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Optimization of full-power broadcast beamforming

  • US 10,135,509 B1
  • Filed: 08/23/2016
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for optimizing full-power broadcast beamforming within a network cell, the method comprising:

  • at a base station having a plurality of beams, receiving location data from a first set of user devices comprising one or more user devices within the network cell, wherein the location data indicates a location of each user device within the first set of user devices;

    based on the location data, determining whether to enable full-power broadcast beamforming where a signal for each beam within the plurality of beams is at maximum signal strength; and

    upon determining to enable full-power broadcast beamforming, adjusting a signal weight for one or more beams within the plurality of beams to full power, the adjusting causes an increase in a geographic coverage area of the network cell for at least one of the first set of user devices.

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