Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for angular direction indication in wireless communication
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Application No.: US16999761Application Date: 2020-08-21
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Publication No.: US11349550B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Aman Jassal , Amine Maaref , Jianglei Ma
- Applicant: Aman Jassal , Amine Maaref , Jianglei Ma
- Applicant Address: CA Kanata; CA Ottawa; CA Ottawa
- Assignee: Aman Jassal,Amine Maaref,Jianglei Ma
- Current Assignee: Aman Jassal,Amine Maaref,Jianglei Ma
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kanata; CA Ottawa; CA Ottawa
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04L5/00

Abstract:
An integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial network may allow for enhanced network coverage. However, there are control and management challenges associated with an integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial network because the network and user equipments (UEs) are no longer confined to only using conventional cellular communication via terrestrial transmit-and-receive points (T-TRPs). One challenge is how to perform beam management. In some embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed in which an indication of angular direction (e.g. beam direction) is provided by the T-TRP. The indication of angular direction may be used by a UE for communicating with a non-terrestrial TRP (NT-TRP), e.g. using beamforming. However, the methods are not limited to integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial networks or the involvement of NT-TRPs, but apply more generally to indicating angular direction for directional communication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220060238A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANGULAR DIRECTION INDICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2022-02-24
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