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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Jin Yang, Orinda, CA (US);
Yee Sin Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for network controlled beam sweeping, may include receiving, at a network control device, location data associated with user equipment (UE) devices within a service area. The method may also include identifying, at each beam sweeping position of a plurality of beam sweeping positions, geo-bins having at least one UE device located within. The method includes receiving, at the network control device, networking requirements and traffic distribution data associated with the UE devices, and determining a sweeping weight for each identified geo-bin, where the sweeping weight is based on the networking requirements and the traffic distribution data associated with the at least one UE device in a geo-bin, and determining a sweeping factor for each beam sweeping position based upon the sweeping weights. The method may also include determining a beam sweeping pattern for all the beam sweeping positions based on the sweeping factors.