H04B7/0608

Enhancement of range and throughput for multi-antenna wireless communications devices

Systems, methods, and devices select antennas to enhance the range and throughput of wireless communications devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of combinations of antennas based on a plurality of available antennas for a wireless communications device, and generating, using a processing device included in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) device, a plurality of quality metrics including at least one quality metric for each of the identified combinations of antennas, where each of the at least one quality metrics represents a signal quality of a signal associated with each of the plurality of antennas, and wherein the signal is a spatial stream. Methods further include selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of combinations of antennas based, at least in part, on the plurality of quality metrics, where the at least two antennas are selected for use by the wireless communications device during a transmitting or receiving operation.

Repeater device with multi-range antenna array and method of operation of repeater device

A repeater device includes a first antenna array having a plurality of antenna configuration modes, where each mode defines a unique configuration of one or more sub-arrays of a plurality of different sub-arrays of the first antenna array. The repeater device further includes control circuitry configured to select one of the plurality of antenna configuration modes and based on the selected one of the plurality of antenna configuration modes, activate a first set of antenna elements of the first antenna array and deactivate a second set of antenna elements of the first antenna array. The first set of antenna elements corresponds to a first configuration of one or more sub-arrays of the first antenna array. A beam of RF signal is directed to a user equipment from the first configuration of the one or more sub-arrays of the first antenna array.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

A wireless communication system includes: a first wireless communication apparatus; and a second wireless communication apparatus. First wireless communication apparatus wirelessly communicates with second wireless communication apparatus using one or more first antennas. Second wireless communication apparatus wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication apparatus using one or more second antennas. A controller included in the wireless communication system performs control to change one or both of first antennas wirelessly communicating with the second wireless communication apparatus among the one or more first antennas of a plurality of first wireless communication apparatuses or second antennas wirelessly communicating with the first wireless communication apparatus among a plurality of second antennas of the second wireless communication apparatus for maximizing communication quality on the basis of the communication quality for each time between first antenna and second antenna calculated using a position of the one or more second antennas and movement schedule information representing a position of first wireless communication apparatus for each time.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR OPERATING ANTENNA MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

The present disclosure relates to a device for activating a radio frequency (RF) module which is to be used efficiently in an electronic device that operates a plurality of RF modules (or antenna modules) in a wireless communication system, and to a method for controlling same. To this end, the electronic device checks the temperatures of the plurality of antenna modules using a first frequency band, and identifies candidate antenna modules in consideration of the temperatures of the plurality of antenna modules. The electronic device selects a serving antenna module from among the candidate antenna modules so that an available temperature state, in which the temperatures of the candidate antenna modules are lower than a threshold temperature, is maintained, and transmits and receives a signal using the first frequency band in the serving antenna module. The candidate antenna modules may include antenna modules which support communication performance of a threshold level or higher.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230216560 · 2023-07-06 ·

An example electronic device includes a communication processor; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) connected to the communication processor; at least one radio frequency front-end (RFFE) circuit connected to the at least one RFIC and configured to process a transmission signal; and a plurality of antennas connected through the at least one RFFE circuit. The communication processor may control to transmit, at a first time point when a reference signal is to be transmitted through a first antenna from among the plurality of antennas, the reference signal to a base station through the first antenna; and transmit, at a second time point when the reference signal is to be transmitted through a second antenna from among the plurality of antennas, a reference signal adjusted at least based on a signal received through the second antenna to the base station through the first antenna.

PORT SELECTION CODEBOOK ENHANCEMENT

Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may decode a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) from a base station. The CSI-ReportConfig indicates up to L CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports for selection by the UE out of P CSI-RS ports configured for measuring and reporting CSI. The UE determines selected CSI-RS ports out of the P CSI-RS ports. The selected CSI-RS ports include the L CSI-RS ports or less. The UE generates a port selection matrix W.sub.1 corresponding to the selected CSI-RS ports. The UE also generates an indication of the port selection matrix W.sub.1 to the base station. The CSI-ReportConfig may further configure the UE to select a subset of frequency basis. The UE determines a selected subset of frequency basis and generates a frequency basis selection matrix W.sub.f corresponding to the selected subset of frequency basis.

User equipment transmission power control
11553440 · 2023-01-10 · ·

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for mechanisms to enable full-power uplink transmission. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Electronic device including antenna module

An electronic device comprises a plurality of antennas, wherein each of the plurality of antennas are spaced apart from each other, a first communication circuit electrically connected with the plurality of antennas, a plurality of array antennas comprising a first array antenna disposed adjacent to at least one of the plurality of antennas, and a second array antenna disposed adjacent to another antenna different from the at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas, a second communication circuit electrically connected with the first array antenna and the second array antenna, and at least one control circuit electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to obtain receive sensitivities of the plurality of antennas through the first communication circuit; activate at least one array antenna of the first array antenna and the second array antenna through the second communication circuit based at least on the receive sensitivities; and control the activated at least one array antenna to form at least one beam for communication with an external electronic device.

METHOD FOR ANTENNA SELECTION OF USER EQUIPMENT

The invention provides a method for antenna selectin of a user equipment (UE). The UE may comprise a plurality of antennas. The method may comprise calculating one or more quality evaluations respectively associated with one or more first antenna subsets, and selecting one of the one or more first antenna subsets according to the one or more quality evaluations. Each antenna subset may include one or more of the plurality of antennas. Each quality evaluation may be calculated under a condition that the antenna(s) included in the associated antenna subset is (are) used to communicate.

UE antenna subarray selection dependent beam training
11553467 · 2023-01-10 · ·

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication of an antenna subarray based at least in part on a determination of the antenna subarray from an antenna array of the UE, and receive, from the base station, an indication of reference signals to be used for beam training based at least in part on the indication of the antenna subarray. Numerous other aspects are provided.