System and Method for Boundaryless Service in Wireless Networks with Cooperative Transmission Points
First Claim
1. A method by a network component for serving one or more user equipment (UEs) experiencing inter-transmission point group (TPG) interference in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- selecting a set of transmission points (TPs) from multiple TPGs in a network to serve an edge UE (EU) experiencing inter-TPG interference at a plurality of resource units (RUs), the set of TPs selected according to a metric associated with the EU including a channel condition of the EU;
grouping the selected TPs into a TPG patch (TPGP) for at least one of the RUs; and
performing transmission coordination for the EU between the TPs of the TPGP and other terminals of the network.
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Abstract
Embodiments are provided to serve user equipments (UEs) that experience, for example persistently, inter-transmission point group (TPG) interference in a wireless or cellular network. The embodiments include steps to serve edge UEs (EUs) such as persistent EUs (PEUs) using a set of transmission points (TPs) in one or more TPGs. The selected set of TPs used for serving the EUs or PEUs are dynamically determined based on a UE-centric metric. The metric involves the PEUs and surrounding UEs. The UE-centric metric is used to partition the network to multiple TPG sets. For each one of multiple assigned resource units (RUs), a TPG set that maximizes or improves a network-wide utility is used for scheduling transmissions. Further, for each RU, the UEs are associated with an optimized or improved TPG in the used TPG set.
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1. A method by a network component for serving one or more user equipment (UEs) experiencing inter-transmission point group (TPG) interference in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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selecting a set of transmission points (TPs) from multiple TPGs in a network to serve an edge UE (EU) experiencing inter-TPG interference at a plurality of resource units (RUs), the set of TPs selected according to a metric associated with the EU including a channel condition of the EU; grouping the selected TPs into a TPG patch (TPGP) for at least one of the RUs; and performing transmission coordination for the EU between the TPs of the TPGP and other terminals of the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method by a network component for serving one or more user equipment (UEs) experiencing inter-transmission point group (TPG) interference in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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selecting a set of TPs from multiple TPGs in a network to serve an edge UE (EU) experiencing inter-TPG interference at a plurality of resource units (RUs), the set of TPs selected according to a metric associated with the EU including a channel condition of the EU; and implementing inter-TPG cooperation for transmission between the selected TPs for at least one of the RUs while maintaining required quality of service (QoS) for other terminals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A network component for serving one or more user equipment (UEs) experiencing inter-transmission point group (TPG) interference in a wireless network, the network component comprising:
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a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; select a set of TPs from multiple TPGs in a network to serve an edge UE (EU) experiencing inter-TPG interference at a plurality of resource units (RUs), the set of TPs selected according to a metric associated with the EU including a channel condition of the EU; group the selected TPs into a TPG patch (TPGP) for at least one of the RUs; and perform transmission coordination for the EU between the TPs of the TPGP and other terminals of the network. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A network component for serving one or more user equipment (UEs) experiencing inter-transmission point group (TPG) interference in a wireless network, the network component comprising:
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a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; select a set of TPs from multiple TPGs in a network to serve an edge UE (EU) experiencing inter-TPG interference at a plurality of resource units (RUs), the set of TPs selected according to a metric associated with the EU including a channel condition of the EU; and implement inter-TPG cooperation for transmission between the TPs for at least one of the RUs while maintaining required quality of service (QoS) for other terminals. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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