Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determination of a preferred beam in a cellular communication network employing signal beam-forming
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Application No.: US16989063Application Date: 2020-08-10
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Publication No.: US11277190B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Andreas Nilsson , Henrik Asplund , Fredrik Athley , Niklas Jaldén
- 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
- Main IPC: H04B7/02
- IPC: H04B7/02 ; H04B7/06 ; H04B7/0426 ; H04W72/04

Abstract:
A method for acquiring an indication of a preferred beam of a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method is performed in a network node of a cellular communication network. The network node is adapted to support a plurality of beams of a signal beam-forming scheme and to communicate with the wireless communication device using at least one beam of the plurality of beams. A message indicative of the beam power setting is transmitted to the wireless communication device. Measurement signals are also transmitted. A report indicative of the preferred beam is received from the wireless communication device. The preferred beam is determined by the wireless communication device based on the measurement signals and the beam power setting. Corresponding methods for the wireless communication device, as well as corresponding arrangements, network node, wireless communication device, cellular communication network, and computer program products are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210083745A1 Determination of a Preferred Beam in a Cellular Communication Network Employing Signal Beam-Forming Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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