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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Di LV, Shanghai, CN;
Hongwei Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Jinhui Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Yang Song, Shanghai, CN;
Di Lv, Shanghai, CN;
Hongwei Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Jinhui Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Yang Song, Shanghai, CN;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing downlink communication and a corresponding assisting method and apparatus are provided. According to an embodiment, a method for assisting a base station in processing downlink communication in a user equipment includes: estimating a downlink channel between the base station and the user equipment; determining a spatial correlation matrix between the base station and the user equipment according to the result of estimating the downlink channel; determining at least one pre-coding vector among a plurality of pre-stored pre-coding vectors based upon the spatial correlation matrix; and notifying the base station about the determined at least one pre-coding vector and spatial correlation matrix. The downlink communication processing disclosed herein improves the performance of a system, improves the average throughput and the throughput of an edge user of the multi-user MIMO system and has a wider applicability scope than the original codebook and feedback mechanism.