Global Patent Index - EP 2859668 A2

EP 2859668 A2 20150415 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED RF MIMO SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

Title (en)

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED RF MIMO SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

Title (de)

SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN FÜR VERBESSERTE HF-MIMO-SYSTEMLEISTUNG

Title (fr)

SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR AMÉLIORER LES PERFORMANCES DE SYSTÈMES MIMO RF

Publication

EP 2859668 A2 20150415 (EN)

Application

EP 13728890 A 20130529

Priority

  • US 201261652743 P 20120529
  • US 201261657999 P 20120611
  • US 201261658015 P 20120611
  • US 201261658006 P 20120611
  • US 201261658010 P 20120611
  • US 201261658012 P 20120611
  • US 201261665590 P 20120628
  • US 201261665636 P 20120628
  • US 201261665600 P 20120628
  • US 201261665592 P 20120628
  • US 201261671417 P 20120713
  • US 201261671416 P 20120713
  • US 201213630146 A 20120928
  • US 201313762159 A 20130207
  • US 201313762191 A 20130207
  • US 201313776204 A 20130225
  • US 2013043056 W 20130529

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2013181219A2] Systems and methods for enhancing performance of a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) receiving system are provided herein. The performance enhancement is achieved by connecting a radio distributed network (RDN) of beamformers having M antennas to a MIMO system having N branches, wherein M > N. A control module is configured to tune the antennas based on channel estimation metrics of the beamformed signals. As the antennas outnumber the MIMO channels, embodiments of the present invention provide means for distinguishing between the antenna signals so the control module may assess their individual contribution. Other embodiments, when the MIMO class includes multiple layers, use the channel estimation metrics to pick a single weight setting for each beamformer that provides best phase and amplitude matching, to optimize the total receive power. Another embodiment uses the channel estimation and weight selection for antennas swapping for increasing the probability of achieving better phase and amplitude matches.

IPC 8 full level

H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP)

H04B 7/086 (2013.01 - EP); H04B 7/0871 (2013.01 - EP); H04B 7/0874 (2013.01 - CN EP); H04B 7/0417 (2013.01 - CN EP); H04B 7/086 (2013.01 - CN); H04B 7/088 (2013.01 - CN EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2013181219A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2013181219 A2 20131205; WO 2013181219 A3 20140130; CN 104508994 A 20150408; EP 2859668 A2 20150415

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2013043056 W 20130529; CN 201380040430 A 20130529; EP 13728890 A 20130529