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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2022
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Benjamin Imanilov, Hod haSharon, IL;
Viacheslav Viacheslavovich Ivanov, St. Petersburg, RU;
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Coverage cluster-based beamforming in a wireless node in a wireless communications system (WCS) is provided. In a conventional beamforming system, a wireless node (e.g., base station) periodically emits multiple reference beams, each steered toward a predefined direction, to provide a blanket coverage in a coverage area. Contrary to providing the blanket coverage, a wireless node disclosed herein is configured to provide targeted coverage in a coverage area. Specifically, the wireless node is configured to dynamically group multiple coverage points (e.g., user equipment, high user density area, etc.) into multiple coverage clusters. Accordingly, the wireless node can form and steer a respective reference beam toward each of the coverage clusters. By supporting coverage cluster-based beamforming in the wireless node, it is possible to achieve blanket coverage in the coverage area with a lesser number of reference beams, thus helping to reduce computational complexity and signaling overhead in the wireless node.