Invention Application
- Patent Title: ANTENNA ARRAY UPLINK SECTOR LEVEL SWEEP TO ALLOW COEXISTENCE WITH OTHER IN-DEVICE RADIOS
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Application No.: US15272185Application Date: 2016-09-21
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Publication No.: US20180084438A1Publication Date: 2018-03-22
- Inventor: Qiuming Li , Nicholas M. McDonnell
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Main IPC: H04W16/28
- IPC: H04W16/28 ; H04B17/318 ; H04B7/06

Abstract:
A method for operating a first radio of a number of radios within a radio frequency system may include sending a first command to the first radio of the plurality of radios to initiate an antenna sector level sweep and determining a first set of metrics associated with a first set of signals from other radios of the plurality of radios that correspond to the antenna sector level sweep. The method may also include receiving a second set of metrics associated with the first set of signals from a responder electronic device and identifying a sector of a number of sectors associated with the antenna sector level sweep based on the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics. The method may then involve sending a second command to the first radio to transmit data to the responder device via the identified sector.
Public/Granted literature
- US10219167B2 Antenna array uplink sector level sweep to allow coexistence with other in-device radios Public/Granted day:2019-02-26
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