SIGNALING SUPPORT FOR ANTENNA SELECTION USING SUBSET LISTS AND SUBSET MASKS

摘要

A wireless communication apparatus (106) is described, comprising:;a processor (200); and;a memory (114) with instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions are accessible and processable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:;obtain an antenna subset list (116) that identifies one or more configurations of virtual antennas (110) associated with a scheduling unit (104) that is associated with at least one base station (102),;wherein at least one identified configuration of virtual antennas includes a plurality of virtual antennas and;wherein the antenna subset list indicates whether one virtual antenna or multiple virtual antennas of the at least one identified configuration can be selected for transmission;;wherein the processor further employs an antenna subset mask to prevent one or more of the virtual antenna(s) in the antenna subset list from being selected for transmissions; and;send an antenna selection signal (118) that contains information requesting the scheduling unit to use the selected virtual antenna(s) for transmissions.