Apparatus and method for estimating downlink channel conditions at cell-edge

    公开(公告)号:US10397944B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15382416

    申请日:2016-12-16

    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses that can utilize different subframe structures to estimate a channel during wireless communication in different scenarios. When a scheduling entity determines that a scheduled entity is near or at a cell edge, the scheduled entity may use a special subframe to estimate the channel utilizing more resources of the subframe, for example data signals. The special subframe can facilitate channel estimation by using a less complex (or lower rank) modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the data symbols than a normal subframe for other scheduled entities not located near the cell edge.

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