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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:
Apr. 08, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Huaning Niu, Milpitas, CA (US);

Hyejung Jung, Palatine, IL (US);

Gang Xiong, Beaverton, OR (US);

Yushu Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Hooman Shirani-Mehr, Portland, OR (US);

Yuan Zhu, Beijing, CN;

Jong-Kae Fwu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04J 11/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04L 27/2602 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04J 2011/0009 (2013.01); H04J 2011/0096 (2013.01); H04L 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods using or implementing dynamic beamforming in control channels, by transmitting downlink control channels to user equipment (UEs) in a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a downlink subframe. A first OFDM symbol of the number of OFDM symbols can be transmitted using first beamforming parameters in a first direction, and a second OFDM symbol of the number of OFDM symbols can be transmitted using second beamforming parameters different from the first beamforming parameters and in a second direction different from the first direction. The number of OFDM symbols used, as well as other parameters, can be dynamically adjusted in subsequent subframes. Other embodiments are described.


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