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MIMO in LTE

MIMO in LTE

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 LTE Foundation for 5G
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MIMO in LTE

Exercise 4
1 Diversity, Beamforming, and Spatial Multiplexing are three different multi antenna
possibilities.

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

2 How much can the data rate be increased with 2x2 MIMO compared to a solution
without MIMO?

a) 100 %

b) 50 %

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MIMO in LTE

Exercise 4
3 How does the UE give feedback to the eNodeB regarding MIMO operation?

a) With PMI and RI together with the CQI on the PUCCH or PUSCH

b) With CRS and DM_RS

4 What is the task of the precoder?

a) To apply different complex weights to the antenna ports/branches.

b) To do beamforming

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MIMO in LTE

Exercise 4
5 What is a Channel Rank?

a) It is the number of Layers that a Radio Channel supports

b) It is a radiated energy consisting of one or two polarizations

c) It is a data stream Tx/Rx using the same Time & Frequency Resource

6 What is a Beam?

a) It is the number of Layers that a Radio Channel supports

b) It is a radiated energy consisting of one or two polarizations

c) It is a data stream Tx/Rx using the same Time & Frequency Resource

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