Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Francisco R P Cavalcanti

Yuri C B Silva

Peter Larsson

Tarcisio Fereira Maciel

Elvis M G Stancanelli

Walter Da Cruz Freitas, Jr

Pedro R S Lopes

Systems and methods provide for applying a clustering based assignment algorithm (CbAA) in a telecommunication system. A method includes: receiving strength information for transmission points belonging to an associated Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP)-cell; determining the clustering subsets, wherein the step of determining the clustering subsets includes: applying a k-means algorithm to the strength information to form K clusters; identifying the cluster associated with each UE; associating a cluster to each transmission point in accordance to a pre-defined rule; and selecting the UEs to be serviced; and reporting the clustering formations.

Dynamic clustering for coordinated transmission in wireless communication systems

Improved amplify-and-forward relaying in a communication network is described, including an example network of multiple single-antenna mobile stations, a multi-antenna relay station, and a multi-antenna base station. Bi-directional communication with improved transmission efficiency is enabled by suitable transmit/receive processing at the relay station without drawbacks of current relaying techniques. Linear transmit and receive processing matrices are disclosed, and it is shown that the numbers of antennas at the relay station and the base station can be substantially the same without reducing network capacity, closely matching the performance for low and high signal to noise ratios of current techniques that require the relay station to have twice as many antennas as the base station.

Amplify-and-forward relaying in communication systems

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Francisco R P Cavalcanti