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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2023
Kddi Research, Inc., Fujimino, JP;
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Masaaki Ito, Fujimino, JP;
Issei Kanno, Fujimino, JP;
Kosuke Yamazaki, Fujimino, JP;
Andreas F. Molisch, Los Angeles, CA (US);
KDDI Research, Inc., Fujimino, JP;
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method performed by a processing apparatus of a cell-free communication system that includes a plurality of access points (APs) is provided. The method includes: transmitting, to a wireless device via a master AP among one or more APs included in a cluster associated with the wireless device, measurement information for the wireless device to determine a measurement target AP for which the wireless device measures a channel state; and receiving, as a response to the measurement information, channel state information indicating the channel state to the measurement target AP, via the master AP.