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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Wooram Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun-jae Kim, Incheon, KR;
Yong Su Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Anseok Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Kwang Jae Lim, Daejeon, KR;
DongSeung Kwon, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A beamforming apparatus and method for expanding coverage of a control channel are provided, by which neighboring communication devices are classified according to the number of beams that they can receive, and therefore the frequency or period of beam transmission is adjusted to transmit a control channel by a beamforming method. Hence, an overhead reduction and an increase in transmission rate can be achieved, and coverage holes can be prevented.