US 2019/0379512 A1Published application

Signaling beamforming relationships between control and data channels

AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated

InventorsMakesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Tao LUO, Ashwin SAMPATH, Sumeeth NAGARAJA, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Juergen CEZANNE, Sony AKKARAKARAN

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Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for signaling information regarding beams used for data and control transmissions to a receiving entity.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A method for wireless communication by a transmitting entity, comprising:

signaling, to a receiving entity, information regarding a relationship between beams used for data and control transmissions to the receiving entity;
and
sending the data and control transmissions using the beams.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/550,590Filed 26 Aug 2019
Priority: 10 Nov 2016
Published: 12 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H04L 5/0053
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
H04B 7/0408
Using two or more spaced independent antennas: using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity
H04B 7/0617
Of weighted versions of same signal: for beam forming
H04B 7/0695
Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission: using beam selection

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Application62/420,036Us provisional application · filed 10 Nov 2016
Application15/713,074Continuation · filed 22 Sep 2017
Application16/550,590Continuation
US 10,396,959 B2Related patent
US 10,951,376 B2Related patent
US 2018/0131492 A1Published application
US 2019/0379512 A1This patent

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Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for signaling information regarding beams used for data and control transmissions to a receiving entity.

Facts

Application

16/550,590Filed 26 Aug 2019

Priority

10 Nov 2016

Published

12 Dec 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H04L 5/0053
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
H04B 7/0408
Using two or more spaced independent antennas: using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity
H04B 7/0617
Of weighted versions of same signal: for beam forming
H04B 7/0695
Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission: using beam selection

Family

Application62/420,036Us provisional application · filed 10 Nov 2016

Application15/713,074Continuation · filed 22 Sep 2017

Application16/550,590Continuation

US 10,396,959 B2Related patent

US 10,951,376 B2Related patent

US 2018/0131492 A1Published application

US 2019/0379512 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.