1) MIMO schemes in 3GPP LTE include SU-MIMO, MU-MIMO, and transmit diversity in the downlink and uplink.
2) In the downlink, SU-MIMO supports up to 4 layers of transmission using pre-coding, while MU-MIMO enables simultaneous transmission to multiple users.
3) Transmit diversity techniques for the downlink include Alamouti coding for 2 antennas and its extension to 4 antennas, as well as cyclic delay diversity.