Patent ID: 7519028
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio base station for transmitting downlink packet data to one of a plurality of mobile stations using a shared channel together with an associated dedicated channel used in association with the shared channel, said shared channel being shared by said plurality of mobile stations and allocated to each of said plurality of mobile station per predetermined unit transmission, comprising: a first pilot channel setting unit configured to set a secondary common pilot channel as a first pilot channel used for channel estimation of said shared channel; a second pilot channel setting unit configured to set a dedicated pilot in the associated dedicated channel as a second pilot channel used for channel estimation of said associated dedicated channel; and a beam direction controlling unit configured to switch the beam direction per predetermined unit transmission of the shared channel and bring the beam direction to point at said one mobile station to which said secondary common pilot channel is allocated by the first pilot channel setting unit.