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Beam indication method for multibeam wireless communication system and electronic device using the same

US10820323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 2018
Grant dateOct 27, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/27
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An aspect of the disclosure includes a beam indication method for a multibeam wireless communication system, including: obtaining a number of candidate beams and a number of active beams to determine a plurality of beam groups, wherein the beam groups are selections of the active beams from the candidate beams; extracting a plurality of sets of the beam groups from the beam groups, wherein the plurality of sets of the beam groups comprises a first beam group set; assigning a first indicator to the first beam group set; assigning a beam indicator to one of the beam groups in the first beam group set to generate a codebook for beam indication according to the first indicator and the beam indicator.

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