Improved selection criterion for quantized precoded spatial multiplexing MIMO

摘要

The present invention relates to the fields of precoded spatial multiplexing MIMO communication systems, especially to the subject of selecting precoding matrices. The present invention especially relates to a communication device, a communication method and a software program product. The MIMO communication device according to the present invention comprises a memory for storing a plurality of MIMO precoding matrices realizing the transmission side encoding of an Eigenbeamforming system; a controller for calculating, for each of at least some of the stored precoding matrices, an indicator value of the SNR of at least one decoupled transmission channel based on at least part of the corresponding precoding matrix, and for selecting one of said stored precoding matrices based on said calculated at least one indicator value of the SNR; and a MIMO detector for detecting symbols based on said selected precoding matrix. Because selection of the precoding matrices is based on SNR indicator values, the SNR can be optimized which is resulting in a higher data rate. Moreover, no computationally complex calculation of a SVD is required for the precoding matrix selection according to the present invention.