Patent ID: 8121079

Claim:
A method of allocating transmission capacities for signal transmission from a base station of a cellular radio network to a plurality of mobile terminals, the method which comprises: simultaneously emitting, from the base station, a plurality of directed beams to a plurality of mobile stations; initially defining a first candidate set of beams, with major parameters changing and only slowly in relation to a feedback time of the terminals; signaling information to the terminals from the base station over the beams of the candidate set; emitting pilot signals from the base station over the beams of the candidate set at short intervals relative to a modification time of the beams; determining an SINR value for each of the radio beams of the candidate set with the terminals, in each case with the aid of a received pilot signal; transmitting, from the terminals to the base station and for each received beam, an acknowledgement value determined on the basis of the relevant SINR value in each case; and allocating, on the basis of the acknowledgement values, to the different terminals suitable combinations of beams for a subsequent signal transmission from the base station.