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Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method

US8385861B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 2009
Grant dateFeb 26, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/346
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disclosed radio communication apparatus transmits a radio signal to multiple users via multiple transmit antenna groups at appropriate transmit power levels, each of the transmit antenna groups including one or more transmit antennas, the transmit antenna groups having respective transmit power constraints. The apparatus includes a precoding unit configured to perform precoding on signals modulated for individual users and generate transmit weights, an optimum transmit power calculation unit configured to receive the transmit weights from the precoding unit and use components of the transmit weights and respective transmit power limit values for the transmit antenna groups to calculate an initial value for a transmit power optimization problem for calculation of the appropriate transmit power levels for the users, and a transmission unit configured to transmit radio signals at the calculated transmit power levels.

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