US 12,035,355 B2
Intelligent antenna adaptive directed beamforming based on totality of circumstances
Howard Lang, Wayside, NJ (US); and Joseph Soryal, Glendale, NY (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,257.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362974 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/566 (2023.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/566 (2023.01) [G06V 40/174 (2022.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 16/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
identifying a requirement for mobile communication resources in a service area of a mobility network;
determining the requirement for mobile communication resources exceeds currently available mobile communication resources of the mobility network for the service area;
assessing current user status information for one or more users in the service area, forming a user assessment, wherein the assessing current user status information is based on the determining the requirement for mobile communication resources exceeds currently available mobile communication resources;
assigning an antenna beam of a beamforming antenna based on the user assessment;
receiving thermal information from an environmental sensor located in the service area;
based on thermal information, identifying a mobile device having an elevated temperature; and
assigning the antenna beam of the beamforming antenna to the mobile device having the elevated temperature.