Techniques for reporting and simultaneous transmission mechanism to improve reliability of signaling

A method comprising:

• performing, by an apparatus, signal quality measurements for a plurality of cells served by a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the performed signal quality measurements yield measurement results for the plurality of cells;
• transmitting, by the apparatus, at least one indication to the device, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of the measurement results and a combination of the measurement results;
• and
• receiving, by the apparatus, a plurality of signals in the plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of signals are received at a same time period and in cells at a same frequency with a same channel coding via shared data channels, and wherein the at least one indication is used by the device to formulate the plurality of signals.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including computer program instructions, the memory and the computer program instructions being configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• receive at least one indication from a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the at least one indication is for a plurality of cells served by the apparatus in the wireless communications network, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of measurement results for the plurality of cells and a combination of the measurement results;
• schedule, based on the received at least one indication, a plurality of signals to be transmitted to the device in the plurality of cells;
• and
• transmit the plurality of signals in the plurality of cells to the device, wherein the plurality of signals are transmitted at a same time period and in cells at a same frequency with a same channel coding via shared data channels, and wherein the at least one indication is used by the device to formulate the plurality of signals.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including computer program instructions, the memory and the computer program instructions being configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• receive at least one indication from a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the at least one indication is for a plurality of cells served by the apparatus in the wireless communications network, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of measurement results for the plurality of cells and a combination of the measurement results;
• schedule, based on the received at least one indication, a plurality of signals to be transmitted to the device in the plurality of cells;
• transmit the plurality of signals in the plurality of cells to the device, wherein the plurality of signals are transmitted at a same time period;
• and
• select a frequency band deemed to have high power according to the at least one indication and to use a same frequency band to transmit the plurality of signals to the device in the plurality of cells.

A method comprising:

• receiving at least one indication from a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the at least one indication is for a plurality of cells served by an apparatus in the wireless communications network, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of measurement results for the plurality of cells and a combination of the measurement results,
• scheduling, by the apparatus, based on the received at least one indication, a plurality of signals to be transmitted to the device in the plurality of cells;
• and
• transmitting, by the apparatus, the plurality of signals in the plurality of cells to the device, wherein the plurality of signals are transmitted at a same time period and in cells at a same frequency with a same channel coding via shared data channels, and wherein the at least one indication is used by the device to formulate the plurality of signals.

A method comprising:

• receiving at least one indication from a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the at least one indication is for a plurality of cells served by an apparatus in the wireless communications network, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of measurement results for the plurality of cells and a combination of the measurement results,
• scheduling, by the apparatus, based on the received at least one indication, a plurality of signals to be transmitted to the device in the plurality of cells;
• transmitting, by the apparatus, the plurality of signals in the plurality of cells to the device, wherein the plurality of signals are transmitted at a same time period;
• and
• determining, using at least the at least one indication, a frequency band, the same time period and a channel coding for the transmission of the plurality of signals.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium storing a computer program executable by an apparatus for performing operations, the operations comprising:

• performing signal quality measurements for a plurality of cells served by a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the performed signal quality measurements yield measurement results for the plurality of cells;
• transmitting at least one indication to the device, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of the measurement results and a combination of the measurement results;
• and
• receiving a plurality of signals in the plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of signals are received at a same time period and in cells at a same frequency with a same channel coding via shared data channels, and wherein the at least one indication is used by the device to formulate the plurality of signals.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium storing a computer program executable by an apparatus for performing operations, the operations comprising:

• at least one indication from a device operative in a wireless communications network that is not using soft handovers, wherein the at least one indication is for a plurality of cells served by the apparatus in the wireless communications network, wherein the at least one indication comprises at least one of measurement results for the plurality of cells and a combination of the measurement results;
• scheduling based on the received at least one indication, a plurality of signals to be transmitted to the device in the plurality of cells;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of signals in the plurality of cells to the device, wherein the plurality of signals are transmitted at a same time period and in cells at a same frequency with a same channel coding via shared data channels, and wherein the at least one indication is used by the device to formulate the plurality of signals.