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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Tae-Young Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Hyun-Kyu Yu, Yongin-si, KR;

Jae-Weon Cho, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for selecting the best beam in a wireless communication system are provided. An operation of a Base Station (BS) includes repeatedly transmitting reference signals beamformed with a first width, receiving a feedback signal indicating at least one preferred-beam having the first width from at least one terminal, determining a direction range within which reference signals beamformed with a second width are to be transmitted and a transmission pattern, based on the at least one preferred-beam having the first width, repeatedly transmitting the reference signals beamformed with the second width within the determined direction range according to the transmission pattern, and receiving a feedback signal indicating at least one preferred-beam having the second width from the at least one terminal.


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