Coordinated multipoint set selection based on donor status
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a donor status of a first base station that serves a first cell, wherein the donor status indicates whether or not the first base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node; and
based at least in part on the determined donor status of the first base station, determining whether or not to include the first cell in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) cooperating set, wherein at least one UE is provided CoMP service by the CoMP cooperating set,wherein, when the determined donor status indicates that the first base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node, determining whether or not to include the first cell served in the CoMP cooperating set comprises omitting or removing the first cell from a CoMP measurement set.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that can help to more effectively select a cooperating set of cells for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) service. One illustrative method involves: (a) determining a donor status of a first base station that serves a first cell, wherein the donor status indicates whether or not the first base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node, and (b) based at least in part on the determined donor status of the first base station, determining whether or not to include the first cell in a CoMP cooperating set.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a donor status of a first base station that serves a first cell, wherein the donor status indicates whether or not the first base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node; and based at least in part on the determined donor status of the first base station, determining whether or not to include the first cell in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) cooperating set, wherein at least one UE is provided CoMP service by the CoMP cooperating set, wherein, when the determined donor status indicates that the first base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node, determining whether or not to include the first cell served in the CoMP cooperating set comprises omitting or removing the first cell from a CoMP measurement set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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determining a set of candidate cells under consideration for inclusion in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) cooperating set; for each of one or more of the candidate cells, determining a donor status for a base station serving the candidate cell, wherein the donor status indicates whether or not the base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node; and using each determined donor status as a basis for determining whether to include the corresponding candidate cell in the CoMP cooperating set, wherein, when the determined donor status indicates that the corresponding base station is configured as a donor base station for at least one relay node, the corresponding candidate cell is not included in the CoMP cooperating set. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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determining a set of candidate cells under consideration for inclusion in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) cooperating set; for each of one or more of the candidate cells, determining a donor status corresponding to the candidate cell, wherein the donor status indicates whether or not a relay backhaul link is established via the candidate cell; and using the one or more determined donor statuses for the one or more of the candidate cells as a basis for determining one or more of the candidate cells to include in the CoMP cooperating set, wherein, when the determined donor status indicates for a given one of the candidate cells indicates that a relay backhaul link is established via the candidate cell, the given candidate cell is not included in the CoMP cooperating set. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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