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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Dinesh C. Verma, New Castle, NY (US);
Ramya Raghavendra, New York, NY (US);
Bong Jun Ko, Harrington Park, NJ (US);
Mudhakar Srivatsa, White Plains, NY (US);
Nirmit V. Desai, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Raghu Kiran Ganti, White Plains, NY (US);
Shiqiang Wang, White Plains, NY (US);
Supriyo Chakraborty, White Plains, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the invention include methods of performing beam management in a base station of a cellular network. A method includes obtaining, at the base station, information indicating whether one or more terminals of the cellular network have data to transmit, and determining, using the base station, during a sweep by the base station if an upcoming terminal has data to transmit based on the information. The sweep by the base station is a sequential movement of the beam over a coverage area. The method also includes foregoing, by the base station, any communication with the upcoming terminal during the sweep based on the information indicating that the upcoming terminal has no data to transmit, and communicating, using the base station, with the upcoming terminal during the sweep based on the information indicating that the upcoming terminal has data to transmit.