Coordinated multipoint resource management

1. A method for resource management, comprising:

determining a Coordinated Multi-point Processing (CoMP) resource management set of a user equipment (UE), the CoMP resource management set including a plurality of candidate transmission points (TP) for which downlink communication may be established with the UE;

receiving a set of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) at the UE from a TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set;

determining a resource management parameter based upon the CSI-RS signals;

sending the determined resource management parameter to the TP;

determining a first number of CSI ports used to transmit the CSI-RS signals;

determining a second number of CSI ports used to monitor the CSI-RS signals, wherein the first number and second number are different; and

adjusting the determined resource management parameter based upon the first number and the second number.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a CoMP measurement set of the UE, the CoMP measurement set including a plurality of TPs for which active downlink communication is established and including the TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set; and

determining one or more of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), and Rank Indicator (RI) based upon the CSI-RS signals.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a CoMP measurement set of the UE, the CoMP measurement set including a plurality of TPs for which active downlink communication is established and including the TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set; and

determining one or more channel measurements of the CoMP measurement set, based upon the CSI-RS signals, the channel measurements including at least one of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), or Rank Indicator (RI);

wherein the determined resource management parameter and the channel measurements are based upon the same CSI-RS signals.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a CoMP measurement set of the UE, the CoMP measurement set including a plurality of TPs for which active downlink communication is established and excluding the TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set; and

based on the determination of the CoMP measurement set, sampling a subset of the frames of the CSI-RS signals.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined resource management parameter includes a reference signal received power.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined resource management parameter includes a received power of the CSI-RS signal.

7. An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:

determine a Coordinated Multi-point Processing (CoMP) resource management set of a user equipment (UE), the CoMP resource management set including a plurality of candidate transmission points (TP) for which downlink communication may be established with the UE;

receive a set of channel strength information reference signals (CSI-RS) at the UE from a TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set;

determine a resource management parameter based upon the CSI-RS signals;

send the determined resource management parameter to the TP;

determine a first number of CSI ports used to transmit the CSI-RS signals;

determine a second number of CSI ports used to monitor the CSI-RS signals, wherein the first number and second number are different; and

adjusting the determined resource management parameter based upon the first number and the second number.

8. The article of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

determine a CoMP measurement set of the UE, the CoMP measurement set including a plurality of TPs for which active downlink communication is established and including the TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set; and

determine one or more of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), and Rank Indicator (RI) based upon the CSI-RS signals.

9. The article of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

determine a CoMP measurement set of the UE, the CoMP measurement set including a plurality of TPs for which active downlink communication is established and including the TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set; and

determine one or more channel measurements of the CoMP measurement set based upon the CSI-RS signals, the channel measurements including at least one of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), or Rank Indicator (RI);

wherein the determined resource management parameter and the channel measurements are based upon the same CSI-RS signals.

10. The article of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

determine a CoMP measurement set of the UE, the CoMP measurement set including a plurality of TPs for which active downlink communication is established and excluding the TP whose information is included within the CoMP resource management set; and

based on the determination of the CoMP measurement set, sample a subset of the frames of the CSI-RS signals.

11. The article of claim 7 , wherein the determined resource management parameter includes a reference signal received power.

12. The article of claim 7 , wherein the determined resource management parameter includes a received power of the CSI-RS signal.

13. A method for resource management, comprising:

sending one or more sets of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) from a host transmission point (TP) to one or more user equipment (UE), wherein the TP's information is included within a Coordinated Multi-point Processing (CoMP) resource management set of each UE;

receiving at the host TP one or more determined resource management parameters based upon the CSI-RS signals from each UE, wherein:

the one or more determined resource management parameters include an adjustment based upon a first number of CSI ports used to transmit the CSI-RS signal and a second number of CSI ports used to monitor the CSI-RS signals; and

the first number and second number are different; and

based upon the determined resource management parameters, determining whether to include a second TP in the CoMP resource management set.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the host TP and the second TP are the same.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the host TP and the second TP are different.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining whether to include the second TP in the CoMP resource management set includes determining whether CSI-RS signals will be sent from the second TP to the UE.

17. An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:

send one or more sets of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) from a host transmission point (TP) to one or more user equipment (UE), the TP's information is included within a Coordinated Multi-point Processing (CoMP) resource management set of each UE;

receive at the host TP one or more determined resource management parameters based upon the CSI-RS signals from each UE, wherein:

the one or more determined resource management parameters include an adjustment based upon a first number of CSI ports used to transmit the CSI-RS signal and a second number of CSI ports used to monitor the CSI-RS signals; and

the first number and second number are different; and

based upon the determined resource management parameters, determine whether to include a second TP in the CoMP resource management set.

18. The article of claim 17 , wherein the host TP and the second TP are the same.

19. The article of claim 17 , wherein the host TP and the second TP are different.

20. The article of claim 17 , wherein determining whether to include the second TP in the CoMP resource management set includes determining whether CSI-RS signals will be sent from the second TP to the UE.