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US 11,777,561 B2Granted
Power budget control via beamforming in a wireless network
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorsVolkan Sevindik, Mohammedyusuf M. Shaikh, Haider H. Syed
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Abstract
A communication system includes communication management hardware to control operation of first antenna hardware and second antenna hardware associated with a wireless base station. For example, in one arrangement, via control provided by the communication management hardware, the first antenna hardware transmits a first sidelobe wireless beam; the second antenna hardware transmits a second sidelobe wireless beam. The first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam provide a communication device access to a remote network.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- wherein the communication device is a first mobile communication device;
- and
- wherein a combination of a first portion of the first sidelobe wireless beam and a first portion of the second sidelobe wireless beam overlap in wireless coverage to provide the first mobile communication device wireless access to the remote network.
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A system comprising:
- communication management hardware operative to:
- transmit a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmit a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilize the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- and
- wherein the communication management hardware is further operative to:
- control a first power level of transmitting the first sidelobe wireless beam and a second power level of transmitting the second sidelobe wireless beam based on a number of mobile communication devices provided access to the remote network via the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- the method further comprising:
- transmitting a first main lobe wireless beam, the first sidelobe wireless beam being a sidelobe with respect to the first main lobe wireless beam;
- and
- transmitting a second main lobe wireless beam, the second sidelobe wireless beam being a sidelobe with respect to the second main lobe wireless beam;
- wherein the first sidelobe wireless beam supports a first number of mobile communication devices;
- wherein the first main lobe supports a second number of mobile communication devices, the method further comprising:
- controlling a magnitude of a power level of the first sidelobe wireless beam with respect to the first main lobe wireless beam depending on a ratio of the first number of mobile communication devices with respect to the second number of mobile communication devices.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- transmitting a first main lobe wireless beam, the first sidelobe wireless beam being a sidelobe with respect to the first main lobe wireless beam;
- and
- transmitting a second main lobe wireless beam, the second sidelobe wireless beam being a sidelobe with respect to the second main lobe wireless beam;
- determining a first number of mobile communication devices provided wireless access to the remote network via the first sidelobe wireless beam and the first main lobe wireless beam;
- determining a second number of mobile communication devices provided wireless access to the remote network via the second sidelobe wireless beam and the second main lobe wireless beam;
- adjusting an apportionment of power allocated to transmit the first sidelobe wireless beam and the first main lobe wireless beam versus the second sidelobe wireless beam and the second main lobe wireless beam based on a ratio of the first number to the second number.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- and
- controlling a first power level of transmitting the first sidelobe wireless beam and a second power level of transmitting the second sidelobe wireless beam based on a number of mobile communication devices provided access to the remote network via the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- wherein the first antenna hardware supports first communications managed by first communication management hardware;
- and
- wherein the second antenna hardware supports second communications managed by second communication management hardware, the method further comprising:
- apportioning first power to the first communication management hardware and the second communication management hardware depending on a ratio of a number of communication devices supported by the first antenna hardware with respect to a number of communication devices supported by the second antenna hardware.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network, the method further comprising:
- transmitting a first main lobe wireless beam from the first antenna hardware in a first direction, the first sidelobe wireless beam being a sidelobe with respect to the first main lobe wireless beam;
- and
- transmitting a second main lobe wireless beam from the second antenna hardware in a second direction, the second sidelobe wireless beam being a sidelobe with respect to the second main lobe wireless beam, the second direction being different than the first direction;
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- wherein the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam are transmitted in a third direction, the third direction being different than the first direction and the second direction.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam from first antenna hardware;
- transmitting a second sidelobe wireless beam from second antenna hardware;
- utilizing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam to provide a communication device access to a remote network;
- wherein the first antenna hardware and the second antenna hardware are operated by a first service provider producing the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam;
- wherein the first sidelobe wireless beam and the second sidelobe wireless beam are implemented via wireless bandwidth allocated from an allocation management resource that allocates the wireless bandwidth in accordance with a tiered hierarchy of users;
- and
- wherein the first service provider resides lower in priority in the tiered hierarchy of users than an incumbent entity in the tiered hierarchy of users.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.