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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Arnab Pal, Hyderabad, IN;
Vishnu Namboodiri Karakkad Kesavan Namboodiri, Hyderabad, IN;
Mahendran Kamatchi, Hyderabad, IN;
Nagaraju Gajula, San Diego, CA (US);
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to minimizing the number of antenna array modules on a wireless communication device utilized in forming beam pair links (BPLs) based on beam measurements obtained on each of a plurality of receive beams for each of a plurality of transmit beams. For at least one BPL, the wireless communication device selects a different receive beam that results in at least one fewer active antenna array module. In some examples, the different receive beam selected for a BPL has a beam measurement value within a predefined variance from a beam measurement value of an original receive beam for the BPL. In addition, the wireless communication device can confirm that the beam measurement values of both the original and different receive beams satisfy a minimum beam measurement value before switching the BPL to the different receive beam. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.