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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Ying Sun, Sundbyberg, SE;

Jing Rao, Sollentuna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/281 (2013.01); H04B 7/0486 (2013.01); H04B 7/0632 (2013.01); H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure concerns radio communication. In one of its aspects, the technology presented herein concerns a method performed by a base stationfor selecting a transmission rank. The method may advantageously be carried out when the base stationis operating in a shared cell. The base station receives a channel-state report from a user equipment. Also, a channel quality parameter is estimated by the base station. Furthermore, the base stationselects the transmission rank (e.g. transmission rank 1 or transmission rank 2) on the basis of the received channel-state report as well as the estimated channel quality parameter.


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