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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:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2019
Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Kurt Huber, Atlanta, GA (US);

Julius Fodje, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/10 (2017.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04B 7/0882 (2013.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to millimeter wave ('mmWave') idle channel optimization. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an antenna system can include an antenna array that is configured in a first antenna configuration. The antenna system can generate and send downlink beams directed towards a network edge. A beam index scanner operating at the network edge can scan the downlink beams to determine beam index scanner data for the first antenna configuration. The beam index scanner can send the bream index scanner data to an antenna technician device. The beam index scanner data can indicate that a downlink channel provided by the downlink beams is not optimized. The antenna system can configure the antenna array in a new antenna configuration in an attempt to optimize the downlink channel provided by the downlink beams.


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