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Channel quality reporting for adaptive sectorization

  • US 9,307,544 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Issued: 04/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enhancing performance for a wireless communication environment, comprising:

  • receiving a pilot;

    calculating an instantaneous channel quality indicator (CQI) based at least in part upon the pilot;

    calculating a long term CQI based at least in part upon the instantaneous CQI; and

    reporting the long term CQI in order to enable a modification of a condition of the wireless communication environment based at least in part on the reported long term CQI, the reporting being performed responsive to the occurrence a beam pattern change, a user device beam coverage change, a drop by the long term CQI below a predetermined threshold, or a combination thereof.

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