Abstract: A Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication system is provided. A receiving end includes a selector for selecting at least one stream for a MultiUser (MU) mode; a first generator for generating per stream channel quality information for the at least one selected stream as at least one candidate for channel information for the MU mode; and a determiner for determining one per stream channel quality information of the candidates as channel information for the MU mode.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for pilot transmission in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes generating a precode and a postcode for coordinated beamforming using channel information of one or more streams for transmitting signals to one or more receive ends, selecting one or more streams to be allocated pilots, updating the precode according to a reference point for representing an effective channel of non-selected streams orthogonal to an effective channel of the selected streams, and precoding signals transmitted through the streams.

Abstract: In the present invention, an apparatus and a method for generating feedback information for a Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection scheme in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. An apparatus of the invention includes a generator for generating constellation difference points by converting a constellation domain representing values of symbols into a constellation difference domain representing values of distance between symbols, a calculator for calculating per stream Symbol Error Rates (SERs) using the constellation difference points, and a determiner for determining per stream Effective Signal to Noise Ratios (ESNRs) using the per stream SER.

Abstract: A method and system for retransmitting data in a communication system are provided. In the retransmission method, a BS determines an automatic retransmission number for a multicast data frame according to the number of MSs of a multicast group, transmits the determined automatic retransmission number to the MSs of the multicast group, and repeatedly transmits the multicast data frame to the MSs until the number of transmissions of the multicast data frame is equal to the automatic retransmission number, irrespective of reception of information indicating whether the multicast data frame has been received from the MSs. Accordingly, resource consumption can be reduced and overhead can be decreased.

Abstract: A transmission method based on random beamforming. A base station receives, from mobile stations, feedback information including channel-by-channel transmission rates for a weight vector arbitrarily set by the base station. The base station compares transmission rates of identical channels received from the mobile stations. The base station allocates an associated channel to a mobile station with a large transmission rate and transmits a signal through the allocated channel. The transmission method based on random beamforming can improve fairness and efficiency of a resource allocation by simultaneously allocating different channels to multiple terminals and can increase a total system capacity through the improved fairness and efficiency.