US 11,996,926 B2
Method for selecting beam for communication, and electronic device therefor
Junyoung Woo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyoungjoo Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Taeyoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chaeman Lim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Euichang Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/283,998
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/012028
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/075978, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0121324 (KR), filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0351835 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 7/0408 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/088 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0408 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/0857 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
at least one antenna array comprising antenna elements disposed in the housing, or formed in part of the housing;
at least one processor electrically or operatively connected with the antenna array, and configured to form N-ary reception beams (rx beams) having different directions, using the antenna array; and
a memory operatively connected with the processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions for, when executed, causing the processor to,
generate N×M-ary measurement results, by measuring signal strength values of M-ary transmission beams (tx beams) transmitted from at least one base station and having different directions, using the N-ary rx beams,
select one of a plurality of methods for selecting a beam pair among the N×M-ary beam pairs, based at least in part on the measurement results,
wherein the instructions cause the processor to,
determine a state of the electronic device, based at least in part on the measurement results,
select the one of the plurality of the methods, based at least in part on the determined state,
select the beam pair by the selected method, and
establish a beam pair link using the selected beam pair, and
wherein the plurality of the methods comprises a first method for selecting a first beam pair comprising a first rx beam and a first tx beam, if the state is a first state, among the N-ary rx beams, and wherein the first rx beam indicates the greatest measurement value with respect to the first tx beam, and
wherein the instructions cause the processor to establish a first beam pair link using the first beam pair,
wherein the plurality of the methods comprises a second method for selecting a second beam pair comprising a second rx beam and a second tx beam, if the state is a second state in which mobility is greater than the first state, among the N-ary rx beams, wherein the second rx beam indicates the greatest measurement value with respect to the second tx beam, and
wherein the second rx beam is selected by considering measurement values of the second tx beam using rx beams adjacent to the second rx beam, selected according to the direction of the second rx beam, and
wherein the instructions cause the processor to establish a second beam pair link using the second beam pair, and
wherein the N and M are integers greater than or equal to 2.