Wireless base station and wireless communication method
In a radio communication system that performs beamforming in MIMO transmission between a radio base station and at least one user terminal, radio base station ( 10 ) includes: weight control section ( 104 ) that determines a beamforming weight used for the beamforming, for each of subbands formed by dividing a transmission band; and communication section ( 109 ) that transmits a signal to which the beamforming is applied using the beamforming weight.
1. A radio base station in a radio communication system that performs beamforming in MIMO transmission between the radio base station and at least one user terminal, the radio base station comprising:
a processor that determines a beamforming weight to be used for the beamforming, for each of subbands formed by dividing a transmission band; and
a transmitter that transmits a signal to which the beamforming is applied using the beamforming weight,
wherein the processor further determines a beamforming weight for an entirety of the transmission band and selects one of the beamforming weight for each of the subbands and the beamforming weight for the entirety of the transmission band.
2. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the subbands is formed by contiguous subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers forming the transmission band.
3. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the subbands is formed by discontiguous subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers forming the transmission band.
4. A radio communication method in a radio communication system that performs beamforming in MIMO transmission between a radio base station and at least one user terminal, the radio communication method comprising:
determining a beamforming weight used for the beamforming, for each of subbands formed by dividing a transmission band;
transmitting a signal to which the beamforming is applied using the beamforming weight;
determining a beamforming weight for an entirety of the transmission band; and
selecting one of the beamforming weight for each of the subbands and the beamforming weight for the entirety of the transmission band.