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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Kien Trung Truong, Hanoi, VN;

Peiying Zhu, Kanata, CA;

Jianglei Ma, Ottawa, CA;

Robert Wendell Heath, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0469 (2013.01); H04B 7/0626 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is possible to reduce the overhead associated with downlink channel estimation in massive Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) networks by processing training sequences according to a transformation matrix. The transformation matrix maps a generic dictionary to a non-generic dictionary associated with an antenna geometry of a MIMO antenna array. The transformation matrix can be computed based on the two dictionaries. In one embodiment, the training reference signal is precoded to obtain a precoded training reference signal, which is then transmitted over a MIMO antenna array. The training precoder used to precode the training reference signal is designed according to the transformation matrix to mitigate a dependence that the training reference signal transmission has on the antenna geometry.


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