Reference signal port discovery involving transmission points
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a transmission point, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point;
measuring the channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point; and
reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the transmission point.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; measuring the channel quality for the indicated sets of reference signal patterns; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the first transmission point. Another method includes transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point to a user equipment, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; and receiving from the user equipment indications of measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a transmission point, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point; measuring the channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the transmission point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a transmission point, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point; measuring the channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the transmission point. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable memory bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising code for performing the following:
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receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a transmission point, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point; measuring the channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the transmission point. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a transmission point to a user equipment, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point; and receiving from the user equipment indications of channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns that are measured using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
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transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a transmission point to a user equipment, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point; and receiving from the user equipment indications of channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns that are measured using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point.
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24. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable memory bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising code for performing the following:
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transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point to a user equipment, wherein the one or more sets of reference signal patterns comprise one or more muting reference signal patterns that have zero transmit power for certain frames of transmissions by the transmission point; and receiving from the user equipment indications of channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns that are measured using the one or more muting reference signal patterns from the transmission point.
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