IP Library Granted Patent US 8,717,997
Granted Patent B2
US 8,717,997 · App. 13/439,301 · Granted May 6, 2014

Multi-resolution precoding codebook

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Patent No.
US 8,717,997
App. No.
13/439,301
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are for generating a codebook by: generating a multi-resolution codebook by selecting a common precoder index from a low resolution codebook for a group of adjacent resource blocks (RB)s and for each RB within the group, selecting a high-resolution codebook to fine-tune each RB precoder; and generating feedback for the multi-resolution codebook by quantizing channel state variations.

Claims (29)

1. A method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system for precoding data, comprising:

receiving from a user equipment a low resolution precoder index that is common to a group of resource blocks (RBs);

receiving from the user equipment a high resolution precoder index for a resource block within the group of RBs; and

determining a precoder using a multi-resolution codebook according to the low resolution precoder index and the high resolution precoder index.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a channel for the group of RBs is correlated in time or in frequency.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a channel for the group of RBs is correlated in frequency across different OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) tones.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of RBs are adjacent in time or in frequency.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the group of RBs are adjacent in frequency over OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) tones.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-resolution codebook consists of two resolution levels of a first level and a second level.

7. A method implemented in a user equipment used in a wireless communications system for precoding data, comprising:

transmitting to a base station a low resolution precoder index that is common to a group of resource blocks (RBs);

transmitting to the base station a high resolution precoder index for a resource block within the group of RBs; and

receiving data precoded with a precoder from the base station,

wherein the precoder is determined using a multi-resolution codebook according to the low resolution precoder index and the high resolution precoder index.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a channel for the group of RBs is correlated in time or in frequency.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a channel for the group of RBs is correlated in frequency across different OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) tones.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the group of RBs are adjacent in time or in frequency.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the group of RBs are adjacent in frequency over OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) tones.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the multi-resolution codebook consists of two resolution levels of a first level and a second level.

13. A method implemented in a wireless communications system for precoding data, comprising:

transmitting from a user equipment to a base station a low resolution precoder index that is common to a group of resource blocks (RBs);

transmitting from the user equipment to the base station a high resolution precoder index for a resource block within the group of RBs; and

transmitting data precoded with a precoder from the base station to the user equipment,

wherein the precoder is determined using a multi-resolution codebook according to the low resolution precoder index and the high resolution precoder index.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein a channel for the group of RBs is correlated in time or in frequency.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein a channel for the group of RBs is correlated in frequency across different OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) tones.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the group of RBs are adjacent in time or in frequency.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the group of RBs are adjacent in frequency over OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) tones.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the multi-resolution codebook consists of two resolution levels of a first level and a second level.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2015
From: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC.
To: NEC CORPORATION
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