US 11,864,164 B2
Multiple beam monitoring and transmitting in a wireless medium
Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, San Diego, CA (US); Jing Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Vinay Chande, San Diego, CA (US); Srinivas Yerramalli, Hyderabad (IN); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Juan Montojo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,861.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,655, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360600 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/121 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/044 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
monitoring a region within a wireless medium to sense a level of interference within the region, wherein the monitoring is performed using at least one directional beam covering the region;
upon determining that the level of interference sensed within the region satisfies a threshold condition, transmitting to a plurality of wireless devices in the region using a plurality of spatially separated directional beams, wherein a direction of the at least one directional beam covering the region is based on a combination of directional components associated with each of the plurality of spatially separated directional beams; and
obtaining information for which the plurality of wireless devices are intended recipients, wherein the monitoring the region is performed in response to a determination that the plurality of wireless devices are within the region.
 
12. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a transceiver configured to form at least one directional beam covering a region within a wireless medium and a plurality of spatially separated directional beams; and
at least one processor configured to:
execute monitoring the region to sense a level of interference within the region, wherein the monitoring is performed using the at least one directional beam;
upon determining that the level of interference sensed within the region satisfies a threshold condition, transmit to a plurality of wireless devices in the region using the plurality of spatially separated directional beams, wherein a direction of the at least one directional beam covering the region is based on a combination of directional components associated with each of the plurality of spatially separated directional beams; and
obtain information for which the plurality of wireless devices are intended recipients, wherein the monitoring the region is performed in response to a determination that the plurality of wireless devices are within the region.