Patent ID: 8902842
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: in a mobile communication terminal, receiving signals from a group of cells that cooperate in a Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) transmission scheme; receiving, from a first cell in the group, signaling information which is indicative of a first pattern of time-frequency Resource Elements (REs) used by the first cell for transmitting reference signals, and is further indicative of a second pattern of the REs used by a second cell in the group for transmitting the reference signals; deriving in the terminal from the signaling information, which is indicative of the first and second patterns, a third pattern of the REs that are available for receiving data from the cells, including omitting from the third pattern at least one RE that the signaling information indicates should be skipped; and receiving in the terminal the data from the cells in one or more of the REs in the third pattern.