Patent ID: 9077396
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing coordinated multi-point, CoMP, assistance in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving at a cooperating base station a CoMP assistance request from a serving base station, the CoMP assistance request being a request for assistance to decode a first transmission from a user equipment, UE; receiving at the cooperating base station the first transmission from the UE, the first transmission from the UE being received at the cooperating base station at one of a time before receiving the CoMP assistance request and a time after receiving the CoMP assistance request; determining at the cooperating base station a CoMP payload in response to the CoMP assistance request, the CoMP payload being based on the received first transmission from the UE; and forwarding the CoMP payload to the serving base station after the serving base station determines that the first transmission from the UE is received by the serving base station with error, but within a time for providing CoMP assistance to the serving base station.