Method and apparatus for open loop transmission in a multiple antenna wireless communication system

1. A radio transmitter configured to transmit data in an open loop transmission in a wireless multiple antenna radio communications system,

wherein the radio transmitter includes a processor that;

provides for data transmission with a transmission rank r, wherein r is an integer value being larger or equal to 1,

communicates resource units (RU) containing resource elements (RE),

provides N available Demodulation Reference Signals (DM-RS) for communication channel estimation in each RU,

provides a number of M REs in each RU for data transmission, and

provides a number of E REs in each RU allocated for DM-RS transmission,

wherein the radio transmitter further includes a mapper that is configured to:

apply a number of more than r, NUsed, of DM-RS:s, NUsed≦N, to the E allocated REs;

wherein the number of E REs is greater than the transmission rank r, and wherein the number of NUsed DM-RS:s is less than the number of E REs, wherein each of the NUsed DM-RS in an RU defines one antenna port and there are NUsed defined antenna ports, and wherein each of the M REs for data transmission is associated with r of NUsed defined antenna ports.

2. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , further configured to:

use at least L≧2 different precoding matrices to precode the M REs in at least one RU for at least one certain rank r transmission such that REs precoded with a first precoding matrix are interleaved with REs precoded with at least one additional, a second different precoding matrix.

3. The radio transmitter according to claim 2 , wherein the number of used precoding matrices L is adapted to the transmission rank r and number N of available DM-RS.

4. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein the number N of available DM-RS depends on the number E of REs allocated for DM-RS:s in an RU and a length of code used for Code Division Multiplexing of DM-RS:s over the E REs.

5. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein one resource unit is one Resource Block Pair in a Long Term Evolution mobile communications system.

6. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein:

E=12 REs are used in one RU for DM-RS,

rank is chosen as either of 1 or 2,

a length of code-division multiplexing (CDM) code is 4 and there are N=4 CDM DM-RS available, and

number L of used precoding matrices is a largest integer smaller than N/r.

7. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein

E=24 REs are used in one RU for DM-RS,

rank is chosen as either of 3 or 4,

a length of CDM code is 4 and there are N=8 CDM DM-RS available, and

number L of used precoding matrices is a largest integer smaller than N/r.

8. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein:

the same number N of available DM-RS:s are used for different rank r transmissions, and

a number of used precoding matrices is a largest integer smaller than N/r.

9. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein:

the number of available DM-RS for different rank r transmissions is N r ,

the same number of L precoding matrices is used for each transmission rank r, and

Number N Used of used DM-RS≦N r available DM-RS for each rank r transmission is N Used =L*r.

10. The radio transmitter according to claim 9 , wherein:

the number of available DM-RS N r for different rank r transmissions is the same.

11. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , further configured to:

use cycling of L≧2 precoding matrices in a RU or in consecutive RUs.

12. The radio transmitter according to claim 11 , further configured to:

perform layer permutation by permuting columns of the L precoding matrices and then use the permuted precoding matrices for precoding.

13. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein:

each data transmission RE is associated with same antenna ports with different order.

14. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , further configured to:

signal a scheme of used L precoding matrices to a receiver of precoded REs in the system.

15. The radio transmitter according to claim 1 , further configured to:

compute received channel coefficients using non precoded reference signals; and

extract precoding matrices used for received precoded reference signals using the computed received channel coefficients.

16. A wireless multiple antenna radio communications system including a radio transmitter and a user equipment configured to receive a transmission from the radio transmitter, wherein the radio transmitter:

provides for data transmission with a transmission rank r, wherein r is an integer value being larger or equal to 1,

communicates resource units (RU) containing resource elements (RE),

provides N available Demodulation Reference Signals (DM-RS) for communication channel estimation in each RU,

provides a number of M REs in each RU for data transmission, and

provides a number of E REs in each RU allocated for DM-RS transmission, and

wherein the user equipment is further configured to receive a precoded data transmission,

wherein a number of more than r, NUsed, of DM-RS:s, NUsed≦N, is applied to the E allocated REs; wherein the number of E REs is greater than the transmission rank r, and wherein the number of NUsed DM-RS:s is less than the number of E REs; wherein each of the NUsed DM-RS in an RU defines one antenna port and there are NUsed defined antenna ports; and wherein each of the M REs for data transmission is associated with r of NUsed defined antenna ports.

17. The wireless multiple antenna radio communications system according to claim 16 , wherein in the radio transmitter: at least L≧2 different precoding matrices are used to precode the M REs in at least one RU for at least one certain rank r transmission such that REs precoded with a first precoding matrix are interleaved with REs precoded with at least one additional, a second different precoding matrix.

18. The wireless multiple antenna radio communications system according to claim 16 , wherein in the radio transmitter, the number of used precoding matrices L is adapted to the transmission rank r and number N of available DM-RS.

19. The wireless multiple antenna radio communications system according to claim 16 , wherein in the radio transmitter:

E=12 REs are used in one RU for DM-RS,

rank is chosen as either of 1 or 2,

a length of code-division multiplexing (CDM) code is 4 and there are N=4 CDM DM-RS available, and

number L of used precoding matrices is a largest integer smaller than N/r.

20. A method for data transmission in an open loop transmission in a wireless multiple antenna radio communications system, wherein the method comprises:

providing for data transmission with a transmission rank r, wherein r is an integer value being larger or equal to one,

communicating resource units (RU) containing resource elements (RE),

providing N available Demodulation Reference Signals (DM-RS) for communication channel estimation in each RU,

providing a number of M REs in each RU for data transmission, and

providing a number of E REs in each RU allocated for DM-RS transmission, and

applying a number of more than r, NUsed, of DM-RS:s, NUsed≦N, to the E allocated REs, wherein the number of E REs is greater than the transmission rank r, and wherein the number of NUsed DM-RS:s is less than the number of E REs, wherein each of the NUsed DM-RS defines one antenna port and there are NUsed defined antenna ports; and wherein each of the M REs for data transmission is associated with r of NUsed defined antenna ports.