Patent ID: 10333592

Abstract:
Embodiments are provided for interference avoidance based on signal alignment for multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) with orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) or OFDM access (OFDMA). The embodiments include a signal alignment scheme using both spatial and frequency dimensions. The scheme includes an existing link between an existing transmitter and an existing receiver, and a new link between a new transmitter and a new receiver. The new transmitter determines combinations of space dimensions and frequency dimensions unused in transmission on an existing link, and assigns signals for transmission on the new link at one or more of the unused combinations of space dimensions and frequency dimensions. The existing receiver is further configured to reallocate its power to release, using a greedy search algorithm, a small eigenvalue algorithm, or a best throughput algorithm, a null space of some space dimensions to the new transmitter.