Efficient adaptable wireless network system with agile beamforming

摘要

Beamforming for adapting wireless signaling beams in an adaptive and agile manner is contemplated. The beamforming may be characterized by adaptively constructing beam form parameters to provide wireless signaling in a manner that maximizes efficiency and bandwidth according to device positioning relative to a responding base station.

主权项

1. A method of facilitating wireless signaling using beamforming comprising:
transmitting a first wide beam from a first base station, the first wide beam providing wireless signaling at a first beam angle; receiving a first response to the first wide beam from a device within a vicinity of the first base station; determining a first positioning of the device based on the first response, including determining a first direction from the first base station to the device; determining whether a second base station is one of in-line or out-of-line with the first direction; transmitting a narrow beam from the first base station in the first direction toward the device if the second base station is out-of-line, the narrow beam providing wireless signaling at a second beam angle, the second beam angle being less than the first beam angle; transmitting a second wide beam from the first base station in the first direction toward the device if the second base station is in-line, the second wide beam providing wireless signaling at a third beam angle, the third beam angle being greater than the second beam angle; determining the second base station to be in-line when a second positioning of the second base station coincides with the first direction and is within a first distance from the first base station; determining the second base station to be out-of-line when the second positioning coincides with the first direction and is beyond the first distance from the first base station; and determining the second base station to be out-of-line when the second positioning fails to coincide with the first direction.