US 12,143,181 B2
Neighboring beam assisted beamforming and beamtracking
Sung-En Chiu, San Diego, 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 Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,959.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/408,009, filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097760 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0619 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a plurality of antennas;
a transmitter coupled to the plurality of antennas, the transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of beams from the plurality of antennas;
a receiver coupled to the plurality of antennas, the receiver configured to receive an indication of user equipment; and
processing circuitry coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, the processing circuitry configured to
receive a signal characteristic of each beam of the plurality of beams based on the indication of the user equipment,
receive a position of the user equipment based on the signal characteristic of each beam of the plurality of beams, and
transmit, using the transmitter, a targeted beam based on the position of the user equipment.