WO2011019962A3

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Title

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SINGLE-USER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (SU-MIMO) AND MULTI-USER MIMO (MU-MIMO)

Application Number:

WO2010US45381

Publication Date:

07-04-2011

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Application Date:

12-08-2010

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

12-08-2009

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Abstract  Abstract

Techniques for supporting data transmission with single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) are described. A base station may transmit multiple data streams on a given time-frequency resource to a single user equipment (UE) for SU-MIMO or to multiple UEs for MU-MIMO. In an aspect an antenna port assignment for a UE for MU-MIMO may be conveyed by reusing one or more fields of a downlink control information (DCI) format. In another aspect a hierarchical two-tier structure may be used to convey an antenna port assignment for a UE for MU-MIMO. In yet another aspect a UE may be configured via higher layer to report only channel quality indicator (CQI) or both CQI and precoding matrix indicator (PMI) when operating in a transmission mode supporting SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO. In yet another aspect a UE may report CQI such that SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO can be supported for the UE.

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