Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, apparatus and machine-readable mediums related to wireless access in communication networks
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Application No.: US17414627Application Date: 2018-12-21
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Publication No.: US11563478B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Athanasios Stavridis , Leif Wilhelmsson , Miguel Lopez
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/086612 WO 20181221
- International Announcement: WO2020/126039 WO 20200625
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04B7/08

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus and non-transitory machine-readable mediums are provided for wireless access in communications networks comprising radio access network nodes and wireless light communication network nodes. In one embodiment, a method is performed by a radio access network node for selecting a transmit or receive beam for communication with a wireless device in a communication network. The radio access network node comprises a plurality of antenna elements configurable to provide a plurality of transmit or receive beams. The communication network further comprises one or more wireless light communication, LC, network nodes. The method comprises: obtaining information identifying a wireless LC network node to which the wireless device is connected; based on the identified wireless LC network node, selecting a subset of the plurality of transmit or receive beams; and initiating a beam-sweeping procedure using the subset of transmit or receive beams to select a transmit or receive beam for communication with the wireless device.
Public/Granted literature
- US1701740A Amusement device Public/Granted day:1929-02-12
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