US 11,606,773 B1Granted

Systems and methods for autonomous spatial and beam configuration of antenna apparatus

AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

InventorsDana Maher, David A. Newell, X

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Abstract

A system described herein may provide a technique for the generation of one or more models indicating positions and/or attributes of objects within an environment, such as a warehouse, a facility, a data center, etc. The models may be generated by measuring radio frequency (“RF”) metrics or other metrics within the environment over time. The environment may include mobile antenna apparatuses providing wireless coverage to wireless devices within the environment. The mobile antenna apparatuses may be moved within the environment based on the positions of objects within the environment (e.g., as indicated by the one or more models) and the positions of one or more wireless devices that connect to one or more of the mobile antenna apparatuses.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:
generate or modify one or more models indicating respective positions of one or more objects within a particular environment;
identify a position of a User Equipment (“UE”) within the particular environment;
determine configuration parameters for one or more antenna apparatuses based on a position of at least one object, of the one or more objects, within the particular environment and further based on the position of the UE within the particular environment, wherein the configuration parameters include:
a particular position within the environment at which a particular antenna apparatus, of the one or more antenna apparatuses, should be located, and
beamforming parameters that include at least one of:
a beam width of one or more wireless beams associated with the particular antenna apparatus,
an angle of the one or more wireless beams associated with the particular antenna apparatus, or
an antenna gain associated with the particular antenna apparatus;
and
cause the one or more antenna apparatuses to implement the determined configuration parameters, including causing the particular antenna apparatus to move to the particular position within the environment.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:

generate or modify one or more models indicating respective positions of one or more objects within a particular environment;
identify a position of a User Equipment (“UE”) within the particular environment;
determine configuration parameters for one or more antenna apparatuses based on a position of at least one object, of the one or more objects, within the particular environment and further based on the position of the UE within the particular environment, wherein the configuration parameters include:
a particular position within the environment at which a particular antenna apparatus, of the one or more antenna apparatuses, should be located, and
beamforming parameters that include at least one of:
a beam width of one or more wireless beams associated with the particular antenna apparatus,
an angle of the one or more wireless beams associated with the particular antenna apparatus, or
an antenna gain associated with the particular antenna apparatus;
and
cause the one or more antenna apparatuses to implement the determined configuration parameters, including causing the particular antenna apparatus to move to the particular position within the environment.

7 more elements

A method, comprising:

generating or modifying one or more models indicating respective positions of one or more objects within a particular environment;
identifying a position of a User Equipment (“UE”) within the particular environment;
determining configuration parameters for one or more antenna apparatuses based on a position of at least one object, of the one or more objects, within the particular environment and further based on the position of the UE within the particular environment, wherein the configuration parameters include beamforming parameters that include:
a particular position within the environment at which a particular antenna apparatus, of the one or more antenna apparatuses, should be located, and
beamforming parameters that include at least one of:
a beam width of one or more wireless beams associated with the particular antenna apparatus,
an angle of the one or more wireless beams associated with the particular antenna apparatus, or
an antenna gain associated with the particular antenna apparatus;
and
causing the one or more antenna apparatuses to implement the determined configuration parameters, including causing the particular antenna apparatus to move to the particular position within the environment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/478,422Filed 17 Sep 2021
Published: US 2023/0090788 A123 Mar 2023
Granted: 14 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 64/006
Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management: with additional information…
H04B 7/0617
Of weighted versions of same signal: for beam forming
H04B 7/26
For communication between two or more posts: at least one of which is mobile
H04W 16/18
Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures: network planning tools