US2012087442A1

4G

Title

DESIGN ASPECTS TO SUPPORT LTE-A DOWNLINK HI-ORDER MIMO

Application Number:

US200913068836

Publication Date:

12-04-2012

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Application Date:

21-09-2009

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

22-09-2008

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Abstract  Abstract

A method of operation of a MIMO transmitter in a cellular network supporting both legacy standard-compliant mobile terminals and next generation standard-compliant mobile terminals the method comprising defining a matrix of resource blocks within an information channel of the cellular network wherein each resource block corresponds to a region of subcarriers of a transmission timeslot at a given frequency subband; assigning a first set of reference signals (RSs) for the legacy standard-compliant mobile terminals to resource blocks at specific locations within the matrix to be transmitted by the MIMO transmitter the specific locations being defined by the legacy standard; and assigning a second set of RSs for the next-generation standard-compliant mobile terminals to other resource blocks within the matrix to be transmitted by the MIMO transmitter.

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