Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) user equipment (UE) grouping with geographic correlation factors

A method of operating a wireless communication network to use Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO), the method comprising:

• network circuitry storing geographic data that indicates geographic containers;
• transceiver circuitry wirelessly receiving network signaling from User Equipment (UEs) that are located in the geographic containers;
• the network circuitry processing the network signaling and responsively determining UE MU-MIMO correlation factors between the UEs;
• the network circuitry processing the network signaling and responsively associating the UE MU-MIMO correlation factors with the geographic containers;
• the network circuitry processing the UE MU-MIMO correlation factors associated with the geographic containers and responsively determining container MU-MIMO correlation factors between the geographic containers;
• the network circuitry selecting other UEs for MU-MIMO based on their container MU-MIMO correlation factors;
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• the transceiver circuitry wirelessly transferring MU-MIMO signals to the other UEs that were selected based on their container MU-MIMO correlation factors, wherein the transceiver circuitry wirelessly transferring the MU-MIMO signals to the other UEs comprises using same time and frequency resource blocks for groups of the other UEs.