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User equipment

US9491647B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 2012
Grant dateNov 8, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/0626
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Channel State Information (CSI) feedback method and a User Equipment (UE) are provided for better support of Joint Transmission (JT) and Beamforming/Coordinated Scheduling (CB/CS). For JT, phase information for an adjacent Base Station (BS) is fed back. For CB/CS, enhanced CSI for an adjacent BS is fed back. The UE according to the present invention includes: a coordinated BS set determining unit configured for determining a set of coordinated BSs participating in multi-BS coordination, the set of coordinated BSs containing a serving BS and at least one non-serving BS; and a CSI feedback unit configured for feeding back CSI for JT or CB/CS for each non-serving BS in the set of coordinated BSs. The present invention has the advantages of simple implementation and low overhead and is applicable in LTE-A and 4G systems.

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