Abstract:
A transmission method executed in a multiple input multiple output wireless communication system may include the following steps: receiving a transmitting bit sequence; providing an X level pulse amplitude modulation (X-PAM) signal set, wherein distances between any two adjacent signal points in the X-PAM are the same; generating M signal sets according to the X-PAM signal set, wherein the i th  signal set is formed by multiplying the X-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/X) (i−1) , wherein i is an integer from 1 to M, and generating a X-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table according a superposition result of the M signal sets; generating M transmitting bit sub-sequences according to the transmitting bit sequence; generating M transmitting signals according to the M transmitting bit sub-sequences and the X-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table; transmitting the M transmitting signals to a wireless transmission channel via M transmitting antennae.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 97151898, filed on Dec. 31, 2008. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of specification. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a transmission method and a MIMO wireless communication system using the same. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     A MIMO wireless communication system is a wireless communication system with multiple antennae, and the multiple antennae at a transmitting terminal of the wireless communication system can independently transmit signals, and meanwhile a receiving terminal thereof can receive and obtain original information transmitted by the transmitting terminal through the multiple antennae. Since in the MIMO wireless communication system, dada throughput and a transmitting distance of the system can be greatly increased without increasing a bandwidth or a total transmitting power loss, the MIMO wireless communication technique is popular in recent years. 
     A core concept of the MIMO wireless communication system is to effectively improve a spectrum efficiency of the wireless communication system based on spatial freedoms provided by a plurality of transmitting antennae and a plurality of receiving antennae, so as to improve a transmitting rate and a communication quality. Referring to  FIG. 1A  and  FIG. 1B ,  FIG. 1A  is a system block diagram illustrating a conventional MIMO wireless communication system, and  FIG. 1B  is a constellation diagram of signals within the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 1A . The conventional MIMO wireless communication system  10  includes a transmitting terminal TX_ 10  and a receiving terminal RX_ 10 , wherein the transmitting terminal TX_ 10  includes a signal processing unit  101  and transmitting antennae A 1 -A 3 , and the receiving terminal RX_ 10  includes receiving antennae B 1 -B 3 , a signal processing unit  102 , and decision units DEC_ 1 -DEC_ 3 . 
     The transmitting terminal TX_ 10  receives a bit sequence CData and divides the bit sequence CData into three bit sub-sequences D 1 , D 2  and D 3 . The signal processing unit  101  receives the bit sub-sequences D 1 -D 3  and respectively processes the bit sub-sequences D 1 -D 3 , and then transmits the processed results to a wireless transmission channel through the transmitting antennae A 1 -A 3 . The receiving antennae B 1 -B 3  of the receiving terminal RX_ 10  receive the signals from the wireless transmission channel, and then the signal processing unit  102  processes the signals received by the receiving antennae B 1 -B 3 . Thereafter, the decision units DEC_ 1 -DEC_ 3  respectively decide contents of bit sub-sequences D 1 ′-D 3 ′ according to the processed signals C 1 -C 3 . Finally, the receiving terminal RX_ 10  can assemble the bit sub-sequences D 1 ′-D 3 ′ into a bit sequence CData′. 
