METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A USER GROUP USING QUANTIZED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACKS FROM MIMO CAPABLE MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

A mobile device estimates channel status information (CSI) for an associated single user downlink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel. The estimated CSI is quantized using a finite quantization resolution. The quantized CSI is communicated to the base station over a finite-rate feedback channel. Intended downlink data transmission is scheduled by the base station according to the transmitted CSI, and received by the mobile device, accordingly. The estimated CSI comprise generalized channel quality information such as channel capacity and channel direction. The base station selects a first user having a strongest channel capacity according to quantized CSI received from associated mobile devices. Beams orthogonal to a single user downlink MIMO channel of the selected first user are broadcasted. Quantized relative channel direction matrices and projected channel capacity are received from remaining mobile devices. A user having a strongest projected channel capacity is selected a second user for the user group.