LIST ELIMINATION FOR DISTRIBUTED DOWNLINK COORDINATED MULTI-POINT (CoMP) FRAMEWORK

An apparatus for wireless communication in a wireless network, comprising:

• memory for storing a set of modules for conducting dynamic CoMP wireless communication among a set of neighboring base stations;
• and
• at least one processor for executing the set of modules, the set comprising:
• an analysis module that estimates respective utilities for time t of a set of local scheduling strategies generated for a base station;
• a parsing module that selects a scheduling strategy for use by the base station at time t;
• a cooperation module that shares utility or strategy information with a neighboring base station and aggregates utility or strategy information received from the set of neighboring base stations;
• a pruning module that truncates aggregated utility or strategy information based at least in part on relevance to the strategy selected at time t.

An apparatus for CoMP wireless communication, comprising:

• means for employing a processor to execute code that selects a scheduling strategy for a base station according to estimated utility of the scheduling strategy and respective utility estimates of scheduling strategies of additional base stations involving the base station;
• means for employing the processor to execute code that filters the scheduling strategies of additional base stations involving the base station to remove duplicate or incompatible scheduling strategies;
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• means for employing the processor to execute code that shares a filtered matrix comprising scheduling strategies of the base station and of the additional base stations with a subset of the additional base stations.

At least one processor configured for CoMP wireless communication, comprising:

• a module for selecting a scheduling strategy for a base station according to estimated utility of the scheduling strategy and respective utility estimates of scheduling strategies of additional base stations involving the base station;
• a module for filtering the scheduling strategies of additional base stations involving the base station to remove duplicate or incompatible scheduling strategies;
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• a module for sharing a filtered matrix comprising scheduling strategies of the base station and of the additional base stations with a subset of the additional base stations.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium, comprising:
• code for causing a computer to select a scheduling strategy for a base station according to estimated utility of the scheduling strategy and respective utility estimates of scheduling strategies of additional base stations involving the base station;
• code for causing the computer to filter the scheduling strategies of additional base stations involving the base station to remove duplicate or incompatible scheduling strategies;
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• code for causing the computer to share a filtered matrix comprising scheduling strategies of the base station and of the additional base stations with a subset of the additional base stations.