System and method for a virtual carrier for multi-carrier and coordinated multi-point network operation

摘要

A method for implementing coordinated multi-point, CoMP, in a wireless network system including a first network node (284) and a second network node (286) is disclosed. The method includes the steps of configuring a first transmission channel (290), the first transmission channel (290) being established on the first network node (284), and the first transmission channel (288) being used for downlink, DL, transmission to an access device (280). The method includes configuring a second transmission channel (288), the second transmission channel (288) being established on the second network node (286), and the second transmission channel being used for uplink, UL, transmission from the access device (280). The method includes transmitting control information using the first transmission channel (290), the control information allocating a resource on the second transmission channel (288).