Patent ID: 8085653
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a beamforming module to apply beamforming weights to a downlink user channel from a base station to a first mobile station; and a weight determination module to determine beamforming weights based on user channel information and interfering channel information; wherein the user channel information is received by the base station from the first mobile station and includes characteristics of the downlink user channel; and wherein the interfering channel information includes characteristics of one or more downlink interfering channels received by the base station from one or more further mobile stations, the downlink interfering channels associated with transmissions across the downlink user channel with the first mobile station; and wherein a communications interface module is to send further interfering channel information to one or more base stations, wherein the further interfering channel information includes characteristics of one or more further downlink interfering channels, each of the further downlink interfering channels between a non-serving base station and the first mobile station.