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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Dae Woon Lim, Seoul, KR;
Dong-joon Shin, Seoul, KR;
Jong-seon NO, Seoul, KR;
Xianglan Jin, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Dae Woon Lim, Seoul, KR;
Dong-Joon Shin, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Seon No, Seoul, KR;
Xianglan Jin, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/15 (2006.01); H04B 7/02 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0691 (2013.01); H04B 7/15 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for selecting a source transmit antenna in a cooperative multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication system including a source node, a relay node and a destination node. The method includes determining a source transmit antenna selection metric such that a source-destination channel, a source-relay channel and a relay-destination channel are related to one another, and selecting a positive integer number of antennas such that the source transmit antenna selection metric is maximized.