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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:
Jun. 20, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shiva Krishna Narra, San Jose, CA (US);

Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Pengkai Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sami M. Almalfouh, San Jose, CA (US);

Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, San Jose, CA (US);

Sriram Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Wei Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Yi Su, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/327 (2015.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 3/247 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H04B 7/0808 (2013.01); H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04B 7/0888 (2013.01); H04B 17/327 (2015.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 52/241 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) configured with a plurality of antenna panels. Each antenna panel is configured to beamform over a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band. The method includes identifying a predetermined condition corresponding to a first antenna panel of the plurality of antenna panels, selecting a second antenna panel of the plurality of antenna panels based on identifying the predetermined condition corresponding to the first antenna panel and transmitting a beam via the second antenna panel based on the selection.


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