Method for estimating signal quality of transmission to a user equipment from a transmission point
US10171218B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/0048
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method performed by a network node (110) for enabling transmissions to a user equipment, UE (121), from transmission points, TPs, in a coordination cell area (101-105, 07) in a radio communications network (100) is provided. The network node (110) configures two or more TPs in the coordination cell area (101-105, 107) not currently serving the UE (121) to transmit signals on interference measurement, IM, resources of two or more Channel State Information, CSI, processes of the UE (121) according to three or more different interference states. The network node (110) then receives, from the UE (121), CSI reports based on the transmitted signals on the IM resources of the two or more CSI processes of the UE (121). After receiving the CSI reports, the network node (110) estimates one signal quality value for each of the three or more different interference states of the transmitted signals and at least one further signal quality value corresponding to at least one interference state that is not part of the three or more different interference states of the transmitted signals based on the received CSI reports of the two or more CSI processes. A network node (110) for enabling transmi…
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