US 12,328,620 B2
Dynamically disabling beamforming capabilities
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/400,410.
Application 18/400,410 is a division of application No. 17/225,820, filed on Apr. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,902,825.
Prior Publication US 2024/0137806 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0289 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dynamically disabling beamforming for particular user devices, the method comprising:
at a node that utilizes carrier aggregation, communicating with a cell edge user device that is located at a cell edge and communicating with a non-cell edge user device, the communicating comprising transmitting data on two or more channels that utilize beamforming;
determining that a performance of the cell edge user device is below a predetermined threshold; and
disabling beamforming capabilities for at least one of the two or more channels used to communicate with the cell edge user device while maintaining beamforming capabilities for the two or more channels to communicate with the non-cell edge user device.