System and Method for Interference Coordination
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1. A method for operating an interference coordinating entity (ICE), the method comprising:
- partitioning, by the ICE, a cloud radio access network (CRAN) cluster by grouping transmission points (TPs) serving user equipments (UEs) in accordance with a partitioning criterion into at least one virtual transmission point (V-TP) to produce a V-TP set, wherein the UEs to be served are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary; and
saving, by the ICE, V-TP information to a memory.
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Abstract
A method for operating an interference coordinating entity (ICE) includes partitioning, by the ICE, a cloud radio access network (CRAN) cluster by grouping transmission points (TPs) serving user equipments (UEs) in accordance with a partitioning criterion into at least one virtual transmission point (V-TP) to produce a V-TP set. The UEs to be served are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary. The method also includes saving, by the ICE, V-TP information to a memory.
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1. A method for operating an interference coordinating entity (ICE), the method comprising:
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partitioning, by the ICE, a cloud radio access network (CRAN) cluster by grouping transmission points (TPs) serving user equipments (UEs) in accordance with a partitioning criterion into at least one virtual transmission point (V-TP) to produce a V-TP set, wherein the UEs to be served are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary; and saving, by the ICE, V-TP information to a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An interference coordinating entity (ICE) comprising:
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a processor configured to partition a cloud radio access network (CRAN) cluster by grouping transmission points (TPs) serving user equipments (UEs) in accordance with a partitioning criterion into at least one virtual transmission point (V-TP) to produce a V-TP set, wherein the UEs are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store V-TP information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A communications network comprising:
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a plurality of cloud radio access network (CRAN) clusters, each CRAN cluster including a plurality of transmission points (TPs) configured to serve user equipments (UEs), the plurality of TPs partitioned into a virtual transmission point (V-TP) set of at least one V-TP, wherein the UEs are preferably offset from a V-TP boundary, and wherein each V-TP is a joint processing unit; and a first interference coordinating entity (ICE) operatively coupled to a first one of the CRAN clusters, the first ICE configured to partition the first one of the CRAN clusters according to a corresponding V-TP set. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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