     Generally, if a channel impulse response of the wireless transmission channel can be correctly pre-estimated, and in case that the channels are mutually independent, and if a noise influence thereof is not great, the bit sequence CData′ is equivalent to the bit sequence CData, theoretically. In this example, the signal processing unit  101  can modulate the bit sub-sequences D 1 -D 3 , and a modulation method thereof is quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK). The constellation diagram of the signals transmitted by the transmitting antennae A 1 -A 3  is as that shown in  FIG. 1B . The signals received by the receiving antennae B 1 -B 3  are combinations of the signals transmitted by the antennae A 1 -A 3 , and in the wireless transmission channel, the noises are inevitably superposed to the transmitted signals, so that dots on the constellation diagram ( FIG. 1B ) of the signals received by the receiving antennae B 1 -B 3  may have a scattered distribution. Therefore, the signal processing unit  102  has to be applied to process the signals received by the receiving antennae B 1 -B 3 , so as to generate the signals C 1 -C 3 . In case of an ideal circumstance, a dot distribution of the constellation diagram ( FIG. 1B ) of the signals C 1 -C 3  is the same as that of the signals transmitted by the transmitting antennae A 1 -A 3 . 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a transmission method adapted to a MIMO wireless communication system. A transmitting terminal of the MIMO wireless communication system has M transmitting antennae, and a receiving terminal of the MIMO wireless communication system has N receiving antennae, wherein M and N are any integers greater than 0. The transmission method includes at least following steps. A transmitting bit sequence is received. An X level pulse amplitude modulation (X-PAM) signal set is provided, wherein distances between any two adjacent signal points in the X-PAM signal set are the same. A first to an M th  signal sets are generated according to the X-PAM signal set, wherein the i th  signal set is formed by multiplying the X-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/X) (i-1) , wherein i is an integer between 1 to M. A X-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table is generated according a superposition result of the first to the M th  signal sets. A first to an M th  transmitting bit sub-sequences are generated according to the transmitting bit sequence. A first to an M th  transmitting signals are generated according to the first to the M th  transmitting bit sub-sequences and the X-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table. And, the first to the M th  transmitting signals are transmitted to a wireless transmission channel via the first to the M th  transmitting antennae. 
     Moreover, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a MIMO wireless communication system, which can execute the aforementioned transmission method. 
     The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides another transmission method adapted to a MIMO wireless communication system. A transmitting terminal of the MIMO wireless communication system has M transmitting antennae, and a receiving terminal of the MIMO wireless communication system has N receiving antennae, wherein M and N are any integers greater than 0. The transmission method includes following steps. A total bit number of amplitude resolutions of M digital-to-analog converters (DAC) of the transmitting terminal of the MIMO wireless communication system is calculated. A total bit number of amplitude resolutions of N analog-to-digital converters (ADC) of the receiving terminal of the MIMO wireless communication system is calculated. And, an ultimate transmitting rate of the MIMO wireless communication system is determined according to the total bit number of the amplitude resolutions of the M DACs and the total bit number of the amplitude resolutions of the N ADCs. 
     Moreover, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a MIMO wireless communication system, which can execute the aforementioned transmission method. 
     According to the above description, the transmission method and the MIMO wireless communication system provided by the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can provide a variable bit transmitting rate without changing a signal constellation diagram thereof, and a communication transmission structure can be flexibly selected. Moreover, in the transmission method and the MIMO wireless communication system provided by the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an arrangement of each of the antennae is not limited to be a specific geometric shape or to have a specific relative position, and each of the antennae has an independent ADC and a DAC, wherein the ADC and the DAC are not limited to have the same amplitude resolutions. 
     In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. 
    
    
     
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       The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate several exemplary embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. 
         FIG. 1A  is a block diagram illustrating a conventional MIMO wireless communication system. 
         FIG. 1B  is a constellation diagram of signals within the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 1A . 
         FIG. 2A  is a block diagram illustrating a MIMO wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2B  is a constellation diagram of signals within the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A . 
         FIG. 2C  is a diagram of a 2-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3A  is a constellation diagram of a signal set formed by superposing three transmitting signals of a MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A . 
         FIG. 3B  is a constellation diagram of a signal set formed by superposing three transmitting signals of a MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A  when a bit transmitting rate thereof is reduced by one bit/unit time. 
         FIG. 3C  is a constellation diagram of a signal set formed by superposing three transmitting signals of a MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A  when a bit transmitting rate thereof is reduced by two bits/unit time. 
         FIG. 4A  is a system block diagram illustrating another MIMO wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4B  is a constellation diagram of signals within a MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 4A . 
