Abstract:
The invention is related to a method providing closed-loop transmit diversity in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the step of receiving feedback information about a channel state in a transmitting end in the wireless communication system from at least one receiving end. The system further comprises a number of transmitter antennas providing for at least one Alamouti encoded data substream, and a number of receiver antennas. The method is characterised in that it comprises the step of conveying, at the receiving end, feedback information containing the complex valued weights of a subset of the receiver antennas, thereby reducing the bandwidth used for feeding back information from said receiving end. The invention is also related to such a receiver, transmitter and system.
Abstract:
The invention is related to a method providing closed-loop transmit diversity in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the step of receiving feedback information about a channel state in a transmitting end in the wireless communication system from at least one receiving end. The system further comprises at least four transmitter antennas providing for at least two Alamouti encoded data substreams, and a number of receiver antennas. The method is characterised in that it comprises the step of conveying, at the receiving end, feedback information containing the complex valued weights of a subset of the receiver antennas, thereby reducing the bandwidth used for feeding back information from said receiving end. The invention is also related to such a receiver, transmitter and system.