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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Neil McGowan, Stittsville, CA;
Marthinus Willem Da Silveira, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04J 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a network node uses beam frames to broadcast acquisition information on a plurality of beam sets (N). Each beam sets includes a plurality of beams (K). The network node broadcasts the acquisition information one beam set at a time during a corresponding one of a periodic plurality (X) of the beam frames. The periodic plurality (X) of beam frames occur with a first periodicity and are within a periodic plurality (Y) of subframes occurring with a second periodicity.