Uplink coordinated multipoint communications in a wireless network

A wireless communications device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable code which, when executed by the processor, configures the wireless communications device to:
• identify, at a serving encode, one or more non-serving eNodeBs that together with the serving encode form a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) set;
• transmit uplink configuration information from the serving encode to the one or more non-serving eNodeBs to facilitate coordinated uplink operation of the CoMP set;
• and
• receive, at the serving encode, uplink communications originated from one or more user equipment, the received uplink communications having been transmitted in accordance with the uplink configuration information.

A wireless communications device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising processor executable code which, when executed by the processor, configures the wireless communications device to:
• receive uplink configuration information from a serving encode at a non-serving encode, wherein the non-serving encode is a member of a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) set of eNodeBs that includes the serving encode, and wherein the received uplink configuration information relates to coordinated uplink operation of the CoMP set;
• and
• allocate resources for uplink transmissions of a first user equipment associated with the non-serving encode in accordance with the received uplink configuration.

A wireless communications device, comprising:

• means for identifying, by a serving encode, one or more non-serving eNodeBs that together with the serving encode form a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) set;
• means for transmitting uplink configuration information from the serving encode to the one or more non-serving eNodeBs to facilitate coordinated uplink operation of the CoMP set;
• and
• means for receiving, at the serving encode, uplink communications originated from one or more user equipment, the received uplink communications having been transmitted in accordance with the uplink configuration information.

A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

• program code for identifying, by a serving encode, one or more non-serving eNodeBs that together with the serving encode form a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) set;
• program code for transmitting uplink configuration information from the serving encode to the one or more non-serving eNodeBs to facilitate coordinated uplink operation of the CoMP set;
• and
• program code for receiving, at the serving encode, uplink communications originated from one or more user equipment, the received uplink communications having been transmitted in accordance with the uplink configuration information.