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Communication apparatus, base station and coordinated multipoint communication method

US8483292B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2011
Grant dateJul 9, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/542
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The communication apparatus includes: a channel estimating unit for acquiring a channel estimation value of a channel between the communication apparatus and a cell base station of a cell in which the communication apparatus is located; a transmitter transmitting the channel estimation value or information based on the channel estimation value to the cell base station; a receiver receiving coordinated multipoint (CoMP) message from the cell base station, the CoMP message indicates the CoMP transmission mode, the codebook or precoding matrix used by the cell base station, and the codebook or precoding matrix used by a coordinated base station that coordinates with the cell base station; a channel matrix forming unit for acquiring a channel matrix according to the CoMP message; and a decoder decoding received signals according to the channel matrix and the CoMP message.

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