Patent ID: 8867468
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing joint uplink processing by plural base stations, comprising: sending, by a serving base station, a request for uplink resources of a second base station for receiving uplink data of a mobile station, wherein sending the request is performed by an advance scheduler in the serving base station, the request being based on advance scheduling performed by the advance scheduler ahead of actual scheduling performed by a tactical scheduler in the serving base station; receiving, by the serving base station, first uplink data from the mobile station; receiving, by the serving base station from the second base station, second uplink data of the mobile station received by the second base station using the uplink resources specified by the request; and combining, by the serving base station, the first uplink data with the second uplink data received from the second base station to derive actual uplink data sent by the mobile station.