Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output group management
US9743258B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/323
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for managing multi-user multiple-input multiple-out (MU-MIMO) groups by a wireless device. For at least some embodiments, a wireless communication device may determine a MU-MIMO group by identifying a plurality of MU-MIMO capable stations, determine a plurality of MU-MIMO group candidates from the plurality of MU-MIMO capable STAs based, at least in part, on a predicted data throughput of an MU-MIMO group including at least one of the plurality of MU-MIMO capable STAs, and create a MU-MIMO group from the plurality of MU-MIMO candidates. The predicted data throughput may be based, at least in part, on media access control (MAC) and physical (PHY) layer parameters. In some embodiments, the PHY layer parameters may include historic group size and/or historic multi-user signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio data.
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