Sector selection for coordinated multipoint based on application type
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a base station, in a first sector, an uplink signal from a user equipment (UE), wherein two or more other sectors are in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) group with the first sector;
for each of one or more of the two or more other sectors, determining, by the base station, a corresponding application-based priority measure for the other sector, wherein the application-based priority measure is determined based on one or more types of applications having one or more service flows in the other sector;
using the one or more determined application-based priority measures as a basis for selecting at least one of the two or more other sectors in the CoMP group as a secondary sector; and
jointly processing, by the base station, the uplink signal from the UE, wherein the joint processing is based at least in part on the uplink signal received in the first sector and respective uplink signals received in each secondary sector.
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Abstract
Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) may involve coordination between multiple sectors to receive and/or process a given user equipment'"'"'s uplink signal. Embodiments herein may help to intelligently select the particular sectors that should coordinate to provide uplink CoMP, based on the types of applications being served in sectors that are candidates to provide uplink CoMP. For example, a base station serving a primary sector in an CoMP group that includes two or more candidates from which to select a secondary sector sectors for uplink CoMP, may evaluate the application being served by traffic flows in these candidates, in an effort to select secondary sectors having lower-priority traffic flows.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a base station, in a first sector, an uplink signal from a user equipment (UE), wherein two or more other sectors are in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) group with the first sector; for each of one or more of the two or more other sectors, determining, by the base station, a corresponding application-based priority measure for the other sector, wherein the application-based priority measure is determined based on one or more types of applications having one or more service flows in the other sector; using the one or more determined application-based priority measures as a basis for selecting at least one of the two or more other sectors in the CoMP group as a secondary sector; and jointly processing, by the base station, the uplink signal from the UE, wherein the joint processing is based at least in part on the uplink signal received in the first sector and respective uplink signals received in each secondary sector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network component comprising:
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a radio-frequency (RF) communication interface configured to receive an uplink signal from a user equipment (UE) in a first sector of an access network, wherein two or more other sectors are in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) group with the first sector; at least one backhaul communication interface for communicating with one or more second base stations; at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by the at least one processor to; for each of one or more of the two or more other sectors, determine a corresponding application-based priority measure for the other sector, wherein the application-based priority measure is determined based on one or more types of applications having one or more service flows in the other sector; use the one or more determined application-based priority measures as a basis to select at least one of the two or more other sectors in the CoMP group as a secondary sector to provide uplink CoMP for the UE; and jointly process the uplink signal from the UE, wherein the joint processing is based at least in part on the uplink signal received in the first sector and respective uplink signals received in each secondary sector. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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determining, by a first base station, a time-division duplex (TDD) frame configuration that is implemented in a serving sector of a user equipment (UE); based at least in part on the determined TDD frame configuration, the first base station selecting an uplink coordinated multipoint (CoMP) mode from a plurality of uplink CoMP modes; and receiving, by the first base station, an uplink communication from the UE according to the selected uplink CoMP mode. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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