Patent ID: 11902003
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. An electronic device, comprising:
a network interface of a wireless network node configured to communicate with a user equipment device (UE), the network interface being configured to
transmit a transmitted downlink reference signal to the UE,
based on the transmitted downlink reference signal, receive a pattern of possible transmitter beams from the UE, wherein the pattern comprises transmitter beams near a direction corresponding to the transmitted downlink reference signal,
transmit a selection of at least one transmitter beam of the pattern to the UE, and
use the at least one transmitter beam to communicate with the UE; and

a processor that is coupled to the network interface and is configured to select the at least one transmitter beam of the pattern as the selection based at least in part on signal strength.