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US 10,256,877 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for beam refinement
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSandeep Rao, Defang Chen, Shan Qing
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Abstract
The apparatus may be an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus for wireless communication may include a processing system. The processing system may manage an antenna beam. The processing system may be configured to monitor a parameter of a signal and widen the antenna beam of the apparatus for wireless communication when the parameter falls below a threshold.
Claims19
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a processing system to manage an antenna beam, the processing system configured to:
- monitor a parameter of a signal received on a first antenna beam;
- widen the first antenna beam of the apparatus for wireless communication when the parameter does not satisfy a threshold;
- and
- switch from the first antenna beam to a second antenna beam of the apparatus for wireless communication for the widened antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy the threshold after the first antenna beam has been widened to a predetermined maximum.
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A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- monitoring a parameter of a received signal;
- widening an antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy a threshold;
- and
- beam switching the antenna beam for the widened antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy the threshold after the first antenna beam has been widened to a predetermined maximum.
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A apparatus of wireless communication, comprising:
- means for monitoring a parameter of a received signal;
- means for widening an antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy a threshold;
- and
- means for beam switching the antenna beam of the apparatus for wireless communication for the widened antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy the threshold after the first antenna beam has been widened to a predetermined maximum.
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A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, comprising code to:
- monitor a parameter of a received signal;
- widen an antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy a threshold;
- and
- beam switching the antenna beam of the apparatus for wireless communication for the widened antenna beam when the parameter does not satisfy the threshold after the first antenna beam has been widened to a predetermined maximum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.