US Patent 11196474 Methods for multi-antenna transmission in vehicular communications

A wireless device configured for transmission using a transmission scheme other than a multi-antenna transmission scheme is provided. The wireless device includes at least one receiver configured to receive a transmission of a multi-antenna transmission scheme, and processing circuitry configured to perform at least one of a channel estimation function and measurement function using the received transmission of the multi-antenna transmission scheme, the multi-antenna transmission scheme remaining transparent to the wireless device.