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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-Young Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae-Soo Kwon, Vancouver, CA;
Ju-Yong Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Ji-Yun Seol, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for configuring and managing/controlling a cluster, which is a set of Base Stations (BSs) for transmitting signals cooperatively, are provided. The method includes broadcasting cluster set information indicating information about a plurality of clusters including a serving BS to a User Equipment (UE), receiving a report of information about Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSIs) of control signals transmitted from BSs included in the plurality of clusters from the UE, and assigning any one of the plurality of clusters to a cluster for servicing the UE based on the information about the RSSIs of the control signals.