摘要 |
A wireless communication system ( 20 ) includes using multiple antennas ( 30, 32 ) for simultaneous transmissions to multiple mobile stations ( 24, 26 ). A distributed multiple antenna scheduling (DMAS) technique includes selecting a plurality of mobile stations for at least receiving simultaneous transmissions on at least one selected subcarrier from within a carrier bandwidth having orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). In a disclosed example, a plurality of mobile stations are selected for each subcarrier within the carrier bandwidth. A disclosed example includes grouping subcarriers together into subsets to reduce computation complexity for determining which mobile stations to select for the simultaneous transmission.
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