Assisted channel approximation for wireless communication of a supercell base station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11223402-B1
Application number	US-202016987538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 7, 2020
Priority date	Aug 7, 2020
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for assisted channel approximation wireless communication of a supercell base station are disclosed. One apparatus includes a wireless network, wherein the wireless network includes a supercell base station comprising a plurality of antennas, a plurality of user devices, wherein the plurality of user devices is located too far away to support omnidirectional electromagnetic communication with the supercell base station, and a separate communication device located proximate to the plurality of user devices. The separate communication device operates to receive omnidirectional wireless signals from the supercell base station, characterized a transmission channel between the supercell base station and the separate communication device, and directionally transmit the characterized channel back to the base station. The supercell base station operates to directionally transmit wireless communication signals through a directional beam to the plurality of user devices based on the characterized channel.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A wireless network, comprising:
a supercell base station comprising a plurality of antennas;
a plurality of user devices, wherein the plurality of user devices are located too far away to support omnidirectional electromagnetic communication with the supercell base station;
a separate communication device located proximate to the plurality of user devices, wherein the separate communication device is a higher-power device than the plurality of user devices and can support omnidirectional communication with the supercell base station, wherein the separate communication device being proximate to the plurality of user device includes a transmission channel of the separate communication device with the supercell base station being within a threshold of similarity with transmission channels of the plurality of user devices with the supercell base station, and wherein the separate communication device operates to:
receive omnidirectional wireless signals from the supercell base station that include training signals;
characterized the transmission channel between the supercell base station and the separate communication device based on the training signals included within the omnidirectional wireless signals received from the supercell base station;
directionally transmit the characterized transmission channel back to the supercell base station;

wherein the supercell base station operates to:
directionally transmit wireless communication signals through a directional beam to the plurality of user devices based on the characterized transmission channel provided by the separate communication device.

2. The wireless system of claim 1 , wherein the supercell base station operates to obtain information from one or more of the plurality of user devices after the supercell base station is connected to the one or more of the plurality of user devices.

3. The wireless system of claim 2 , wherein the supercell base station further operates to fine tune the directional beam.

4. The wireless system of claim 3 , wherein fine tuning the directional beam for the one or more of the plurality of user devices comprises adjusting a direction of the directional beam based on a location of the one or more of the plurality of user devices and a location of the separate communication device.

5. The wireless system of claim 3 , wherein fine tuning the directional beam for the one or more of the plurality of user devices comprises perturbating a direction of the directional beam and monitoring signal quality of wireless signal communicated with the one or more of the plurality of user devices.

6. The wireless system of claim 1 , wherein each of the user devices identifies whether the wireless communication signals are intended for the user device.

7. The wireless system of claim 1 , wherein each of the user devices identifies whether the wireless communication signals are intended for the user device based on a communication schedule.

8. The wireless system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication signals are transmitted from the base station as multicast signals, and each user device determines whether the multicast signal is intended for the user device.

9. The wireless system of claim 1 , wherein the supercell base station operates to:
directionally receive wireless communication back from the user devices according to a predetermined communication schedule.

10. The wireless system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antennas of the supercell base station are oriented vertically.

11. The wireless system of claim 10 , wherein the vertically oriented antennas are arranged on the supercell base station to minimize a force on the supercell base station due to wind.

12. The wireless system of claim 10 , wherein the vertically oriented antennas are arranged to overlap a surface area of the supercell base station to minimize force on the supercell base station due to wind.

13. A method, comprising:
omni-directionally transmitting, by a supercell base station, training signals, wherein a plurality of user devices is located too far away to support omnidirectional electromagnetic communication with the supercell base station;
omni-directionally receiving, by a separate communication device, the training signals, wherein the separate communication device is located proximate to the plurality of user devices, wherein the separate communication device is a higher-power device than the plurality of user devices and can support omnidirectional communication with the supercell base station, wherein the separate communication device being proximate to the plurality of user device includes a transmission channel of the separate communication device with the supercell base station being within a threshold of similarity with transmission channels of the plurality of user devices with the supercell base station, and
characterizing, by the separate communication device, the transmission channel between the supercell base station and the separate communication device based on the omni-directionally received training signals;
directionally transmitting, by the separate communication device, the characterized transmission channel to the supercell base station; and
directionally transmitting, by the supercell base station, wireless communication to the plurality of user devices through a directional beam based on the characterized transmission channel between the supercell base station and the separate communication device.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising obtaining, by the supercell base station, information from one or more of the plurality of user devices after the supercell base station is connected to the one or more of the plurality of user devices.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising fine tuning, by the supercell base station, the directional beam.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein fine tuning the directional beam for the one or more of the plurality of user devices comprises adjusting a direction of the directional beam based on a location of the one or more of the plurality of user devices and a location of the separate communication device.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein fine tuning the directional beam for the one or more of the plurality of user devices comprises perturbating the direction of the directional beam and monitoring signal quality of wireless signal communicated with the one or more of the plurality of user devices.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the wireless communication signals are transmitted from the base station as multicast signals, and each user device determines whether the multicast signal is intended for the user device.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of antennas of the supercell base station are oriented vertically, wherein the vertically oriented plurality of antennas are arranged on the supercell base station to minimize a force on the supercell base station due to wind.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the vertically oriented plurality of antennas are arranged to overlap a surface area of the supercell base station to minimize force on the supercell base station due to wind.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Bondalapati Pratheep
• Tiwari Abhishek
• Saraswat Srishti
• Sahin Mustafa Emin

Classifications

• H04W16/28 Primary

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H04L25/0224

  using sounding signals · CPC title

• H04B7/1555

  Selecting relay station antenna mode, e.g. selecting omnidirectional -, directional beams, selecting polarizations · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title