System and Method for Synchronized and Coordinated Beam Switching and Scheduling in a Wireless Communications System
First Claim
1. A method for controller operation, the method comprising:
- determining a beam cycle pattern, the beam cycle pattern comprising a list of beam patterns transmitted by the controller;
sharing the beam cycle pattern with neighboring controllers;
generating scheduling information from the beam cycle pattern and beam cycle patterns from other controllers;
receiving beam information from a communications device;
receiving a transmission intended for the communications device; and
causing the transmission to be transmitted to the communications device, wherein the transmission is transmitted using the scheduling information and the received beam information.
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Abstract
A system and method for synchronized and coordinated beam switching and scheduling in a wireless communications system is provided. A method for controller operation includes determining a beam cycle pattern, sharing the beam cycle pattern with neighboring controllers, receiving beam information from a communications device, generating scheduling information from the beam cycle pattern and beam cycle patterns from other controllers, receiving a transmission intended for the communications device, and causing the transmission to be transmitted to the communications device. The beam cycle pattern includes a list of beam patterns transmitted by the controller, and the transmission is transmitted using the scheduling information and the received beam information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controller operation, the method comprising:
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determining a beam cycle pattern, the beam cycle pattern comprising a list of beam patterns transmitted by the controller; sharing the beam cycle pattern with neighboring controllers; generating scheduling information from the beam cycle pattern and beam cycle patterns from other controllers; receiving beam information from a communications device; receiving a transmission intended for the communications device; and causing the transmission to be transmitted to the communications device, wherein the transmission is transmitted using the scheduling information and the received beam information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communications device operation, the method comprising:
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measuring a first communications channel between a controller and the communications device for each beam pattern in a beam cycle pattern of the controller, thereby producing a plurality of channel estimates; measuring a second communications channel between a neighboring controller and the communications device for each beam pattern in a beam cycle pattern of the neighboring controller, thereby producing a plurality of interference estimates; and reporting indices of one of the beam patterns in the beam cycle pattern of the controller and one of the beam pattern in the beam cycle pattern of the neighboring controller meeting a criteria, wherein the criteria is based on the plurality of channel estimates and the plurality of interference estimates. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controller operation, the method comprising:
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determining a beam cycle pattern, the beam cycle pattern comprising a list of beam patterns transmitted by the controller; sharing the beam cycle pattern with neighboring controllers; generating scheduling information from the beam cycle pattern and beam cycle patterns from other controllers, the scheduling information comprises all combinations of beam patterns in the beam cycle pattern and beam patterns from the beam cycle patterns from neighboring controllers; transmitting information related to the beam cycle pattern to a communications device; receiving an index to a preferred beam pattern in the beam cycle pattern and beam patterns from beam cycle patterns from neighboring controllers; receiving a transmission intended for the communications device; and causing the transmission to be transmitted to the communications device, wherein the transmission is transmitted using the received index. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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