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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:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yakun Sun, San Jose, CA (US);

Mingguang Xu, San Jose, CA (US);

Mithat C. Dogan, San Jose, CA (US);

Ehsan Haghani, Redwood City, CA (US);

Rohit U. Nabar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Matthew A. Mow, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2605 (2013.01); H04W 36/304 (2023.05); H04W 36/322 (2023.05);
Abstract

An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include a phased antenna array. Sensors and other circuitry in the electronic device may generate sensor data such as accelerometer data, gyroscope data, magnetometer data, location data, and spatial ranging data. The wireless circuitry may establish and maintain one or more wireless links with external devices based on the sensor data as the device moves over time. For example, the wireless circuitry may perform physical layer beam adjustments, inter-radio access technology handovers, intra-radio access technology handovers, and/or dual connectivity adjustments based on the sensor data. This may allow the device to maintain one or more wireless links without having to sweep the signal beam of the phased antenna array over its entire field of view each time the device has moved.


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