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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wei Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Pengkai Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);

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

Sriram Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);

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

Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, San Jose, CA (US);

Junsung Lim, San Jose, CA (US);

Jia Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Galib A. Mohiuddin, San Diego, CA (US);

Yu-Lin Wang, Fremont, CA (US);

Zhu Ji, San Jose, CA (US);

Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 52/0258 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to perform millimeter wavelength communication with increased reliability and power efficiency using sensor inputs. The sensor inputs may include motion, rotation, or temperature measurements, among various possibilities. The sensor inputs may be used when performing beamforming tracking, antenna configuration, transmit and receive chain measurements and selection, and/or in any of various other possible operations.


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