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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Narayan Prasad, Willow Grove, PA (US);
Mohammad Khojastepour, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a wireless communications system including a first base station and a second base station, a wireless communications method implemented in the first base station supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises, for a given user equipment (UE) identification (ID) and a given channel state information (CSI) process, receiving from the second base station a plurality of CSI reports each of which comprises a rank indication (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI), wherein the second base station receives from one or more user equipments (UEs) RI and CQI information. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.