         FIG. 5  is a system block diagram illustrating another MIMO wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     A plurality of exemplary embodiments is provided below to describe MIMO wireless communication systems and transmission methods provided by the present invention. For simplicity&#39;s sake, only structures of the MIMO wireless communication systems are described, though descriptions of the structures of the MIMO wireless communication system are all integrated with the transmission methods thereof. Thus, the transmission methods can be disclosed and taught by the following descriptions, 
     First, referring to  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B ,  FIG. 2A  is a block diagram illustrating a MIMO wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 2B  is a constellation diagram of signals within the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A . The MIMO wireless communication system  20  includes a transmitting terminal TX_ 20  and a receiving terminal RX_ 20 , wherein the transmitting terminal TX_ 20  includes a signal processing unit  204  and transmitting antennae A 4 -A 6 , and the receiving terminals RX_ 20  includes receiving antennae B 4 -B 6 , a signal processing unit  205 , and analog-to-digital converters (ADC)  206 - 208 . 
     The transmitting terminal TX_ 20  receives an original bit sequence  200 , and divides the original bit sequence  200  into three original bit sub-sequences  201 - 203 . The signal processing unit  204  includes more than one DACs and an X-PAM signal set joint coding table. The signal processing unit  204  receives the original bit sub-sequences  201 - 203 , and respectively converts and encodes the original bit sub-sequences  201 - 203  to generate three transmitting signals. Then, the transmitting signals are transmitted to a wireless transmission channel through the transmitting antennae A 4 -A 6 . The receiving antennae B 4 -B 6  of the receiving terminal RX_ 20  receive the receiving signals from the wireless transmission channel. Then, the ADCs  206 - 208  respectively convert the three receiving signals received by the receiving antennae B 4 -B 6  into three digital signals. Thereafter, the signal processing unit  205  processes the digital signals to generate a receiving bit sequence  212 . 
     The signal processing unit  204  generates a plurality of signal sets according to the X-PAM signal set. In the present exemplary embodiment, a first to a third signal sets are generated. It should be noted that distances between any two adjacent signal points in the X-PAM signal set are the same. Generally, X is a power series of 2, i.e. X=2 y , and y is a positive integer. Moreover, the first signal set is equivalent to the X-PAM signal set, the second signal set is formed by multiplying the X-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/X), and the third signal set is formed by multiplying the X-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/X) 2 . According to such principle, an X-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table is generated. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2C ,  FIG. 2C  is a diagram of a 2-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to  FIGS. 2A-2C ,  FIG. 2B  is a signal constellation diagram when the 2-PAM signal set is applied. The transmitting terminal applies the 2-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table TABLE_ 1  to code the original bit sequence  200 . Now, a bit transmitting rate of the system is 3 bits/unit time. 
     The signal processing unit  204  generates the transmitting signals corresponding to the transmitting antennae A 4 -A 6  according to the 2-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table TABLE_ 1 . For example, if the three original bit sub-sequence  201 - 203  is 000, the transmitting signal corresponding to the transmitting antenna A 4  is −A, the transmitting signal corresponding to the transmitting antenna A 5  is −A/2, and the transmitting signal corresponding to the transmitting antenna A 6  is −A/4. Wherein, A represents a regularization parameter, and the regularization parameter A averages a total transmitting power of the transmitting terminal to a fixed value. 
     The ADC  206  of the receiving terminal RX_ 20  converts an analog voltage value into a digital value, and according to a well known communication principle, such analog voltage value is a superposition of the above three transmitting signals. The ADCs  206 - 208  independently perform the conversions, and independently transmit the converted digital values to the signal processing unit  205 . The signal processing unit  205  performs channel equalizations on the values of the three digital signals according to channel information (including a channel frequency response or a channel impulse response) of the wireless transmission channel, and decodes the values of the three digital signals according to the same 2-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table TABLE_ 1 . Since the values of the three digital signals represent three independent observation versions of the transmitting signals, the receiving bit sequence  212  can be obtained through a soft decision, wherein the receiving bit sequence is an estimation value of the transmitting bit sequence  200 . 
     In the exemplary embodiment of  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B , amplitude resolutions of the ADCs  206 - 208  of the receiving terminal RX_ 20  are all assumed to be 1 bit, and the amplitude resolutions of the DACs in the signal processing unit  204  of the transmitting terminal TX_ 20  are also assumed to be 1 bit. Therefore, bit numbers transmitted and received by the transmitting terminal TX_ 20  and the receiving terminal RX_ 20  per unit time are the same. In other words, a bit receiving rate of the receiving terminal RX_ 20  is the same as a bit transmitting rate of the transmitting terminal TX_ 20 . Moreover, in the exemplary embodiment of  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B , the X-PAM signal set is assumed to be the 2-PAM signal set, though the present invention is not limited to the MIMO wireless communication system applying the 2-PAM signal set. 
