Method for supporting beamforming in communication network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10263679-B2
Application number	US-201815877182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2018
Priority date	Jan 23, 2017
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for performing communications based on multiple antennas in a communication network. An operation method performed in a multi-antenna performing beamforming in a communication network according to the present disclosure may comprise selecting a beamformer generating a transmission beam for transmitting data to a plurality of communication nodes included in the communication network among a plurality of beamformers included in the multi-antenna; selecting at least one antenna panel corresponding to each of the plurality of communication nodes among a plurality of antenna panels included in the selected beamformer; configuring parameters for respectively allocating independent transmission beams to the plurality of communication nodes based on the selected at least one antenna panel; and transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes using transmission beams through the plurality of antenna panels based on the configured parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation method performed in a multi-antenna performing beamforming in a communication network, the operation method comprising:
selecting a beamformer generating a transmission beam for transmitting data to a plurality of communication nodes included in the communication network among a plurality of beamformers included in the multi-antenna;
selecting at least one antenna panel corresponding to each of the plurality of communication nodes among a plurality of antenna panels included in the selected beamformer;
configuring a parameter for respectively allocating an independent transmission beams to each of the plurality of communication nodes based on the selected at least one antenna panel; and
transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes using transmission beams through the plurality of antenna panels based on the configured parameter.

2. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter is one of a sequence of respectively transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes through the transmission beams, a beam index and a beam width of a transmission beam for transmitting data to each of the plurality of communication nodes.

3. The operation method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, when the parameter is the sequence of respectively transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes through the transmission beams, the data is sequentially transmitted to the plurality of communication nodes through the transmission beams according to the sequence of respectively transmitting data.

4. The operation method according to claim 2 , wherein the beam index and the beam width are configured differently according to service types supported by the plurality of communication nodes and types of the plurality of communication nodes.

5. The operation method according to claim 4 , wherein, in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, when the parameter is the beam index, the data is transmitted to each of the plurality of communication nodes through a transmission beam having a beam index configured differently according to the service types supported by the plurality of communication nodes and the types of the plurality of communication nodes.

6. The operation method according to claim 4 , wherein, in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, when the parameter is the beam width, the data is transmitted to each of the plurality of communication nodes through a transmission beam having a beam width configured differently according to the service types supported by the plurality of communication nodes and the types of the plurality of communication nodes.

7. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, the data is transmitted to the plurality of communication nodes through transmission beams generated by a plurality of antenna elements included in the at least one antenna panel.

8. A multi-antenna performing beamforming in a communication network, the multi-antenna comprising a processor and a memory storing at least one instruction executed by the processor, wherein the at least one instruction is configured to:
select a beamformer generating a transmission beam for transmitting data to a plurality of communication nodes included in the communication network among a plurality of beamformers included in the multi-antenna;
select at least one antenna panel corresponding to each of the plurality of communication nodes among a plurality of antenna panels included in the selected beamformer;
configure a parameter for respectively allocating independent transmission beams to the plurality of communication nodes based on the selected at least one antenna panel; and
transmit data to the plurality of communication nodes using transmission beams through the plurality of antenna panels based on the configured parameter.

9. The multi-antenna according to claim 8 , wherein the parameter is one of a sequence of respectively transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes through the transmission beams, a beam index and a beam width of a transmission beam for transmitting data to each of the plurality of communication nodes.

10. The multi-antenna according to claim 8 , wherein, when the parameter is the sequence of respectively transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes through the transmission beams in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, the at least one instruction is further configured to sequentially transmit the data to the plurality of communication nodes through the transmission beams according to the sequence of respectively transmitting data.

11. The multi-antenna according to claim 10 , wherein the beam index and the beam width are configured differently according to service types supported by the plurality of communication nodes and types of the plurality of communication nodes.

12. The multi-antenna according to claim 11 , wherein, when the parameter is the beam index in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, the at least one instruction is further configured to transmit the data to each of the plurality of communication nodes through a transmission beam having a beam index configured differently according to the service types supported by the plurality of communication nodes and the types of the plurality of communication nodes.

13. The multi-antenna according to claim 11 , wherein, when the parameter is the beam width in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, the at least one instruction is further configured to transmit the data to each of the plurality of communication nodes through a transmission beam having a beam width configured differently according to the service types supported by the plurality of communication nodes and the types of the plurality of communication nodes.

14. The multi-antenna according to claim 8 , wherein, in the transmitting data to the plurality of communication nodes, the at least one instruction is further configured to transmit the data to the plurality of communication nodes through transmission beams generated by a plurality of antenna elements included in the at least one antenna panel.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Kim Eun Kyung
• Baek Seung Kwon

Classifications

• H04B7/0617 Primary

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H04B7/06956

  using a selection of antenna panels · CPC title