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Minimizing interference by controlling beam width of a wireless device

US10743203B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2018
Grant dateAug 11, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/005
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to minimizing interference by controlling beam width of a wireless device. In certain aspects, a method of minimizing interference by controlling beam width of a wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE), includes configuring antenna elements of the UE to communicate in a serving cell using a first beam, monitoring a channel quality metric in the serving cell, and re-configuring the antenna elements of the UE to perform mobility measurements of one or more neighboring cells using a second beam broader than the first beam if the metric falls below a threshold value.

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