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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Jie Mao, Beijing, CN;
Bin Xu, Beijing, CN;
Huaisong Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The invention discloses a method () for use in a wireless communications system () in which there is at least one node (-) which controls the traffic to and from all user terminals () in a cell () within the system. In the system (), use is made of the TDD principle for communication between said controlling node (-) and its user terminals (), and according to the method (), the controlling node transmits () a beacon signal for use as a signal quality indicator by the user terminals, said beacon signal being transmitted in a first TDD time slot (). The user terminals () measure () the signal quality of the beacon signal and the signal quality in at least a second TDD time slot (), and report () measurements of the signal qualities in both said first and second time slots to the controlling node.