US 12,457,019 B2
Protocol for beam width control
Boqiang Fan, San Diego, CA (US); Laxminarayana Pillutla, San Diego, CA (US); Mithat C. Dogan, San Jose, CA (US); and Sharad Sambhwani, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,872.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/393,783, filed on Jul. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039591 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 17/328 (2023.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first incoming transmission from a first node;
measuring the first incoming transmission to determine first information associated with a second node, the first information to indicate at least one of an orientation of the second node, a speed of the second node, or a direction of movement of the second node;
generating a request to the first node that indicates a first requested beam width change, wherein the first requested beam width change is based on the first information;
receiving a request from the first node that indicates a second requested beam width change; and
generating, for transmission to the first node, an outgoing transmission that is based on a transmit beam width, wherein the transmit beam width is based on the second requested beam width change.