Patent ID: 8675520
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a first base station that is part of a wireless uplink communication with a wireless appliance, the method comprising: the first base station controlling the wireless uplink communication with the wireless appliance, the first base station receiving a first signal from the wireless appliance, the first base station receiving a rest signal comprising interferences and noise from at least one second base station, the first base station analyzing the rest signal from the at least one second base station for detecting a second signal from the wireless appliance that is above a threshold, in response to detecting the second signal from the wireless appliance is above the threshold, the first base station adding at least one second base station to the coordinated multipoint wireless uplink communication with the wireless appliance by sending an addition request message to the at least one second base station.