US 12,132,547 B2
Method and apparatus for user selection in distributed MIMO
Shiyang Leng, Allen, TX (US); Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim, Plano, TX (US); Hao Chen, Plano, TX (US); Rebal Al Jurdi, Allen, TX (US); and Jianzhong Zhang, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/506,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,378, filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376758 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0417 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0626 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0417 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate via a wired or wireless communication medium; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
configure a first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for a serving transmission point (TRP) and a second CSI-RS resource for a concatenated channel, wherein the concatenated channel is established between a virtual panel and a user equipment (UE), the virtual panel comprising distributed panels of the serving TRP and a helping TRP;
compute a metric as a function of one or more quantities included in one or more measurement reports, received from the UE, for the concatenated channel and at least one channel of the serving TRP or the helping TRP; and
configure, based on the metric, a legacy transmission or a distributed multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission for the UE.