Patent ID: 9572145
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of coordinated physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission, comprising: transmitting, by a first transmission point, first PDCCH control information at a first control channel element (CCE) index to a first user equipment whilst being muted at a second CCE index, wherein said first PDCCH control information is specific for said first user equipment; and transmitting, by a second transmission point, second PDCCH control information at said second CCE index to a second user equipment whilst being muted at said first CCE index, wherein said second PDCCH control information is specific for said second user equipment, wherein the first transmission point and the second transmission point are associated with a common physical cell identity (PCI) and are controlled by a common network node.