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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Philip V. Orlik, Cambridge, MA (US);
Toshiyuki Kuze, Kanagawa, JP;
Andreas F. Molisch, Arlington, MA (US);
Zhifeng Tao, Allston, MA (US);
Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Philip V. Orlik, Cambridge, MA (US);
Toshiyuki Kuze, Kanagawa, JP;
Andreas F. Molisch, Arlington, MA (US);
Zhifeng Tao, Allston, MA (US);
Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A base station transmits a set of sounding requests to a set of mobile station (MS) in a cell, using a set of beams, wherein there is one beam for each sounding request. Qualities of sounding signals transmitted by the set of MSs in response to receiving the sounding request are measured, and the set of MSs are grouped into subsets according to the qualities, wherein there is one subset of MSs associated with each beam.