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Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Weishan Lu, Shenzhen, CN;

Tao Wu, Shenzhen, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0632 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04B 7/0684 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a directional direction selection method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: sending L groups of pilots in an omnidirectional direction manner, where the L groups of pilots are received by UE by using L directional directions, and the L groups of pilots are used by the UE to switch to a directional direction with best channel quality in the L directional directions; sending, by a base station, S groups of pilots by using S directional directions respectively; determining, by the base station, an optimal directional direction in the S directional directions according to the channel quality corresponding to the S groups of pilots; and switching, by the base station, to the optimal directional direction in the S directional directions.


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