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Millimeter-wave communication device and method for intelligent control of transmit power and power density

US9391678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2013
Grant dateJul 12, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/0041
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of a millimeter-wave (mmW) communication device and methods for intelligent control of transmit power and power density are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a mmW base station includes a beamforming processor that is to configure a large-aperture array antenna for multi-beam transmissions at mmW frequencies to a plurality of user equipment (UE). The beamforming processor may allocate each UE a non-interfering spectral portion of a full channel bandwidth that is substantially less than the full channel bandwidth and perform multi-beam beamforming to concurrently direct a plurality of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) antenna beams to the UEs for a concurrent transmission of data streams to the UEs within their allocated spectral portion in accordance with a transmit power allocation.

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