METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING ANTENNA CONFIGURATION INFORMATION VIA MASKING Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC H03M13/29 H04B7/06 

FIELD: physics, communications.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to interaction between a network entity, such as a base station, and a recipient, such as mobile terminal, and can be used to convey antenna configuration information. The method of providing antenna configuration information via masking involves: selecting a bit mask associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme, the bit mask being selected from a set of bit masks including a first bit mask associated with a single-antenna configuration, a second bit mask associated with a two-antenna configuration, and a third bit mask associated with a four-antenna configuration, wherein selecting the bit mask involves selecting the bit mask from the set of bit masks, the first bit mask having a maximum Hamming distance from the second bit mask; and applying the bit mask associated with the antenna configuration and the transmission diversity scheme to a set of predetermined bits within a plurality of bits.

EFFECT: reducing data loss due to high reliability of determining antenna configuration.

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