US 12,284,010 B1
Methods and apparatus for beamforming in MIMO systems
Sabih Guzelgoz, San Jose, CA (US); and Nagabhushana Kurapati, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/406,286, filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0456 (2013.01) [H04W 72/12 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
associating a plurality of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) ranges with a plurality of precoding schemes, respectively;
identifying groups of user equipments (UEs) that have SNRs within each SNR range; and
configuring downlink transmissions to each group of UEs to use one of the precoding schemes associated with the SNR range of that group.