IP Library Granted Patent US 8,571,128
Granted Patent B2
US 8,571,128 · App. 13/058,939 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Method to generate beamforming vector and provide the information for generating beamforming vector

Inventors: Ji Hyung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Wooram Shin (Daejeon, KR); Dong Seung Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Choongil Yeh (Daejeon, KR); Een Kee Hong (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute; Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation of Kyunghee University
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Patent No.
US 8,571,128
App. No.
13/058,939
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method to generate a beamforming vector by a terminal includes receiving information on a first precoding matrix and a second precoding matrix from a serving base station; and generating a beamforming vector by linearly combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix.

Claims (37)

1. A method to generate a beamforming vector by a terminal, the method comprising: receiving information identifying a first precoding matrix and information identifying a second precoding matrix from a serving base station; and generating a beamforming vector by linearly combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix, wherein the first precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that maximizes transmission power to the serving base station and the second precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that minimizes interference to a neighboring base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that maximizes a norm of a product of a channel matrix between the terminal and the serving base station and each of a plurality of precoding matrices included in a code book.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the second precoding matrix is provided from the neighboring base station to the serving base station.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the first precoding matrix and the information on the second precoding matrix are an index of the first precoding matrix and an index of the second precoding matrix in a code book including the plurality of precoding matrices, respectively.

5. A method to provide information for generating a beamforming vector from a serving base station to a terminal, the method comprising: transmitting information identifying a first precoding matrix to the terminal; and transmitting information identifying a second precoding matrix to the terminal, wherein a beamforming vector is generated by linearly combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix, wherein the first precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that maximizes transmission power to the serving base station, and the second precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that minimizes interference power to a neighboring base station.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving the information on the second precoding matrix from the neighboring base station.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that maximizes a norm of a product of a channel matrix between the terminal and the serving base station and each of a plurality of precoding matrices included in a code book.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the information on the first precoding matrix and the information on the second precoding matrix are an index of the first precoding matrix and an index of the second precoding matrix in a code book including a plurality of precoding matrices, respectively.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that minimizes a norm of a product of a channel matrix between the terminal and the neighboring base station and each of a plurality of precoding matrices included in a code book.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that minimizes a norm of a product of a channel matrix between the terminal and the neighboring base station and each of a plurality of precoding matrices included in a code book.

11. A method to generate a beamforming vector by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving an index of a first precoding matrix and an index of a second precoding matrix from a serving base station; and

generating a beamforming vector by combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix,

wherein the index of the first preceding matrix is “i” for maximizing ∥(W i ·H s )∥ 2 ,

the index of the second precoding matrix is “i” for minimizing ∥(W i ·H l )∥ 2 ,

the H s is a channel between the terminal and the serving base station,

the H l is a channel between the terminal and the neighboring base station, and

the W i is ith precoding matrix in a codebook including a plurality of precoding matrices.

12. A method to provide information for generating a beamforming vector from a serving base station to a terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting an index of a first precoding matrix to the terminal; and

transmitting an index of a second precoding matrix to the terminal,

wherein a beamforming vector is generated by combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix,

the index of the first preceding matrix is “i” for maximizing ∥(W i ·H s )∥ 2 ,

the index of the second precoding matrix is “i” for minimizing ∥(W i ·H l )∥ 2 ,

the H s is a channel between the terminal and the serving base station,

the H l is a channel between the terminal and the neighboring base station, and

the W i is i th precoding matrix in a codebook including a plurality of precoding matrices.

13. An apparatus for generating a beamforming vector by a terminal, the apparatus comprising: a beamforming vector generator which receives information identifying a first precoding matrix and information identifying a second precoding matrix from a serving base station, and generates a beamforming vector by linearly combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix; and a multiplier which multiplies the beamforming vector with an input signal to generate a transmission signal, wherein the first precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that maximizes transmission power to the serving base station and the second precoding matrix is a precoding matrix that minimizes interference to a neighboring base station.

14. An apparatus for generating a beamforming vector by a terminal, the apparatus comprising: a beamforming vector generator which receives an index of a first precoding matrix and an index of a second precoding matrix from a serving base station, and

generates a beamforming vector by linearly combining the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix; and a multiplier which multiplies the beamforming vector with an input signal to generate a transmission signal,

wherein the index of the first preceding matrix is “i” for maximizing ∥(W i ·H s )∥ 2 ,

the index of the second precoding matrix is “i” for minimizing ∥(W i ·H l )∥ 2 ,

the H s is a channel between the terminal and the serving base station,

the H l is a channel between the terminal and the neighboring base station, and

the W i is ith precoding matrix in a codebook including a plurality of precoding matrices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2011
From: KIM, JI HYUNG; SHIN, WOORAM; KWON, DONG SEUNG; YEH, CHOONGIL; HONG, EEN KEE
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF KYUNGHEE UNIVERSITY
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2008-0079815 · Aug 14, 2008 · national
KR 10-2009-0075136 · Aug 14, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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