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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sudhir K Baghel, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sudeep Bhattarai, Hayward, CA (US);
Amol P Bhatkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Seshu Tummala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Mehran T Baghaei, San Diego, CA (US);
Lohit Sarna, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nishant Pattanaik, San Diego, CA (US);
Jay P Shah, Newark, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
User equipment includes one or more antennas, a receiver coupled to the one or more antennas, and processing circuitry coupled to the receiver and configured to cause the user equipment to receive downlink signals at each communication cycle using a predetermined beam in a beam time slot. Based on processed downlink signals and other relevant information the user equipment may determine a desired beam for the next communication cycle. If the desired beam is the same as the predetermined beam, the user equipment may continue using the predetermined beam at the next communication cycle. If the desired beam is different from the predetermined beam, the user equipment may switch to the desired beam at the next communication cycle. In this way, the user equipment may continue tracking a desired beam to maintain reliable data communications with a communication node.