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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2025
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Foad Sohrabi, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Pavan Koteshwar Srinath, Massy, FR;
Jinfeng Du, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
According to an aspect, an apparatus may receive at least one uplink pilot associated with a receiver comprising at least one digital beamforming, DBF, -panel and at least one subarray-based beamforming, SABBF, -panel, the at least one DBF-panel having an associated DBF-channel and the at least one SABBF-panel having an associated SABBF-channel. Furthermore, based on channel distributions of the DBF-channel and the SABFF-channel and further based on the at least one uplink pilot, the apparatus may determine at least one estimated strongest direction of a common covariance matrix associated with the at least one DBF-panel and the at least one SABBF-panel. Finally, the apparatus may determine a beamforming vector for at least one transmission phase or at least one reception phase based on the at least one estimated strongest direction of the common covariance matrix.