Patent ID: 9294160
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: determining a first channel estimate for a first cell at a user equipment (UE); determining a second channel estimate for a second cell at the UE; determining channel quality indicator (CQI) information for the first cell; quantizing the first channel estimate with a first number of bits; quantizing the second channel estimate with a second number of bits greater than the first number of bits; sending the first and second channel estimates from the UE to at least one of the first and second cells; sending the CQI information to the first cell; receiving a first transmission sent by the first cell based on the first channel estimate and the CQI information; and receiving a second transmission sent by the second cell based on the second channel estimate, wherein the first and second transmissions are received on same resources.