The present disclosure relates to an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a plurality of receiver paths that are ranked based on a preset manner to obtain a ranking order of each of the plurality of receiver paths; a plurality of antennas; and a switch disposed between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of receiver paths, wherein the switch is configured to change a connection relationship between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of receiver paths based on a signal strength of the plurality of antennas and the ranking order of the plurality of the receiver paths.

A vehicle capable of providing diversity of DSRC communication using a DSRC antenna for the DSRC communication and a WiFi antenna for WiFi communication is disclosed. The vehicle includes a first antenna configured to receive a first signal; a second antenna configured to receive a second signal; and a controller configured to synthesize the first signal and the second signal and process a signal in which the first signal and the second signal are synthesized according to a first communication method, in a first mode, and to alternately perform processing of a synthesized signal, in which the first signal and the second signal are synthesized, according to the first communication method and processing of the second signal according to a second communication method, in a second mode.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program for spatial pre-processing of signals in a wireless communication system. The method is implemented at a receiving device side and comprises: receiving signals from a transmitting device via a plurality of antennas; and determining, for a resource unit, a spatial pre-processing scheme to be applied to the signals before baseband processing, based on information related to one or more of the received signals, the transmitting device and the receiving device. The method may provide enhancement of signal strength, reduction in complexity of baseband processing, and/or reduction in amount of data to be transmitted over various interface within the receiving device.

The present disclosure relates to methods and arrangements for introducing a beam sweep measurement window comprising one or more measurement instants. When performed in a wireless device, the method comprises receiving (S61) one or more beams, each comprising at least one control signal comprising beam sweep properties and obtaining (S62) the beam sweep properties from the control signal. The method further comprises determining (S63), based on the obtained beam sweep properties, a beam sweep measurement window comprising one or more measurement instants.

A method for communication processing includes determining a confidence level of an antenna system of a mobile device based on a measured result of the mobile device, determining a communication mode based on the confidence level, and using the communication mode for communication. The communication mode includes an antenna switching mechanism or a diversity mechanism.

A controlling entity communicates with a plurality of network devices having a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays. The controlling entity receives information, such as location information, propagation environment characteristics, physical environment characteristics and/or link parameters and quality from the network devices and/or communication devices that are communicatively coupled to the plurality of network devices. The controlling entity coordinates communication of data streams for the distributed transceivers and the antenna arrays based on the received information. The network device comprises an access point, a router, a switching device, a gateway and/or a set top box. The controlling entity is located within or external to one of the network devices. One or more functions performed by the controlling entity are split between the controlling entity and one or more of the network devices.

All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by hopping between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.

In communication device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays, a first distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams and a second distributed transceiver is configured to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams. One or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver are adjusted to maximize beamforming gain for the one or more first data streams and/or second data streams. A phase of the one or more first data streams and/or the one or more second data streams may be adjusted by the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the first distributed transceiver and/or the one or more components within a transmit processing chain of the second distributed transceiver.

A vehicle communications system includes a pair of antennas, a radio, and a controller. The controller is configured to enable and disable antenna diversity between communication over a safety channel and communication over a service channel.

Disclosed is a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4th) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A device of a terminal, according to various embodiments of the disclosure, can comprise at least one processor and at least one transceiver, which: receives, from a base station, indication information which is determined according to whether channel reciprocity with the base station is satisfied and which is for controlling a beamforming operation of the terminal; and receives, from the base station, a reference signal and transmits uplink data to the base station on the basis of the indication information and the reference signal.