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Method for determining weight for beamforming in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

US10218478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2015
Grant dateFeb 26, 2019
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/08
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for determining a weight for hybrid beamforming. A base station signals, to a user equipment, a configuration for repeated transmission of a first omnidirectional beam equally formed in all directions, receives the first omnidirectional beam from the user equipment by forming a second omnidirectional beam, and repeatedly receives the first omnidirectional beam from the user equipment by sequentially forming a plurality of directional beams corresponding to a plurality of directions. The base station determines a weight for hybrid beamforming by obtaining a gain difference between the first omnidirectional beam received through the second omnidirectional beam and the first omnidirectional beam received through a first directional beam among the plurality of directional beams, selecting a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and acquiring, based on the PMI, a coefficient of a phase shifter and a coefficient of a power amplifier for analog beamforming of the hybrid beamforming.

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