Abstract: A radio network node antenna management system dynamically manages a multi-antenna structure (200). The multi-antenna structure (200) includes a set of n antennas with beamforming capability. The antenna management system monitors a condition in a radio network cell served by the radio network node. If the monitored condition is less than or equal to a predetermined criteria, a beamforming operation is disabled and a subset, less than n, of the set of n antennas is managed according to a predetermined antenna hopping pattern.

Abstract: A cell edge user central based CoMP CS JP mode selection scheme to minimize inter-cell downlink interference. According to the distribution of different types of users adaptive select optimal transmission scheme. After guaranteeing the performance of cell edge user at first, mode selection should be applied to select suitable paired users in order to increase the cell average throughput. Through carefully designing the SINR gaps and level of interference for mode selection, mode selection is a significant solution for the tradeoff between cell edge user throughput and cell average throughput and the tradeoff between performance and complexity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method 10 performed in a user equipment 3, 4 of a communication system 1 for determining a beam-forming gain parameter, the communication system 1 comprising a base station 2 serving the user equipment 3, 4. The method 10 comprises: receiving 1 a cell-specific reference signal and a dedicated reference signal from the base station 2; measuring 12 a received power, PRSRP, of the cell-specific reference signal and a received power, PDRSRP, of the dedicated reference signal; and determining 13 a beam-forming gain parameter, GBF, based on the measured received power, PRSRP, of the cell-specific reference signal and on the measured received power, PDRSRP, of the dedicated reference signal. The invention also relates to user equipment, methods in base station, base station, computer programs and computer program products.

Abstract: A radio network node antenna management system dynamically manages a multi-antenna structure (200). The multi-antenna structure (200) includes a set of n antennas with beamforming capability. The antenna management system monitors a condition in a radio network cell served by the radio network node. If the monitored condition is less than or equal to a predetermined criteria, a beamforming operation is disabled and a subset, less than n, of the set of n antennas is managed according to a predetermined antenna hopping pattern.

Abstract: A cell edge user central based CoMP CS JP mode selection scheme to minimize inter-cell downlink interference. According to the distribution of different types of users adaptive select optimal transmission scheme. After guaranteeing the performance of cell edge user at first, mode selection should be applied to select suitable paired users in order to increase the cell average throughput. Through carefully designing the SINR gaps and level of interference for mode selection, mode selection is a significant solution for the tradeoff between cell edge user throughput and cell average throughput and the tradeoff between performance and complexity.