Patents Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECUTAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
  • Patent number: 9451589
    Abstract: A terminal which is capable of selecting appropriate transmission points while reducing the overhead for channel state information (CSI) reporting is provided. A measuring unit (303) uses a plurality of reference signals from a plurality of transmission points to measure a first reception quality with respect to each of the plurality of reference signals. A receiving unit (301) receives a first piece of information concerning at least one specific reference signal among the plurality of reference signals, and the measuring unit (303) uses the specific reference signal to measure a second reception quality on the basis of the first piece of information. A transmitting unit (304) reports the first reception quality, which satisfies a predetermined condition, and the second reception quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECUTAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Akihiko Nishio, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Masayuki Hoshino, Hidenori Matsuo, Takashi Tamura