US 12,294,424 B2
Transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indications for tilted antenna arrays
Vasanthan Raghavan, West Windsor Township, NJ (US); Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, San Diego, CA (US); Yu-Chin Ou, San Diego, CA (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,525.
Prior Publication US 2023/0387967 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/0404 (2017.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0404 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication device, comprising:
one or more transceivers;
a plurality of antenna array modules including a first antenna array module and a second antenna array module, each of the plurality of antenna array modules coupled to at least one of the one or more transceivers;
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the one or more transceivers, the plurality of antenna array modules, and the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to:
utilize the first antenna array module to serve a first frequency band, the first antenna array module having a first antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a first boresight and oriented substantially parallel to a first surface of the wireless communication device adjacent to the first antenna array module,
utilize the second antenna array module to serve a second frequency band, the first antenna array module being different from the second antenna array module and the first frequency band being different from the second frequency band, the second antenna array module having a second antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a second boresight and oriented at an angle relative to a second surface of the wireless communication device adjacent to the second antenna array module, and
transmit an indication of a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for use in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the set of TCI states being selected based on the angle.