Patent ID: 9008018
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a base station for a wireless network, measurement information from a wireless device that indicates an ability of the wireless device to receive data from a coordinating set of base stations via a plurality of separate communication links; coordinating transmission of one or more protocol data units to the wireless device from the coordinating set of base stations, the coordinating to include exchanging information via one or more backhaul communication channels coupling base stations included in the coordinating set of base stations, the exchanged information including scheduling information for the one or more protocol data units, the scheduling information incorporated in a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) tunneling protocol user-plane (GTP-u) extension header, the exchanged information including at least one of a precoding matrix indicator associated with one of the plurality of separate communication links, a subframe index associated with the one or more protocol data units, a time of a beginning of transmission of the one or more protocol data units, or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information associated with the one or more protocol data units; and causing the one or more protocol data units to be transmitted to the wireless device from the coordinating set of base stations via the plurality of separate communication links based, at least in part, on the exchanged information.