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Apparatus and method for beamforming in a communication system

US8000744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 2007
Grant dateAug 16, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/0452
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for beamforming in a communication system are provided, in which a base station receives a channel vector from each of a plurality of mobile stations, generates an uplink channel matrix using the received channel vectors, generates a beamforming weight vector using the uplink channel matrix and a fixed constant that minimizes a channel error rate, and forms beams using the beamforming weight vector.

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