MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL ACROSS AT LEAST TWO DOWNLINK PATHS OF A MULTIPLE ANTENNA MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.

摘要

The invention refers to a mobile radio communication system (1) for downlink transmission and to a method for transmitting a signal (s) across at least two downlink paths (5, 6) of a multiple antenna (3, 4) mobile radio communication system (1). The system (1) comprises: - a base station (2) comprising a plurality of antennas (3, 4); - at least one mobile user equipment (8); - at least two downlink paths (5, 6) across at least two of the antennas (3, 4) for transmitting a signal (s) from the base station (2) to the at least one user equipment (8), each downlink path (5, 6) comprising a complex channel coefficient (h , h ); and - a feedback path (9) for returning information on at least one complex weight (w) from the user equipment (8) to the base station (2), the at least one complex weight (w) being used for multiplying the signal (s) which is transmitted across at least two of the downlink paths (6). In order to enhance the tolerance of the system (1) against transmission errors (11) on the feedback path (9) it is suggested that the antennas (3, 4) of the base station (2) are disposed in such a distance (a) to one another that the channels of the antennas (3, 4) are correlated. It is further suggested that error detection mechanisms for detecting transmission errors (11) are incorporated in the feedback path (9). Further, it is suggested that error correction mechanisms for correcting transmission errors (11) are incorporated in the feedback path (9). Finally, it is suggested that filter mechanisms (19, 20) are incorporated in the user equipment (8) and in the base station (2).