Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication device and method for selecting a beam direction
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Application No.: US16305916Application Date: 2016-07-01
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Publication No.: US10784946B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Jinyu Zhang , Yuan Zhu , Huaning Niu , Honglei Miao , Yang Tang
- Applicant: Intel IP Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/CN2016/088079 WO 20160701
- International Announcement: WO2018/000405 WO 20180104
- Main IPC: H04B7/02
- IPC: H04B7/02 ; H04B7/06 ; H04B7/08

Abstract:
A communication device including a first directional antenna and a second directional antenna which may each be set to any one of a plurality of main beam directions for radio communication, a transceiver configured to determine a reception quality for at least some of the plurality of main beam directions using the first directional antenna and for at least some of the plurality of main beam directions using the second directional antenna, select a main beam direction of the plurality of main beam directions based on the reception qualities determined by the first directional antenna and based on the reception qualities determined by the second directional antenna, and perform communication using the selected main beam direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200091988A1 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A BEAM DIRECTION Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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