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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Ryan Keating, Chicago, IL (US);
Nitin Mangalvedhe, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tzu-Chung (Frank) Hsieh, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Jun Tan, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Jie Chen, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described that receive an indication of power levels at the base station in a wireless communications system from each user equipment of user equipments served by the base station and determine whether at least one user equipment of those user equipments is capable to overlap at least one same time-frequency resource as at least one user equipment of a remainder of those user equipments. In response to the determination that at least one user equipment is capable to overlap with at least one user equipment of the remainder, then such overlap is scheduled. Based on the overlap being scheduled, packets from the one or more user equipments received are then decoded using an advanced receiver process.