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Method and Apparatuses for Configuring a Communication Channel

  • US 20140248888A1
  • Filed: 07/04/2011
  • Published: 09/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for configuring a communication channel between a base station and a user equipment within a cellular network system, the cellular network system comprising at least one cooperation area, wherein the base station is assigned to the at least one cooperation area, and wherein the user equipment is served by the base station, the method comprisingapplying, by the base station, a vertical sectorization and thereby creating at least one cooperation area,determining, by the base station, the location of the user equipment in relation to the at least one cooperation area, andconfiguring, by the base station, the communication channel between the base station and the user equipment by using coordinated multipoint processing, if the determined location of the user equipment corresponds to a predetermined location.

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