Network node and method therein for determining a beam to be transmitted for at least a first user equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11223408-B2
Application number	US-201616334816-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2016
Priority date	Sep 23, 2016
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

A method performed by a network node for determining a beam to be transmitted to at least a first User Equipment, UE is provided. The network node determines (903) a beam to be transmitted to at least a first UE based on an obtained average spatial profile of radiated power in each direction. The average spatial profile of radiated power is based on an spatial profile of radiated power averaged over any one or more out of a frequency interval and a time interval.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method performed by a network node for determining a beam to be transmitted to at least a first User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
establishing a spatial profile of a radiated power in each of different directions from the network node, related to beams transmitted in each of the respective different directions, wherein the establishing is based at least on information about geometry of a transmitter array of the network node;
determining the beam to be transmitted to the at least first UE, based on an obtained average spatial profile of radiated power in each direction,
wherein the obtained average spatial profile of the radiated power is based on the spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over a frequency interval and a time interval.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the radiated power in any direction is represented by an Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP).

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining the average spatial profile of the radiated power in said each direction by averaging the established spatial profile of the radiated power in each of the respective directions, averaged over the frequency interval and the time interval.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: transmitting the determined beam to the at least first UE.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the average spatial profile of the radiated power includes an estimated radiated power of the determined beam to be transmitted to the at least first UE.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining of the beam is performed such that at least one of:
the average spatial profile of the radiated power does not exceed a threshold, wherein the threshold is represented by a limit for average radiated power; or
the average spatial profile of the radiated power is within a tolerance range of a declared average spatial profile of the radiated power.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the average spatial profile of the radiated power does not include an estimated radiated power of the determined beam to be transmitted for the at least first UE.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining of the beam is performed by:
when the average spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over the frequency interval exceeds a threshold, determining the beam to be transmitted at a different frequency; and
when the average spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over the time interval exceeds the threshold, determining the beam to be transmitted at a different point in time.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining of the beam comprises at least one of:
adjusting beamforming weights for the beam such that the average spatial profile of the radiated power does not exceed a threshold in any direction;
determining the beam to have a radiated power that is any one out of increased and decreased compared to a declared level of available power, as long as the determined beam stays within a tolerance range of a declared average spatial profile of the radiated power; or
increasing or decreasing the radiated power in a direction of the beam, such that the average spatial profile of the radiated power in the direction of the beam remains within a tolerance range of a declared average spatial profile of the radiated power.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program comprising instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a network node, cause the at least one processor of the network node to:
establish a spatial profile of a radiated power in each of different directions from the network node, related to beams to be transmitted in each of the respective different directions, wherein the at least one processor of the network node is caused to establish based at least on information about geometry of a transmitter array of the network node;
determine the beam to be transmitted to at least a first User Equipment (UE), based on an obtained average spatial profile of radiated power in each direction,
wherein the obtained average spatial profile of the radiated power is based on the spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over a frequency interval and a time interval.

11. A network node for determining a beam to be transmitted to at least a first User Equipment (UE), the network node comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
establish a spatial profile of a radiated power in each of different directions from the network node, related to beams to be transmitted in each of the respective different directions, wherein the network node is configured to establish based at least on information about geometry of a transmitter array of the network node;
determine the beam to be transmitted to the at least first UE, based on an obtained average spatial profile of radiated power in each direction,
wherein the obtained average spatial profile of the radiated power is based on the spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over a frequency interval and a time interval.

12. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the radiated power in any direction is represented by an Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP).

13. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
obtain the average spatial profile of the radiated power in said each direction by averaging the established spatial profile of the radiated power in each of the respective directions, averaged over a the frequency interval and the time interval.

14. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit the determined beam to the at least first UE.

15. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the average spatial profile of the radiated power includes an estimated radiated power of the determined beam to be transmitted to the at least first UE.

16. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the beam such that at least one of:
the average spatial profile of the radiated power does not exceed a threshold, wherein the threshold is represented by a limit for average radiated power; or
the average spatial profile of the radiated power is within a tolerance range of a declared average spatial profile of the radiated power.

17. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the average spatial profile of the radiated power does not include an estimated radiated power of the determined beam to be transmitted for the at least first UE.

18. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the beam by:
determining the beam to be transmitted at a different frequency, when the average spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over the frequency interval exceeds a threshold; and
determining the beam to be transmitted at a different point in time, when the average spatial profile of the radiated power averaged over the time interval exceeds the threshold.

19. The network node according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to at least one of:
adjust beamforming weights for the beam such that the average spatial profile of the radiated power does not exceed a threshold in any direction;
determine the beam to have a radiated power that is any one out of increased and decreased compared to a declared level of available power, as l

Assignees

• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

• Chapman Thomas
• Elfström Torbjörn
• Ghasemzadeh Farshid
• Sienkiewicz Esther

Classifications

• H04B7/06952 Primary

  Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping · CPC title

• H04B17/102

  Power radiated at antenna · CPC title

• H04W52/367

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H01Q3/26

  varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture ({H01Q3/12,} H01Q3/22, H01Q3/24 take precedence) · CPC title