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RESOURCE BLOCK REUSE FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION

  • US 20100322171A1
  • Filed: 06/16/2010
  • Published: 12/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a wireless communication device, comprising:

  • determining a received signal strength of each of a plurality of signals received from a plurality of transmission sectors comprising a cluster of sectors;

    providing first channel information for first signals, the first signals comprising a signal having a highest received signal strength and signals having a received signal strength above a specified level relative to the highest received signal strength;

    providing second channel information for second signals, the second signals comprising signals having a received signal strength below the specified level; and

    receiving an allocation of one or more resource blocks from assigned transmission sectors based on a ranking of the first channel information, whereby the one or more resource blocks are reallocated to another wireless communication device, from another transmission sector, based on the second channel information.

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