Beamforming for wireless communication

• US 8,583,151 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research and Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
• Original Assignee: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research and Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
• Inventors: Joo, Jung Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US13/576,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20130084908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 455/500, 455/456.6, 455/456.1, 455/456, 455/414, 455/445, 455/425, 455/553.1, 455/101, 455/556.1, 455/525, 455/562.1, 455/456.5, 455/457, 455/41.2, 455/561, 455/73, 455/440, 455/441, 455/297, 455/509, 375/267, 375/260, 375/347, 375/346, 370/330, 370/328, 370/329, 370/347, 370/537
• US Class Current: 455/500
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/046 the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for usage recommendation for mobile device. In some examples, a method performed under control of a downlink beamforming system may include receiving respective movement information of a plurality of mobile devices, grouping at least some of the mobile devices into one or more groups based on the movement information, and generating beams for the groups, respectively.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of a downlink beamforming system, comprising:

receiving respective velocity information of a plurality of mobile devices;

classifying the plurality of mobile devices into at least one of a low speed group and a high speed group based on the velocity information,

wherein a speed of a mobile device in the low speed group is slower than a predetermined speed and a speed of a mobile device in the high speed group is faster than the predetermined speed;

dividing at least some mobile devices in the low speed group into one or more sub-groups based on positions in a predetermined range; and

generating beams for the low speed group and high speed groups.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined range is associated with a direction from a base station including the downlink beamforming system to mobile devices in the sub-groups.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating includes:

creating one or more directional beams for the one or more sub-groups, respectively.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating includes:

creating an omni-directional beam for at least one mobile device not belonging to the one or more sub-groups.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating the velocity information periodically.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the grouping includes:

regrouping the one or more groups based on the updated velocity information.

7. A downlink beamforming system, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive velocity information of a plurality of mobile devices;

a grouping unit configured to;

classify the plurality of mobile devices into a low speed group and a high speed group based on the velocity information, wherein a velocity mobile device in the low speed group is slower than a predetermined velocity and a velocity of a mobile device in the high speed group is faster than the predetermined velocity, and

divide at least some mobile devices in the low speed group into one or more sub-groups based on positions in a predetermined range; and

a beam generation unit configured to generate beams for the one or more groups, respectively.

8. The downlink beamforming system of claim 7, wherein the beam generation unit includes:

a directional beam generation unit configured to generate one or more directional beams for the one or more sub-groups, respectively.

9. The downlink beamforming system of claim 7, wherein the beam generation unit includes:

an omni-directional beam generation unit configured to generate an omni-directional beam for at least one mobile device not belonging to the one or more sub-groups.

10. The downlink beamforming system of claim 7, further comprising:

an updating unit configured to update the velocity information periodically, wherein the grouping unit is further configured to regroup the one or more groups based on the updated velocity information.

11. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a downlink beamforming system to perform operations, comprising:

receiving respective velocity information of a plurality of mobile devices;

classifying the plurality of mobile devices into a low speed group and a high speed group based on the velocity information,

wherein a speed of a mobile device in the low speed group is slower than a predetermined speed and a speed of a mobile device in the high speed group is faster than the predetermined speed;

dividing at least some mobile devices in the low speed group into one or more sub-groups based on positions in a predetermined range; and

generating beams for the groups, respectively.