Patent ID: 9100985
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A coordinated multi-point communications system, comprising: a first center site, operative to serve one or more user equipment located under coverage of a first cluster; and a plurality of first remote devices, connected to the first center site and operative to receive downlink signals from the first center site and transmit the downlink signals to the one or more user equipment and/or receive uplink signals from the one or more user equipment and transmit the uplink signals to the first center site, wherein the first center site and the first remote devices form the first cluster to support coordinated multi-point transmission and reception for simultaneously transmitting and/or receiving the downlink and/or uplink signals to and/or from the one or more user equipment, wherein at least one of the first remote devices is further connected to at least a second center site of a second cluster adjacent to the first cluster, and wherein the first remote device connected to the second center site comprises: