Patent ID: 8983389
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: measuring, at a first apparatus based on received pilot signals, a first receive power corresponding to a first channel associated with the first apparatus; measuring, at the first apparatus based on the received pilot signals, a second receive power corresponding to a second channel associated with at least one potentially present second apparatus; measuring a residual interference at the first apparatus based on the received pilot signals; and selecting one of a multi-user (MU) detection or a single-user (SU) detection for estimating data received at the first apparatus, wherein the selecting is based on at least one of the first receive power, the second receive power and the residual interference, and wherein the MU detection is selected if a ratio of the first receive power to a sum of the second receive power and the residual interference is greater than a threshold.