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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2014
Min Zhang, Swindon, GB;
Matthew Baker, Canterbury, GB;
Hakon Helmers, Sceaux, FR;
Philippe Godin, Paris, FR;
Fangchen Cheng, Randolph, NJ (US);
Min Zhang, Swindon, GB;
Matthew Baker, Canterbury, GB;
Hakon Helmers, Sceaux, FR;
Philippe Godin, Paris, FR;
Fangchen Cheng, Randolph, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method of facilitating coordinated multi-point communication (CoMP) in a wireless communications network including at least a first base station (BS) and a second BS, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) being associated with the second BS, includes generating, at the first BS, a status request message for requesting the second BS to report one or more types of status information, the status request message including at least one of an aggregation indicator and conditional reporting indicator, the aggregation indicator specifying whether the second BS is to report individual measurements or aggregated measurements to the first BS, the conditional reporting indicator indicating to the second BS to report measurements corresponding to the one or more types of resource status information to the first BS only when one or more conditions are met; and sending the status request message to the second BS.