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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Nec Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Narayan Prasad, Wyncote, PA (US);
Guosen Yue, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04B 7/024 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0632 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0639 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system where different antenna arrays are employed for transmissions to different co-scheduled users in a cell is disclosed. The method includes configuring multiple channel state information (CSI) processes for a user equipment (UE), and configuring, for the UE, a plurality of non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (RS) resources, each of which is associated with an antenna array. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods also are disclosed.