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Patent US8699547 - Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) with relay nodes - Google Patents
A method for providing multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) feedback information and configuration information. The method includes transporting the MIMO feedback information, configuration information, or both over an uplink relay link using higher layer signaling. Also included is a method for providing...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8699547?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8699547 - Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) with relay nodes
Publication number US8699547 B2
Application number US 13/216,819
Also published as CA2747626A1, CA2747626C, EP2377258A2, US8265128, US20100158142, US20110305191, WO2010080195A2, WO2010080195A3
Publication number 13216819, 216819, US 8699547 B2, US 8699547B2, US-B2-8699547, US8699547 B2, US8699547B2
Patent Citations (219), Non-Patent Citations (180), Classifications (15), Legal Events (4)
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U.S. Classification 375/211, 455/11.1, 370/293, 370/252, 455/69
Cooperative Classification H04L1/0026, H04B7/026, H04L1/0027, H04B7/0639, H04B7/0632, H04L5/0007, H04L2025/03808, H04B7/0658, H04L1/0028