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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Dirk Gerstenberger, Stockholm, SE;
Daniel Larsson, Solna, SE;
Kai-Erik Sunell, Bromma, SE;
Henning Wiemann, Aachen, DE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a base station () for communicating with a user equipment () in the communication network (). The base station () is configured to communicate with the user equipment () according to a selectable of at least two user equipment categories. Based on information about a selected user equipment category, the base station () determines a first number of maximum transmission layers supported by the base station (). The base station () communicates with the user equipment () according to up to the determined first number of maximum transmission layers and according to the selected user equipment category.