Patent ID: 9432100
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method, implementable by one or more processors in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a first communication device configured to receive precoded signals from a second communication device via a wireless channel, the method comprising: calculating, via the one or more processors, a set of first metrics using (i) channel information corresponding to the wireless channel, and (ii) one or more precoders, wherein each metric of the set of first metrics corresponds to a respective set of a plurality of sets of codebook precoders, wherein each set includes a same number of precoders; selecting, via the one or more processors and based on (i) the set of first metrics and (ii) a first selection criteria, a set of codebook precoders from the plurality of sets of codebook precoders; in response to selecting the set of codebook precoders, causing, via the one or more processors, the selected codebook precoder to be applied to a signal to be transmitted from the second communication device to the first communication device.