Patent ID: 8553668
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting a signal, the method performed by a transmitter using a plurality of antennas and comprising: code division multiplexing input symbols using codes according to a predetermined spreading matrix; and transmitting the code division multiplexed input symbols via the plurality of antennas according to an Alamouti scheme, wherein the predetermined spreading matrix is a matrix obtained by multiplying one of four columns of a 4*4 Hadamard matrix by an imaginary unit to set a product of a first column and a second column of the Hadamard matrix to a real number and a product of a third column and a fourth column of the Hadamard matrix to an imaginary number, or to set a product of a first column and a second column of the Hadamard matrix to an imaginary number and a product of a third column and a fourth column of the Hadamard matrix to a real number.