Virtual mimo communication system
US7508798B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/0026
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides an effective way to create a virtual MIMO transmission system using mobile terminals that have only one transmit path and antenna. This is accomplished by assigning mobile terminals to a group and assigning certain shared resources and user-specific resources to those mobile terminals in the group. In a synchronized fashion, the mobile terminals will provide uplink transmission in concert, as if they were a single entity having multiple transmission paths and antennas. Preferably, the shared resources bear on how the data is transmitted, and the user-specific resources relate to pilot signals. The data transmitted may be encoded in any number of ways, and in one embodiment, the mobile terminals may relay their information to each other, such that uplink transmissions can incorporate STTD decoding or other space-time codes. The invention is applicable to virtually any multiple access technology, including OFDM, TDMA, and CDMA, preferably synchronous CDMA.
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