     Moreover, it should be noted that though the MIMO wireless communication system  20  having three transmitting antennae and three receiving antennae is taken as an example, however, the present invention is not limited thereto, and any MIMO wireless communication system having M transmitting antennae and N receiving antennae can be implemented according to the aforementioned design. If the MIMO wireless communication system has M transmitting antennae, an i th  transmitting signal transmitted by the i th  transmitting antenna is one of the signals in an i th  signal set, and the i th  signal set is equivalent to a signal set formed by multiplying the X-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/X) (i-1) , wherein i is an integer between 1 to M, and M and N can be any integers greater than 0. 
     A number of transmitting antennae of a conventional MIMO wireless communication system has to be less than or equal to a number of receiving antennae thereof, though the MIMO wireless communication system provided by the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. In other words, N can be less than M. Moreover, regarding the MIMO wireless communication system having M transmitting antennae and one receiving antenna. In order to successfully obtain the original bit sequence, the amplitude resolution of the ADC of the receiving terminal is 2 M log   2   (X)  bits. Now, each level of the ADC of the receiving terminal maps to the original bit sequence of the transmitting terminal one-to-one. 
     An ultimate transmitting rate (maximum transmitting rate) of the aforementioned MIMO wireless communication system is determined according to a total amplitude resolution of the DACs of the transmitting terminal TX_ 20  and a total amplitude resolution of the ADCs of the receiving terminal RX_ 20 , namely, a minimum value thereof is taken as the ultimate transmitting rate of the MIMO wireless communication system. If an ideal channel capacity or an estimated channel capacity of the wireless transmission channel is known or estimated, the ultimate transmitting rate of the MIMO wireless communication system is then determined according to a minimum value among the total amplitude resolution of the DACs of the transmitting terminal TX_ 20 , the total amplitude resolution of the ADCs of the receiving terminal RX_ 20 , and the ideal or estimated channel capacity. In brief, the bit receiving rate of the receiving terminal and the bit transmitting rate of the transmitting terminal can be adjusted by the MIMO wireless communication system according to the determined ultimate transmitting rate, so as to equalize the bit receiving rate of the receiving terminal and the bit transmitting rate of the transmitting terminal. 
     Next, referring to  FIG. 3A ,  FIG. 3A  is a constellation diagram of a signal set formed by superposing three transmitting signals of the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A . When the MIMO wireless communication system  20  applies the 2-PAM signal set, the signal set formed by superposing the three transmitting signals is {−7A/4, −5A/4, . . . , 5A/4, 7A/4}. Here, the first, the third, the fifth, and the seventh points counted from the right side are defined as odd signal points, and the other points are defined as even signal points. When the MIMO wireless communication system  20  reduces the bit transmitting rate, for example, from 3 bits/unit time to 2 bits/unit time, the transmitting terminal performs a joint coding operation on the received original bit sequence, and generates three transmitting signals to the transmitting antennae A 4 -A 6 . Now, as long as the odd signal points or the even signal points on the constellation diagram of the three superposed signals of  FIG. 3A  are removed, and the first to the third transmitting signals are selected for the transmitting antennae A 4 -A 6  according to two original bit sub-sequences, the MIMO wireless communication system with variable bit transmitting rate can be implemented. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3B ,  FIG. 3B  is a constellation diagram of a signal set formed by superposing three transmitting signals of the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A  with a bit transmitting rate of 2 bits/unit time. As shown in  FIG. 3B , when the bit transmitting rate of the transmitting terminal TX_ 20  is reduced by one bit per unit time, the superposed signal set of  FIG. 3B  formed by removing the even signal points on the constellation diagram of  FIG. 3A  is applied. Now, the joint coding is performed on the original bit sequence to generate three transmitting signals, wherein a signal formed by superposing the three transmitting signals can be one of −7A/4, −3A/4, 1A/4 and 5A/4. Comparatively, the receiving terminal RX_ 20  can perform the decoding by applying a corresponding decoding table, so as to obtain an estimation of the original bit sequence. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3C ,  FIG. 3C  is a constellation diagram of a signal set formed by superposing three transmitting signals of the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 2A  with a bit transmitting rate of 1 bit/unit time. As shown in  FIG. 3C , when the bit transmitting rate of the transmitting terminal TX_ 20  is reduced by two bits per unit time, the superposed signal set formed by removing the even signal points on the constellation diagram of  FIG. 3B  is applied. Now, the joint coding is performed on the original bit sequence to generate three transmitting signals, wherein a signal formed by superposing the three transmitting signals can be one of −7A/4, and A/4. Comparatively, the receiving terminal RX_ 20  can perform the decoding by applying a corresponding decoding table, so as to obtain an estimation of the original bit sequence. 
