Apparatus, system and method of steering an antenna array
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMaxim Greenberg, Michael Genossar
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of steering an antenna array. For example, a steering controller may control steering of an antenna array, the steering controller may be configured to select a first plurality of timing taps out of a second plurality of timing taps of a channel estimation, to determine a plurality of steering vectors corresponding the first plurality of timing taps, to determine a particular steering vector based on the plurality of steering vectors, and to control steering of the antenna array according to the particular steering vector.
Claims30
An apparatus comprising:
- a steering controller to control steering of an antenna array, said steering controller is to select a first plurality of timing taps out of a second plurality of timing taps of a channel estimation, to determine a plurality of steering vectors corresponding said first plurality of timing taps, to determine a particular steering vector based on said plurality of steering vectors, and to control steering of said antenna array according to said particular steering vector.
A system comprising:
- a wireless communication device including:
- an antenna array;
- and
- a steering controller to control steering of said antenna array for communicating via a beamformed link over a wireless communication channel, said steering controller is to select a first plurality of timing taps out of a second plurality of timing taps of a channel estimation corresponding to said wireless communication channel, to determine a plurality of steering vectors corresponding said first plurality of timing taps, to determine a particular steering vector based on said plurality of steering vectors, and to control steering of said antenna array according to said particular steering vector.
A method comprising:
- selecting a first plurality of timing taps out of a second plurality of timing taps of a channel estimation of a wireless communication channel;
- determining a plurality of steering vectors corresponding to said first plurality of timing taps;
- and
- determining a particular steering vector based on said plurality of steering vectors for steering an antenna array to form a beamformed link over said wireless communication channel according to said particular steering vector.
A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:
- selecting a first plurality of timing taps out of a second plurality of timing taps of a channel estimation of a wireless communication channel;
- determining a plurality of steering vectors corresponding to said first plurality of timing taps;
- and
- determining a particular steering vector based on said plurality of steering vectors for steering an antenna array to form a beamformed link over said wireless communication channel according to said particular steering vector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.