US 12,328,166 B2
Beamformed transmissions in wireless communication networks
Esa Tiirola, Oulu (FI); Jari Hulkkonen, Oulu (FI); Jukka Talvitie, Ylöjärvi (FI); Kari Pajukoski, Oulu (FI); Toni Levanen, Tampere (FI); and Mikko Valkama, Nokia (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/996,393
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed May 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/062590
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/223863, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208485 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0482 (2013.01); H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04B 7/086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause a wireless network node at least to:
receive at least one parameter from a wireless terminal, wherein the at least one parameter is related to at least one transmit and/or receive beam of the wireless terminal and based on at least one metric with respect to a normal of at least one antenna panel of the wireless terminal;
determine, based on the at least one parameter, a configuration for communicating with the wireless terminal; and
communicate with the wireless terminal according to the determined configuration,
wherein said determining the configuration for communicating with the wireless terminal comprises decreasing a frequency dimension precoder granularity upon determining that at least one of a beam squint at the wireless terminal and a beam squint at the wireless network node has increased.