An antenna in a system is provided and includes a first device and at least one second mobile device, where the first device communicates with the second device(s). In an acquisition mode, for each antenna of an antenna system, a first item of communication quality information is obtained, and the antenna the first item of information of which is the highest is selected. In a pursuit mode, if the selected antenna is sectoral, a second item of communication quality information is obtained, and the antenna the second item of information of which is the highest is selected. For each antenna, a third item of communication quality is obtained if the selected antenna is the omnidirectional antenna, and from the third items of information, the antenna the third item of information of which is the highest is selected.

Aspects and embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for performing antenna panel management. There is provided an apparatus comprising: means for obtaining signal reception information related to at least one downlink signal received by a user equipment using at least one reception antenna panel of a plurality of selectively-activatable antenna panels; means for determining an indication of effective power radiatable to the network node from which the downlink signal is received, based on the signal reception information related to the at least one downlink signal received by that to antenna panel for each of the plurality of selectively-activatable antenna panels which is configurable to transmit a signal to a network node from which the downlink signal is received; means for calculating an indication of power consumption associated with the indication of effective power radiatable to the network node for each of the plurality of selectively-activatable antenna panels; and means for selecting and configuring at least one of the selectively-activatable antenna panels to be used for transmission of a signal to a network node from which the downlink signal is received in response to the calculated indication of power consumption. Aspects support appropriate power efficient operation of a communication apparatus, for example by allowing for differentiated uplink and downlink antenna panel selection, which can enable apparatus power saving, whilst minimising performance loss, or incurring no significant performance loss.

The present disclosure relates to wireless communication methods, network devices, and terminal devices. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a beam sweeping type, and determining, by the terminal device, the beam sweeping type based on the configuration information.

Disclosed is a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4th) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A device of a terminal, according to various embodiments of the disclosure, can comprise at least one processor and at least one transceiver, which: receives, from a base station, indication information which is determined according to whether channel reciprocity with the base station is satisfied and which is for controlling a beamforming operation of the terminal; and receives, from the base station, a reference signal and transmits uplink data to the base station on the basis of the indication information and the reference signal.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a transmission/reception path unit, a first reception path unit, a second reception path unit including a low noise amplifier (LNA), a signal path selection unit configured to connect each of the first antenna and the second antenna to the transmission/reception path unit, the first reception path unit, or the second reception path unit, and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) module or a processor including the RFIC module configured to control the signal path selection unit to have a first state in which the first antenna is connected to the transmission/reception path unit and the second antenna is connected to the second reception path unit or control the signal path selection unit to have a second state in which the first antenna is connected to the first reception path unit and the second antenna is connected to the transmission/reception path unit.

A method may be provided. One or more packets from a client may be received, in a block based modulation environment, at one or more switchable antennas of an access point. The access point may have a plurality of switchable antennas. Each switchable antenna may have an antenna state. The plurality of switchable antennas may be switched among such that at least five of the antenna states are sampled. Angle of arrival of the client may be calculated based on the at least five of the antenna states.

The present disclosure relates to wireless communication methods, network devices, and terminal devices. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a beam sweeping type, and determining, by the terminal device, the beam sweeping type based on the configuration information.

A receiving apparatus based on pattern/polarization beam division multiple access (BDMA) including an antenna configured to receive a reference signal related to at least one of patterns and polarizations of a plurality of antennas included in a transmitting apparatus, and configured to transmit channel information, and a controller configured to select a particular antenna group among a plurality of antenna groups that are grouped from the plurality of antennas included in the transmitting apparatus using the reference signal, and configured to generate the channel information corresponding to the particular antenna group.

The disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for determining channel state information (CSI) in New Radio (NR) access communication systems with phase tracking. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises receiving, by a device comprising a processer, configuration information from a network device of a wireless communication network indicating that a PTRS protocol has been configured for wireless communications between the device and the network device. The method further comprises, determining, by the device, a resource density of resource elements of the wireless communication network allocated for the phase tracking reference signal protocol, determining, by the device, CSI based on the resource density, and reporting, by the device, the CSI to the network device.

A method performed in an electronic device is provided. The method includes: collecting operation information on at least one of a data communication operation, a paging operation, and a voice communication operation of a first antenna, a second antenna, or a third antenna; determining at least one antenna to be used of the first antenna, the second antenna, and third antenna based on at least part of the collected operation information; and performing communication by using the determined antenna.