Mechanism and procedure of base station selection based on uplink pilot and distributed user-proximity detection
US10848214B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/0051
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for base station selection based on uplink pilot and distributed user-proximity detection. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing uplink pilot configuration for a plurality of user terminals over a set of common resource elements, including generating a plurality of pilot patterns for the plurality of user terminals, where each of the plurality of pilot patterns comprises at least one zero-power resource element and at least one non-zero-power resource element and at least one zero-power resource element allocated to each different one of the plurality of user terminals has a different position in the pilot pattern.
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