Patent ID: 9554379
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a network node for selecting a downlink modulation and coding scheme in a wireless communication network, which wireless communication network comprises the network node, a first cell, a second cell and a terminal, the method comprising: obtaining information comprising a first uplink signal strength of a transmission from the terminal in the first cell, which first uplink signal strength of the transmission from the terminal is measured by an access node serving the first cell; obtaining information comprising a second uplink signal strength of a transmission from the terminal in the second cell, which second uplink signal strength of the transmission from the terminal is measured by an access node serving the second cell; obtaining scheduled downlink transmission information for the respective first cell and second cell; and selecting a downlink modulation and coding scheme for transmission from one or more of the access point serving the first cell and the access point serving the second cell to the terminal, based on the obtained information comprising the first uplink signal strength, the obtained information comprising the second uplink signal strength, and the obtained scheduled downlink transmission information for the respective first cell and second cell.