Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for signaling and using beam forming quality indicators
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Application No.: US14613071Application Date: 2015-02-03
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Publication No.: US09729219B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Thomas Chapman , Torbjörn Elfström , Muhammad Kazmi
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Baker Botts, LLP
- Main IPC: H04B7/06
- IPC: H04B7/06 ; H04W36/30 ; H04W36/08 ; H04B17/00 ; H04W36/00

Abstract:
A method in a node is disclosed. The method comprises determining a beam forming quality indicator for the network node, the beam forming quality indicator indicating a beam forming performance gain from the network node having beam forming capability, wherein the beam forming quality indicator comprises at least or is a function of at least a reference signal quality and an achievable signal quality. The method further comprises performing one or more radio operations using the determined beam forming quality indicator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150222345A1 Methods for Signaling and Using Beam Forming Quality Indicators Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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