Beam management for distributed multi-antenna systems

A user equipment device, comprising:

• an antenna assembly;
• a receiver configured to receive, via the antenna assembly and from a first access point of a distributed multi-antenna system, a first plurality of beams;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit, via the antenna assembly, to a second access point of the distributed multi-antenna system, and based on a first location of the first access point, a second location of the second access point, and a first angle of arrival of a first beam selected from the first plurality of beams via a plurality of signal strength measurements corresponding to the first plurality of beams, an indication of a second beam selected from a second plurality of beams corresponding to the second access point or a second angle of arrival corresponding to the second beam.

One or more tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to:

• receive a first indication of a first beam of a first plurality of beams transmitted by a first access point to a user equipment device, the first indication of the first beam being based on a plurality of signal strength measurements of the first plurality of beams;
• receive a second indication of a second beam of a second plurality of beams corresponding to a second access point, the second indication of the second beam being based on the first indication and location data indicative of a first location of the first access point and a second location of the second access point;
• and
• establish a communication path between the user equipment device and the second access point via the second indication of the second beam.