US 11,838,092 B2
Wireless communication apparatus and method
Kosuke Tanabe, Tokyo (JP); Nader Zein, Heidelberg (DE); Jun Qian, London (GB); and Christos Masouros, London (GB)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,290.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-146426 (JP), filed on Sep. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074879 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/086 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A method performed in a wireless communication apparatus comprising an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising:
controlling a receiving beam formed by the antenna array, the receiving beam is for receiving radio signal transmitted by another wireless communication apparatus;
performing a first processing for changing, using the plurality of antenna elements selected in the antenna array, the receiving beam in a first direction to determine a first angle for the receiving beam; and
performing a second processing for changing, using a number of antenna elements larger than or equal to the number of antenna elements used in the first processing, the receiving beam in the first direction from the first angle to determine a second angle that is a final angle for the receiving beam.