Method and apparatus for aligning antenna beams in high-low frequency co-site network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10506606-B2
Application number	US-201816127631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	Dec 29, 2014
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for aligning antenna beams in a high-low frequency co-site network, where the method includes performing antenna alignment of a low frequency beam with a communications device in order to establish a low frequency channel, and performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device using the low frequency channel. In the method, high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna is performed using an established low frequency channel. Therefore, a technical problem that a high frequency beam alignment time of a high frequency antenna is long due to a narrow field of view of a high frequency beam can be avoided in order to quickly implement high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for aligning an antenna beam, comprising:
establishing a low frequency channel with a low frequency antenna of a communications device;
obtaining location information of the communications device using the low frequency channel;
transmitting, from one of a plurality of scanning sectors, a high-frequency narrow beam based on the location information for receipt by the communications device;
receiving, in response to the high-frequency narrow beam, a first receiving statistic relating to the one of the plurality of scanning sectors and a second receiving statistic relating to one of a plurality of communication device scanning sectors for the communications device; and
performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device when the first receiving statistic corresponds to the second receiving statistic, by
either sending, through the low frequency channel, first scanning information to the communications device, or receiving first scanning information from the communications device, wherein the first scanning information indicates at least one of a scanning sector division manner or a quantity of scanning sectors of the communications device;
performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna based on the location information;
receiving the high-frequency narrow beam from the one of the plurality of scanning sectors for receipt by one of the plurality of communication device scanning sectors;

determining receiving statistics of received signals on a Q×N matrix of high-frequency narrow beams that are in a one-to-one correspondence with Q scanning sectors and N scanning sectors, to obtain a Q×N matrix of receiving statistics, the Q being the plurality of scanning sectors of the communications device and the N being a plurality of scanning sectors for an access device;
sending a first serial number of a first scanning sector and a second serial number of a second scanning sector to the communications device, the first serial number and the second serial number corresponding to a second maximum receiving statistic, and the second maximum receiving statistic being a maximum value in the Q×N matrix of receiving statistics; and
performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device according to the first serial number and the second serial number.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining location information of the communications device comprises:
receiving, through the low frequency channel, global positioning system (GPS) data relating to the communications device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing high frequency beam alignment of the high frequency antenna with the communications device further comprises:
receiving M high-frequency narrow beams from the communications device, each of the M high-frequency narrow beams carries ID information, wherein M is a positive integer;
determining M receiving statistics of received signals on the M high-frequency narrow beams and corresponding to the M high-frequency narrow beams;
sending, to the communications device, the first receiving statistic including a first ID information of a first high-frequency narrow beam of the M high-frequency narrow beams and corresponds to a first maximum receiving statistic, the first maximum receiving statistic being a maximum value in the M receiving statistics;
receiving, using G high-frequency narrow beams, the first high-frequency narrow beam from the communications device, wherein G is a positive integer;
determining the second receiving statistic including a second ID information of one of the G high-frequency narrow beams, a received signal on the high-frequency narrow beam having a maximum receiving statistic; and
performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device based on the first ID information and the second ID information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device according to the first serial number and the second serial number comprises:
either sending, using the low frequency channel, second scanning information to the communications device, or receiving second scanning information from the communications device, the second scanning information used to indicate a scanning sub-sector division manner or a quantity of scanning sub-sectors of a scanning sector corresponding to the first serial number and a scanning sub-sector division manner or a quantity of scanning sub-sectors of a scanning sector corresponding to the second serial number;
determining receiving statistics of received signals on a H×P matrix of high-frequency narrow beams that are in a one-to-one correspondence with H scanning sub-sectors and P scanning sub-sectors, to obtain a H×P matrix of receiving statistics, the H being a plurality of scanning sub-sectors corresponding to the first receiving statistic and the P being a plurality of scanning sub-sectors corresponding to the second receiving statistic, wherein H is a positive integer, and P is a positive integer;
sending a third serial number of a third scanning sector and a fourth serial number of the fourth scanning sector to the communications device, the third serial number and the fourth serial number corresponding to a third maximum receiving statistic, and the third maximum receiving statistic being a maximum value in the H×P matrix of receiving statistics; and
performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device according to the third serial number and the fourth serial number.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first receiving statistic and the second receiving statistic comprise at least one of:
a power parameter;
a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) parameter; or
a received signal level (RSL) parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein before performing high frequency beam alignment of the high frequency antenna with the communications device, the method further comprises at least one of:
performing, by the low frequency channel, mutual authentication with the communications device; or
sending, by the low frequency channel, high-frequency frequency information to the communications device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device comprises:
either sending, using the low frequency channel, a scanning start time to the communications device, or receiving a scanning start time from the communications device; and
starting, at the scanning start time, to perform high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device.

8. An apparatus for aligning an antenna in a high-low frequency co-site network, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to be configured to:
establish a low frequency channel with a low frequency antenna of a communications device;
obtain location information of the communications device using the low frequency channel;
transmit, from one of a plurality of scanning sectors, a high-frequency narrow beam based on the location information for receipt by the communications device;
receive, in response to the high-frequency narrow beam, a first receiving statistic relating to the one of the plurality of scanning sectors and a second receiving statistic relating to one of a plurality of communication device scanning sectors for the communications device; and
perform high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuan Lanjie
• Yuan Jiebo
• Wang Guangjian
• Wang Yi
• Huang Huang

Classifications

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W72/51 Primary

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04W64/006

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title