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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
Soo-min Ko, Bucheon-si, KR;
Han-byul Seo, Seoul, KR;
Byeong-gi Lee, Seoul, KR;
Eun-yong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jong-hyung Kwun, Seongnam-si, KR;
Soo-Min Ko, Bucheon-si, KR;
Han-Byul Seo, Seoul, KR;
Byeong-Gi Lee, Seoul, KR;
Eun-Yong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jong-Hyung Kwun, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-Si, KR;
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting a retransmission mode in a MIMO communication system are provided wherein a receiver receives m initial transmission streams from a transmitter, m being an integer of 2 or larger, channel-decodes the m initial transmission streams and checking errors in the m channel-decoded streams, selects, if at least two channel-decoded streams have errors among the m channel-decoded streams, a retransmission mode to be used for the at least two streams having errors in the transmitter, and transmits information including the selected retransmission mode to the transmitter.