pattern maps N data streams corresponding to the N logical antennas to the M physical antennas through the Q TXRUs.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for processing feedback information in a wireless communication system supporting a beamforming are provided. The method includes receiving reference signals for each of at least one of transmitted beams which are transmitted from a base station with respect to each received beam of the terminal, determining reception power related information for a beam combination including each of the at least one of the transmitted beams and the received beam, determining channel capacities for each beam combination targeted beam combinations of which each value is equal to or greater than a certain critical value, as a result of the determining of the reception power related information, and determining best beam related information based on the result of the determining of the channel capacities.