US 12,445,860 B2
Common analog beam steering for band groups
Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Yuchul Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Shenzhen (CN); Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN); Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Gordon, San Jose, CA (US); Mark G. Forbes, San Carlos, CA (US); Xiang Guan, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Yakun Sun, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/978,559
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/104667
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 4, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/042361, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110967 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baseband processor configured to:
provide an indication of beam steering capability of a wireless device to a cellular base station, wherein the beam steering capability indicates whether beam steering is independent for a band combination or whether it is common to bands of the band combination; and
perform communications in the band combination in accordance with the indication of beam steering capability.