Patent ID: 8068872

Claim:
A mobile phone, comprising: a processor; and a memory with instructions stored therein which are accessible and processable by said processor, the processor comprising: means for receiving an antenna subset list from a scheduling unit, where the antenna subset list identifies one or more virtual antenna configurations associated with one or more base stations; means for using the antenna subset list to aid in selecting at least two virtual antennas in the one or more virtual antenna configurations which should be used for transmissions; and means for sending an antenna selection signal which contains information requesting the scheduling unit to use said at least two selected virtual antennas which represent a mapping of signals to physical antenna elements for transmissions, wherein said antenna subset list is: a concurrent antenna subset list that indicates one or more virtual antennas from a diversity virtual antenna configuration of one or more base stations that can be selected for transmission; and a mutually exclusive antenna subset list that indicates at most one virtual antenna from a fixed-beam virtual antenna configuration of the one or more base stations that can be selected for transmission.