Method of transmit beamforming for multicasting in a...

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C455S561000, C455S575700, C455S067110

Reexamination Certificate

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of determining a plurality of beamforming weights for application to multicast transmission to a plurality of users by a corresponding plurality of antennas associated with a base station. One embodiment of the method includes determining a covariance matrix associated with the plurality of users. The covariance matrix is determined based on a channel matrix and a noise-plus-interference vector associated with each user. The method also includes determining the plurality of beamforming weights based on a gradient of the covariance matrix associated with a selected one of the plurality of users and storing the plurality of beamforming weights.

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