     Though in the aforementioned exemplary embodiment, the MIMO wireless communication system with variable bit transmitting rate is implemented through the superposed signal set formed by removing the even signal points, the MIMO wireless communication system with variable bit transmitting rate can also be implemented through the superposed signal set formed by removing the odd signal points. In brief, removing of the odd signal points or the even signal points is not limited by the present invention. Therefore, regarding a MIMO wireless communication system designed according to the spirit of the present invention, if it has M transmitting antennae, and the X-PAM signal set is applied, the transmitting terminal thereof can transmit M*log 2 (X) to 1 bit per unit time. 
     Next, referring to  FIG. 4A ,  FIG. 4A  is a system block diagram illustrating another MIMO wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The MIMO wireless communication system  40  includes a transmitting terminal TX_ 40  and a receiving terminal RX_ 40 , wherein the transmitting terminal TX_ 40  includes a signal processing unit  404  and transmitting antennae A 7 -A 9 , and the receiving terminal includes receiving antennae B 7  and B 8 , a signal processing unit  405  and ADCs  406  and  407 . In the present exemplary embodiment, an original bit sequence  400  is divided into three original bit sub-sequences  401 - 403  by the transmitting terminal TX_ 40 , and the receiving terminal RX_ 40  can assemble receiving bit sub-sequences  408  and  409  into a receiving bit sequence  410 . In the signal processing  404  of the present exemplary embodiment, the amplitude resolution of the DAC corresponding to each of the original bit sub-sequences  401 - 403  is 2 bits, and a total amplitude resolution of the ADCs  406  and  407  of the receiving terminal RX_ 40  is 6 bits. Regarding the receiving terminal RX_ 40  and the transmitting terminal TX_ 60 , a minimum total amplitude resolution thereof is 6 bits. Therefore, the bit transmitting rate of the MIMO wireless communication system is 6 bits/unit time. 
     Next, referring to  FIG. 4B ,  FIG. 4B  is a constellation diagram of signals within the MIMO wireless communication system of  FIG. 4A . In the signal processing unit  404  of the present exemplary embodiment, the amplitude resolution of the DAC corresponding to each of the original bit sub-sequences  401 - 403  is 2 bits, and the amplitude resolution of each of the ADCs  406  and  407  of the receiving terminal RX_ 40  is 3 bits. Moreover, the transmitting terminal TX_ 40  applies a 4-PAM signal set. The first signals set is equivalent to the 4-PAM signal set {−3A, −A, A, 3A}, the second signal set is {−3A/4, −A/4, A/4, 3A/4}, which is formed by multiplying the 4-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/4), and the third signal set is {−3A/16, −A/16, A/16, 3A/16}, which is formed by multiplying the 4-PAM signal set with a parameter (1/4) 2 . 
     The signal processing unit  404  can generate a 4-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table according to the aforementioned principle. Then, the transmitting signals corresponding to the transmitting antennae A 7 -A 9  are generated according to the 4-PAM signal set joint coding/decoding table. 
