A method for selecting antenna elements at a base station can include selecting multiple transmit antenna elements from several antenna elements according to a work mode of the base station. The work mode can be an open-loop or a closed-loop working mode. In open-loop mode the base station does not receive feedback information regarding channel quality from a mobile station. In closed-loop mode feedback information is received. For example, for control signaling, or when the speed of a mobile station is very high, the base station may determine that the working mode is open-loop. When the information being transmitted is data for a specific mobile station and the mobile station is moving at a speed under a threshold, the base station may select or determine the working mode to be the closed-loop working mode. Antenna elements are selected, for example, according to a spatial correlation appropriate to the work mode.