Patent ID: 9654262
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a first base station in a Radio Access Network (RAN) including the first base station and a second base station, the method comprising: receiving a first Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement list, a first Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) hypothesis, and a first Benefit Metric at the first base station from the second base station; receiving a second RSRP measurement list, a second CoMP hypothesis, and a second Benefit Metric from a third base station; normalizing the first and second Benefit Metric based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists to determine a normalized first and second Benefit Metric; and scheduling downlink transmissions based on the first and second RSRP measurement lists, the first and second CoMP hypotheses, and the normalized first and second Benefit Metrics.