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Base station apparatus, user equipment, and communication control method in mobile communication system

US8811506B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2013
Grant dateAug 19, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/0665
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disclosed base station apparatus is capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) mobile communication system using Pre-coding. The base station apparatus includes a receiving unit receiving a Pre-coding Matrix Indicator (PMI) indicating a specific Pre-coding matrix, a determination unit determining a value of a flag indicator indicating whether the Pre-coding matrix specified in the PMI is to be used for downlink communications, a control signal generation unit generating a downlink control signal including at least the flag indicator, and a transmission unit transmitting a signal including the downlink control signal in downlink.

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