Facebook, Inc.

Ahmed Alkhateeb

Sam Padinjaremannil Alex

Qi Qu

Ali Yazdan

Ali Yazdan Panah

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for precoding multi-carrier signals are disclosed. One method includes obtaining a transmission channel matrix between a terminal and a plurality of separate users, wherein the transmission channel matrix includes channel estimates for a plurality of subcarriers of the multi-carrier signal, wherein the terminal is one of a plurality of terminals interfaced with a central processing unit, and wherein the terminal communicates with the plurality of spatially separate user with the multi-carrier signals. The method further comprises determining a precoding for the terminal based on a distribution of user signal power across the transmission channel between the terminal and the plurality of spatially separate user, and determining a precoding for the central processing unit based on the precoding for the terminal and based on the transmission channel matrix, wherein a precoding matrix for the central processing unit is multi-carrier signal dependent.

Multi-layered precoding

Apparatuses, methods, and systems zone precoding are disclosed. One method includes determining a transmission zone for each of the plurality of users, wherein the transmission zone includes an angle of direction of a directional beam to each user, and a deviation of the angle of direction. Determining a precoding of transmission signals to each of the plurality of users from the base station based on the transmission zone associated with the user, and constructing the precoding for each user by adjusting the initial precoding for each user based on the transmission zone determined for each of the other users.

Zone precoding

Apparatuses, methods, and systems zone precoding are disclosed. One method includes determining a transmission zone for each of the plurality of users, wherein the transmission zone includes an angle of direction of a directional beam to each user, and a deviation of the angle of direction. Determining a precoding of transmission signals to each of the plurality of users from the base station, including determining an initial precoding for each of the users based on the transmission zone associated with the user, and constructing the precoding for each user by adjusting the initial precoding for each user based on the transmission zone determined for each of the other users.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems zone precoding are disclosed. One method includes training a transmission channel between a base station and each of a plurality of users and determining a precoding of transmission signals to each of the plurality of users from the base station. The training includes determining a transmission zone for each of the plurality of users, wherein the transmission zone includes an angle of direction of a directional beam to each user, and a deviation of the angle of direction. Determining a precoding of transmission signals to each of the plurality of users from the base station, includes determining an initial precoding for each of the users based on the transmission zone associated with the user, and constructing the precoding for each user by adjusting the initial precoding for each user based on the transmission zone determined for each of the other users.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for precoding multi-carrier signals are disclosed. One method includes obtaining a transmission channel matrix between a terminal and a plurality of separate users, wherein the transmission channel matrix includes channel estimates for a plurality of subcarriers of the multi-carrier signal. A channel dimension reduction matrix is determined based upon a composite of the channel estimates for the plurality of subcarriers, wherein dimensions of the channel dimension reduction matrix are less than dimensions of the transmission channel matrix. The method further includes determining a precoding matrix for the terminal based on the channel dimension reduction matrix, wherein the precoding matrix is multi-carrier signal independent, determining an effective channel based on a channel estimate of the transmission channel and based on the precoding matrix of the terminal, and determining a precoding matrix for the central processing unit based on the effective channel.

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Ahmed Alkhateeb