Patent ID: 9020060
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A virtual multiple-input multiple-output (VMIMO) communication method, comprising: determining, by a device capable of communication with user equipments in sectors forming a communication cell for the device, a set to which a user equipment in one sector belongs, wherein the set to which the user equipment belongs comprises a first user set and a second user set, a user equipment in the first user set is in a beam coverage area of a first antenna group for the device of the one sector but the first user set user equipment is not in a beam coverage area of a second antenna group for the device of the one sector, and a user equipment in the second user set is in the beam coverage area of the second antenna group for the device but the second user set user equipment is not in the beam coverage area of the first antenna group for the device; and selecting, when a scheduled user equipment belongs to the first user set in the one sector, an unscheduled user equipment in the second user set in the one sector, which unscheduled user equipment is not in the beam coverage area of the first antenna group for the device of the one sector, for pairing with the scheduled user equipment, wherein a paired user equipment and the scheduled user equipment use a same time-frequency resource.