Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna beam management for multi-connection communications
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Application No.: US15403638Application Date: 2017-01-11
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Publication No.: US11140562B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Yicheng Lin , Usa Vilaipornsawai , Mohammadhadi Baligh
- Applicant: Yicheng Lin , Usa Vilaipornsawai , Mohammadhadi Baligh
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa; CA Nepean; CA Ottawa
- Assignee: Yicheng Lin,Usa Vilaipornsawai,Mohammadhadi Baligh
- Current Assignee: Yicheng Lin,Usa Vilaipornsawai,Mohammadhadi Baligh
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa; CA Nepean; CA Ottawa
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04W16/28 ; H04B7/08 ; H04B7/005

Abstract:
Antenna beam sweeping according to the present disclosure involves different communication devices that are within an interference range of each other transmitting beam sweeping signals using different communication resources. This allows a receiver to distinguish between beam sweeping signals that are received from different transmitters, and may facilitate antenna beam alignment in multi-connection scenarios. Beam indices could be used to identify antenna beams for antenna beam management, in control signaling between base stations and User Equipment (UE), for example. Beam tracking and other aspects of antenna beam management are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180199212A1 ANTENNA BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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