Patent ID: 8325671
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a base station including multiple antenna elements for use with a plurality of wireless terminals, the method comprising: selecting first and second wireless terminals, from said plurality of wireless terminals, based on first and second channel estimate vectors corresponding to said first and second wireless terminals, respectively, each of said first and second channel estimate vectors including channel information corresponding to different ones of said multiple antenna elements; and transmitting assignment information to the selected first and second wireless terminal, the selected first and second wireless terminals being assigned first and second segments, respectively, said first and second segments including communications resources which at least substantially overlap, wherein said selecting of the first and second wireless terminals is performed as a function of both: i) an estimated spatial correlation between communications channels between the first wireless terminal and the base station and the second wireless terminal and the base station; and ii) an estimated difference between signal to noise ratios corresponding to signals from the first and second wireless terminals, respectively.