Beamforming of beams
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorFredrik ATHLEY
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Abstract
There is provided mechanisms for beamforming of beams. A method is performed by a radio transceiver device. The method comprises performing beamforming by switching between communicating in a first set of beam patterns and in a second set of beam patterns. The first set of beam patterns and the second set of beam patterns comprise equally many beams. Signals in the beams are communicated with a first set of other radio transceiver devices in the first set of beam patterns and with a second set of other radio transceiver devices in the second set of beam patterns. The first set of other radio transceiver devices and the second set of other radio transceiver devices at least partly overlaps.
Claims24
A method for beamforming of beams, the method being performed by a radio transceiver device, the method comprising:
- performing beamforming by switching between communicating in a first set of beam patterns and in a second set of beam patterns,
- wherein the first set of beam patterns and the second set of beam patterns comprise equally many beams,
- wherein signals in said beams are communicated with a first set of other radio transceiver devices in the first set of beam patterns and with a second set of other radio transceiver devices in the second set of beam patterns, and
- wherein the first set of other radio transceiver devices and the second set of other radio transceiver devices at least partly overlaps.
A radio transceiver device for beamforming of beams, the radio transceiver device comprising:
- a transmitter;
- and
- processing circuitry coupled to the transmitter, the processing circuitry being configured to cause the radio transceiver device to:
- perform beamforming by switching between communicating in a first set of beam patterns and in a second set of beam patterns,
- wherein the first set of beam patterns and the second set of beam patterns comprise equally many beams,
- wherein signals in said beams communicated with a first set of other radio transceiver devices in the first set of beam patterns and with a second set of other radio transceiver devices in the second set of beam patterns, and
- wherein the first set of other radio transceiver devices and the second set of other radio transceiver devices at least partly overlaps.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for beamforming of beams, the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a radio transceiver device, causes the radio transceiver device to:
- perform beamforming by switching between communicating in a first set of beam patterns and in a second set of beam patterns,
- wherein the first set of beam patterns and the second set of beam patterns comprise equally many beams,
- wherein signals in said beams are communicated with a first set of other radio transceiver devices in the first set of beam patterns and with a second set of other radio transceiver devices in the second set of beam patterns, and
- wherein the first set of other radio transceiver devices and the second set of other radio transceiver devices at least partly overlaps.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.