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EP 2880892 A1 20150610 - METHOD AND APPARATUS

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL

Publication

EP 2880892 A1 20150610 (EN)

Application

EP 12882000 A 20120803

Priority

CN 2012079622 W 20120803

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2014019212A1] A method comprises receiving action information, said action information indicating if a reference signal is to be used for uplink estimation and/or down link estimation and performing an action with respect to said reference signal in dependence on said action information.

IPC 8 full level

H04L 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04L 5/0035 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0092 (2013.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2014019212 A1 20140206; EP 2880892 A1 20150610; EP 2880892 A4 20160323

DOCDB simple family (application)

CN 2012079622 W 20120803; EP 12882000 A 20120803