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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for angular direction indication in wireless communication
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Application No.: US17748781Application Date: 2022-05-19
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Publication No.: US12136981B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Aman Jassal , Amine Maaref , Jianglei Ma
- Applicant: Aman Jassal , Amine Maaref , Jianglei Ma
- Applicant Address: CA Stittsville; CA Ottawa; CA Ottawa
- Assignee: Aman Jassal,Amine Maaref,Jianglei Ma
- Current Assignee: Aman Jassal,Amine Maaref,Jianglei Ma
- Current Assignee Address: CA Stittsville; 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
- US20220278733A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANGULAR DIRECTION INDICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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