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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
David Lopez-Perez, Dublin, IE;
Adrian Garcia Rodriguez, Dublin, IE;
Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Dublin, IE;
Giovanni Geraci, Dublin, IE;
Michael Timmers, Herent, BE;
Nikolas Olaziregi, Antwerp, BE;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Method for managing a wireless passive optical network, including a plurality of access points, APs, and a plurality of customer premises equipments, CPEs. The method includes configuring an AP to CPE association based on a load balancing algorithm such that each CPE is associated with at least one AP; configuring for each AP an AP beamforming codebook based on the configured association, wherein the AP beamforming codebook includes entries, wherein each entry is representative for a beam pattern to be transmitted by the AP, and wherein the AP beamforming codebook includes for each CPE associated with the AP—a line of sight, LoS, entry representative for a beam pattern to be transmitted to the respective CPE via a LoS path; and at least one back-up entry representative for a beam pattern to be transmitted to the respective CPE via a back-up path different from the LoS path.