US 12,136,981 B2
Systems and methods for angular direction indication in wireless communication
Aman Jassal, Stittsville (CA); Amine Maaref, Ottawa (CA); and Jianglei Ma, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Aman Jassal, Stittsville (CA); Amine Maaref, Ottawa (CA); and Jianglei Ma, Ottawa (CA)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,781.
Application 17/748,781 is a continuation of application No. 16/999,761, filed on Aug. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,349,550.
Prior Publication US 2022/0278733 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transmitting an indication of a range of angular directions for use by an apparatus to communicate with a device;
determining an angular direction between a first location associated with the apparatus and a second location associated with the device;
selecting, based on the angular direction between the first location associated with the apparatus and the second location associated with the device, a quantized angular direction, wherein the quantized angular direction belongs to the range of angular directions;
transmitting an indication of the quantized angular direction.