Method of selecting plurality of sets of optimal beam pairs in wireless communication system
The present disclosure provides a method of selecting a plurality of sets of beam pairs in a wireless communication system. The method includes estimating, by a receiver, channels associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port of a plurality of receive ports; and determining, by the receiver, the plurality of sets of the beam pairs including transmit beam and receive beam using: an average power level at each receive port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel associated between the beam pairs, a set of first power matrices, wherein each first power matrix, from the set of first power matrices, comprises at least one transmit port, beam ID pairs including transmit beam ID and receive beam ID associated with each receive port, wherein the set of first power matrices is formed based on the average power level at each of the receive port, and a second capacity matrix formed based on capacity maximization obtained from the set of first power matrices, wherein the plurality of sets of the beam pairs associated with each of the transmit port and receive port is selected from the second capacity matrix.
1. A method of selecting a plurality of sets of beam pairs in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
estimating, by a receiver, channels associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port of a plurality of receive ports; and
determining, by the receiver, the plurality of sets of the beam pairs including transmit beam and receive beam using:
an average power level at each receive port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel associated between the beam pairs,
a set of first power matrices, wherein each first power matrix, from the set of first power matrices, comprises at least one transmit port, beam ID pairs including transmit beam ID and receive beam ID associated with each receive port, wherein the set of first power matrices is formed based on the average power level at each of the receive port, and
a second capacity matrix formed based on capacity maximization obtained from the set of first power matrices, wherein the plurality of sets of the beam pairs associated with each of the transmit port and receive port is selected from the second capacity matrix.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the average power level at each receive port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel associated between the beam pairs is determined by:
computing the average power level at each receive port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel; and
determining whether the average power level of each receive port for at least one transmit port meets a power level threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capacity maximization, obtained from the set of first power matrices, is determined based on one of maximizing a signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and a function of SINR associated with one or more sets of the transmit beam and receive beam pairs associated with the plurality of receive antenna ports.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more sets of capacity maximizing beam pairs comprises one of a number of elements where each element is associated with a transmit port number, a receive port number, the beam ID pairs.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of sets of the beam pairs comprises:
identifying at least one beam ID pairs by traversing diagonally across a third matrix;
anchoring the at least one beam ID pairs identified in the third matrix;
performing a scan over at least one beam ID pairs in the third matrix using the at least one anchored ID pairs; and
determining, by the receiver, the plurality of sets of the beam pairs based on the scan over the at least one anchored beam ID pairs.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the third matrix is determined based on the estimated channel associated with at least one transmit port of a plurality of transmit ports associated with each receive port of a plurality of receive ports.
7. A method of selecting a plurality of sets of beam pairs in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
estimating, by a receiver, channels associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port of a plurality of receive ports; and
determining, by the receiver, the plurality of sets of the beam pairs including transmit beam and receive beam by:
identifying at least one beam ID pairs including transmit beam ID and receive beam ID by traversing diagonally across a first matrix,
anchoring, by the receiver, the at least one beam ID pairs identified in the first matrix,
performing, by the receiver, a scan over at least one beam ID pairs in the first matrix using the at least one anchored beam ID pairs, and
determining, by the receiver, the plurality of sets of the beam pairs based on the scan over the at least one anchored beam ID pairs.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first matrix is determined based on the estimated channel associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port of a plurality of receiver ports.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one set of the beam pairs of the plurality of sets of the beam pairs comprises one of a number of elements where each element is associated with a transmit port number, a receive port number, the beam ID pairs.
10. A receiver for selecting a plurality of optimal beam pairs in a wireless communication system, the receiver comprises:
a memory,
a processor, coupled to the memory, and
a beam pair selector, coupled to the processor and, configured to:
estimate channels associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port of a plurality of receiver ports for the beam pairs including transmit beam and receive beam; and
determine the plurality of sets of the beam pairs using:
average power level at each receive port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel associated between the beam pairs,
a set of first power matrices, wherein each first power matrix, from the set of power matrices, comprises at least one transmit port, beam ID pairs including transmit beam ID and receive beam ID associated with each receive port, wherein the set of first power matrices is formed based on the average power level at each of the receive port, and
a second capacity matrix formed based on capacity maximization obtained from the set of first power matrices, wherein the plurality of sets of the beam pairs associated with each of the transmit port and receive ports is selected from the second capacity matrix.
11. The receiver of claim 10 , wherein the average power level at each receiver port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel associated between the beam pairs is determined by:
computing the average power level at each receive port for at least one transmit port based on the estimated channel; and
determining whether the average power level of each receive port for at least one transmit port meets a power level threshold.
12. The receiver of claim 10 , wherein the capacity maximization obtained from the set of first power matrices is determined based on one of maximizing a signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and a function of SINR associated with one or more sets of the beam pairs associated with the plurality of receive antenna ports.
13. The receiver of claim 10 , wherein one or more sets of capacity maximizing beam pairs comprises one of a number of elements where each element is associated with a transmit port number, a receive port number, the beam ID pairs.
14. The receiver of claim 10 , wherein determining one set of the beam pairs comprises:
identifying at least one beam ID pairs by traversing diagonally across a third matrix;
anchoring the at least one beam ID pairs identified in the third matrix;
performing a scan over at least one beam ID pair in the third matrix using the at least one anchored beam ID pairs; and
determining the plurality of sets of the beam pairs based on the scan over the at least one anchored beam ID pairs.
15. The receiver of claim 14 , wherein the third matrix is determined based on the estimated channel associated with at least one transmit port of a plurality of transmit ports associated with each receive port of a plurality of receiver ports and the associated transmit beam and receive beam pairs.
16. A receiver for selecting a plurality of sets of beam pairs in a wireless communication system, the receiver comprises:
a memory,
a processor, coupled to the memory, and
a beam pair selector, coupled to the processor, configured to:
estimate channels associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port from a plurality of receive ports, and
determine the plurality of sets of the beam pairs including transmit beam and receive beam by:
identifying at least one beam ID pairs including transmit beam ID and receive beam ID by traversing diagonally across a first matrix,
anchoring the at least one beam ID pairs identified in the first matrix,
performing a scan over at least one beam ID pairs in the first matrix using the at least one anchored beam ID pairs, and
determining the plurality of sets of the beam pairs based on the scan over the at least one anchored beam ID pairs.
17. The receiver of claim 16 , wherein the first matrix is determined based on the estimated channel associated with a plurality of transmit ports for each receive port from a plurality of receiver ports and the associated beam pairs.
18. The receiver of claim 16 , wherein at least one set of the beam pairs from the plurality of sets of the beam pairs comprises one of a number of elements where each element is associated with a transmit port number, a receive port number, the beam ID pairs.