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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Shankar Venkatraman, Dallas, TX (US);
Ashvin Chheda, Plano, TX (US);
Peter Michael Deane, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;
Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Ottawa, CA;
Shankar Venkatraman, Dallas, TX (US);
Ashvin Chheda, Plano, TX (US);
Peter Michael Deane, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;
Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Ottawa, CA;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method selects mobile station candidates for use with virtual multiple-input multiple-output ('V-MIMO') in a communication system. The communication system includes at least one base station and a plurality of mobile stations. At least one downlink metric is determined for a first mobile station. The at least one downlink metric is used to determine eligibility for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection. Responsive to determining that the first mobile station is eligible for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection, the first mobile station is paired with a second mobile station eligible for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection.