Patent ID: 9019903
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: coordinating, by a first base station, with a second neighboring base station to assign first uplink resources for a first uplink signal from a first mobile device in an uplink coordinated multi-point environment, the assignment based at least in part on a cooperative scheduling communication received from the second neighboring base station, the cooperative scheduling communication enabling the first base station to control interference between the first mobile device and a second mobile device according to channel estimations performed at the first base station and the second neighboring base station; coordinating, by the first base station, with the second neighboring base station to schedule the first uplink signal from the first mobile device on a first subframe or a first subband; coordinating, by the first base station, with the second neighboring base station to schedule a second uplink signal from the second mobile device on a second subframe or a second subband that is different from the first subframe or the first subband scheduled for the first uplink signal from the first mobile device; signaling information that identifies the first uplink resources assigned to the first mobile device; and receiving the first uplink signal from the first mobile device upon the first uplink resources.