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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Narayan Prasad, Wyncote, PA (US);
Guosen Yue, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Meilong Jiang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Mohammad A. Khojastepour, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/216 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04B 7/0417 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/065 (2013.01); H04B 7/0469 (2013.01); H04B 7/0486 (2013.01); H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04B 7/0626 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented in a user equipment configured to be used in a multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting to a base station a first channel state information (CSI) report determined according to a single-user (SU) MIMO rule, and transmitting to the base station a second CSI report determined according to an MU-MIMO rule. Other methods, apparatuses, and systems also are disclosed.