EFFICIENT METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PREFERRED ANTENNA PATTERN
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1. A first apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- a receiver configured to iteratively receive, with a subset of antennas of the first apparatus, a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a second apparatus, wherein each reference signal is received utilizing a different combination of coefficients for the subset of antennas and the subset of antennas is adjusted after each iteration; and
a processing system configured to determine one or more coefficients corresponding to a preferred receive antenna pattern based on the plurality of reference signals and to configure the receiver to receive data from the second apparatus with the preferred receive antenna pattern.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure propose a method for determining preferred transmit and receive antenna patterns of a wireless device with respect to another wireless device. The method generally includes determining the beamforming or calibrating coefficients corresponding to the preferred transmit and receive antenna patterns of a wireless device iteratively.
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35 Claims
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1. A first apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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a receiver configured to iteratively receive, with a subset of antennas of the first apparatus, a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a second apparatus, wherein each reference signal is received utilizing a different combination of coefficients for the subset of antennas and the subset of antennas is adjusted after each iteration; and a processing system configured to determine one or more coefficients corresponding to a preferred receive antenna pattern based on the plurality of reference signals and to configure the receiver to receive data from the second apparatus with the preferred receive antenna pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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iteratively receiving, with a subset of antennas of a first apparatus, a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a second apparatus, wherein each reference signal is received utilizing a different combination of coefficients for the subset of antennas and the subset of antennas is adjusted after each iteration; determining one or more coefficients for one or more antennas in the subset of antennas based on the plurality of reference signals; and receiving data from the second apparatus with the preferred receive antenna pattern determined utilizing the coefficients. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A first apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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means for iteratively receiving, with a subset of antennas of the first apparatus, a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a second apparatus, wherein each reference signal is received utilizing a different combination of coefficients for the subset of antennas and the subset of antennas is adjusted after each iteration; means for determining one or more coefficients for one or more antennas in the subset of antennas based on the plurality of reference signals; and means for receiving data from the second apparatus with the preferred receive antenna pattern determined utilizing the coefficients. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-program product for determining a preferred receive antenna pattern for a first apparatus to communicate with a second apparatus, comprising a computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable for:
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iteratively receiving, with a subset of antennas of a first apparatus, a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a second apparatus, wherein each reference signal is received utilizing a different combination of coefficients for the subset of antennas and the subset of antennas is adjusted after each iteration; determining one or more coefficients for one or more antennas in the subset of antennas based on the plurality of reference signals; and receiving data from the second apparatus with the preferred receive antenna pattern determined utilizing the coefficients.
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35. A station for wireless communications, comprising:
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a plurality of antennas; a receiver configured to iteratively receive, with a subset of the antennas of the station, a plurality of reference signals transmitted by an apparatus, wherein each reference signal is received utilizing a different combination of coefficients for the subset of antennas and the subset of antennas is adjusted after each iteration; and a processing system configured to determine one or more coefficients corresponding to a preferred receive antenna pattern based on the plurality of reference signals and to configure the receiver to receive data from the apparatus with the preferred receive antenna pattern.
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