Patent ID: 7965785

Claim:
A method for MIMO uplink communications by a wireless station having more than two antennae, comprising: negotiating with a base station for uplink MIMO/cooperative MIMO capabilities between the wireless station and the base station, using a message exchange protocol, wherein a message exchanged comprises a field for specifying uplink MIMO/cooperative MIMO capabilities; sending a request for data transmission to the base station; receiving from the base station an allocated resource and an uplink MIMO/cooperative MIMO method for uplink transmission; and mapping data symbols to the allocated resource with proper pilot pattern, wherein mapping data symbols maps output coded data from more than one MIMO coding matrix to a tile, wherein mapping data symbols maps output coded data from more than one MIMO coding matrix to a tile, wherein the subcarriers of symbols in the tile are divided into two non-overlapping groups, and wherein the MIMO coding matrices are each associated with a different one of the two non-overlapping groups.