     Moreover, a constellation diagram of the superposed signal set formed by superposing the three transmitting signals is illustrated in  FIG. 4B , and the superposed signal set formed by superposing the three transmitting signals is {−63A/16, −61A/16, . . . , 61A/16, 63A/16}. If the MIMO wireless communication system  40  reduces the bit transmitting rate by one bit per unit time, the aforementioned method can be referred to performing the joint coding on the transmitting bit sub-sequences  401 - 403 , and the signal set formed by superposing the three transmitting signals is equivalent to a signal set formed by removing the odd signal points or the even signal points from the original superposed signal set. 
     In addition, according to the aforementioned exemplary embodiments, the MIMO wireless communication system of the present exemplary embodiment can have M transmitting antennae and N receiving antennae, wherein M and N are any integers greater than 0, and N is unnecessary to be greater or equal to M. Besides, in the transmission method and the MIMO wireless communication system provided by the present exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an arrangement of each of the antennae is not limited to be a specific geometric shape or to have a specific relative position, and each of the antennae has an independent ADC and a DAC, wherein the ADC and the DAC are not limited to have the same resolutions. Therefore, according to the design concept of the MIMO wireless communication system of the present exemplary embodiment, the receiving terminal thereof can apply more intensive antennae to collect more energy of the transmitting signals. 
     Next, referring to  FIG. 5 ,  FIG. 5  is a system block diagram illustrating another MIMO wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the ultimate transmitting rate (the maximum transmitting rate) of the MIMO wireless communication system is determined according to a total amplitude resolution of DACs of a transmitting terminal TX_ 60 , a total amplitude resolution of ADCs of a receiving terminal RX_ 60 , and a channel capacity of the wireless transmission channel. In the present exemplary embodiment, the MIMO wireless communication system  60  has discrete rate controllers  600  and  601 . Though in the present exemplary embodiment, the ultimate transmitting rate is determined by the discrete rate controllers  600  and  601 , the present invention is not limited thereto. In other words, a centralized controller can also be applied to simultaneously control the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal, so as to determine the ultimate transmitting rate. The discrete rate controllers  600  and  601  can be communicated through a reliable wireless control channel, so as to determine the bit transmitting rates of the transmitting terminal TX_ 60  and the receiving terminal RX_ 60 . The discrete rate controller  600  can determine the X-PAM signal set to be used by the transmitting terminal TX_ 60  and the receiving terminal RX_ 60  according to the ultimate transmitting rate. In other words, the discrete rate controller  600  can determine a minimum value of X. Moreover, the discrete rate controllers  600  and  601  can respectively control a joint coding manner of the transmitting terminal TX_ 60  and a joint decoding method of the receiving terminal RX_ 60 . 
     After the ultimate transmitting rate is determined, the discrete rate controller  600  controls the signal processing unit  204  to select a minimum X-PAM that can achieve the ultimate transmitting rate, so as to improve a transmission accuracy of the communication system. Moreover, if the channel information of the wireless transmission channel is already obtained, a water filling method can be applied to estimate a transmitting power distribution of each of the transmitting antennae, so as to achieve a relatively great Euclidean geometry distance between code words of each of the transmitting signals. In other words, the transmitting signals to be transmitted by the transmitting antennae are determined according to the transmitting power distribution of the transmitting antennae and a total power of the transmitting signals. In addition, to increase a transmission reliability, an error correction coding can be performed on the original bit sequence at the transmitting terminal, and then a corresponding error correction decoding can be performed on the receiving bit sequence at the receiving terminal to obtain the original bit sequence. 
     In summary, the MIMO wireless communication systems and the methods thereof provided by the exemplary embodiments of the present invention can fully utilize various possible combinations to achieve a high-rate transmission, and the number of the transmitting antenna or the receiving antenna can be any integer greater than 0. Moreover, since the total bit numbers of the amplitude resolutions of the physically achievable transmitting terminal and receiving terminal are limited, the MIMO wireless communication system and the transmission method thereof determines the ultimate transmitting rate according to the total bit number of the amplitude resolutions of the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal. Moreover, the transmitting antennae and the receiving antennae of the MIMO communication system provided by the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be arbitrarily arranged. 
     It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the exemplary embodiments the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.