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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Claes Tidestav, Bålsta, SE;
Johan Hultell, Solna, SE;
Claes Tidestav, Bålsta, SE;
Johan Hultell, Solna, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method () for transmission signal rank determination performed in a base station node () of a communication system (). The base station node () serves a first cell () and the first cell () has a neighboring cell () served by a neighboring base station node (). The base station node () is configured for multiple-input, multiple output communication with a first wireless device (). The method () comprises receiving (), from a node (); () of the communication system (), information related to the neighboring cell (), and determining (), based on the received information, a signal rank of a data transmission to the first wireless device () located within the first cell ().