System and Method for Radio Access Virtualization

摘要

A method embodiment includes defining, by a network controller, one or more operation modes for a radio node in a network. The one or more operation modes includes a hyper transceiver mode, where the hyper transceiver mode configures a virtual transmission point to cooperatively communicate with a virtual reception point in accordance with neighborhood relations of a target radio node. The method further includes selecting one of the one or more operation modes for the radio node and signaling a selected operation mode to the radio node.

主权项

1. A method for radio access virtualization in a network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a target radio node from a network controller, an operation mode configuring the target radio node to operate as part of a virtual reception point, the virtual reception point comprising the target radio node and at least one neighboring radio node in accordance with neighborhood relations of the target radio node; and communicating, with a network device, the communicating comprising the target radio node and the at least one neighboring radio node jointly performing both transmit and receive communications as the virtual reception point.