Patent ID: 9071291
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of serving a mobile station in a MIMO-based wireless communication network, comprising: sending respective detection signals with MIMO features from a serving base station and one or more coordinating base stations to a mobile station on respective communication resources such that the mobile station can identify the corresponding base station from which the respective detection signals were sent; obtaining indication information from the mobile station at the serving base station, the indication information related to at least one of the communication resources and the MIMO features associated with the respective detection signals, the indication information identifying a collaborative communication mode recommended by the mobile station, the collaborative communication mode indicating a combination of the serving base station and the one or more coordinating base stations recommended for MIMO communication service to the mobile station; and scheduling the mobile station for MIMO communication service via the recommended collaborative communication mode based at least in part on the indication information obtained from the mobile station.