Apparatus, system and method of beam selection for beamformed diversity wireless communication
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsAlexander Alexandrovich Maltsev, Andrey Pudeyev, Vladim S. Sergeyev, Ali S. Sadri, Carlos Cordeiro, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of beam selection for beamformed communication. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a plurality of antenna subarrays to form a plurality of directional beams for communicating a beamformed diversity wireless transmission over a plurality of selected directional links, which are selected based on at least one predefined selection metric.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller to control a plurality of antenna subarrays of a first wireless communication device to form a plurality of directional beams to communicate a beamformed diversity wireless transmission between said first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device over a plurality of selected directional links, which are selected based on at least one predefined selection metric, said controller is to communicate a channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of sector identifiers, each sector identifier identifying an antenna subarray and a sector corresponding to the antenna subarray, the channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of measurements corresponding to said plurality of sector identifiers.
A system comprising:
- at least one first wireless communication device comprising:
- one or more antenna arrays controllable as a plurality of antenna subarrays;
- a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) chains coupled to said plurality of antenna subarrays;
- and
- a controller to control said plurality of antenna subarrays to form a plurality of directional beams to communicate a wireless beamformed transmission between said first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device,
- said first wireless communication device is to communicate a channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of sector identifiers, each sector identifier identifying an antenna subarray and a sector corresponding to the antenna subarray, the channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of measurements corresponding to said plurality of sector identifiers.
A method comprising:
- communicating a channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of sector identifiers, each sector identifier identifying an antenna subarray and a sector corresponding to the antenna subarray, the channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of measurements corresponding to said plurality of sector identifiers;
- selecting a plurality of selected directional links for beamformed diversity wireless communication between a Transmitter (Tx) station and a Receiver (Rx) station, based on at least one predefined selection metric;
- and
- controlling a plurality of antenna subarrays to form a plurality of directional beams to communicate a beamformed diversity wireless transmission via said plurality of selected directional links.
A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:
- communicating a channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of sector identifiers, each sector identifier identifying an antenna subarray and a sector corresponding to the antenna subarray, the channel measurement feedback element including a plurality of measurements corresponding to said plurality of sector identifiers;
- selecting a plurality of selected directional links for beamformed diversity wireless communication between a Transmitter (Tx) station and a Receiver (Rx) station, based on at least one predefined selection metric;
- and
- controlling a plurality of antenna subarrays to form a plurality of directional beams to communicate a beamformed diversity wireless transmission via said plurality of selected directional links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.