Patent ID: 8565778
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus of a Base Station (BS) in a broadband wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising: a prioritizer configured to order Collaborative Spatial Multiplexing (CSM) mobile stations according to priority levels of the CSM mobile stations; and a resource allocator configured to select the CSM mobile stations sequentially according to the priority levels, determine pilot patterns for the selected CSM mobile stations according to channel information of the selected CSM mobile stations, and allocate resources of the determined pilot patterns to the selected CSM mobile stations, wherein the resource allocator is further configured to determine whether an amount of remaining resources available for a first pilot pattern is larger than an amount of minimum allocation resources, if the channel information of a selected CSM mobile station is larger than a first threshold; and allocate resources of the first pilot pattern to the selected CSM mobile station, if the amount of remaining resources are available.