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EP 3278466 A1 20180207 - SCHEDULING IN A FULL-DIMENSION MIMO SYSTEM

Title (en)

SCHEDULING IN A FULL-DIMENSION MIMO SYSTEM

Title (de)

PLANUNG IN EINEM MIMO-SYSTEM MIT VOLLER DIMENSION

Title (fr)

PROGRAMMATION DANS UN SYSTÈME MIMO DE PLEINE DIMENSION

Publication

EP 3278466 A1 20180207 (EN)

Application

EP 15714497 A 20150402

Priority

EP 2015057384 W 20150402

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016155840A1] In response to two user devices wanting to use resources in the same beam, a way to schedule both user devices includes determining which one of the user devices is a primary user device, scheduling the primary user device to the beam, and off-loading the other to its next best beam.

IPC 8 full level

H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2016155840A1

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 2016155840 A1 20161006; EP 3278466 A1 20180207

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2015057384 W 20150402; EP 15714497 A 20150402