MOBILE RELAY NODE BASED CoMP ASSISTED INTERFERENCE MITIGATION
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1. A network node for a cellular communications network, comprising:
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a processing subsystem connected to the radio subsystem and configured to;
effect Mobile Relay Node, MRN, based Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, operation for a wireless device via an MRN positioned in a target CoMP zone within a cell served by a serving base station of the wireless device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for Mobile Relay Node (MRN) based Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) operation in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, MRN based CoMP operation is utilized to provide interference mitigation for wireless devices, and preferably provide interference mitigation for cell edge wireless devices.
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50 Claims
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1. A network node for a cellular communications network, comprising:
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a radio subsystem; and a processing subsystem connected to the radio subsystem and configured to; effect Mobile Relay Node, MRN, based Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, operation for a wireless device via an MRN positioned in a target CoMP zone within a cell served by a serving base station of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of operation of a base station in a cellular communications network, comprising:
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discovering a wireless device in a cell served by the base station of the cellular communications network for Mobile Relay Node, MRN, based Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, operation; and effecting MRN based CoMP operation for the wireless device via an MRN positioned in a target CoMP zone within the cell served by the base station.
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50. A method of operation of a Mobile Relay Node, MRN, in a cellular communications network, comprising:
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moving to a target Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, zone in which to provide MRN based CoMP operation for a wireless device; and in order to provide MRN based CoMP operation for the wireless device, while the MRN is in the target CoMP zone; receiving a transmission for the wireless device; and transmitting the transmission for the wireless device.
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