Dynamically disabling beamforming capabilities
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorSreekar Marupaduga
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically disabling beamforming for particular user devices. At a node that utilizes carrier aggregation, a node, such as an eNodeB or a gNodeB, communicates with a user device that is located at a cell edge, the communicating comprising transmitting data on at least two channels that utilize beamforming. Performance of the user device is determined to be below a predetermined threshold. When this occurs, beamforming capabilities are disabled for at least one of the at least two channels used to communicate with the user device.
Claims9
A system for dynamically disabling beamforming for particular user devices, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- one or more computer storage hardware devices storing computer-usable instructions that, when used by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determining that loading on a sector of a node is above a predetermined threshold, the sector utilizing beamforming;
- determining that one or more user devices are located at a cell edge of the sector;
- determining that at least one of the one or more user devices is a high-powered user device or a relay device;
- and
- disabling the beamforming for the one or more user devices that are located at the cell edge of the sector and are not high-powered user devices or relay devices while maintaining beamforming for the at least one or more user devices that are located at the cell edge and that are the high-powered user device or the relay device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.