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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ulf Gustavsson, Gothenburg, SE;
Amirashkan Farsaei, Eindhoven, NL;
Alex Alvarado, Den Bosch, NL;
Frans M.J. Willems, Geldrop, NL;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method is disclosed of selecting users for multi user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication from an initial set of potential users. The method comprises repeating the following steps in successive iterations until a stopping criterion is met: determining a channel correlation metric for each user in the set of potential users, reducing the set of potential users by exclusion of a user based on the channel correlation metric, and calculating a performance metric of the set of potential users. The method also comprises selecting users corresponding to one of the sets of potential users, wherein the selection is based on a comparison of the calculated performance metrics of the sets of potential users. The channel correlation metric for a user may comprise one or more of: a channel filter norm for the user, a channel norm for the user, a channel gain for the user, pair-wise correlations between the user and one or more other users of the set of potential users, and a channel eigenvalue for the user. The performance metric may comprise one or more of: a sum-rate, a per-user-rate, an average error rate, a maximum error rate, a per-user error rate, and a sum-correlation. Corresponding apparatus, network node and computer program product are also disclosed.