TWO-STAGE ALGORITHM FOR UPLINK CoMP
AssigneesNEC Laboratories America, Inc., NEC Corporation
InventorsNarayan Prasad, Sampath Rangarajan, Caroline Liang
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for associating users to transmission points over an uplink (UL) of a heterogeneous network (HetNet) is presented. The computer-implemented method includes communicating, via the processor, with a cluster of transmission points, associating each user to one transmission point within the cluster of transmission points by a two-stage procedure, and performing sub-frame scheduling independently by each transmission point within the cluster of transmission points over a set of users associated with.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method executed on a processor for associating users to transmission points over an uplink (UL) of a heterogeneous network (HetNet), the method comprising:
- communicating, via the processor, with a cluster of transmission points;
- associating each user to one transmission point within the cluster of transmission points by a two-stage procedure;
- and
- performing, via the processor, sub-frame scheduling independently by each transmission point within the cluster of transmission points over a set of users associated with it by the two-stage procedure.
A system for associating users to transmission points over an uplink (UL) of a heterogeneous network (HetNet), the system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- communicate, via the processor, with a cluster of transmission points;
- associate each user to one transmission point within the cluster of transmission points by a two-stage procedure;
- and
- perform, via the processor, sub-frame scheduling independently by each transmission point within the cluster of transmission points over a set of users associated with it by the two-stage procedure.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a computer-readable program for associating users to transmission points over an uplink (UL) of a heterogeneous network (HetNet), wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:
- communicating, via the processor, with a cluster of transmission points;
- associating each user to one transmission point within the cluster of transmission points by a two-stage procedure;
- and
- performing, via the processor, sub-frame scheduling independently by each transmission point within the cluster of transmission points over a set of users associated with it by the two-stage procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.