Patent ID: 8804593
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: configuring two or more cells comprising a single enhanced Node B (eNB) and one or more remote radio elements (RREs) in a distributed antenna system (DAS) deployment to perform coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission for one or more user equipment devices with a common media access control (MAC) or a common radio resource control (RRC), or combinations thereof, wherein the two or more cells have a same cell identification (ID) and different physical (PHY) attributes; selecting one of the two or more cells as a primary cell and at least another of the two or more cells as a secondary cell; receiving measurement information related to CoMP operation from the one or more user equipment devices on a feedback channel of the primary cell only, and from one or more secondary cells; and deactivating one or more of the cells or activating one or more additional cells for coordinated multipoint transmission based at least in part on the measurement information.