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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Pontus Arvidson, Danderyd, SE;

Lars Roselius, Solna, SE;

Richard Tano, Stockholm, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/024 (2017.01); H04B 7/0491 (2017.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/0491 (2013.01); H04B 7/0623 (2013.01); H04B 7/0626 (2013.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure provides a methodfor sector selection performed in a communication systemproviding wireless communication to a communication device. The communication systemis configured for shared cell deployment, the shared cellcomprising at least two sectors. The communication system () is configured for link adaptation of a radio link between the communication device and the shared cell. The methodcomprises: selecting, for the communication device, a set of sectorsfor use in downlink transmissions to the communication device; determining, for the communication device, a link adaptation parameter value relating to the link adaptation; adapting, for a link adaptation parameter value that is higher than a threshold value, the set of sectors by adding a sector. The disclosure provides corresponding system, computer program and computer program products.


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