Beamforming for increasing cell edge capacity in a heterogeneous network
First Claim
1. A method of communicating with a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by a base station and a remote radio head, the method comprising:
- forming a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell, and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, the list including geographic locations and signal to interference plus noise ratios (SINRs) of the non-targeted UEs;
generating a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head;
generating a list of available preceding matrices by discarding from the list of candidate preceding matrices those preceding matrices that may cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE;
selecting a preceding matrix from the list of available preceding matrices; and
communicating with the selected UE using the selected preceding matrix.
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Abstract
Methods of communicating with a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by a base station and a remote radio head include forming a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, generating a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head, generating a list of available precoding matrices by discarding from the list of candidate precoding matrices those precoding matrices that may cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE, selecting a precoding matrix from the list of available precoding matrices, and communicating with the selected UE using the selected precoding matrix.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating with a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by a base station and a remote radio head, the method comprising:
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forming a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell, and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, the list including geographic locations and signal to interference plus noise ratios (SINRs) of the non-targeted UEs; generating a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head; generating a list of available preceding matrices by discarding from the list of candidate preceding matrices those preceding matrices that may cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE; selecting a preceding matrix from the list of available preceding matrices; and communicating with the selected UE using the selected preceding matrix. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network node in a wireless communication network including a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by the base station and one or more remote radio heads, comprising:
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a processor coupled to a plurality of transceivers having respective antennas, wherein the processor is configured to form a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, the list including geographic locations and signal to interference plus noise ratios (SINRs) of the non-targeted UEs; wherein the processor is further configured to generate a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head, to discard from the list of candidate precoding matrices those precoding matrices that are likely to cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE to generate a list of available precoding matrices, and to select a precoding matrix from the list of available preceding matrices for communicating with the selected UE. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer program product for communicating with a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by a base station and a remote radio head, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having non-transitory computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to form a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, the list including geographic locations and signal to interference plus noise ratios (SINRs) of the non-targeted UEs, computer readable program code configured to generate a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head; computer readable program code configured to discard from the list of candidate precoding matrices those precoding matrices that may cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE to generate a list of available precoding matrices; computer readable program code configured to select a precoding matrix from the list of available precoding matrices; and computer readable program code configured to communicate with the selected UE using the selected precoding matrix.
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