Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beamforming configuration with adaptive port-to-antenna mapping for a multi-antenna system
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Application No.: US15536059Application Date: 2014-12-19
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Publication No.: US10560163B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Joel Berglund , Mirsad Cirkic , Erik Eriksson
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Sage Patent Group
- International Application: PCT/SE2014/051545 WO 20141219
- International Announcement: WO2016/099360 WO 20160623
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04B7/0456

Abstract:
There is provided a method and corresponding apparatus for determining a beamforming configuration for a multi-antenna system according to an embodiment. In general, the multi-antenna system has at least two antennas and a port-to-antenna mapping between antenna ports and antennas. The method comprises obtaining (S1) first feedback information originating from a wireless device relating to a multi-antenna transmission based on a first beamforming configuration including a first port-to-antenna mapping, and obtaining (S2) second feedback information originating from the wireless device relating to a multi-antenna transmission based on a second, different beamforming configuration including a second, different port to-antenna mapping. The method also comprises determining (S3), based on the first feedback information and the second feedback information, a third beamforming configuration for the multi-antenna system including a third port-to-antenna mapping to enable beamforming according to a third beam form.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170338875A1 Beamforming Configuration with Adaptive Port-to-Antenna Mapping for a Multi-Antenna System Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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