Patent ID: 8774800
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04J,H04W

Abstract:
1. A cellular system, comprising: a plurality of first base stations (BSs), each being operable to transmit to a first user equipment (UE) in a first cell of the first BS; and a second BS being operable to transmit to a second UE in a second cell of the second BS, the second BS being operable to select a specified UE in response to a plurality of requests of a plurality of the first UEs of a plurality of the first cells, and to transmit to the specified UE by using coordinated multipoint transmission/reception (CoMP); wherein the second BS is operable to determine whether the specified UE is CoMP enabled; wherein each of the plurality of requests comprises a request to serve a CoMP set associated with the first UE to serve the first UE by using the CoMP.