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Methods of frequency domain intra-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol multi RX-beam measurement and dynamic RX beam sweeping

US11463212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Zhibin Yu · Unterhaching, DE
Michael Ruder · Pommelsbrunn, DE
Holger Neuhaus · Birkenfeld, DE
Yeong-Sun Hwang · Germering, DE
Bertram Gunzelmann · Königsbrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L25/03261
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device comprises a receiver including at least two receive antennas and configured to receive at least one reference signal of a plurality of reference signals, each reference signal being transmitted from at least one base station at a predefined reference signal transmission time; a controller configured to switch between at least two receive configurations of the at least two antennas during a reception period of the at least one reference signal; and a signal quality determiner configured to determine a parameter indicative of a first signal quality of the received reference signal for each receive configuration.

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