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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Jung Hoon Suh, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung Jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung Hoon Suh, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung Jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method to generate a preceding codebook for a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system, the apparatus for generating a preceding codebook including: a clustering unit to collect a predetermined number of spatial beams into one cluster such that mutual interference is minimized, the predetermined number of spatial beams collected from among a plurality of spatial beams distributed to at least one user during a preceding process of a MIMO communication scheme; and a mapping table generator to generate a mapping table including one or more indexes generated based on information about the cluster, and a value of each element of the mapping table is generated based on interference between the clusters and/or whether overlapping of the clusters is allowed.